Hi Reader,

I recently moved my home office back to its old spot so I could be closer to the back door & our fenced yard for Rowan. She has shorter fur than our previous two doghters, and I’m afraid Vermont winters will be an unwelcome surprise for her. 🤭 At least with me right by the door, I’ll know when she’s ready to come back inside!

Joke’s on me, though. Yesterday, I was on a Q&A call with Paige Brunton for her students, and my new/old office gave everyone a front-row seat to Rowan running in and out of the room behind me. I just had to giggle.

Then, midway through the call, she saw something outside and started barking from the other room. I don’t know how much the mic picked up, but I could hear my husband whisper-fussing at her to be quiet so she wouldn’t bother me during the live call. 🫣

Past me would’ve been mortified by the “unprofessionalism” of it all. Present me muted my mic during the worst of it and kept rolling. We DO work FROM HOME, after all, and home isn’t exactly a soundproof booth when you’ve got pets or kids. 😂

Those students didn’t show up for a flawless background. They showed up for answers, and your clients and audience are the same way. The “professional” version of you isn’t more credible; it’s just less memorable. In a world where AI can make everything look polished, the oopsies, uh-ohs, and face-palm moments are proof there’s a real human behind the screen. Every time you let one of those moments casually slide and go, "oh well 🤷‍♀️," you lower the perfection bar for the designers coming up behind you, too.

Speaking of being on screen and hoping the puppy cooperates... 😬 🫠

I'm speaking at the Page Builder Summit next week!

📆 November 2 - 6, 2026

My presentation is on How I Manage Client Projects Without Losing My Mind, where I'll show you my content collection form and client portal, which help me manage the 5,000 details in each project way more easily.

You'll also hear from:

• Rache De Luna, of SquareStylist
• Sarah Masci
• Shannon Mattern
• Josh Hall​
• and a whole lot more!

The summit is completely free to attend, and it will have a Facebook group for attendee discussion. I'll also be there for LIVE Q&A in the chat during my session, which is on Wed., Nov. 4 at 2:00 PM Eastern.

Check out the details for yourself & get your free ticket to Page Builder Summit 9.0

Get my free ticket

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Migrations & Website Feedback

🔘 Migration: I'm in the middle of migrating my template tutorials & course content over to Teachery (LOVE) and I'm really excited about this move. I’d say I’ve moved about 40–50% of the content so far. When it’s DONE, I’ll give all my existing students access, so keep your eyes peeled! I’ll make it as easy as possible. 👏🏻
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🔘 Website Feedback: Kitchen* snuck in a HUGE SURPRISE update in this video published last week. SO FUCKING EXCITED! They finally showed us what the built-in website feedback feature will look like!! No notes. ✨

When Kitchen releases this 👆🏼 it'll legit be a game-changer because we won't need a third-party tool to collect pinned comments on websites anymore! No Pastel, no BugSmash, no Workflow, no Markup, none of that! Soon we’ll be able to manage this right inside our portal, included with our lifetime access. But as Stefan reminds us in that video, they will be ending the lifetime payment option soon. So hop on the bandwagon as soon as you can to save yourself from yet another ongoing subscription cost for a tool you'll probably love!

​Squarespace Circle Day 2026 Recap: Forma, Updates, Opinions & Takeaways​ Find out now →

​2026 Phishing Attempts YES, it's STILL happening. I've updated this post with new screenshots, new tactics, and the subject lines & email addresses they’re using. See the updates →

⏯️ Recent post/video: An overview of what Breely is, what it can do, why I love it, and how it's different from other schedulers. 😍

⏯️ Circle Day Recap Christy Price & Will Myers recapped this year's Circle Day in their most recent episode of Somewhat Useful. 👏🏻

⏯️ Circle Day Sessions Want to catch up on missed sessions? This post shares all the sessions that currently have replays available. 🎬

✨ Bento One of my Club members recently shared this new lite CRM that has a free plan. I don't know anything about it, haven't tried it or tested it, but it looks like it could be a helpful starting point for anyone who's not ready to shell out for Dubsado or Honeybook yet. 😃 Created by Olga of Applet Studio, a fellow Squarespace designer.

📆 Upcoming Workshop! Kadie Smith is coming back to teach you how to make brand decisions you won't second-guess & I'm SO excited!! 👩🏻‍💻 ​RSVP here for the free workshop Thurs. Dec 10, 2026 12 - 1:30 PM EST

📣 How to Protect Your Creative Energy and Still Get Your Marketing Done by Kate Scott Mon. Nov 9 @ 12pm EST ​Save your free spot here​ 📖 Top 100 Generative Apps ​This is a really interesting article shared by Christy & Will in a recent episode of Somewhat Useful. Worth a look!

If you catch my Page Builder Summit session next week, come say hi in the chat (Wed., Nov. 4 at 2:00 PM Eastern). I can’t promise Rowan will stay quiet, but luckily the chat doesn’t have a mic. 🐶 😂

That’s it for now, see ya next time!

Katelyn Web Designer & Educator ​Thrivin' on coffee, community, cursing & carefully laid plans!