#staysafe

These are bizarre times…feels like I should be waking up from a bad dream or this movie should end…

Though I know we’re all in this together - no one knows what will happen or when it will end, but we are all affected and all of our lives have been upended. We have health concerns, economic concerns, will my business stay afloat concerns, mental health concerns, marriage concerns 😜 …this time is challenging us in every way. I am trying to stay positive and not let this new situation overwhelm me as I all of sudden have 4 kids to homeschool, on top of trying to keep my business running…

Speaking of my business, the shop in Champex is obviously closed indefinitely but my online store is still open. My local post office has closed but I still have access to another post office to be able to make your shipments. There’s an encouraging movement going on to support local businesses and it’s reassuring to feel this solidarity. As I work only with small local businesses, any business given to me, in turn helps other small businesses, so I will continue to promote for the good of all of my designers. Never before has this movement felt more honest and real to me. The Amazons of the world will survive this, but many small businesses won’t. To encourage business on my site during this period, I am offering free shipping within Europe on any order. This said, I may not be able to fulfill each and every order the day I receive it as my access to the post office is more restricted now, so I thank you for understanding. I will definitely have all shipments out within 1-3 days of the order being placed.

Back to staying positive…I’m trying to slow down, not worry about time, give myself some grace and know that I’m doing my best…we are all just doing our best. Hopefully we will get to some of those bigger projects like cleaning out cupboards, the garage, creating a compost, etc, though filling each day with 3 homemade meals for 6, 4 different homeschool programs, exercise (to stay sane), keeping the house clean and tidy, AND promoting my business, seems to be taking up all the hours in the day…

So take care of yourselves…take care of each other. We are all in this together. And thank you for supporting my small business, especially in times like the present!