The Makery September 1st 2010 - May 31st 2012
I will miss this place.
“an enriching, cross-pollinating environment where people making great things can make even better things when they’re surrounded by others doing the same.” - post from Langer, announcing the Makery
The summer of 2010, I graduated college, I started Small Girls, I moved into the Makery. Our first company check ever actually paid for our first month’s rent. Bianca and I happened to live down the street from one another when we founded our company, so it was particularly difficult for us to justify getting an office so quickly. There was so much to pay for, we had no idea what would be coming in- how could we realistically commit to this so soon? Any buyer’s remorse was quickly eliminated. The Makery turned out to be not only an office but also a support system, a family and an education.
“The point of what we’re doing is that we’ll have awesome people all working together” - gChat from Stark, 8/7/10, 12:02pm
Whatever we’ve invested in this space came back to us tenfold through the the lessons we learned, whether it was Amanda helping us structure our company, Ines advising on what to demand of your clients and yourself, Patrick’s wisdom and eternal helpfulness, the Carellas encouragement always coming in at just the right moment, Dorothy’s guidance on how to integrate our clients into the newsletter space, Lauren’s spirited approach to entrepreneurship and even more spirited referrals, or simply by getting to watch the amazing people whom have shared this space go about their work. While many of them have moved on from the companies they came here to work on, our company has grown and that’s directly influenced by their support and love over the duration of our time working here together.
When I say I will miss this place, that’s not the whole story. What I will miss is the people that made this place what it was for the past two years. Thanks for the beautiful, wonderful experiment.
Goodbye, Makery.
To old friends and new beginnings…
Couldn’t have said it better myself.




![The Things I Do: Meetin’ and Eatin’ with Some Empowering Women
I’m super excited to have been invited to The New Revolutionists’ Meet & Eat, with founder Laura Burhenn of the Mynabirds. Why? Because I love lunch.
I’m doubly excited because I’m also really into The New Revolutionists project in general (even without lunch), which highlights empowering women (from artists, doctors, mothers, etc) through a portrait project, “pay[ing] tribute to the fact that women who stand up to injustice are rarely pristine; they get their hands dirty”.
Getting your hands dirty > being pristine, in my book. Duh. Have you seen my sorry excuse for a manicure lately always?
Also- One of the best things about being in a band and touring is getting to travel around the country/world, and I think it’s such a great idea for Laura to use this opportunity to coordinate these lunches and dinners, spreading the word on the initiative and finding more interesting people along the way.
Let’s recap that in bullet points:
lunch (i love it)
cool girls doing cool things is cool
in the world of small worlds (and small girls), Shervin Lainez who has photographed many a Tortoise & Blonde artist, shot and edited a video from The Mynabirds’ Spring 11 Tour (didn’t mention that above but I felt like throwing this in here)
i love getting my hands dirty and stuff
meeting people on tour is awesome, and even more awesome when you do it for a good cause
i’m really excited](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4fj5n3Csh1qz9ctpo1_500.png)





