It’s 23 days until my show at Creative Coworking, and I am beginning to feel the push. This weekend was spent recovering from a very hectic week covering my roles with NEW, FUSEDChicago, and as a jewelry vendor. So now I need to switch gears back to larger collages and get the ideas I have […]
A few years ago I got all the business planning books in the world but never completed a plan for my Marvels. With a few years of redirecting under my belt and the threat that this would be the last live eCourse, I signed up for the 2016 Right Brain Business Planning eCourse. I had […]
I’ve been preparing for the No Frills Fun Run Vendor Night that takes place on Thursday. No Frills Fun Run is an annual charitable run that was started in 2012 by two local moms in Elmhurst, Illinois. On February 28, participants will run a half-marathon or half-half distance (6.55 miles) to benefit one family in […]
Let’s scatter some love this weekend! Valentine’s Day is coming, and for some that means feeling less loved rather than more loved. Lindy Stockton of The Collage Cafe is out to change that! This Saturday, February 13th she is hosting a free Scatter Love event at her store (912 Sherman Avenue). 1) Stop by The […]
This journey of solopreneurship has taught me that I have more peers than competitors, and it has been a joy to get to know Evanston businesswomen who are successful and supportive of fellow small business owners. I met Sara Jane of See Jane Sparkle at a Custer Fair years ago, when I didn’t even think […]
When I first got my built-ins created my second bedroom was still a guest room that would function as a craft room. I was focused on greeting cards at the time, and that wall was ample space for all my supplies. Then I left my career and my plans as a small business owner morphed […]
This First Friday is hopping! Lots of my friends are in awesome openings throughout Chicagoland. My first stop on Friday will be Moon Art Gallery in Arlington Heights, where Jerry Stangl is the featured artist of the month. Jerry strives “to present the many varied moods of the seasons and times of day in my […]
