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Reflections on Ten Years in Business
August 14, 2024

Reflections on Ten Years in Business

Heartell turns ten this week (August 14, 2014 is the day I filed my paperwork to form an LLC in New York State), so I thought I would share a practice my team and I have adopted for making sense of our experience and planning for the future. At our biannual retreats, we set aside time to look back at our achievements and disappointments, to look inward to see what we can learn from them and make sure our actions are aligned with our values, and look forward in order to create a vision for the future that we can work towards.

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9 Life Lessons from 9 Years of Heartell Press
August 16, 2023

9 Life Lessons from 9 Years of Heartell Press

The working title of this post was “Nine tips from nine years in business,” but what I want to offer you today isn’t business advice. Today, I want to share with you what working with you, the Heartell community, has taught me—lessons that extend beyond the realm of business. These insights have shaped me as a spouse, parent, friend, sibling and daughter, just as much as they have influenced me as an artist, business owner, and employer.

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Letter from Rachel: A Change for Me (But Not for You)
July 23, 2023

Letter from Rachel: A Change for Me (But Not for You)

Dear friends and supporters of Heartell Press,

I'm writing today to share some exciting news!

Next month, my husband, Eric, and I and our two children are moving across the country to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State to live closer to my Dad (the boys call him Poppy) and his partner, my mother-in-law and my two brothers-in-law and their families who also live in Sequim. My little brother and his family live in Portland, Oregon, so we'll be closer to them too.

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With You I'm Home: The Olympic Peninsula Camping Trip That Inspired Our Best Selling Print
November 05, 2022

With You I'm Home: The Olympic Peninsula Camping Trip That Inspired Our Best Selling Print

In honor of Play Outside Day I thought it would be fun to share some photos from the camping adventure that inspired the design we have sold more of than any other card or print, With You I’m Home.

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My Story—How I Became a Printmaker and the Origins of Heartell Press
October 17, 2022

My Story—How I Became a Printmaker and the Origins of Heartell Press

i love hearing the stories of other artists and how they developed their careers, so today i thought i would share how i became a printmaker and how heartell came to be.

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