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Hey there, I’m Ashlee

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Overcoming Comparison While Building Your Business

Overcoming Comparison While Building Your Business Ever scroll through social media and feel like everyone’s launching big things, growing fast, and making moves while you’re just trying to keep up? Yeah, same. It’s easy to…

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If you’ve been on the fence, this is your sign 👀 If you’ve been on the fence, this is your sign 👀

Today’s the last day to get the two bonus files with The Reading Nook File Builder Kit. They go away at midnight!

Comment KIT and I’ll send you the details 🩷
We wanted to try something a little different with We wanted to try something a little different with these…

Most book dividers sit off to the side, but we thought it would be fun to have one that’s visible from the front.

The laser version uses a simple slot you adjust for your material and put a tab into on the back.

Or if you have a 3D printer, you can print the front piece and tab and just slide it together, same tab every time and super thin between the books.

Either way, we’re obsessed with how these came out!

This design is included in our File Builder Kit: The Reading Nook. 📚✨ Comment KIT for the details :)
One of the very first things I made for myself at One of the very first things I made for myself at the beginning of the year was this sign to track the books I read (my goal is 30).

I save the book covers on my phone, print them with my HP Sprocket Select, stick them on the shelf, and then fill in my rating with a paint marker underneath.

It’s become such a fun little ritual after finishing a book.

If you want to make one too, this design is included in the Reading Nook File Builder Kit that Alexes @boston.and.birch and I created. 

Comment KIT and I’ll send you the details 📚✨
These bookmarks are one of my favorite designs fro These bookmarks are one of my favorite designs from the Reading Nook File Builder Kit Alexes and I made together.

The first version is the engraved laser bookmark, but then we also made a 3D print version, and I love how different they feel even though it’s the same design.

That’s honestly one of my favorite things about this kit.

It’s not just a bunch of finished files. It’s more like a collection of pieces and designs that you can mix, match, and build with when you’re creating products for your shop.

And yes… I may be slightly obsessed with the 3D bookmark version 🤭

✨ If you want to see the full kit Alexes and I put together comment KIT and I’ll send you the details.
Laser business owners… quick question. Do you lov Laser business owners… quick question.

Do you love designing your own products but wish you didn’t have to start from scratch every time?

Because Alexes and I just created something for exactly that.

✨ Introducing ✨
File Builder Kit: The Reading Nook.

This is the very first kit in a brand new product line we’re creating together, and we have MANY more planned.

Think of it like a design toolkit for building product collections.

Inside the kit you’ll find a full system of mix and match elements that all work together so you can design products faster while still keeping full creative control.

Here’s what’s inside:

• single line artwork
• score patterns
• engrave patterns
• base shapes
• ready to use finished files (some designs include 3D print files 😉)
• plus detailed instructions so you know exactly how to use everything

We created this specifically for product based laser businesses who want to launch collections faster without the overwhelm of starting from zero.

To celebrate the launch of our very first File Builder Kit, anyone who purchases between March 10 and March 17 will also get two bonus designs included with their purchase. 🎉

If this sounds like something you’d love to try, comment KIT and we’ll DM you the details.

We’re so excited to finally share this with you and we hope it’s the first of many File Builder Kits to come. 🥹✨
About four years ago we got our first 3D printer, About four years ago we got our first 3D printer, but it was mostly my husband’s thing. He designed little tools to help with my physical products, and I stayed in my laser lane.

3D printing intimidated me. It felt sooo slow compared to my laser, and I could not wrap my brain around waiting hours for something to finish when I was used to cutting things in minutes 😅 I always said I wanted to learn it someday, but I never actually committed to figuring it out.

Then I saw the Snapmaker U1 on Kickstarter back in September and I could not stop thinking about it! The multi-toolhead system, the speed, the reduced waste… it just felt different. It didn’t feel as limiting as the Prusa we had.

So I took the risk and backed it.

It showed up at the beginning of February, and I’ve basically been printing nonstop with it ever since 🤪 I was excited… but this thing completely exceeded my expectations. The risk 100% paid off.

I’ve been learning 3D modeling over the past several months to prepare for this, and actually turning my laser designs into dimensional products has been the coolest experience. Watching something I’ve designed become colored and layered in a whole new way is reigniting my creative soul 😂

I’m so excited to add this tool alongside my laser!! They complement each other so well, and it feels like I just unlocked a whole new level of what’s possible in my business.

I’m really excited to start sharing more of what I’ve been working on behind the scenes. It’s gonna be sooo good!!

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