Conduit Press is the brainchild of Talia Halliday; mother|wife|artist, in that order. Conduit specializes in utilizing old and once forgotten materials and transforming them into new and useful products for the home and office. She recycles leather and paper into journals to hold your thoughts and art and recycles discarded books into safes, hiding places, ring bearer and jewelry boxes and small clutches. She's constantly working on new lines of work to expand her horizons and adores collaborating with other artists.
Five months. It’s been five months since I wrote (first) about Covid 19 and how it’s affecting our lives/business/friends/etc etc. Five months! I still can’t focus. Can you? I still don’t know what i’m doing. Do you? I’m still very much struggling. Aren’t you? Let’s see if I can just get through what’s been going … More Tales from a Shopkeep: the saga continues
My last post was a bit . . . negative. And I knew that going in, but I still hold true to the fact that I needed to let it out. I’m not ashamed of that. But, now it’s time to look for the helpers. And so I am. Here are just a few … More Tales from a Shopkeep: Look for the Helpers (pt iii)
I need to get this out, so I can move on. I need to let this out of my soul, so I can stop dwelling on it and start breathing. I need to share this with you, because I don’t think I’m the only one. And then, then I need to focus on the positive. … More Tales from a Shopkeep: Covid 19 part ii
2020 is something else, isn’t it? I mean, it’s only March and I myself feel like I’ve been through the ringer. In January I watched my dear aunt end her fight with cancer, surrounded by her 5 young children, her husband, a myriad of cousins, my parents, and my grandmother. No more than a week … More Tales from a Shopkeep: Covid 19 part 1
It’s that time of year again, and man, has it been a year! I mean . . . for us, at Gather and BHM, the year is just beginning, but we’ve been hearing it over and over again – WHAT A YEAR! *deep breaths* So here we are, year 11 under our belts. Boy does … More Tales from a Shopkeep : BHM 2019
This past weekend we celebrated our fifth anniversary. It kind’ve snuck up on me, as things often do. But, I had planned ahead (as I also often do). I reached out to friends to see if they would join us for the festivities; Jim from BadKneesTs to screenprint t-shirts on the spot, with a special … More Tales from a Shopkeep: on expectations & anniversaries
For me, April came in like a lamb . . . and went out like a lion. No, wait . . . it came in like a lion and stayed there the whole damn time. Let’s be real. (and yes, I know this is supposed to be in reference to March, but I’m off-course a … More Tales from a Shopkeep: on being present
No one is immune to it. We’re all well-versed. Familiar. Burn out. We live in a culture, a society as it were, of being eternally busy. We do it to ourselves, or at least I do. I’m in charge (for the most part) of my own schedule. And I schedule myself out to the nth … More Tales of a Shopkeep: tales of burn-out
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4yi3w-acc628 Oh what a feeling! Today I sat down with Crystal and Steve from Lemonwood Soap Company (formerly Blue Bubble Soap) and got to chat with them about their origin story, where they are now, and where they are heading! It was super fun to get to play catch up with these two wonderful humans … More Gather Stories with Steve and Crystal from Lemonwood Soap Co.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-m4yg7-a903d7 Last week I got to sit down and chat with a maker from one of my favorite places; Oregon! I met Nick Wheeler a couple of years ago while wearing my Conduit Press hat, at a Philly trade show. Nick was there slinging his own bags to the trade, and I knew, even from … More Gather Stories with Nick Wheeler from Wheeler Bag Co
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