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What Building a Small Business Looks Like in the Middle of Summer
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 something...
The Fall Reset: A Slow Season Reading List
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 somewhere in...
Custom Photo Magnets as a Gift: What to Know Before You Order
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 face when they open it, and now...
Best Photos to Turn Into Magnets (and How to Choose)
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 been...
Are Magnetic Bookmarks Worth It? An Honest Look at Whether They’re Right for You
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 find...
Cozy Books Worth Sneaking Chapters Of
Cozy books and mystery series worth sneaking chapters of, sorted by mood, for readers with fifteen minutes rather than whole afternoons.
12 Small but Meaningful Gifts for the Thoughtful Reader
Gifts for the Thoughtful Reader There's a certain kind of person who lights up at the words "I got you something small." Not because small means less. Because small, done thoughtfully, often means more. It means someone paid attention. It means they noticed what you...
Why I Switched From Sticky Tabs to Magnetic Planner Tabs
Why I switched I am not a born planner girl. I know there are women out there who have used the same system since high school, who color-code without thinking twice, who have never once torn a page in frustration. That has never been me. I'm becoming a planner person,...
The Golden Hour Garden Drop Is Here (And It Feels Like Summer)
There's a particular kind of light that only happens in summer. Late afternoon, when the sun goes low and everything turns amber. The garden looks softer. Colors warm up. The whole world slows down just a little. That's the feeling I was chasing with this collection....
Free for you — The 5-minute Reading Reset a cozy little download that helps you get back to reading in an easy non-judgemental way.