The Year I Stopped Waiting to Feel Ready
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about challenges and how much I’ve been pushing myself this year. Not…
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When an Idea Asks to Become Something Else
Sometimes an idea doesn’t arrive as a plan. It arrives as a question. What if this became something…
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Building Wild Ridge Studio One Collection at a Time
When I first started learning surface pattern design, I thought the goal was to create more all of…
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Trail Side Post: Why I’m Bringing Back Real Mail
At some point over the last few years, mail stopped feeling personal. Now it’s mostly bills, advertisements, Amazon…
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Why I Finally Created a Patreon for Wild Ridge Studio
For a long time, I kept trying to figure out where all the “in-between” parts of my creative…
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Designing a Collection Around Quietness
There’s a strange pressure online to make everything louder. Louder colors. Louder messaging. Bigger graphics. More products. More…
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Slow Fire and the Kind of Making That Slows You Down
What surprised me most was that the piece itself taught me this. I didn’t sit down intending to…
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Why Monarch Butterflies Feel So Symbolic
There’s something about monarch butterflies that feels instantly emotional, even before you fully understand why. Maybe it’s the…
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Healing Isn’t Always Dramatic (Sometimes It’s Quiet)
A week ago, I had a hysterectomy, and it’s been a bit strange because it almost feels like…
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The Way I See the Trail Has Changed
Something has shifted in the way I see when I’m on the trail. For years, I hiked with…
