The Yellow Desk

Facebook has a "Shop" tab for pages and while the Facebook message I received after I added my first product said that it will be shown to millions of people around the world, it didn’t seem to go that far. Actually, they didn’t seem to go anywhere. Each product got a few likes and even one share but they seemed to be stagnant and weren’t even ranked high when shared to the page in Facebook’s feed. However, that doesn’t make the shop tab completely useless. There is a very co

A few years ago, I was reading a blog about a woman who had started collecting little notes throughout the year in a jar about each of the good things that had happened to her. At the end of the year, she would open the jar and read through all of the amazing things and be reminded of how blessed her life was. I promptly decided to do the same thing and rather than worrying about making the perfect jar with a hand painted “good things” title on it, I grabbed the first thing I

Florence, Oregon is known as having the largest dune complex along the coast of the entire US. It’s home to lots of off-roading adventures, events, and tourists flock there for their off-roading fun. It also has a magnificently long shoreline with soft sand as far as the eye can see. We traveled over to Florence to check out the beach there and see if we might find a lovely spot to linger. We drove down the very long (miles) access road that runs parallel to the dunes until w

Some of you may have noticed in the news lately that not all henna artists and their materials are created equal. Upon delving deep into the henna world, you’ll find that the quality of henna is based on numerous things that you might not have even been aware of. The quality of the henna powder, the freshness, and what the henna is mixed with are all important factors. Until you’re an experienced henna artist, mixing your own paste for some time, it is difficult to know which

I was working on my new store for my website and I remembered something that a marketer said in a class once years ago. Someone had asked about the "buy now" type of buttons. The question was, do I make them look graceful and match my website or do I go crazy and make them stand out? The marketer (wish I could remember her name... hopefully it will come to me) said that the answer was sort of both. It should still "go" with your website as far as font choice and design are co

I’m not sure when my fascination with trees began but I do remember the first tree I truly loved. It was a huge willow tree that umbrellaed over half of our grassy yard, providing shade in the hot summers and reprieve from the winds in the winter. I can still see it in my mind’s eye, swaying elegantly back and forth in the breeze. I have fond memories of my sister and I playing under the tree with our Barbies and often just our imaginations. We had a swimming pool and we woul