Our marriage had its first milestone yesterday: our 1 year anniversary! Jeff and I took some time recently to reflect on our first year of marriage and relive our amazing wedding day— it has been the best & most fun year of my life. Marrying your best friend is highly, highly recommended:) R...

I LOVE stamps. I loved writing letters growing up and one of my favorite parts was going through my parent's forever stamp collection and choosing which one to use when I sent one out.   This week I received the USA Philatelic Catalog, an official magazine by USPS that showcases all the gorgeous...

I keep wanting to blog as I'm learning more and more about the paper industry, but I just can't find the time. I'm going to make it a goal to do short blog posts that will document what I'm currently learning and not obsess about them being superbly well-written ;)Today I'm going to blog about m...

I've done 3 pop-ups in the last year in addition to the 5 craft fairs (I was definitely very infatuated with the idea of meeting customers and selling in-person, but the excitement has faded a little; it's pretty tiring to prep for the events while I'm working all week and then... work all weeken...

Clearly I am failing at blogging on a regular basis, but I am very happy to finally be writing about my craft fair experience in 2015! I embarrassingly did not know about the existence of craft fairs before this past year (there are so many in SF but my secret about being 1 hour south of THE City...

I've always admired JGL for his very normal life sprung from child acting, the versatility in the roles he takes on, and his deep, beautiful dimples. What he said prompted me to think a lot about Pickles and what I am doing with it.  I get asked often what my plans are for Pickles. Friends I'm c...