Happy New Year! Giving Back for 2025

Happy 2026! Wishing everyone a healthy, happy, and successful new year!

A tradition I started back in 2016 was to donate a percentage of profits from Birch Landing Home to charity at year end, and it’s a tradition I’ve been proud to continue every year since.

2025 had been a challenging year for a lot of small businesses, including mine. Many of my remaining wholesale accounts have been cutting back how often they reorder, regular sales on Etsy have been slow, and affiliate sales/ad revenue on the blog are down (thanks AI). Inflation and spending habits have impacted everyone.

Nevertheless today I made a small donation to continue the tradition. I think it’s important to give back when you can and I want to make sure this tradition continues. This year’s donation goes to Lake Winnipesaukee Alliance, to help protect our local lake for generations to come. Thank you all for the continued support of my little business - wishing everyone lots of health, happiness, peace, and love in the New Year!