• Dine 4 Dinners–Chef Carline Bengtsson brings culinary magic to your home

    Chef Carline Bengtsson’s talents make her a mix of Cinderella’s fairy godmother, Mary Poppins, and an [...]

  • Working with Clay is My Therapy: Sarah Morrow of El & Gray Design

    Sarah Morrow founded El & Gray Design in 2019 after taking a break from a decade-long corporate career to be home with her kids. That fresh space allowed her to channel her creative energy.

  • Recrafting Premium Cocktails: Dapper Barons Develops Local Low Carb Liqueurs

    Have you heard the one about two Michiganders who move to Minnesota, embrace low carb diets, and found a premium liqueur company in the midst of a pandemic? Read on to meet Ryan Boudreau of Edina and Jeff Roslund of Eagan, the founders of Eagan-based Dapper Barons—Low Carb Premium Liqueurs.

  • Reclaimed North: New Life for Old Wood

    For Melissa Daul of Minneapolis, the discard pile receives new life through her wood working business Reclaimed North. Melissa started turning wood in 2018. Her first teacher was her father, a fantastic wood worker.

  • Teaching Children to Thrive: Katy Steinbach’s Pip and Charley Books

    Katy Steinbach of Saint Paul had a dream of writing and illustrating a children’s book. The goal of her book series is to make social/emotional learning (SEL) accessible and fun for all children and their families.

  • The Power of Yes: Wendy Franklin of Brave Season Design

    Wendy Franklin, maker of hand-lettered wooden signs and scroll-sawn wooden decor, began Brave Season Design in 2017 when her kids were a toddler and a baby. She’d just moved to a new home in a new city.