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IN THIS ISSUE:
- Letter from Kim → On spring arrivals, a schedule that finally feels full, and a creative project I've been sitting with for a while
- Mapphouse Consulting → Narrowing the curriculum, video practice runs, worksheets, and turning toward launch
- Mapphouse Design Studio → The Soil and Water Conservation District website is live and booking for Q3 and Q4
- Mapphouse Fine Art → The big news: artist in residence for the Payette Land Trust's Big Heart Project
- Letter from Jolene → Desert adventures, mountain biking debut, and turning two in the most Jolene way possible
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Well, this is embarrassing. The last send didn't include any of my updates just the old newsletter going out for a repeat performance (sometimes it's just that good:). BUT I had so many good things to share I couldn't skip it!!! So here we are again, with the actual Vol. 9. Thanks for your patience!
Hey Reader!
Something shifted this week.
I've been feeling it coming for a while, the way you can sense a season changing before it's fully arrived. The garlic came up in the garden. The trees are starting to bud. We're getting chickens again this year for the first time in a while. And something in me is lighter.
My schedule feels full in the right way for the first time in a long time. Client work I'm genuinely excited about. Jolene is healthy after a long stretch of winter illness. A kind of momentum that feels less like pushing and more like moving with something rather than against it.
And then there's this: I'm making art again!
I have something to share that I've been sitting with for a little while. I'm the artist in residence for our local Payette Land Trust, a project that feels like it was made for exactly this season of my life. I'll be sharing the full story and what I'm creating over the next couple of months on Instagram, and there are more details below in the Fine Art section. But I wanted to say it here first.
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Creating again feels like coming home to a part of myself I'd set down for a while.
Spring has a way of doing that. Of reminding you what you're made of, what you love, what's been quietly waiting for you to come back to it. I'm not taking that lightly this year.
So if you're feeling that same pull, that sense that something good is just around the corner, I hope you'll trust it. The garlic always comes up. Spring is coming whether we're ready or not.
Cheers, Kim
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Mapphouse Consulting helps entrepreneurs and organizations create online education grounded in how people learn with the systems to sustain them. Where teaching expertise meets business strategy.
Client work is in full swing! This month has been about the details; narrowing down the curriculum, working through practice runs on video, and building out the worksheets that will anchor the learning experience. We're also starting to turn our attention toward the marketing page and launch strategy, which is exciting. It's that satisfying phase of a project where everything starts to click into place. More to come.
→ Connect on Instagram
→ Learn more about what I do
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The Design Studio is where I support local (and beyond) businesses with Squarespace, Shopify and Kajabi sites, plus promotional materials that actually reflect their business goals.
Exciting news, this week the new Soil and Water Conservation District website is launching! The domain is still moving over but you should be able to check it out later this week!
On the availability front: I'm currently booking web design projects for Q3 and Q4. If you've been thinking about a new website or a refresh, now is a good time to get on the calendar. Reach out and let's talk.
→ Book a project for Q3
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This is where many of you first found me...through ceramics, through making things with my hands, through the quiet focus of creative work.
I have some exciting news to share: I was accepted as the artist in residence for the Payette Land Trust's Big Heart Project and I am so proud to be part of this.
Here's the concept: the Big Heart is a large-scale fiberglass heart sculpture that serves as an educational tool for the land the Payette Land Trust is actively conserving. The piece will travel around our community for the better part of a year before being auctioned off as part of a fundraising effort. It's art with a purpose, which is exactly the kind of work that lights me up.
My vision for the piece is rooted in my ceramics background, a speckled white base with flora and fauna native to our region. The part I'm most excited about, and most challenged by, is the relief work: three-dimensional elements built directly onto the heart's surface. It's a stretch for me in the best possible way.
I'll be sharing the entire process on Instagram, the planning, the building, the messy middle, all of it. And each month I'll share an update here in Mapphouse Press so you can follow along. If you want a front-row seat to the process, come find me over there.
→ Follow along on Instagram
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Jolene is 2 years old, these letters are written in her voice. My attempt to see the world through her eyes and capture what matters most to her right now. |
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Hi everyone! Jolene here, official desert explorer and two-year-old as of Saturday!!!
So. MUCH. happened this month.
We went to the desert. The REAL desert. Red rocks and big sky and dirt everywhere and I want you to know: this is my place. I felt it immediately. Mom and Dad seemed happy too but I was clearly the most excited about it.
The big news... and I need you to really understand the significance of this... I rode a mountain bike. A REAL one. Well, it was attached to mom's, obviously, because I'm not unreasonable. We were north of Moab, which I'm told is a very important place for people who like rocks and bikes and I can confirm: it is. I went down trails. I navigated terrain. I was, by all accounts, extremely impressive.
Mom kept saying things like "look at you go" and "oh my goodness" which I think is adult for "my daughter is a natural athlete and outdoor enthusiast." I'm choosing to interpret it that way.
We camped and biked and were outside for basically an entire week and I have decided that this is how life should be. Fresh air. Dirt. Movement. Snacks eaten outside taste better, by the way. This is a fact.
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I turned two on Saturday. I've been on this earth for two full years and I have already been to the desert and ridden a mountain bike and conquered a ball pit. I'd say I'm off to a strong start.
More adventures to come. I'll keep you posted.
—Jolene
P.S. The desert has rocks you can climb on. Someone should have told me sooner.
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Hey, thanks for reading Mapphouse Press, truly.
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Kim Thompson is the founder of Mapphouse, based in the mountains of Idaho. A lifelong educator and learner, she helps entrepreneurs bring their knowledge online with clarity, purpose, and heart.
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