There’s no other way to describe it. Right now, my business is in the weeds. I left the American Craft Council Wholesale Show with a whole stack of orders, and a lot of them need to go out the door in the next week or two. But even though I’m slammed, yesterday I stopped work …
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This post is Part 2 in a series on the importance of staying inspired. Click here to read Part 1! In Part 1 of this post, I talked about one of my biggest pet peeves, the copycat problem. I believe that the reason every field is so overrun with copycats is that most of us …
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I’m currently writing a book (because I obviously need more work in the middle of the busy holiday season) and so my goal every morning has been to spend a few hours writing before I head to the studio each day. But rather than beginning by staring blankly at my computer screen, I’ve been starting …
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If you follow me on Instagram, you know I’m almost always constantly on the go. (In fact, as you read this, I’m probably on a bus to NYC for the day.) But there’s one place I’m not headed this year, and that’s Portland for the annual World Domination Summit. (Or WDS as it’s also known.) …
At NY Now this summer, my booth causes a bit of a stir amongst some of my friends and fellow exhibitors. I exhibit in Accent on Design, a section of the show where your booth package includes hard walls. It’s incredibly convenient, because it means I don’t have to drag my hard walls all the …