In 2011, my spouse and I made a leap of faith: We quit our day jobs and founded Natural State Treehouses, a small carpentry business building playspaces from locally sourced and recycled materials.

Today, the business is flourishing -- and producing a lot of scrap wood. In the meantime, I found that my writing career needed a hands-on creative supplement, and my sewing hobby began to take on a life of its own. In 2016, I finally decided to buckle down and create a store to sell handmade embroidery, jewelry made from treehouse leftovers, and other gifts.

The Badasserie takes its name from another side project, the Badass Ladies You Should Know series, which you can find on my website below, along with the signup for my newsletter, which will give subscribers advance notice of store updates. Also follow on Instagram to get a look at works in progress!

katehart.net · tinyletter.com/katehart · instagram.com/thebadasserie