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This was just way too funny not to post...  I love it that two of my former students sent it to me via Facebook.  Thanks, Emily and Raymond.  This cracked me up! xox  

I spent this past weekend wearing a professional hat of a different variety. Aside from my totally fulfilling job as a jewelry designer and small-business entrepreneur, I also spend a pretty fair amount of time working as an educational consultant and professional learning trainer.  In other words, I train teachers how to teach new concepts to students. Teaching adults is a great gig, in no small part because they always remember something to write with. ;) I say all this for two reasons: a.) I think it is important for customers to know who is behind the brand.  I am...

It's not easy putting yourself out there when you start a business.  You are letting everyone know who you are, what you stand for, and then pray they buy what you're selling.  You get told no.  A lot. You get passed by. A lot. And sometimes, truth be told, it makes you (ok, me) wanna climb into a hole and quit. BUT...(This is bound to come up in conversation if you talk with me long enough.) Author, professor, and sociologist, Brene Brown, has changed the way I think about life, relationships, and the kind of human I want to be....

After high school, I went to college without a clue of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I mean, when people asked me, I'd say, "a child psychologist" or "something in advertising." Things I knew: I liked people. I was a good listener. I liked getting crafty with words and design. But I didn't really know me well enough yet to know that none of those jobs were that perfect a fit. So I just kind of floated for a sec.   It was on the suggestion of one of my professors at Saint Mary's, Kaya Oakes (who,...