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Valentine’s Day is like a wild rollercoaster ride, depending on where you are in life and how you feel about this holiday. Sure, it's pumped up with commercial hype, but hey, we support any reason to spread some love and cheer through heartfelt words and treats!

Whether you're cozying up with your partner, hanging out with your ride-or-die buddies, or making this day extra magical for your little ones, here's hoping these letter-writing prompts and tricks sprinkle a bit of joy and affection to your Valentine’s Day festivities. Let's spread that warm & fuzzy feeling without holding back! 💌

2. Write about something you like about them 

 

"I love your silly sense of humor. You always make me laugh."

"I love your ________ . You always make me______."

 

"You make the best chocolate chip cookies. Seriously."

" You make the best _____________________. Seriously."

 

"In case you need reminding, you are an amazing father."

" In case you need reminding, you are an amazing ______."

 

3. Write about a shared event that brought you closer.

 

"Remember when we ate hot chicken and then had to share a hotel bathroom? That is true love."

"Remember when we ______________ and then had to _______________? That is true love."

 

"One of my favorite memories of us is using our broken Italian to tell a waiter in Italy that the cheese was better than sex. LOL!!"

"One of my favorite memories of us is_____________"

 

"The memory of you crying at our wedding always makes my heart leap."

"The memory of _______________________ always makes my heart leap."

 

I hope some of these prompts get your creative juices flowing! If all else fails, a simple "I love you" always gets the job done. 

xo, Freshie

In case you hadn't noticed, we L O V E washi tape at Freshie & Zero. Not only is it cute, but it's extremely functional! And did we mention it's CUTE AF?! We get asked often what we do with the washi tape we're so obsessed with, so we figured we would share some of our favorite uses for it! 

It's our birthday!! As part of the festivities, I am answering 15 questions to celebrate 15 years of making jewelry! 

Question 2: Who is Zero?

Also known as "Which one of you is Zero?" - the most commonly asked question in our craft show tent. How many times did I have to fake a smile when asked that question? The world will never know.

Zero is my dog. Well he was my dog. He died a few years ago. He was a Jack Russel who was living life 110% until one day his age caught up with him overnight. I hear that's how Jack Russels are. 

He was a personality and a half. Totally neurotic and way too smart - he failed out of obedience training because he was too stubborn. He was sweet but a HANDFUL. I appreciated his big personality but sometimes I just wanted him to slow down and relax! 

 He was such a nut!

It's our birthday!! As part of the festivities, I am answering 15 questions to celebrate 15 years of making jewelry! 

Question 1: What was your earliest logo?

Let me begin by saying I designed it myself. Let me finish by saying I majored in graphic design for only one semester. It was - ahem - the 1990's; the minute we switched from hand-drawing graphic design to computer-only graphic design I changed my major to Studio Art. I did not want to be tied to a computer all day - lololololol.

I can’t find an actual image file because it was 15 years ago - when I still had a Dell, dude! Who even knows what program I used to design it! What design software was on PC computers 15 years ago?

You can see this early logo in all its glory on a banner from my very first craft show in Clarksville, TN in April 2006. 

It's a look.

Fun fact about my first show: the first day was 10 hours long and I sold one pair of earrings. All. Day. It was a rough start, but I was not deterred! I made those earring displays myself and adorned them with sushi grass. I felt so creative.

Listen, we all have to start somewhere.

It's our birthday!! As part of the festivities, I am answering 15 questions to celebrate 15 years of making jewelry! 

Question 3: Where are some of the weirdest places you have done a craft show?

Creative people will find a way to host a show in any venue. You don’t need a cool exhibit hall or a crusty old building with character! Why not? Sometimes those cool old buildings don’t have heat and you freeze your bum off doing an indoor show in December.

Three odd venues where I have set up my booth:

1. An elementary school - inside a kindergarten classroom. (it was a fundraiser for the school) It was actually really cute but definitely a non-traditional place for a craft show. 

2. In the SAND near the beach in Gulf Shores Alabama. We were not on the beach, so what's up with the sand? It was a huge festival and I would have sold a lot more if I slapped sea glass on everything. 

If you think it's tiring standing on grass all day, wait til you try to stand in the sand for 10 hours. We bought little door mats for people to step on - they look like sh*t as you can see in the photo above. We tore down early because we were about to be blown away by gale force winds. Not good for tents.

Now for my most memorable one:

3. Sometimes it’s not where, but who you’re set up next to that really stands out. During a big festival near Memphis Tennessee, I was set up next to a “spirit hair” booth. Spirit. Hair. It was a group of hair stylists who dyed real hair from their real clients into school colors. They sold it as clip-on hair for you to wear to show your school spirit. 

I love the spirit of entrepreneurship but dyed scraps of human hair kind of grossed me out. Maybe it was hearing them describe it to hundreds of people that got to me. It was a 3 day festival and they did not come back for the 3rd day. I never saw spirit hair again.