CBco Designs and Spark & Scale, Toronto, ON (2026)

08/14/2026

When people ask what I do for fun…

Apparently the answer is:
talk about my business,
think about my business,
come up with new ideas for my business,
work on growing my business,
and then accidentally start another business idea while doing all of the above. 😂

At some point entrepreneurship stopped being something I *do* and became my entire personality.

Is it relaxing? No.
Do I enjoy it? Absolutely, yes.

07/29/2026

If your product isn’t selling, try again.

Because “I posted it once and nobody bought it” is not a marketing strategy.

Most people probably didn’t even see it. And the ones who did may not have understood why they needed it yet.

As a maker, your job is not just to make the product. Your job is also to market it, talk about it, show it in use, explain the value and actually sell it.

Post it again. Change the hook. Improve the photos. Show a different angle. Tell people why it matters.

A good product can still flop when the marketing is lazy. There, I said it.

07/28/2026

Motherhood changes you.

Your priorities shift. Your time is no longer entirely your own. You become softer in some ways, stronger in others, and suddenly very good at functioning on snacks and interrupted thoughts.

I don’t think we go back to who we were before becoming mothers.

We rebuild.

And for me, running a business has been a huge part of that.

It has given me something that is mine. A creative outlet, a sense of purpose, an income and proof that I can build something meaningful while raising the person who matters most to me.

I’m not the same woman I was before motherhood.

I’m more resilient, more resourceful and much less afraid to figure things out as I go.

You don’t reclaim who you were.

You build a more badass version. 🤍

07/23/2026

Testing a new file? You don’t need to commit to the full production process right away.

Skip the engrave. Skip the scoring. Just run the cut first to make sure every piece actually fits together.

Then leave the outer cut area in your laser so you can place the finished piece back into the exact same spot and run the detailed portions with perfect placement.

Could I have designed and cut one tiny test section instead? Sure.

But that would have required me to stop and design a tiny test section… and somehow that felt like more work than just cutting the whole thing. 😂

Test the fit first. Add the pretty details after. Save yourself from engraving an entire project that was never going to assemble properly.

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Toronto, ON

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