Status Reports & Other Ramblings

why I don’t do Black Friday

This is a repost of a blog post from 2014. I don’t regret my decision for an instant. It was one of the best choices I’ve ever made for my...

why I don’t do Black Friday

This is a repost of a blog post from 2014. I don’t regret my decision for an instant. It was one of the best choices I’ve ever made for my...

cars are very exciting

(This is a stock photo for the purpose of drama and hyperbole. My car is surprisingly not rusty considering how many New England Winters it's survived.) So, my weekend has been super exciting...

cars are very exciting

(This is a stock photo for the purpose of drama and hyperbole. My car is surprisingly not rusty considering how many New England Winters it's survived.) So, my weekend has been super exciting...

fighting impostor syndrome (or How To Be A Real...

Here, internet, I made you a thing real fast this morning while I was waiting for the pain meds to kick in. Click it to get a printable .pdf file...

fighting impostor syndrome (or How To Be A Real...

Here, internet, I made you a thing real fast this morning while I was waiting for the pain meds to kick in. Click it to get a printable .pdf file...

In Which Mittens Has An Anger, part 739 in a se...

This is a typical small cheap baker's rack. About waist-high, kinda wobbly. Until earlier today, it was in one corner of my studio with a fairly large and rarely used...

In Which Mittens Has An Anger, part 739 in a se...

This is a typical small cheap baker's rack. About waist-high, kinda wobbly. Until earlier today, it was in one corner of my studio with a fairly large and rarely used...

ethics in jewelry marketing

For the past few weeks I've been reading up on leveraging Instagram as a marketing strategy. In the process of noting what hashtags are being used by jewelry artists with...

ethics in jewelry marketing

For the past few weeks I've been reading up on leveraging Instagram as a marketing strategy. In the process of noting what hashtags are being used by jewelry artists with...

Ten Ways To Annoy An Artist (and how to avoid d...

(I want to preface this rant by saying that 99.9% of the people I meet as a result of my work are amazing. I've met some of my closest friends through my...

Ten Ways To Annoy An Artist (and how to avoid d...

(I want to preface this rant by saying that 99.9% of the people I meet as a result of my work are amazing. I've met some of my closest friends through my...