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Limited ed FRIENDS cards & fun ways to celebrate its 25th anniversary

It’s the 25th anniversary of Friends this month! On September 22, 1994, the first ep of Friends aired and about 10 years after that it became my favorite show of all time to play as “background noise”. I’d borrow DVD’s from the library, friends, and eventually bought my own set while I played it ...

A Jar of Pickles + Dough

My best friend linked me to Dough a while ago and I've loved discovering small, women-owned brands from their page. From Dough:" If everyone in the US spent $20 a month at a woman owned business we’d drive nearly five billion dollars towards female led companies monthly. That’s what we call walle...

My resume (or, my job history)

Every single phone call / coffee date I've gotten to chat about Pickles has started with my career background and my windy path into (and maybe now out of) design. I'm actually going to start linking blog posts before I chat with people just so I don't have to repeat myself so much. Is that con...

Sales graphs by location

Since I launched state stamps last week, I got very curious to see sales data by location. Very fitting that I finished this blog post on a plane ride over to Hawaii! This is data of total revenue (note: not # of orders) since my first Etsy sale from a good friend.Not surprisingly, California tak...

I love working in coffee shops: a list

Last week, I polled via-Insta stories: I get sooo much done at coffee shops. Do you? I can always tell I'm "in the zone" when I'm not picky about what song comes up on shuffle, and that's the most likely to happen when I'm at a coffeeshop. Going to school in Berkeley conditioned me, I think. I'd...

Posting on IG stories has led to an increase in all KPI's

Is everyone else like me where you go back and forth about how much you want to share about your life on Instagram (if you run a small business, I'd guess yes)? I go through phases of storying on my personal account with a combo mix of these: Home life ft. Jeff When I go out and its fun w friend...

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