Looking for all the best last-minute handmade Valentine's gifts?! Whether it’s a treat for yourself, for your littles, for your husband or wife, or for your bestie… a handful of our makers have pulled together some of their favorite items, for this Valentine's Gift Guide! {click the gift guide pics, to be taken straight to the makers’ collections on our website} For these…
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We're going to move! And I'm designing a mural, t-shirt, and new sticker to go with that! (even a hashtag) And although the new space is just a carbon copy of our current space, all of us makers are dreaming of what this could mean for us! . It's going to take a lot to make this move magic, and to give the world to my makers! So I've started…
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I was interviewed, months ago. And I forgot to ever follow-up with the publication! Oops! So..... here's a great article, all about the handmade movement, from Gifts + Decorative Accessories' September issue! (I'm quoted quite a bit. And I love some of the highlights!)
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We want to get you ready for Thanksgiving! Whether it’s for your home decor, a treat for yourself, a fall table centerpiece or serving board, or a Thanksgiving Day hostess gift… a handful of our makers have pulled together some of their favorite items, for this Handmade Gobble Gift Guide! {click the gift guide pics, to be taken straight to the makers' collections on our website} …
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A peek into my morning routine: . I now get up-and-at-'em, with a walk all around Boerne's trails and Main Street. It's a great way to start the day, with exercise, and music or an inspiring/informative podcast. After gaining a ton of weight throughout the stress of covid, I am needing this movement! If you're the heaviest you've ever been, you're not alone. I feel you. And I encourage you…
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Though you're not leaving the nest immediately, I still wanted to type up some words of wisdom. Some life lessons, as one would say. 1 Find your joy. Hold tight to it. If it can make you money at it, even better. 2 Find your people, your tribe. This will morph and change through the years. And that's okay. Know who your real friends are, and treat those people like…
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You’ve heard me shouting from the rooftops for the past year, right? About how important it is (more than ever!) to shop small, stay loyal to local, and support handmade? I’m sure you’ve heard! Again, and now for Mother's Day, I’ve pulled together a simple and straight-forward gift guide from a handful of local makers and entrepreneurs in our Handmade on Main shop. Gifts that are perfect for the MOM,…
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It's been one year! of the world coming to a halt quarantine shutting down my business for weeks Jen with SA Live coming out to the shop, to talk all-purpose cleaners, hand cleansers, bar soaps (protecting ourselves through covid) rescheduling, then cancelling our style show switching to HEB curbside, to avoid the crowds toilet paper hoarding missing Ben, while he's at his dad's for April and May an insane amount…
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After I founded this wonderful national holiday a few years ago, and got to celebrate it twice in my shop, tomorrow is definitely not going to be the big event that I dreamed of. But here we go, pivoting again! Our five amazing vendors at Handmade on Main, plus our sweet neighbors, are having a fun online party! Each of us will be taking over Handmade on Main's social…
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Last night I received this message from Quickbooks.... And with all the uncertainty ahead of us, closing our doors on Saturday, and no promise of continued online orders.... I decided to go for it! Our shop now has a GoFundMe page. On one hand, money raised can simply go to helping us pay rent, and be able to open our doors again (when the time comes). On the…
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