I feel like 2024 is the year of calm. It seems like all the creatives I watch are feeling this way and I am here for it. I feel like the “hustle” mentality is out and calm is in. Doing what you can is much more important than stressing yourself out always feeling like you never get anything done.
I agree! Although i have to admit I don’t think running a business will ever truly feel “calm” 😂❤ I’m just trying to be more mindful of my stress levels and breathe in tough times 😂🎀🤍 these vlogs sometimes make it seem smooth sailing and relaxing but it’s often quite stressful especially in the run up to a launch! lol 😂 so we are all about bringing the calm vibes here in 2024! 🧘♀️
OMG, I confess I haven’t seen one of your videos for a few months. A mixture of being laid up due to my chronic illness and not feeling very creative. When I spotted this video in my subscriptions I didn’t actually recognise you. You have done amazingly with your weight loss. Congratulations.
Thanks for sharing the realities for being a business owner. Most people really don't understand the level of commitment a person needs in order to be successful.
I use the same diary and in my notes section at the end of each week I write down what progress I made towards my big goals. Some weeks I get an F because other things got in the way. Sometimes I do better. But it helps keep the big goals in mind while I work on the more immediate stuff.
I love working on my small business while listening to you being productive. It inspires to keep striving and work towards my goals. Wishing you a productive 2024! :)
Catherine you'd LOVE my Nanas collection. She was a theatre lady and adored anything dancing/singing/costumes. Her teddy collection is from 30+ years ago, so well looked after that when she passed, we all got to keep them. All were character teddies 😍 the ones I personally have from her is the Lion from Narnia and a dumbo. Very OG lol. Bless her she was such a sweet lady.
Catherine, I love to see you planning out your year. It reminds me a lot of when I worked in fashion. You might look into how clothing companies do their season lines. What you are doing is so similar to how they plan out a season. In that industry it's all based upon when the textiles can be produced and shipped from the mills (which I think runs parallel to when you have stickers or plushies outsourced), and then the clothing company works "backwards" from there, to start the sample making to see how a garment works in a particular fabric. Once that is set, they ship samples to market to see what sells, and then decide from that what to order for production yardage from the mills, and then they proceed tp produce the line to ship to stores. Frequently seasons will overlap so that when a company is in production, they are also working on market samples for the following season. I intuit you would benefit from researching the way dress manufacturers plan their seasons, as you might find some planning methods that could resonate with your process. HTH! ❤
OoOooooo thank you for this! 😮 sometimes I think it would be easier to work a year in advance like work in spring, on spring products for the next year 😂 ❤ I bet fashion companies need to do this too! Heheh thank you for your insight ❤❤❤
@@KatnippStudios Actually they might start shopping fabrics a year in advance, if they design it themselves, but this is usually for the larger fashion lines (I'm talking haute couture!) Usually seasons (depending on how many lines they do a year) have a 10-week production time, which translates to 5 seasons a year. Why 5? because there is a cruise/holiday in winter time to catch the holiday buying spree, of course! This means the soonest they will start to work on a season is about 2.5 months ahead of the ship date. So you might want to plan your seasons from the web launch date and see if 2.5 months is a good time period for you to plan your line, It might be too long, but then you can adjust. Remember that what really controls the fashion houses' production schedule is when the mills ship the fabric to them. They can't start creating a line without any fabric to cut it from! That's not a constraint for you. But a similar concern for you might be around plushies. So plushies might be the product that controls your production schedule, since they rely upon manufacturing overseas. That's why you'll likely plan around the item that has the longest production time. If you work backwards from when you want to launch, using the production time for, say, a plushie, that's when you 'd want to start your production schedule for a given season.
Man oh man, I really love watching your studio diaries! I have my own small illustration/ screen printing business and I will put on your videos while I'm prepping product, sewing in labels, prepping packaging and (this is going to sound bizarre) it's kind of like I have a work buddy! I actually do a similar sort of planning at the beginning of my year and it makes me feel good to see others making their plans too. I hear you are coming to Toronto (that's my home base) and if you're looking for cute shops that sell things right up your alley and tasty food I can give you a whole list:) Thanks for the great videos! Cheers, Claire
Hehehe aww thank you so so much! 🥹🎀🤍 I actually would love to hear some Toronto recommendations 🥹🥹🎀 this would be super helpful if you don’t mind! Xxxxx
thank you for all your efforts, & for sharing your mindset and goals. I am excited to see what you have in store for us this year🥰😍 Keep it up, your efforts are never in vain. Much love to you Catherine and your Katnipp group! 😉😊
Hey Catherine 🤗 I’m super excited to see all you achieve in 2024, you’ve got lots planned - I’m keeping everything crossed that you manage to make a start on your book 🩷 xxx
I have a few of your old videos to get through 😂oh gosh just love the video blogs. Just got through the Japan video yesterday😊 I have to have one of those mousemats I just gotta ❤
I found the template in Notion and absolutely love the structure. I appreciate how you took it and made it your own and it gave me loads of inspiration for 2025 goal planning 😊
Thank you for sharing the template you used as well it def has me feeling better about my quarterly plans. I was able to sit down while watching you and plan out my first two quarters of the year! YOU DA BEST!
Always in awe. Everything you create is beautiful! Your generosity and warmth in sharing all the ins and outs of business is incredible. Mass gratitude and thank you for always inspiring us. Wishing you all the best for 2024. Can’t wait to see what you create this year x ooo also side note! Would love to see you do a book like Lisa Bardot!
This was such a cool video...great vision board too. Here's to a fantastic 2024! Can I say ...that I have enjoyed your Disney vlogs..so relaxing and informative.
Im sooo excited for the collections youll release this year especially the hydrangea and ducks/daffodils launch^^ i remember the ducks wallpaper you made was sooo cute i kept it as my desktop wallpaper bg for the longest time^^ hoping for a wonderfull year for all of us 😊😊
I’m the same way collections Just Pacing myself Working on some new characters and a collection. Can’t wait to see your new stuff for this year I know it’s going to be Katnipp cute💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Always, always, ALWAYS look forward to the weekly vlog! And this one was incredibly helpful. For someone who has so many thoughts and ideas and "ooooh, let's do thaaaat!" to write down or think about and tell myself "eh, I'll remember it, it is a baller idea" and then... blank spaces and crickets take over once I get around to remembering to jot it down. But I definitely am happy to see what it is that you do for keeping track of what you have going on. I've started doing something similar, but it needs tweaking for me to be able to utilize it correctly for my daily schedule. Can't wait to see these new launches and what you come up with!
How cute is your Notion!! I currently use Trello as I too love to have a digital copy, but I may have to take a look at Notion now to get myself organised!
I loved this video so much! It’s so helpful to see how you plan your year. Thank you for being so transparent for all of us! You are truly an inspiration.
Oh wow, we were also in Japan almost all of June last year! We are thinking of going back this august, we loved it so much! It would have been amazing to spot you in the wild 🤩🤣
So inspiring! Thank you for always sharing your journey so honestly and sweetly 🥰 (also ghost of tsushima is one of my FAVE GAMES EVER dean has great taste 😉😁)
I would LOVEEEE to sell a diary, but I really don't know where to start haha, but this would be something that would be soooo good, I'd also love to do a notion template too hehe I need to figure out how to do it hehe
Thank you so much for sharing your production planning, absolutely love to see that because I'm such a planner-nerd. ;) I have the same issue with goals that are 'out of sight', so.... I've made a big visual paint plan that's front and center for me to see! My top art goals are on my phone to read everyday. By the way, I also love that you divided the collections into quarterly sections. I wonder, you have 21 things in the first quarter....!! *-* that's so much! if you don't make your own deadlines are you moving them over to the next quarter....?
If I struggle to do all the plans, like last year, sometimes i will cancel them and move them to the next year (Like I did last year) or I will move them to later in the year or the next quarter! Often I over plan but Im hoping this time these will be more Achievable!
Thanks for this video. I think perhaps my favourite types of videos are those with my favourite small business UA-camrs (yes, that’s you!) showing off their planning and productivity, because that’s where two of my majors interests collide in a burst of happy rainbow bubbles. Throw in Notion and …steady on! I’m always looking for more new ways to integrate Notion. I’ve got a household running workspace, one for my children’s education (I home educate them), and one for work. Any chance you can do a tour of your to dos/daily Notion thingie? I keep running through different pages and haven’t found one that works yet. Perhaps I’m looking for the Holy Grail that will somehow link my home stuff with educational stuff and work stuff? 😅
Oh wow thank you so so much! This is such a huge compliment! I actually did do a little tour of my to-do list! Would you like me to find the video for it?! 🥹🎀🤍 xxxxx
@@KatnippStudios Oooh, yes please. I thought I’d watched all your previous videos (and I mean that in the nicest, non-stalkerishest sort of way!), but maybe I missed that one.
You work so hard and it is admirable. But here is some older lady advice that you didn't ask for 😂. Please don't wait until you are burnt out before slowing down as that is too late. Consistent and steady is better than always rushing and pushing. Rest can also be productive.
waaaaah! i really enjoyed this vlog! i'm always excited when i see your new uploads. notion seemed really useful yet aesthetic. okay i have to go back to work now! 😁😊🩷
I feel like 2024 is the year of calm. It seems like all the creatives I watch are feeling this way and I am here for it. I feel like the “hustle” mentality is out and calm is in. Doing what you can is much more important than stressing yourself out always feeling like you never get anything done.
I agree! Although i have to admit I don’t think running a business will ever truly feel “calm” 😂❤ I’m just trying to be more mindful of my stress levels and breathe in tough times 😂🎀🤍 these vlogs sometimes make it seem smooth sailing and relaxing but it’s often quite stressful especially in the run up to a launch! lol 😂 so we are all about bringing the calm vibes here in 2024! 🧘♀️
This is exactly what i thought entering the year! I feel so okay and just at peace with this year❤
I’m starting a small businessss! I’m super excited I’ve been watching all these videos for motivation ❤
OMG, I confess I haven’t seen one of your videos for a few months. A mixture of being laid up due to my chronic illness and not feeling very creative. When I spotted this video in my subscriptions I didn’t actually recognise you. You have done amazingly with your weight loss. Congratulations.
Hehe thank you so much 🥹🎀🤍🤍🤍
Oooh, I love blue Hydrangeas so much! I can't wait!
aaaaa stop, i was wondering how i could do this for my new year and my business, hopefully this video gives me some ideas.
🥹🥹🥹🎀 I hope it inspired you in some way! ❤❤❤
Have a great productive 2024! Remember though...be kind to yourself :)
I agree. we all need to try to be kinder to ourselves °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
🥹🥹🥹🎀🤍 this is very trueeee thank you!
Thanks for sharing the realities for being a business owner. Most people really don't understand the level of commitment a person needs in order to be successful.
🥹🤍🤍🤍 it takes a lot of planning and perseverance! ❤❤❤
Excited for what 2024 brings to your store! Forever in awe of your passion and love for your store❤ much love from Australia ❤❤
I use the same diary and in my notes section at the end of each week I write down what progress I made towards my big goals. Some weeks I get an F because other things got in the way. Sometimes I do better. But it helps keep the big goals in mind while I work on the more immediate stuff.
That’s a brilliant idea 🥹🎀🎀 I use it for my overall main weekly goals! But I love this idea maybe I can create a little space! ❤
I love working on my small business while listening to you being productive. It inspires to keep striving and work towards my goals. Wishing you a productive 2024! :)
🥹🥹🎀 thank you so so much! Good luck to you too! ⭐️⭐️⭐️🌷 happy 2024!
Catherine you'd LOVE my Nanas collection. She was a theatre lady and adored anything dancing/singing/costumes. Her teddy collection is from 30+ years ago, so well looked after that when she passed, we all got to keep them. All were character teddies 😍 the ones I personally have from her is the Lion from Narnia and a dumbo. Very OG lol. Bless her she was such a sweet lady.
Oh my gosh this sounds so cute 🥹🎀🤍 hehehe I would love to have seen that! Xxxx
So excited to see what you have planned this year! Been watching since 2019 and you’ve come so far!❤
Heheh oh my goodness thank you for being here since 2019 🥹🎀🎀🌷 you da best!
When u guys do have kids u guys be excellent parents just love these videos so much 💖💖💖💖💖
🥹🥹🥹 oh my goodness what a lovely thing to say! Thank you! 🥹🎀🤍
Catherine, I love to see you planning out your year. It reminds me a lot of when I worked in fashion. You might look into how clothing companies do their season lines. What you are doing is so similar to how they plan out a season. In that industry it's all based upon when the textiles can be produced and shipped from the mills (which I think runs parallel to when you have stickers or plushies outsourced), and then the clothing company works "backwards" from there, to start the sample making to see how a garment works in a particular fabric. Once that is set, they ship samples to market to see what sells, and then decide from that what to order for production yardage from the mills, and then they proceed tp produce the line to ship to stores. Frequently seasons will overlap so that when a company is in production, they are also working on market samples for the following season. I intuit you would benefit from researching the way dress manufacturers plan their seasons, as you might find some planning methods that could resonate with your process. HTH! ❤
OoOooooo thank you for this! 😮 sometimes I think it would be easier to work a year in advance like work in spring, on spring products for the next year 😂 ❤ I bet fashion companies need to do this too! Heheh thank you for your insight ❤❤❤
@@KatnippStudios Actually they might start shopping fabrics a year in advance, if they design it themselves, but this is usually for the larger fashion lines (I'm talking haute couture!) Usually seasons (depending on how many lines they do a year) have a 10-week production time, which translates to 5 seasons a year. Why 5? because there is a cruise/holiday in winter time to catch the holiday buying spree, of course! This means the soonest they will start to work on a season is about 2.5 months ahead of the ship date. So you might want to plan your seasons from the web launch date and see if 2.5 months is a good time period for you to plan your line, It might be too long, but then you can adjust. Remember that what really controls the fashion houses' production schedule is when the mills ship the fabric to them. They can't start creating a line without any fabric to cut it from! That's not a constraint for you. But a similar concern for you might be around plushies. So plushies might be the product that controls your production schedule, since they rely upon manufacturing overseas. That's why you'll likely plan around the item that has the longest production time. If you work backwards from when you want to launch, using the production time for, say, a plushie, that's when you 'd want to start your production schedule for a given season.
Man oh man, I really love watching your studio diaries! I have my own small illustration/ screen printing business and I will put on your videos while I'm prepping product, sewing in labels, prepping packaging and (this is going to sound bizarre) it's kind of like I have a work buddy! I actually do a similar sort of planning at the beginning of my year and it makes me feel good to see others making their plans too. I hear you are coming to Toronto (that's my home base) and if you're looking for cute shops that sell things right up your alley and tasty food I can give you a whole list:) Thanks for the great videos! Cheers, Claire
Hehehe aww thank you so so much! 🥹🎀🤍
I actually would love to hear some Toronto recommendations 🥹🥹🎀 this would be super helpful if you don’t mind! Xxxxx
Daisy and Fluff! I have missed their cute fuzzy faces :)
Do you think we'll ever get a Daisy pin or stickers?
Actually there’s some vet stickers coming out this week that have daisy and fluffs in them heheh 😂❤❤❤❤
@@KatnippStudios AWESOME!
thank you for all your efforts, & for sharing your mindset and goals. I am excited to see what you have in store for us this year🥰😍 Keep it up, your efforts are never in vain. Much love to you Catherine and your Katnipp group! 😉😊
🥹🥹🥹🤍 thank you so so much!
So excited to see this today since I’m feeling pretty much like a sloth!
Hehehe I’ve felt like that the most of January! 😂 it’s hard to get motivated in this weather lol I just want to tuck up in bed 😂❤
I will totally watch my husband play video games at night after work. The storylines can actually be really engaging. lol
Hehehe it’s fun isn’t it! I love playing games but after work if I’ve been creative all day my brain juice is gone 😂 so I just like watching haha xxx
Hey Catherine 🤗 I’m super excited to see all you achieve in 2024, you’ve got lots planned - I’m keeping everything crossed that you manage to make a start on your book 🩷 xxx
I have a few of your old videos to get through 😂oh gosh just love the video blogs. Just got through the Japan video yesterday😊 I have to have one of those mousemats I just gotta ❤
I still love when you say goodbye.
Yes it’s iconic ❤
I would love to see a Koi fish character the Katnipp world!!
I found the template in Notion and absolutely love the structure. I appreciate how you took it and made it your own and it gave me loads of inspiration for 2025 goal planning 😊
Hi Catherine, Happy New Year! This planning vlog was very helpful, especially the Notions page! Take care
🥹🥹🎀🤍 tysm!! I’m happy you found it helpful! ❤
I love seeing you review and reflect on the year and plan for more in the coming year 🌟
You have a cute dog and a cat…how did I know know this😍
I cannot wait to see what you get up to this year ☺☺☺
Hehehe thank you Chantelle and thank you for always commenting and supporting! ❤❤❤ we love seeing you in the comments hehehe 🥹🎀
Thank you for sharing the template you used as well it def has me feeling better about my quarterly plans. I was able to sit down while watching you and plan out my first two quarters of the year! YOU DA BEST!
Always in awe. Everything you create is beautiful! Your generosity and warmth in sharing all the ins and outs of business is incredible. Mass gratitude and thank you for always inspiring us. Wishing you all the best for 2024. Can’t wait to see what you create this year x ooo also side note! Would love to see you do a book like Lisa Bardot!
Oh wow this comment has totally made my day! Thank you for being so kind and supporting the channel this means the world! YOU DA BEST 🥹🎀🎀🎀🌷🌷🌷🌷
Aww it's so nice to see Fluffy and Daisy!
This was such a cool video...great vision board too. Here's to a fantastic 2024!
Can I say ...that I have enjoyed your Disney vlogs..so relaxing and informative.
You're so inspirational person. Beautiful life🩷
Im sooo excited for the collections youll release this year especially the hydrangea and ducks/daffodils launch^^ i remember the ducks wallpaper you made was sooo cute i kept it as my desktop wallpaper bg for the longest time^^ hoping for a wonderfull year for all of us 😊😊
I’m the same way collections Just Pacing myself Working on some new characters and a collection. Can’t wait to see your new stuff for this year I know it’s going to be Katnipp cute💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Always, always, ALWAYS look forward to the weekly vlog! And this one was incredibly helpful. For someone who has so many thoughts and ideas and "ooooh, let's do thaaaat!" to write down or think about and tell myself "eh, I'll remember it, it is a baller idea" and then... blank spaces and crickets take over once I get around to remembering to jot it down. But I definitely am happy to see what it is that you do for keeping track of what you have going on. I've started doing something similar, but it needs tweaking for me to be able to utilize it correctly for my daily schedule. Can't wait to see these new launches and what you come up with!
Hehehe aww thank you so so so much! This really means the world! 🥹🥹🎀🤍 thank you! I’m happy you look forward to them and enjoy them! YOU DA BEST!!
Eee cant wait for all the launches-your killing it girll💥💪🏼inspirational, keep going💗🙏🏼
How cute is your Notion!! I currently use Trello as I too love to have a digital copy, but I may have to take a look at Notion now to get myself organised!
I loved this video so much! It’s so helpful to see how you plan your year. Thank you for being so transparent for all of us! You are truly an inspiration.
🥹🥹🎀🤍 tysm!
Oh wow, we were also in Japan almost all of June last year! We are thinking of going back this august, we loved it so much! It would have been amazing to spot you in the wild 🤩🤣
That last Goodbye came out of nowhere 😂. I really need to try Notion.
So inspiring! Thank you for always sharing your journey so honestly and sweetly 🥰 (also ghost of tsushima is one of my FAVE GAMES EVER dean has great taste 😉😁)
Oooh! I was wondering if you were considering creating a diary. 💖 OR maybe you could sell a Katnipp Notion themed template. Either would be awesome!
I would LOVEEEE to sell a diary, but I really don't know where to start haha, but this would be something that would be soooo good, I'd also love to do a notion template too hehe I need to figure out how to do it hehe
Watching this vlog and your travel channel I try to imagine you getting angry or cursing and I can't! 😁❤
Thank you so much for sharing your production planning, absolutely love to see that because I'm such a planner-nerd. ;) I have the same issue with goals that are 'out of sight', so.... I've made a big visual paint plan that's front and center for me to see! My top art goals are on my phone to read everyday. By the way, I also love that you divided the collections into quarterly sections. I wonder, you have 21 things in the first quarter....!! *-* that's so much! if you don't make your own deadlines are you moving them over to the next quarter....?
If I struggle to do all the plans, like last year, sometimes i will cancel them and move them to the next year (Like I did last year) or I will move them to later in the year or the next quarter! Often I over plan but Im hoping this time these will be more Achievable!
Do you have the template for this? I love how you organize your Notion.
Thanks for the organised video. I deffo need to get notion going again. BTW where's your desk chair from? It's gorgeous 😍
The one at the end incase you were wondering which one. Haha.
Its from TKmaxx (Homesense) It's really cute amirite hehe!
@@KatnippStudios oooh thank you. Will have to go take a look. Very pretty. 😀
Thanks for this video. I think perhaps my favourite types of videos are those with my favourite small business UA-camrs (yes, that’s you!) showing off their planning and productivity, because that’s where two of my majors interests collide in a burst of happy rainbow bubbles. Throw in Notion and …steady on! I’m always looking for more new ways to integrate Notion. I’ve got a household running workspace, one for my children’s education (I home educate them), and one for work. Any chance you can do a tour of your to dos/daily Notion thingie? I keep running through different pages and haven’t found one that works yet. Perhaps I’m looking for the Holy Grail that will somehow link my home stuff with educational stuff and work stuff? 😅
Oh wow thank you so so much! This is such a huge compliment! I actually did do a little tour of my to-do list! Would you like me to find the video for it?! 🥹🎀🤍 xxxxx
@@KatnippStudios Oooh, yes please. I thought I’d watched all your previous videos (and I mean that in the nicest, non-stalkerishest sort of way!), but maybe I missed that one.
Marshie would look cute as a mummy.
Dooooogggy 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hey Katnipp fam! Do you have a Notion template you’ve shared, or sell?
I thought the notion sponsorship covered the new calender app
Don’t you do any kind of Easter collection? Also, are you still running the other company on top of all this?! 😱
You work so hard and it is admirable. But here is some older lady advice that you didn't ask for 😂. Please don't wait until you are burnt out before slowing down as that is too late. Consistent and steady is better than always rushing and pushing. Rest can also be productive.
heheh aww thank you, I am trying hehe 🌷
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waaaaah! i really enjoyed this vlog! i'm always excited when i see your new uploads. notion seemed really useful yet aesthetic. okay i have to go back to work now! 😁😊🩷
That last Goodbye came out of nowhere 😂. I really need to try Notion.