TAKING MY TIME
January 2026
I am feeling slow to start this year. On top of the typical rigmarole of the Holidays, being a mom and a retailer during October, November and December is exhausting. During one particularly short stretch in December, I hosted two birthdays (that included three parties), a cookie decorating night, baked treats for teachers, hosted our shop holiday brunch and a large family lunch. These are the things I look forward to all year long - why do they all have to happen in a span of ten days? I feel like I dialed it in for work near the end, in the name of survival and Christmas merriment.
Oh, and we closed our shop.
On December 31st we officially closed the doors of the JSH Shop in our neighborhood. There seems to be some confusion (and concern) the online shop and our Lexington workshop are still 100% alive and open. Only our local storefront has closed. I plan to share my thoughts about it soon, but for now, I’m still in recovery mode from a very busy season (of life).
I have decided that I’m going to take my time getting started again. I have so many things that I want to share in this new season. The very productive part of my brain wanted to have it all ready to share on Jan 1st, but the more rational, newly honed part of my brain decided that I’m just going to take my time.
For a while, I have had too much on my plate.
By closing the shop, I have gifted myself more time and I’m going to do my best to fully enjoy creating and writing in this new chapter.
I am absolutely itching to get started.
I have an open schedule and plenty of projects - maybe my two favorite things. At the risk of over promising, I do plan to write more. Hold me to it if you’d like. For the last couple of years, it has been easier for me to focus on the products, but I’m yearning to get back to the root of it. The cooking, decorating, designing, keeping and the sharing.
(I’ve included a list of topics I plan to explore this month below)
I have greatly missed going deeper, but in truth it just takes so much more time and energy than I had to give. Now that I’ve realigned my obligations, I have more time to spend in this space.
Thank you for coming along.
I am so glad to be here. -Jenny
