A Year of Projects, Unique Decor, tools, and Recipes — and a Waitlist to Make It Real I’ve been researching and planning something I’m genuinely excited about: a monthly Homesteading Box—a delivery that helps you live self sufficient. Complete with country deco, recipes, tools, and projects at home. But here’s the honest behind-the-scenes truth: this is a big undertaking! Here is just a small list of what I've been doing to get ready: Plan an entire year of boxes with lessons

Do you want a behind the scenes look at what it's really like in a maker space? I love Lowell Makes (my local maker space). It gives me access to tools I could never fit in my own home. But because it’s a shared space, we’re going through some growing pains right now. What’s going on at the shop Wood shop: Someone is tightening hardware so much that even men can’t loosen it—and threads are getting stripped. Laser shop: Both lasers need major maintenance, so I can’t use either

A big thank-you to West Ave Studios for hosting the Block Party — even though sales were slow, it was a win for connections, traffic, and fresh product ideas (plus my daughter’s own mini hustle!).

Event prep, lots of laser printing (and waiting), and a big win: the catalog is finished — plus a sweet Florida baby shower moment for Kyle & Karina.

Father’s Day at the Londonderry Flea Market was packed with antiques, surprises, and a Skylanders hunt that ended with a super rare Light Element find.

I'm back and here's what's been happening in the shop...

After all my blogging, and making, and sharing, I was getting almost zero engagement. Out of almost 600 followers, my post were getting seen by 8 to 30 people...

Last post I stated that I "Hit a groove", boy oh boy did that come to a jarring stop...

If I could get personal for a sec. When making a new side to my tray (to add the new magnets) I need to use the table router to add a grove that the bottom of the tray and magnets fits into. The bit in place was not what I wanted...

Social media boom! New package for Fire Starters, and new location for a Pop-Up!

Fire Starters added to the products and It's my birthday!

End if Summer and lots to do...

Welcome new visitors!

Lowell Folk Fest was amazing. Met a bunch of people and made some surprising sales. Surprising because I wasn't planning to have a particular product at the festival...

My one day build started with a trip to the storage unit. I didn't know what I was check off this list but I was determined to finish something. I riffled through my scraps and put a plan together. I built display stands in the past and knew it would be easy to do...

After these cuts, I lined the curve up, and glued it together. I did this twice, once for the top of the curve and twice for the bottom. After all this was done, I was so excited to try out my new form! I cut more wood and put it all together. Just to feel disappointment. It didn't match up! As I saw the unit, my brain broke. Staring at this unit I realized a few things...

Some of you may remember that I've been waiting for a storage unit to open. It took over a month but it finally did. I walked in, so excited that all my stuff would be a stones through away. As I saw the unit, my brain broke. Staring at this unit I realized a few things...

Lately I've shifted my mindset. What if I were to create a pathway to my dream business. What would that look like? What would I need to do?

These thoughts crossed my mind at the Church yard sale when my event table neighbor offered an opportunity. I could sell her jewelry...

Mistakes were made. The biggest having to do with my custom order form...