Tare · Dickson, TN Workshop & previews · MMXXVI

The lab.

A single place for design previews, brand explorations, layout tests, and anything else that needs to be looked at before it becomes real. Click any card below to open that worksheet in a new tab. Bookmark this page.

Recent sessions
Jul 242026
Signage

Category Signs — quilt block + category color

All 13 categories: label-system color as the sign background, one traditional quilt block per category, Canva-importable with editable text.

13 signs · 5×7
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Jul 242026
Website · Lead Magnets · Concept

Free Guides gallery — seven almanacs, one navbar link

Concept for replacing the navbar's Drive-link 'Free Guide' with a /guides gallery: real cover art for all 7 almanac volumes, email-capture modal (Klaviyo at launch), mobile-first. Includes launch checklist.

7 guides
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Jul 232026
Print & Handouts · Newsletter

Inside Scoop card — Refills, Restocks, & Recipes

In-store QR sign-up card updated to the new Friday newsletter identity: tri-color masthead, exact 3,611+ shopper count, same QR to /newsletter. Source HTML for the Canva master import.

1 card
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Jul 222026
Label Lab · Social Proof · Round 2

The badge case — 28 hexes, six tiers of truth

Milestone hex badge system for labels: Poundage Club ladder, Scoop Counts, Time on the Shelf, year-stamped All-Stars, Local & Origin, Refill Rhythm — every badge a fact that only gets truer.

28 badges
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Jul 222026
Label Lab · Social Proof

Social proof, printed on the bin

Six concepts for embedding real popularity stats (lbs scooped, restocks, NEW arrivals) into bin labels — with the print-time-refresh answer to the staleness problem.

6 concepts
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Jul 152026
Weekly Wrapped · Round 1

Weekly Wrapped — three page directions

Almanac Edition, Wrapped Poster, and Shopkeeper's Ledger takes on the weekly Refills/Restocks/Recipes page, plus the archive index and email mockup. Real BYOC total + real recipes; restocks are sample data.

3 variants + archive + email
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Jul 122026
Delete Pass · Raptor audit

Every dollar and motion is a part

Full kill list from live data: ~$8.4k/yr in deletable dollars, duplicate crons, idle workers, and the standing delete rules. Numbered for approval. Store numbers corrected Jul 12: 12 true zero-sellers, not 226.

25 numbered kills · live data
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Jul 122026
Delete Pass · Item 19

The real dead stock list

90-day zero-velocity report from live Square data, with tabs for 30-day zeros and barely-moving items. Corrects the inflated 226/45% claim: 12 true zero-sellers, 8% dead.

3 tabs · live Square data
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Jul 112026
CEO Brief · Ask the agent

Follow the best thread

Live-data strategy brief: the retention finding, ranked threads, Columbia gates, and the interactive Weekly Compass ritual.

5 sections · live data
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Jul 72026
IG restock carousels · Reference-inspired

The restock, carousel edition

Three carousel formats rebuilt in Tare's brand from Mitchell's reference posts: specimen-poster cover + giant-type detail slides, annotated fact slides with hand arrows, and a bold cut-out cover. Feed ratio, real items.

3 sets · 8 slides
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Jul 72026
IG restock stories · Round 1

Fifteen ways to say fresh on the shelf

Story graphic concepts (1080×1920) for the restock routine, built from today's real Recently Restocked list. Candidates for the Phase 2 one-click PNG template.

15 concepts
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Jul 72026
IG restock stories · Round 2

Quilts, barn wood and golden hour

Twelve textured concepts: quilt patchwork, SVG wood grain, gingham, seed packets, embroidery, flour sacks, and two gradient skies. Same real July 7 restock list.

12 concepts
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Jul 72026
Restock carousel · REAL POST

Restocked recently at Tare — ready to publish

The actual July 7 carousel: specimen cover with all 20 recently restocked items + 8 giant-type detail slides. PNG renders emailed to Mitchell for posting.

9 slides
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Jul 72026
HQ Dashboard · Store Health

Store Health card — fair blended score (v3)

Score v3: every area banded 0-100 from unacceptable to target on what the team controls, over timely windows; checklist scan coverage counts; per-component breakdown under the ring.

1 card
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Jul 72026
Story Studio · Automation system

Story Studio — the repeatable content machine

Five live-data story templates (restock carousel, pounds sold, BYOC count, recipe spotlight, what's been scoopin') rendered daily by headless Chrome and emailed as a QA pack.

5 templates
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Jul 22026
Store sign · Field trip

Early Closing — 4:30 PM today

Four full-page window signs announcing today's early 4:30 PM close for a team field trip. Print-ready on Letter.

4 designs
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Jun 192026
HQ · Dashboard

Forecast Accuracy — Clear Labels

Redesign of the HQ 'Projected Sales' card so the accuracy numbers are crystal clear. The old card showed one cryptic '79% accuracy' badge that actually grades the 8am morning baseline, not the live ,980 number beside it. This surfaces all three: Yesterday (daily), Morning forecast (30-day), and Live projection (30-day) — each labeled in plain English. Two layout options to choose from: A = inline labeled strip, B = compact badge + tap-to-open detail panel.

2 layout options · mock data
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Jun 162026
Print · Stationery

To-Do List Sheet

Branded Tare to-do list for a reel/post and printing. Built to match the Quick Note cards: linen-weave paper, dashed cross-stitch frame, green underline header, hexagon checkboxes, and the website's quilt crosshatch band as a footer divider. Only the words 'To-Do List'. index.html = screen/reel version, print.html = US Letter print source, plus a print-ready PDF emailed to Mitchell.

A3 final · US Letter print + PDF
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Jun 152026
Website · FAQ

"Can I get my product in?"

Upgraded maker-submissions FAQ answer, modeled on a competitor block but in Tare's voice and brand (no em dashes). Two variants: a plain FAQ entry that drops into faq.html, and a designed rust callout card. Real Tare address + mitchell@ email.

2 variants · plain entry / callout card
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Jun 42026
RefillMap · Analytics

Why the traffic uptick? (sources breakdown)

Daily humans-vs-bots split, bot composition, and where real visitors are coming from. Pulled live from refillhq-db.

live D1 data · May 10 – Jun 4
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Jun 1MMXXVI
Round 1 · 50 styles × 3 artifacts

Fifty vintage styles, one brand.

Fifty genuinely different vintage design schools, diner enamel, art deco, western wood-type, circus, cigar-box, WPA poster, neon, blackletter and more, each set on the same three artifacts: a shop sign, a product label, and a poster. Bold by design, brand colors kept, characterful accent faces added.

50 styles · sign / label / poster · index + knobs
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