We have a Room of Requirement. It holds my husband's drawing table, exercise equipment bought with excellent intentions, the gift wrap collection, bedding without a home, and now my entire office. Somewhere underneath all of it is a room that could become whatever I need it to be. I'm working on figuring out what that is.
A client mentioned worrying that people did not know about an event, and my brain immediately started opening tabs. What started as thoughts about promotion turned into a bigger realization: if we're putting this much effort into an event, it needs to pull its weight and keep working long after the night is over.
You find a paint line you love and find out you can become a retailer. The buy-in sounds manageable. The math is more complicated than it looks. Here is what I wish someone had laid out for me before I did it.
I went into a booth seller discussion thinking I already had the answer. A well-staged, intentional booth signals that you care. It helps customers visualize. It does the work. Then I read the responses and had to rethink the whole thing.
I found an old video from 2020 where I made three different wood slice ornaments, back when my son was nine and wandering through every project I filmed. I’ve refreshed the instructions, updated the links, and pulled all three ornament ideas together — pinecones, JOY letters, and mandala dots — for a quick, meaningful holiday craft you can finish in one cozy afternoon.
