the Little Craft Closet

September 20, 2010 - I climbed off the elevator and came face to face with a pregnant woman. It was after all the fourth floor, where women go to have their babies. Only, that’s not what I was there for.  Although 40 weeks earlier I’d looked forward to a September 18th due date, that pregnancy was lost soon after it started. In a fog I had tried to process...feeling guilty for being so sad over losing a baby I never even had the chance to announce. But we pushed forward, believing it was a fluke, and kept trying to grow...

School's back in session! Woohoo!!    I'm self-employed, which means I'm mostly in charge of my own schedule, and my teenage son spent most weekdays of summer in his room sleeping and playing video games with his friends. Fortnite, anyone? So I'm not sure why I find myself so thankful for school starting this year...but I am!    More than any other time of year, fall has always been my season for renewal - engrained from the start of the school year, I assume. It's more than a change in beauty routine to accommodate the drier weather or finding a...

It was so much fun hosting 9 & 10 News Michigan This Morning - On The Road at the Little Craft Closet She-Shed! We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful morning!   Grab a cup of coffee then click here to watch all of the segments that made up my demonstration. I dare you not to get crafty afterwards! 

Remember back in February when I was constantly posting about Marie Forleo's B-School on social media? Until the heartache of losing the scholarship sent my heart into full blown ache like a bad teenage breakup, that is. My video really stunk but it was a great learning experience about putting yourself out there for your dreams AND having clarity in those dreams. Months of classes later, I'm still pinpointing clarity with techniques that bring me back and forth, in and out of focus of what I originally thought I wanted. Do you know what hasn't changed though? How I long...

How many versions of the story are there? When I'm at markets and shows, I find myself telling different versions of how the Little Craft Closet was born. They're all true and they're all valuable building blocks to how my dream formed. Here are my favorites... When I was growing up my family had a woodcrafts business. Mom was the artist and we all helped in the woodshop, at craft shows, and on the road where Mom and Dad would sell to country décor shops. When my dream of being a mom-preneur formed, I knew what to do. I knew...