2025 Recap: A Year of Slow Light

If I had to describe 2025 for LUCE, it would be this: slow, quiet, and full of ideas waiting for their moment.

This year wasn’t about growth in the traditional sense. It wasn’t about launching collections, saying yes to everything, or being everywhere at once. It was about survival, healing, and patience—things we don’t talk about enough in creative businesses.

Motherhood changes you.

Motherhood with twins changes everything.

Postpartum has stayed with me far longer than I ever expected. Two years on, it’s still part of my everyday reality—physically, mentally, emotionally. There are days when creativity feels effortless again, and days when simply keeping the lights on (literally and figuratively) is more than enough.

Because of that, LUCE moved at a slower pace this year too. And that’s okay.

Instead of constant output, 2025 became a year of brainstorming. Noting ideas. Saving inspiration. Sketching concepts in my head while rocking babies to sleep or stealing five quiet minutes with a (hot) coffee. LUCE never stopped existing—it just rested.

We did manage to show up twice this year, and those moments meant more than they might seem on paper:

• Fantasy Festival ‘25

• ToyCon ‘25

Two events. Two chances to reconnect with the joy of creating, styling, and sharing LUCE with the world. They reminded me why this brand exists in the first place.

Behind the scenes, there’s a growing list of ideas waiting patiently: concepts for events, décor stories, collaborations, and pieces that feel truer than ever to what LUCE is becoming. I’m learning that creativity doesn’t disappear during hard seasons—it just whispers instead of shouts.

I’m hopeful that 2026 will be the year when I can give LUCE more time, more energy, and more presence. Not because I’m forcing it—but because I’ll be ready.

Until then, LUCE continues softly.

Quietly glowing.

Waiting.

Thank you to everyone who stayed, supported, checked in, or simply understood the silence. Slow doesn’t mean stopped—and this light is far from going out.