Self Employment - Expectation vs. Reality
In the early days of starting a new business, the potential is exciting and intoxicating. I’ve been self employed for decades with various businesses and starting them is always the...
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Stories (aka blog posts) are written in-house by Vanessa Aegirsdottir and occasionally George Bahm.
Virtual Trunk Shows
In these crazy times of Covid, in-person shopping isn't the same as it was. We're not travelling, we're working from home and many of us are in cities on lockdown...
What 2020 has Taught Me So Far
It was New Year’s Eve, 2019. George and I attended a small but extremely lively Scottish Hogmanay – a New Year’s Eve celebration that was steeped in Scottish tradition including...
Sage Advice - Wisdom to Keep You on Track
After more than 25 years as a self employed person in some capacity or another, I’ve learned a few things. I realize that most lessons in life and in business...
Our Company Values and What They Mean
It’s imperative that a company or organization have the ability to identify their core values AND be able to speak to how they embody those values in the day-to-day operations...
A Typical Week - Summer Edition
It’s possible that my life couldn’t possibly get any cooler. I mean, I wake up early and enjoy amazing coffee with my husband in the cutest, coziest apartment ever and...
Looking for Silver Linings
Friend, times are still very uncertain as we all know. But what I now know after the initial shock of what has happened to our world has eased slightly is...
In the Beginning
One of the questions I get asked the most is about how I got started in my career. I love this story so much but it’s a little long so...
We did a thing!
On February 11th at about 5:30 pm on the frozen banks of the Yukon River, I exchanged vows with the man I love, George Bahm. We were joined by my...