2024 Word of the Year
For the past two years (2022-2023) my word of the year was flourish. Moving from 2022 to 2023 I felt like I wasn’t finished “Flourishing” as so many projects were...
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2023 Year In Review: Monthly
2023 Was a jammed pack year! I bumped up the travel for MALWEST, added events and designed/built a home-- all while pregnant! Now I'm putting a great big (pink) bow...
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Year in Review 2022: Monthly Highlights
A monthly review of work and life at MALWEST design. Fun highlights, takeaways and travels from 2022.
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Word of the Year 2021
I've had my WOTY picked out for a while now with the much anticipation of the new year (goodbye 2020!) Coming out of a year like 2020 I knew I...
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My Year in Review 2020
I can’t believe I almost didn’t want to look back on 2020! There’s a lot of doom and gloom out there for this past year, so much so I almost...
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Working in Collections
I introduced a tangible product line into my business in 2018. It wasn't until 2019 I started releasing products as collections and it has made such a difference. Batching the work...
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oh boy! Designing Life: ROUND 2
Although my son, Connor’s, birth was less dramatic than his sister’s it still had many firsts for me that took me by surprise. By my third trimester I had convinced...
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Selling at Local Markets
We wrapped up our second Market Basket (and third local market experience) in November 2019 and I’m finally able to write and reflect on my experiences. 2018 was the first time MALWEST...
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Why I'm not Reflecting on 2019
So, if you’re like many many people you’re in the throws of setting and trying to keep New Year’s resolutions, New Year planning, New Year goals etc. I’m totally doing...
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Central Park NYC Wedding Suite
This is not your typical wedding. The bride is from Connecticut, the groom from Great Britain, the couple live on the beach in Florida and the wedding is in NYC,...
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Word of the Year 2020
It’s been a full year since my last blog post. I know, because it was my 2019 WOTY 😆 but I’m not going to let this get me down or...
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Word of the Year 2019
I’ve been trying to make time to contemplate my 2019 word of the year but this has been such a busy end of year for us! After forcing myself to...
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2018 Year in Review
What wasn’t successful or I didn’t enjoy: Only working on digital graphics/assets. I was advised several times by several knowledgeable people to only dabble in digital products because it’s easier...
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5 Lessons Learned as a Mompreneur
My daughter is turning ONE. It has gone by so fast but also feels like life without her just never existed. I’m getting nostalgic as I reflect on L's first year...
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