Is the Create Cultivate conference even worth it? Will I be able to attend this thing alone and not be miserable? These questions, plus about 100 others were floating through my head the day I bought my Create Cultivate NYC Conference ticket. I was planning on going alone and I was totally terrified. I don't …
When I talk about Cheap Courage these days, do you even know what I mean? I've had this blog for so long I wonder if half of you understand the meaning behind the name or what it is I'm trying to get at. My bio reads, "Cheap Courage is [my] blog dedicated to doing what …
Continue reading Call for Courage – Announcing the Cheap Courage Challenge
I came across Zoey's @CherryandMint Instagram feed one rainy day. I was tired and crabby and her page and designs just lit me up. I had also just recently read a long NYMag article about the history of Memphis design and Zoey's designs are truly the next iteration of it. What's Memphis? Think squiggles, think …
Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide – Illustrated Clothing & Accessories – Cherry & Mint
Today is International Women's Day. A day I have always considered, but never taken any real action to get involved--not because I felt particularly safe or beyond the glass ceiling, but because I relied on other women to fight my battles for me. It seemed easier to let "them" do it, so I could focus on …
Continue reading #BeBoldForChange on International Women’s Day– TODAY
Three years ago I made a note to myself in my journal. I had been reading something--an article or a book-- and wanted to boil down what I had read to a mantra. The entry says this: Work when you are working. Relax when you are relaxing. Write when you are writing. And it is …
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