Yes, we are CLOSED for Summer Break until mid August 2025! Yes, it is very much a kiss of death in the small business industry to close for an entire season, especially when things starting to pick up and I have a renewed sense of creative mojo. Well, then...where are we going?  Cambodia. Why?& …

Sounds salacious and juicy, but I'm not referring to the NYC S+M scene--I'm talking about my annual October deep dive into making ridiculously detailed HOMEMADE COSTUMES for my kids, from the comfort of my kitchen, mostly using recycled materials I find around the house.  If I'm feeling a littl …

How does "Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday" make you feel? As a person who often partakes in retail therapy, I salivate all year long, mentally justifying a barrage of excuses to justify purchasing stuff I want but don't really need. "Yeah, no. Imma wait for Black Friday/Cyber Monday to treat mysel …

While I miss it in many ways, the best thing about not having a brick + mortar retail store is that I can easily put JanetJewelry.com into Vacay Mode without having to worry about the high overhead of Manhattan commercial rent! I've always loved to travel + am so grateful that I can take my summers …

When my parents got married in 1967, my dad was just starting his first new business venture, so my parents' wedding bands were simple 14KG bands because my mom insisted that she'd rather my dad save his money to invest in the company than to buy her a fancy ring ("You can . They had the same plain …

For those of you who've been with me for years on end, thank you. I hope you've all been doing ok, but that's another blog for later.  The short version for us, is that we're doing ok, Merv is still working remotely, the kids finished a combo of remote + hybrid school schedule for this year an …