You may have noticed that in February and March, I decided to donate a portion of sales to specific organizations. You may have been wondering why. What started as a simple way to highlight and donate during Black History Month has turned into something more. I talk a lot about causes that are important to me. I'm a ...
Being A Boss
The Making of The Queen Collection
Whenever I add new products to the shop, I very rarely have any reasoning behind it. Most of the time I thought it would be a cute design and I like it. But when I started to develop The Queen Collection, I wanted to do something different. If I learned anything during 2020, it's truly the power of women. On The ...
How COVID Gave Me Better Work-Life Balance – An Unexpected Upside to Balancing Mom, Work, & Wife
Before COVID, I literally dreamed about having a job that would let me work from home. I despised my daily hour to hour and a half commute everyday. Even more, I hated only getting to spend around 2 hours a night with Stokely and seeing my husbands on his days off (he works evenings). One of the positive things ...
Finding Your Why – How Having A Kid Changes What It Means To Run A Business
If you’ve been a long time reader of the blog then you’ll know that clearly the focus has changed. While I love creating stationery for weddings and events, after having Stokely I just knew I couldn’t do it anymore. Figuring out where to pivot to was super hard . Finding my “why” when it came to my business was ...
What Does Balance Really Mean? How to Juggle All the Roles You Play
Ask any mom and they'll tell you - there's a myth that we somehow balance it all. I like to think of it as juggling. At any one time there's something up in the air that we're just waiting to fall back down so we can deal with it. In my life, I "juggle" five pretty distinct roles - wife, mom, business owner, day-job ...
Must-Haves For Working From Home Entrepreneurs
If you’re fortunate enough to be one of the growing numbers of people who either work from home or are frequenting your home office, then you know it’s not all that it’s cracked up to be from the outside. It’s easy to lack motivation, get sidetracked or even to know when to stop when you have no set start or end time ...