emilyckohl

Longer days are ahead 🌅

It’s finally here! My very first Black Friday sale!

All Coloring Stickers are 50% OFF now through Cyber Monday!

My first ever Black Friday sale! 🤓

All Coloring Stickers in my Etsy store will be 50% off Friday 11/24 - Monday 11/27

Even though I’ve had my Etsy store for 12 years, I’ve never been able to run a Black Friday sale because I didn’t have the inventory on-hand, and I usually had to work at one of my other jobs. I realized a couple of days ago that I actually do have the availability/resources to run a massive sale on my Coloring Stickers this year, even if I can’t afford to extend that sale to the rest of the products in my store just yet, so here we are.

My first real Black Friday sale & I’m feeling pretty hopeful. I cut a few freebie stickers to throw in with the Coloring Stickers too, but I have to remind myself not to get crazy adding free stickers when the Coloring Stickers themselves are only $2 each; it’s just really fun to surprise people.

Hi, I’m still absolutely terrible at updating my Tumblr because, in all honesty, this app isn’t as fun to use as it used to be, but I’m desperately trying to find ways to make it more enjoyable.

I typically have Instagram-specific art projects & TikTok-specific projects (have you checked out my Gilmore Girls Movie Journal yet?) for 2 reasons: First, people have a reason to follow me on both & they hopefully don’t get bored just seeing the same exact content getting reposted somewhere else. Second, it gives me a reason to actually want to use both apps individually.

I would create some Tumblr-specific projects to give me more reason to share posts over here, but at the moment, I’m not sure anyone would see it. My main blog has been active for well over a decade, and even though it says I have over a thousand followers, most of those accounts have been inactive for a very long time. In years’ past, most of my posts would get a lot of attention, but in recent years, the majority of my posts get less than 5 notes on them, if they get any at all. It can be very discouraging. I feel like my community left this platform a long time ago, but I can’t find where they all went to.

But if you’re somehow seeing this post, I appreciate you. If you’d be interested in me working on some sort of Tumblr-specific content and posting more often, let me know. A short comment goes a long way when this app usually makes me feel like I’m shouting into a void.

ANYWAYS—

There’s quite a few spooky Halloween goodies in my shop that’s I’m very proud of 👻 Clothing, Posters, Greeting Cards, Stickers & a super cute yard flag that says “Trick or Treat” 🎃

Shop on Etsy or through my website emilyckohl.com

(Yes, I technically make a couple cents more if you buy it directly on my website, but when you order through Etsy, you help boost my store’s standings in Etsy’s algorithm & have the option to leave a review which boosts my store in the algorithm even more leading to more sales on the platform. Wherever you choose to shop from, you’re still greatly supporting little ol’ me & I do a little happy dance every time I get a new order) 💛

Some of my favorite tv shows and movies that I watched in 2022 🍿

It’s interesting just to see how much time has passed since I’ve watched a particular show or film (it’s always waaaaay longer than I think it’s been).

Sure, we’re in March, but I finally decided on a word/theme for this year.

I struggled to find the right word because my goals for this year are essentially just more of the same things I did last year. It’s a good problem to have; I’m so content in my day-to-day life that I really don’t want it to change very much.

Of course, there’s always room for improvement. For now, the strategy is improve in small steps where I can & otherwise enjoy the ride ✌🏼

These were my words for 2022 (couldn’t narrow it down to just one)

I did pretty well with both balance and consistency until the summer started. Any sort of routine went completely out the window after that.

I didn’t decide on a word for 2023. More-of-the-same-and-maybe-just-a-little-more didn’t have the right ring to it.

Do you pick a word for the year?

I didn’t really meet my sales goal for the year, but 2022 was still my biggest year in online sales. For someone who spends almost nothing on marketing, I’d say that’s not too bad. 🤓

My new favorite page in this year’s bullet journal 📚 I’m excited to fill it in

Make It Yourself:

The bookshelves are from this planner kit digital download ⬇️

The portrait, lantern & chair stickers are from this sticker set here ⬇️

I’ve reached the age where out of my top 100 songs of the year, not a single one was actually released in 2022 👵🏼

Page from last year’s bullet journal 🍊

My 2022 Bullet Journal 🍊

I almost gave up on it halfway through the year (May-July are 4 pages total), but I’m so glad I picked it back up and finished it. Part planner, part scrapbook for what ended up being quite the year.

I plan on making a few posts for specific pages, but for now, here’s the full product. 📓

Oranges Spiral Notebook is available (along with other notebooks, stickers and journal templates) in my Etsy store and on my website ⬇️

Happy October 🍁☕️🍁

It took me two and half years longer than I originally expected it would, but my alphabet series is finally complete!

(The digital versions, at least. I’m still making the hand-painted canvases. A-K is complete. L-O are currently in-progress.)

It feels so nice to have these done. It’s also been very fun to make mock-ups now that every letter has a design.

I have a few other projects planned based on this alphabet, but for now, I’m getting ready for what’s usually my shop’s busy season: Fall, Halloween & Christmas. 🤞🏼

Just realized I never posted the “sister piece” to the Find Your Happy Place artwork.

I’m playing around with different styles that I can finish faster than my normal projects. I like a lot of the work I’ve been putting out lately, but they take me forever! Some pieces have 40+ hours in them (yikes).

An older page from the Scribble Journal, but an accurate representation of how I feel today.