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big news: adventure time!

dot & lil by the sea

what I've learned this year: uncertainty & mistakes

I used to post a lot more small business related posts, about the fears and stretching and growing and skill-learning that go along with being an e...

studio reno chaos: behind the scenes

So anyone who follows me on twitter or facebook or has been around me this spring already knows that the studio underwent a renovation and transfor...

slow going at high speeds

This has been one of those months that seem to jump by at warp speed. And yet, it seems sometimes that time is barely ticking forward, that progres...

others will follow

An inspiring talk from Gayle Tzemach Lemmon on women and entrepreneurship. The highlights for me? "When we change the way we see ourselves, others ...

montreal love

above: Jane Heller magnet set. I love my city. I love walking in it, and I love that is a walkable city. I love looking up at the distinctive roof...

working towards the montreal gift show

I am working hard this month, getting ready for the spring edition of the Montreal Gift Show at the beginning of March. Press kits, prices, new exc...

if dot & lil was an animal...

  In a strange twist of trying to inspire myself today, while brainstorming design ideas for a new product line, I came upon the odd question of wh...

a year in the life of my small business: our YouTube premiere!

like a fresh blank page

It has been a very crazy year. New clients, new shows, new approaches. I quit my job to work on Dot & Lil full time. I moved Dot & Lil out ...