Little Tokens, Big Ripples
I recorded this in February 2024 as my pitch to Schiffer Craft—this is the moment my book became real.
Part memoir. Part creative companion. Part permission slip to begin.
What If a Small, Handmade Gesture Could Change Someone’s Day?
For years, I’ve been testing this question—creating small, imperfect tokens of gratitude and offering them to people I encounter in everyday life: the grocery store bagger, the flight attendant, the janitor working late, the barista who remembers a name.
Every time, something subtle but profound happens.
A pause. Eye contact. A softening. Someone feels seen.
What surprises me isn’t just the response—it is what’s shifting in me.
Making these tokens has become a way of slowing down, paying attention, and practicing presence in a world that rewards speed and scale.
Little Tokens, Big Ripples tells the full story of how this practice began, how it grew, and how small, intentional acts can restore connection—both inwardly and outwardly.
Inside the Book
This is not a craft manual.
It’s an invitation to make kindness tangible—and to reconnect with your own creative voice along the way.
Inside, you’ll find:
Permission to be imperfect: these tokens are not meant to be polished or precious. They’re experiments—ways of arriving at yourself through making.
Ways of working without rules: you’ll explore materials and processes without formulas or “right answers,” guided by curiosity rather than instruction.
A practice, not a prescription: the book isn’t linear. You can open it anywhere, make one token or many, linger or move on. All of it counts.
Process over outcome: the real transformation happens not in what you make, but in the act of offering it—without attachment to how it’s received.
A sanctuary for presence: before kindness moves outward, it’s practiced inward. This book creates space to pause, reflect, and listen.
Running through all of it is the RIPPLE Practice™ : a framework for moving through this world with more noticing, more presence, and more grace.
No art background needed: Just a willingness to sit down and make something imperfect for someone who rarely receives anything at all.