The Vivid Cottage Blog

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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...

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...

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...

By Kerstin Rao Writing letters is in my DNA. The tradition of family correspondence goes back to my Grandmother, and long into our...

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...

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...

Guest Post by Diane Lowman Note from Kerstin - Today’s blog is a guest post by a friend who commissioned the Sunflower Resilience bouquet...

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...

When Barbara Winter, author of Making a Living Without a Job, learned of my mission to spread joy and connection through my greeting...

Every entrepreneur starting out needs mentors, both formal and informal. I’ve been very lucky to have a caring, savvy, encouraging and...