What Building Community Really Looks Like
A tribute to Rich Colli, the owner of Varga Bar and a true community builder, gone too soon in the City of Brotherly Love.
Beverages and Belonging
A thought piece on how enjoying and sharing beverages can be a key piece of building relationships and feeling like you belong.
Building A New Community: Morning Coffee Meetups
Consider starting a morning coffee meet-up if you’re craving community in your life. Inspired by Radha Agrawal’s book, Belong.
Bridesmaid Proposal Box Ideas
An overview of ideas for what to put in a bridesmaid proposal box, the logistics of shipping, and tips for doing it on a budget.
Send Promotion Snail Mail to Congratulate Your Colleagues
A step by step guide to putting together snail mail packages for colleagues to celebrate a recent promotion including what to include and lessons learned in my three years of sending packages.
Reconnect with Friends Through a Personal Newsletter
A how-to guide to write your own quarterly newsletter to stay in touch with your friends and family on a more consistent basis.
Friendship After Kids
How to stay friends with your friends who just had children, a guest post by Andy Shaw of Instafather.
Balancing Staying in Touch and Self Care
An essay about how to balance staying in touch with the people in your life and your own self care.
How to Bring Different Groups of Friends Together for a Party in 7 Steps
Seven steps to explain how to bring different groups of people together to minimize awkwardness.
What to Put on Your Year-in-Review Holiday Card
8 places to look for information to put on your holiday year-in-review cards how to choose what to put on it.
5 Simple Things You Can Do Right Now to Make Your Holiday Card Sending WAY Easier
The holidays are going to be here faster than you think. And life gets CRAZY. So why not get some of the easy logistical stuff out of the way now so you don’t have to do it later?
Tips for Hosting Guests in Your Home
Tips to make your guests more comfortable when they stay at your house including what conversations to have ahead of time.
Handmade Valentine Cards with Pop Open Cards
A sponsored post by Compendium. How I used their pop-open cards in handmade valentines to add a special treat.
A Greeting Card Story: Engagement, Thank You, and Baptism
An overview of my process for making an engagement card, a thank you card, and a baptism card.
A Greeting Card Story: Thank You, Birthday, and Congrats
A breakdown of the step-by-step process to make three handmade greeting cards: a thank you card, a birthday card, and a congratulations card.
Tips to Send Your Holiday Cards
A step-by-step guide to getting your holiday cards out the door.
A Greeting Card Story: Engagement, Thinking of You, and Baby Boy Congratulations
The story of 3 greeting cards: an engagement party card, thinking of you card, and a baby boy congratulations card.
A Greeting Card Story: Thank You, Thanks So Much, and You Go Girl
The story of three greeting cards and how they were made including a thank you card, a thanks so much card, and a you go girl card.