November’s highlights included becoming a certified ACDBE/DBE business, creating a new passion project around mental health, taking a trip to Peoria, and putting new stickers into production for the Field Museum…

The warm-up to play volleyball in my high school gym class was one minute of push-ups followed by one minute of sit-ups. There was a strict rule that if any individual student stopped or wasn’t fully participating, everyone in the entire class had to start over…

October’s highlights included celebrating turning 28, adding some new retailers, and continuing work on some fun projects behind the scenes…

September’s highlights included seeing more friends than I can count, adding some exciting new retailers to my list, reading a dozen books, and launching the new branding for Doughnut Gallery…

August’s highlights included seeing my work at the Field Museum, pitching to my first mass retailer, working hard behind the scenes, and enjoying summer in Chicago (and Milwaukee)…

July’s highlights included graduating from the Top Shelf Retail program, designing some new collections, reading more than usual, and seeing wholesale orders begin to pick back up…

Introducing the eighteenth business journal blog post of the monthly Business Journal series. June’s highlights included launching Disability Pride, submitting my ACDBE application, attending the AMAC Conference, and visiting my family in Colorado…

Introducing the seventeenth business journal blog post of the monthly Business Journal series. May’s highlights included branding work for a variety of small businesses, taking a week-long staycation and exploring Chicago, and seeing my work for the first time at the Chicago History Museum.

Introducing the sixteenth business journal blog post of the monthly Business Journal series. April’s highlights included launching an event rebrand with the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois, graduating from the GovCon-Airports Program, leading a successful webinar on pricing with confidence, and becoming fully vaccinated…

Introducing the fifteenth business journal blog post of the monthly Business Journal series. March’s highlights included relaunching Cool Beans, working with the National Kidney Foundation, wrapping up Self-Made Artist Academy’s first cohort, and participating in GovCon-Airports program…