Discovering lovely paper people at Noted 2023
If you've wondered what it's like to get involved with a very supportive community of creative folks, here's a peek into the world of...
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My first Louies Awards event 2023
Noted is an exceptional wholesale event, celebrating the best in stationery, kicking off with the Greeting Card Association's Louie...
Our Excellent Adventures in Business: 2022 edition
Hey, you rock! Thank you for your part in making this first full year of Vivid Cottage a most excellent adventure (hat tip Bill & Ted...)...
How Can I Cheer Up Someone in the Hospital?
For today's Giving Tuesday blog, I've invited my sister Sarah, a survivor of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and a Bone Marrow Transplant, to tell...
On Loss and Finding Meaning
Sometimes it seems like one awful thing after another piles on until you might just break. If you are a worrywart like me, prone to...
Small Business Saturday ... all year
When you support your local businesses and subscribe to their newsletters (here's the link to mine - thanks!) you are rewarding hard...
The Kindness of Christian Siriano
For more art, stories, and early-access offers, please subscribe to my Vivid Cottage newsletter! Designer Christian Siriano just opened a...
NY Now Through My Eyes
I'm taking you along on my journey as a newly-minted entrepreneur. So, let's go to the epic gift and home goods trade show, NY Now at the...
A Lovely 'Hayvn' for My Art
My favorite thing about being an artist and entrepreneur is the sense of having limitless possibilities. It's up to me to pay attention...
Little + Big United by a Mission
I am a 'little' CEO. Janti Soeripto is a 'big' CEO - of Save the Children. And this week I received a personal letter from her, written...
Leaving a Legacy of Love
It's a stunning morning - finches are chasing and singing outside my window, I just filled the hummingbird feeders, and there's a feeling...
Hydrangeas and Gifts
by Kerstin Rao for Vivid Cottage Today's post is for art fans, artists, gardeners, hydrangea enthusiasts, people who are creatives in any...
Even a SpaceX Scientist Likes an Old-Fashioned Card
by Kerstin Rao for Vivid Cottage My husband and I went to Los Angeles for business and vacation recently. It was our first flight since...
Kristin Burrello's Lovely Bouquets
By Kerstin Rao I would not have my art business without Kristin Burrello - seriously. Yes, I’ve wanted to be an artist since I was a wee...
A Lifetime of Letters with My Mom
By Kerstin Rao Writing letters is in my DNA. The tradition of family correspondence goes back to my Grandmother, and long into our...
India Hicks, Style Icon, Likes Vivid Cottage!
They say luck favors the prepared. I would add: ‘kindness favors the grateful.’ Here’s my story - it is a long and detailed story - of...
Cards and Their Healing Powers
Note from Kerstin - Today’s guest blogger is my amazing sister Sarah. Her story is a moving example of the mission of Vivid Cottage to...
Poet Diane Lowman & the Sunflower Bouquet
Guest Post by Diane Lowman Note from Kerstin - Today’s blog is a guest post by a friend who commissioned the Sunflower Resilience bouquet...
A Letter from the Arctic
Do you know this surprising fact about me? I’m obsessed with improv comedy. We will get to the Arctic connection - stay with me… Back in...
What's next for Vivid Cottage?
WHAT ARE WE UP TO NEXT? WE'VE GOT BIG PLANS! 1. MORE ARTISTS We plan to welcome new artists to Vivid Cottage in the future. We have so...
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