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Reimagine Mentorship: Each One Teach One

Thursday, April 4, 2013 by Jenelle Montilone

Image credit: The Way You Live card by PinWheelDesigns Priceless. The value of encouragement and support, inspiration, insight, and even perhaps a swift kick in the pants. If you ask any successful entrepreneur or leader about their journey, undoubtedly they'll reference a mentor, a coach, a teacher, or a community that helped nurture these seeds of success. Even the earliest … [Read more...] about Reimagine Mentorship: Each One Teach One

Take Care of Yourself & That To-Do List Too!

Monday, January 28, 2013 by Jenelle Montilone

Image: The Real To-Do List print by karindrawings More than 3 years ago when I started my business, my daily routine was chaotic. I was sewing out of the kitchen, so projects were put away and taken down throughout the day. I was making trips to the post office, elementary school, grocery store, and park. In the middle of changing diapers, making my own laundry soap and dinner … [Read more...] about Take Care of Yourself & That To-Do List Too!

8 Ways to Boost Your Sales Starting Now!

Monday, November 12, 2012 by Jenelle Montilone

Whether you're considering leaving a full time job, crafting as a hobby and cashing in a little dough, or are supporting your family with a creative business- it started with an idea. Then you asked yourself, "how do I evolve this?" Sometimes it is through trial and error - maybe you launched a new product but it hasn't been flying off the shelves like you'd hoped. Often times … [Read more...] about 8 Ways to Boost Your Sales Starting Now!

Want New Opportunities Knocking On Your Door?

Saturday, September 22, 2012 by Jenelle Montilone

  Image credit: Fingerless gloves by alexmalexdesigns   "To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions." — Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change The past few months have really brought my attention back to the idea of openness and what it creates for us in our journey. I’ve had the chance … [Read more...] about Want New Opportunities Knocking On Your Door?

DIY Recycled Lollipops

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 by Jenelle Montilone

I don't typically get along with kitchen appliances. So I'd like to preface this recipe: if I can do, anyone can. What you'll need:  unlicked lollipops and other hard candies, a meat mallet or hammer, baking pan covered with foil, cookie cutter shapes (I improvised, using the circle from my bunt pan), and lollipop sticks, sprinkle toppings optional 1. Unwrap and sort candy … [Read more...] about DIY Recycled Lollipops

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Care/Carry/Cure an essay from ‘You Care Too Much’

Mine-Mill organizers claimed that the first of four concerts, held at the Peace Arch in Blaine, WA, in 1952, attracted 40,000 admirers, mostly from the Canadian side of the border near Vancouver. Source: Pacific Tribune Archive.

On Distance: Paul Robeson and the Rolling River of Resistance

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A New Year’s Revolution

Go Do Some Great Thing, Lawrence Hill

Go Do Some Great Thing

Dr. Pauli Murray, "I intend to destroy segregation by positive and embracing methods. When my brothers try to draw a circle to exclude me, I shall draw a larger circle to include them." An American Credo

Draw a Larger Circle

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#FellowMakers History & the Triangle Factory Fire

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70 Ways to Build Community

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Stop the Hustle: On Slowing Down, Stepping Up & Paying Attention

Community Is Not Clubs: How We’re Segregating the Internet & What We Can Do

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Care/Carry/Cure an essay from ‘You Care Too Much’

In June of 2016 I supported my love Chris as we dealt with the death of both his parents and a co-worker over a three week period. This essay written the summer of those deaths is my attempt to make sense of grief and the struggle to carry all that I care for. Originally published […]

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