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Who’s ready for the Tribute Collection? ✨ Monday, August 26th @ 8:30pm CST ✨
H O M E. For some, it is about the things, the materials that fill the space. For others, it’s the people. Can home also be a feeling? My sense of home is when I feel calm. When breathing is slower and deeper. Home is when memories return and I can let them in. Home is where I’m free. I have a sense of home in a number of places. The hope with Polka Square Home is to continue to tell stories through pieces that spark joy, create conversations, capture emotion and encourage community. This line will not replace but enhance the brand. Wearable + Home pieces are the way Polka Square is moving forward, into a new year around the sun. Thank you for your continued support.✨Tribute Collection of one-of-a-kind earrings sets and necklaces releases this Monday, August 26th at 8:30pm CST. Visit the shop site to get to know the pieces (link in profile).✨
It shouldn’t surprise me, yet it often does, when I’m caught in the grey. The grey matter that is the in-between. Where the lines are blurred, the answer isn’t clear, the beginning is shrinking in the rear view mirror and the end is out of sight. And yet...that grey area is remarkable to me. There is beauty in asking questions and broadening the heart and the mind. I used to live in a high contrast state of mind. Grey is my color of faith. It represents what I cannot understand but trust it is well.✨#dothepolka
GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT//Phew! It’s takes time and intention, but when the new Collection is updated on the shop site, it feels like it’s own piece of creativity. It all comes together there. The photography of each, individual piece, the product page to view the Collection in its entirety, the names of each piece that have meaning and purpose...it’s all there to start reviewing the fine print, dimensions, etc. 🎉FINALLY! Thanks to each of you who gave your feedback about the Polka Square Home samples. It helped me see that it is an avenue I can continue to pursue (spoiler alert: it’s already in the works!). Two beta-testers have been selected: Erica Nilsson and @schalmeister. Email your address to polkasquaredesign@gmail.com and a piece of Polka for your home or office will ship out soon!✨Tribute Collection: Monday, August 26th @8:30pm CST. Visit wear.polkasquaredesign.com to view the entire Collection! #dothepolka
When our life doesn’t go according to our ideal plan, how do we cope? How do we adjust? In the life-changing moments, in the schedule-altering ones? When I recently learned that my oldest would be home longer than expected this summer while their new school building is completed, you can be sure my first thought wasn’t anywhere close to, “Yay! Oh how gloriously special an extra long summer is!” Nope. I selfishly thought about all I had planned for those first couple of weeks when both of my children would be in the able hands of their teachers. A Collection release, starting a workout regimen (I’d love to be able to button my jeans again 🥴), intentional quiet time to regain focus. I know, poor me. We all make plans. Some are simply more flexible than others. Me, I’m rigid. I bend about as easily as marble. I’m super fun to be around when things go awry. But I’m growing, ever-so-slightly, every year.✨I paused yesterday to create a piece that tells the story of our late daughter Audrey’s life. If you start at the bottom, you can see there is a glimmer of hope even in the darkness. From depths, she rose. Heaven, folks. She got the better end of the deal when her broken body became perfect and whole in Heaven. She fought and battled for her life here on earth, the moment she passed, I choose to believe she entered the perfect place. The veins of barely blush were added toward the end. It represents her personality, which appropriately came alive more toward the end of her life. She began smiling more, opening her sweet eyes longer and giving us glimpses of what was soothing to her when she was in distress. I took a step back at one point and it was too smooth, too even. It didn’t adequately represent her journey, or ours. There were bumps in the road, highs and lows, texture to the journey with no rhyme or reason, it surpassed all understanding. And so that is translated through an uneven surface to the piece - an intended imperfection that perfectly and honestly takes you through her story. Upon the ascent, it’s clear and it shines. It draws your eye upward, just as my faith has taught me to. Eyes up, Rachel. Not on her, but on Him.✨
A piece of Polka for your home or office? Yes, please! But first, baby steps. Before Polka Square officially launched one year ago, a proper phase of beta-testing took place. Gal pals whom I trust agreed to #dothepolka and give me feedback about the baubles prior to take-off. These beauties won’t be any different. Before they become available, I need a couple of willing participants to help me discover the kinks, unveil the mishaps, learn from the mistakes. Are you here for it? If there is enough interest, a giveaway will take place! Comment below and let me know what you think about these pieces and if you would be a beta-tester! 😘 #brandnew
Up close and personal with the Tribute Collection today. Swipe for a few sneaks of their close-ups. The creation of the Collection is complete. Now begins the process of helping their story shine. They have done their job for me. Allowed me to be creative, to pour over and into them. But their purpose is best served by reaching others. They are meant to go beyond my hands. Are you here for it? ✨Tribute Collection by Polka Square | Monday, August 26th at 8:30pm CST #dothepolka
✨ANNOUNCEMENT✨It’s only fitting that exactly one year later, 365 days to be quite exact, the Tribute Collection will release on the anniversary of Polka Square’s jewelry launch. Mark your calendars and set a reminder for 🗓 Monday, August 26th at 8:30pm CST. The shop site (link in profile) will be updated soon with images of each available item along with signature names, details and prices. More info to come. Pre-orders and holds are not available. The Tribute Collection is comprised of 58 one-of-one earring sets and necklaces handcrafted, designed and packaged by yours truly. Polka Square Collections are small in quantity and huge in heart. They are made to tell a story. They are less about mass and more about being a part of the masterpiece that is you, The Original. There will never be enough for everyone, but for some, they are more than enough. Isn’t that true of each of us? We cannot be everything to everyone. To some, we can be enough. If after a year, you are still here to #dothepolka, many thanks. Some are discouraged by the shopping experience and that is understandable. I have sacrificed some but not all for this part of my business. Do I want it all? Sure. Can I do it all? Not well. I’m always willing to answer questions openly and honestly about this itty-bitty business. For your support, thank you. Cheers to making a tribute two weeks from today!✨
Wouldn’t it be 👌 if the cooler temps played nicely with the kid’s school schedule? I mean, when the Fall Semester begins, I’m all, “Get out the sweaters!” Meanwhile, the meteorologist is all, “The heat index is 173 degrees. Hug a popsicle, folks.”✨#dothepokla

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Happy Birthday, Shel! // Free Printable

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The Giving Tree was written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein and published by Harper & Row in 1964. 

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