Open & Awkward: BRING THE GONG

Open & Awkward: BRING THE GONG

Update: 2025-07-08
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Subtitle: Eventually We Get to the Point


Summary:

Amanda is making dunce caps for Cultivate  to stop people from calling their businesses small. The second gong has also arrived.  The two discuss their love for roadside attractions and then eventually get to the point. Or, at least, a point. A big part of today’s convo revolves around minimum orders and what local and independent businesses can do, and what producers are going to NEED to do in order to serve them. Shortly before the end Amanda drops a truth bomb and they say goodbye in the middle of Katie’s new existential crisis.



Highlights:

  • Getting ready for CULTIVATE
  • Meat sticks and outlet shopping
  • Katie’s big  big Illinois, Indiana, Michigan extravaganza.
  • Amanda’s tree situation
  • What do you want to be when you grow up?



Links:

Katie and Amanda's Stealth Workshop at Cultivate

TikTok - Take the Edge Off

Lil’ Landjaeger Meat Sticks

Mars Cheese Castle

The Brat Stop

Katie’s Newsletter


Jump on over to The Garden of Words' website to see photos of Katie's eggplants and the view from her chair.


The Stuff at the End

Amanda’s Work Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shop.aster.gardens

Katie’s Work Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegardenofwordsagency

Katie’s Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katie_gardenofwords

Amanda’s Website: https://kissmyaster.com/

Katie’s Website: https://thegardenofwords.com/

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Open & Awkward: BRING THE GONG

Open & Awkward: BRING THE GONG

Katie Elzer-Peters and Amanda Thomsen