Spring of 2021, I got an email I thought for sure was SPAM. I pushed off responding to it because it felt like it could be real, but was worried it was truly just a phishing email that didn’t warrant my time or energy. So it sat in my inbox collecting dust until another email came in a month later, “following up on my previous email”, it said. Whoops! So I quickly responded to the

I was just bopping along, minding my own business, and checking my Etsy messages one day back when I still focused a lot of business time on Etsy. I had grown my business to a reasonable size and did field some random requests but most of the messages that came in were legit. So, when I saw a message from someone claiming to be a costume designer for a major Halloween horror movie production I

I started my first business in 2016. A planner accessories business that focused on stickers, dashboards, and handsewn planner cases. Most of these items, while they could be used in just about any planner or bullet journal, were made to fit the famous Erin Condren 7×9” vertical planner. And if you have ever been in the planner community, you know exactly what I’m talking about. 1.6” wide boxes all the way! As a result of

My job at a multi-million dollar startup was to not just manage the company’s social media and outward facing brand, but also to assist my manager with our PR meetings too. Oftentimes this looked like meeting with teams from various companies and one team we often partnered with was Katie Couric’s team. We would write articles, and create campaigns around the intersection of eating disorders and media.  One day, we were slated to come give