The Vivid Cottage Blog

I am a 'little' CEO. Janti Soeripto is a 'big' CEO - of Save the Children. And this week I received a personal letter from her, written...

It's a stunning morning - finches are chasing and singing outside my window, I just filled the hummingbird feeders, and there's a feeling...

by Kerstin Rao for Vivid Cottage My husband and I went to Los Angeles for business and vacation recently. It was our first flight since...

By Kerstin Rao Writing letters is in my DNA. The tradition of family correspondence goes back to my Grandmother, and long into our...

Note from Kerstin - Today’s guest blogger is my amazing sister Sarah. Her story is a moving example of the mission of Vivid Cottage to...

Guest Post by Diane Lowman Note from Kerstin - Today’s blog is a guest post by a friend who commissioned the Sunflower Resilience bouquet...

Do you know this surprising fact about me? I’m obsessed with improv comedy. We will get to the Arctic connection - stay with me… Back in...

WHAT ARE WE UP TO NEXT? WE'VE GOT BIG PLANS! 1. MORE ARTISTS We plan to welcome new artists to Vivid Cottage in the future. We have so...

Oh, my, do I love a gorgeous party! Nerdy confession: my favorite part is planning all the ways I can delight my guests. Vivid Cottage...

When Barbara Winter, author of Making a Living Without a Job, learned of my mission to spread joy and connection through my greeting...