Leanne Kampfe

When you hear "charm bracelet," there's a decent chance you picture something from a younger version of your life. Maybe it was your own bracelet covered in tiny souvenirs and initials, or maybe it's the colorful charm necklaces and bracelets you've seen all over social media lately. Either way, charm jewelry can be easy to file under cute, but probably not for me. But charm bracelets for women don't have to look anything like the ones we wore when we were younger, and they don't have to look...

I started a new planner this week. Fresh pages. Nothing crossed out yet. Every square still empty and full of possibility, like this is going to be the school year I finally color code something. By Thursday, half those pages were already full. That's the thing about a blank planner, and honestly about September in general. It feels like a clean slate for a few days, and then it fills up so fast you start wondering if it was ever actually empty to begin with. September Sells You a Fresh Start...

When I imagined opening my studio at Haven, I thought the hard part would be the transition to a new space. Buying replacements for items my previous studio included, figuring out a new display for the chains, determining which of my systems needed to change. The hundred small decisions that go into turning an idea into a place people can actually walk into. But that wasn't the hardest part. The hardest part has been trusting it enough to leave room for it. The Hardest Lesson My Minnetonka...