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Reflections on Ten Years in Business
August 14, 2024

Reflections on Ten Years in Business

Heartell turns ten this week (August 14, 2014 is the day I filed my paperwork to form an LLC in New York State), so I thought I would share a practice my team and I have adopted for making sense of our experience and planning for the future. At our biannual retreats, we set aside time to look back at our achievements and disappointments, to look inward to see what we can learn from them and make sure our actions are aligned with our values, and look forward in order to create a vision for the future that we can work towards.

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Heartell Shop Visits: Amelia Bowler's shop, Lauda in Tacoma, Washington
August 01, 2024

Heartell Shop Visits: Amelia Bowler's shop, Lauda in Tacoma, Washington

Welcome to Lauda, a delightful stationery haven in Tacoma curated by Amelia. Here, you'll discover a unique blend of beauty and practicality in items so pleasing you'll want to use them every day. Amelia's intuitive selection process is inspired by themes like coziness, mindfulness, and savoring the present moment (ah, what a gift!).

We are deeply grateful for the reflective time she spent with us, sharing her story and we think you'll be inspired by her story just as much as we are. We're also thrilled to have one of our designs as the best-selling card in her shop, such an honor!

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Decorate Your Devices With Our Free Marigold Quarterly Wallpapers
July 26, 2024

Decorate Your Devices With Our Free Marigold Quarterly Wallpapers

We’re excited to share our new free quarterly desktop and mobile wallpapers. Rachel designed a beautiful marigold pattern inspired by our newest naturally dyed generous kitchen towels. We loved it so much that we added it to our new sticker collection as well!

You can download the wallpapers here (you'll be prompted to enter your email - this is just a way for us to keep track of downloads and won't result in any extra emails from us).

You'll have the option to download the calendar version for your desktop or mobile wallpaper, or choose the pattern-only version in one of two color schemes. You can download the zip file here!

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Daily Inspiration for The Mother Figure Card Writing Challenge
May 05, 2024

Daily Inspiration for The Mother Figure Card Writing Challenge

Here's some ideas and inspiration of what you can write to the mother figures in your life.

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The Mother Figure 7-Day Card Writing Challenge: May 5-11, 2024
May 02, 2024

The Mother Figure 7-Day Card Writing Challenge: May 5-11, 2024

 Join us next week for another 7-day card writing challenge! Write one card a day for 7 days and enter to win a free $100 gift card.

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The Heart to Heart 7-Day Card Writing Challenge: February 11-17, 2024
February 07, 2024

The Heart to Heart 7-Day Card Writing Challenge: February 11-17, 2024

Join us next week for another 7-day card writing challenge! Write one card a day for 7 days and enter to win a free $100 gift card.

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Decorate your devices with our free woodcut poppies quarterly wallpapers!
October 11, 2023

Decorate your devices with our free woodcut poppies quarterly wallpapers!

We have a new pattern for you today, a half drop woodcut poppy floral inspired by our Thinking of You (Red Poppies) friendship card

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What to Write in a Sympathy Card: a Free Guide from Heartell Press
August 30, 2023

What to Write in a Sympathy Card: a Free Guide from Heartell Press

Today, in honor of National Grief Awareness Day, we have a new resource to offer you: a free, comprehensive guide to What to Write in a Sympathy Card. Sending a sympathy card can provide deep comfort during times of grief and loss, but it isn't always easy to know what to write inside a card. In this guide, you'll discover powerful insights as we debunk common myths that hinder us from sending meaningful messages. Craft comforting messages of solidarity, support, validation, and continuity, learn about sentiments to avoid while keeping in mind that any well-intentioned note brings comfort and explore occasions to send a sympathy card with sample phrases for your personalized message.

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9 Life Lessons from 9 Years of Heartell Press
August 16, 2023

9 Life Lessons from 9 Years of Heartell Press

The working title of this post was “Nine tips from nine years in business,” but what I want to offer you today isn’t business advice. Today, I want to share with you what working with you, the Heartell community, has taught me—lessons that extend beyond the realm of business. These insights have shaped me as a spouse, parent, friend, sibling and daughter, just as much as they have influenced me as an artist, business owner, and employer.

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Heartell staff recipe share: Logan's Street Corn Dip
August 10, 2023

Heartell staff recipe share: Logan's Street Corn Dip

This summer, the Heartell staff is sharing some of our treasured recipes with you! Lucky for us, our Operations Manager Kristin King's partner Logan is handy with a grill. They are sharing Logan's recipe for Mexican Street Corn Dip which was a huge hit at our Heartell barbeque at Syracuse Lake last summer. Cheers to good times and great company – enjoy!

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Letter from Rachel: A Change for Me (But Not for You)
July 23, 2023

Letter from Rachel: A Change for Me (But Not for You)

Dear friends and supporters of Heartell Press,

I'm writing today to share some exciting news!

Next month, my husband, Eric, and I and our two children are moving across the country to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State to live closer to my Dad (the boys call him Poppy) and his partner, my mother-in-law and my two brothers-in-law and their families who also live in Sequim. My little brother and his family live in Portland, Oregon, so we'll be closer to them too.

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