To a sparkly New Year!

The New Year always feels like a fresh, beautiful new start. It’s the perfect time to re-evaluate life and make necessary changes in the areas that we feel could be improved. It feels like anything is possible because the year is shiny, new and ready to be...

Life after Make It

For the first time in a month I feel like I can finally breath! My life has been in fast forward mode since the start of fall, as Chandler and I busily prepared for our largest Make It shows to date. Almost every single moment of each day was filled to the brim with...

A story that will inspire you

While I was traveling in Europe last May and June, Chandler signed a lease for a studio space near Olympic Village. He needed a bigger space for silk-screening Ole Originals t-shirts and we also wanted an office for Make It Productions. The space he ended up finding...

Why being scared is awesome!

When I first started blogging about a year and a half ago I thought my focus would be marketing for creative entrepreneurs. I figured I would share tips and ideas with you about how to grow your handmade business. It was never my intention to talk about my personal...

Making it happen

2 years ago Chandler and I went down to Seattle to check out the School House Craft Conference. It was very exciting to go to an event that was devoted to educating crafters and makers to take their businesses to the next level. One of the highlights was hearing Kari...