Meet Quanda R. Graves | Author & Business Owner

We had the good fortune of connecting with Quanda R. Graves and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Quanda R., what do you attribute your success to?
The most important factor behind my success, the success of my brand? Is my belief and support system. My belief in God is strong. He’s my start of the day which sets the tone for everything else like, my mind-set, attitude, my vision, my drive, determination and more. Outside of Him giving me the ability to believe in myself to move forward in manifesting my dream-goals; He’s also placed people in my life that are willing, and eager to help me graduate to the next level because they believe in me, my brand and what I’m doing.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.

My name is Quanda but I’m lovingly known by my sobriquet Until. I’m a poet, writer, author and the owner of QS Simple Treasures & Greetings, LLC (QS). QS is a company that hosts greeting cards, literature, Oolong Tea, along with sub businesses such as Until TV, Until’s Book of The Week and more. All from my design. Simply put, I’m a poet with products. My company’s mission (meaning me), is to motivate, encourage and inspire through any creative medium I see fit, as well as give back to the organizations, foundations and causes that are near and dear to my heart. What I’m most excited about is the manifestation of it all. This journey began in the 11th grade of high school. So to finally conquer the hurtles that were in the way to see the display is quite amazing to me and I don’t think I’ll ever get over it.

How did I get to where I am professionally today? Prayer for wisdom, picking the dream I wanted to tackle first (because I have many), outlining it, pricing it out and going from there. Plus all my years of experience having combined jobs as an Executive/Administrative/Receptionist positions. Was it easy? No. Nothing was ever easy. Fun, interesting, frustratingly daunting at times and crazy, yes, but that’s the roller coaster of life right?! *smile*

The way I overcome challenges is realizing what they are, set up a strategy to handle them, and realize, this will always happen no matter what you do, so pray for guidance, wisdom, increased intelligence and never give up. Regarding that, the lessons I’ve learned are a few, I’m always stronger than I think I am, it’s not in my DNA to give up, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, my motto, dreams are meant to be lived and last but not at all least; this is my dream, and if I want to see it come to fruition, it’s up to me to see it birthed.

What I want the world to know about me and my brand “QS Simple Treasures & Greetings LLC” is that we are about inspiration and love. Healing and being positively contagious.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?

Oh this is fun.

Saturday Morning Breakfast = Coffee Company
Saturday Afternoon Lunch = The Getty
Saturday Night = Da Poetry Lounge

Sunday Morning Brunch = Long Beach Pier
Sunday afternoon = The Gamble House
Sunday Finish = The Huntington Library and reserve the Tea Room

The morning before leaving = Drive the coast of the Point Vicente Interpretive Center

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
Wow! This is a loaded question but very easy. God, my family and friends.

Website: https://untilnomore.net/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qssimpletreasures/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/until/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/QgravesUntil

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simpletreasuresqs/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVvWQ9-mQ3HPbDgTTvWJ07A

Other: https://qssimpletreasures.blogspot.com/