Let’s talk about love.
Not the romantic kind—but the creative kind. The kind you stumble into while doing something you love, the kind that connects you more deeply to yourself and, unexpectedly, to a community.
I didn’t go to school for business, and I didn’t set out to start one. This work began after I took a pop-up paint-your-own pottery class and posted a photo online. Friends and family started asking me to make pieces for them, and suddenly it became a business—and I had to learn what that meant in real time.
What I didn’t expect was the community that would grow alongside it. Fellow makers, each running very different kinds of businesses (and often serving different audiences), became the people I turned to for guidance, reassurance, and eventually friendship. We trade advice, share systems and resources, swap customer stories, and cheer each other on. Through the work, real friendships formed.
Making has taught me that friendship in a creative life doesn’t always look the way you expect—but when it’s rooted in respect, generosity, and shared curiosity, it can be one of the most sustaining parts of the work.