What Building a Small Business Looks Like in the Middle of Summer

by Cindy | Aug 15, 2026 | Behind the Scenes

The plan for this summer was a good one. Keep the drops on schedule, get ahead on fall, spend the slow afternoons designing. I wrote it down in June and it looked entirely reasonable on paper. Then the summer rec activities started. If you’re also building...

The Fall Reset: A Slow Season Reading List

by Cindy | Aug 15, 2026 | Books, Reading Life

September has always felt more like a new year than January does. Something about the light changing. The house going quiet again in the middle of the day. New folders, new shoes, a fresh calendar page that isn’t a resolution, just a season starting. And...

Custom Photo Magnets as a Gift: What to Know Before You Order

by Cindy | Aug 15, 2026 | Gifting, Products

There’s a particular kind of nervous that comes with ordering a personal gift. Not the kind where you’re worried they won’t like it. The kind where you’ve already decided this is the gift, you’ve picked the photo, you can picture their...

Best Photos to Turn Into Magnets (and How to Choose)

by Cindy | Aug 15, 2026 | Gifting, Products

You know the moment. You’ve decided to turn a few photos into magnets. Sweet idea, easy afternoon project, done by dinner. So you open your camera roll, and there are four thousand photos in there, and eleven of them are of the same sunset, and now you’ve...

Are Magnetic Bookmarks Worth It? An Honest Look at Whether They’re Right for You

by Cindy | Aug 15, 2026 | Products, Reading Life

For a while, I hid my books. Not in a dramatic way. Just on the highest shelf, or under a stack of mail, or somewhere small hands couldn’t reach. Because little hands and regular bookmarks are a disaster combination, and I got tired of picking up a paperback to...