{ a love note: Jess LC }

I've mentioned  Makeunder My Life on here before but I feel the need to put the spotlight on this blog/bloggess/business owner of Jess LC, again. 

(from MML's About Page)

If you don't read Makeunder My Life you should start now. Jess is a young, successful entrepreneur and she offers great insight to running  a business and designing a life with "intention." But rather than listen to me explain this all half as well as she does, you should just go check out her blog. But I did want to mention a little tidbit that I think sets Jess apart from a lot of other people in the blogosphere and the business world.

Months and months ago, when Jess' jewelry/accessories business launched a new collection of necklaces, I happened to feature a few on a blog post. Later, I was pleasantly surprised when she commented on my blog to thank me for featuring them. It made my day. I've been following her for a while now, and I consider her to be a big cheese, so I thought it was so sweet of her to take the time to thank little ol' me for talking about her collection, that I just happened to really love. I wasn't expecting her to see it or trying to attract any attention to my blog. Right about then is when I started reading MML on a daily basis.

Fast forward. A few days ago, Jess blogged about how she is going to be holding a "Business in the City" event this upcoming Tuesday in Chicago. Basically, she's inviting people to come meet in a low key atmosphere to talk back and forth about business and blogs, get questions answered, etc. (People want to pick apart her brain. She's a smart lady.)

Before she had set a date, I was optimistic that maybe I could take a bus to Chicago for a quick getaway (I'm about 4.5/5 hours away) to attend the little get together. Unfortunately, I can't really get away in the middle of the week due to school, so I left a comment on her post that announced the date asking if she had any plans to schedule one for a weekend because I'd really love to attend. Honestly, I wasn't really expecting a reply because I find that often on more established blogs your questions or comments just kind of fly into the abyss of questions never answered. Which is totally fine. People are busy. But then I later checked my email, and to my surprise:

"Hi Caitlin,

Thanks so much for mentioning that you'd be happy to come up all the way from Cincinnati! It is incredibly kind of you to offer to do, and please keep a look out for any Business in the City meet ups that will happen over a weekend. Right now I don't have any major "plan" for this group, but I do think it will evolve over time and may even involve a weekend day at some point in the future. : )

Have a great day,
Jess!"

I don't know y'all. Call me crazy, but I think this speaks volumes about why she is so successful. Sometimes, it's the littlest things that will take you the farthest. 

Be sure to visit Jess LC for gift ideas, or to pick up a little treat for yourself. She just launched the new "Quincy" and "Belmont" collections and they are to die for. I never cared about having an Ipad until I saw her Ipad cases. Perhaps I'll get one and just pretend there's something in it. My little secret.


P.s.: I love how the collections are named after different stops on the El. It makes my heart miss Chicago. 

All photos from Jess LC. Photos taken by Danielle Moss from Breakfast at Toast, styling by Alaina Kaczmarski from Live Creating Yourself, and adorable/fabulous modeling also by Alaina and Liz Schneider from Sequins and Stripes.


See you all back here tomorrow. I'm going to tinker with my camera tonight to try and finally get it ready for some new house tour pictures. lovelovelove to all of you.




-C


P.S. Love notes are fun. Doesn't it feel good to tell someone you appreciate their work? Let's do it more often.