Girls' Night In - Issue #192: good things take time 🐌⏳

Hi ,

How are you? I hope you're okay. Personally, these last few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind. Some exciting updates: I moved into a new home, got married (!), went on a mini-moon, made sure I was registered to vote. All this on top of work things!! This season can be a lot, but especially right now...I’m finding the importance of finding moments to slow down and give myself a little more room to breathe.

With that said, I’m excited to share something the team and I’ve been working on the past few years that embraces this mentality of slowing down:

Please say hello to Whiled. 🐌⏳

Whiled is a new sibling brand of Girls’ Night In that creates goods designed for downtime or a perfect cozy night in. This week, we launched our first collection of puzzles, which we designed with four artists we love — we hope you'll love them too. 🎉🎉

Whiled believes it’s time to bring real leisure back — the kind that isn’t stuffed at the bottom of a to-do list (which, if you’re a regular reader of GNI — you know I’m guilty of doing! I need Whiled in my life 🙂). Remember daydreaming, playing, and disappearing down rabbit holes? That is Whiled. I'm so excited to share our first collection with you (pictured above). Here's what we've been working on...

1. Sunny Side Up: 🍳 We worked on Sunny Side Up with our at-home, extra-butter-on-my-toast weekend brunch-lovers in mind. Designed by Portland-based illustrator Lan Truong, it harkens back to one of our favorite simple weekend activities: gathering around a table, yolks up. It's also our most surrealist piece. Like pastels? This one's for you. 

2. Spot the Teckel: 🐕  Minimalists, art-enthusiasts, and dog lovers will find common ground on this puzzle, brought to life by fine artist BD Graft. It makes me happy every time I look at it, probably because, much like Whiled, it combines calming tones with small pops of color. IMHO, it's the most perfect one to glue and frame up on a gallery wall. 

3. Busy Bodies: 🚕 Who remembers Richard Scarry books from childhood? We designed Busy Bodies, along with artist Tess Smith Roberts, with those books in mind. There are small easter eggs and surprises throughout it which are really fun (can you spot the 🐌?) and it's designed to be challenging, but so worth it. I love that it depicts the hustle and bustle of city life and neighborly love, something we're all missing right now. ❤️

4. Ladies Who Lounge: 🎨 This is for our readers who...love to lounge! We wanted this to have super vibrant colors to energize any space. The colors irl are SUPER bright and joyful. It's daring and on-trend and really captured a lot of very GNI feelings, thanks to artist Ana Leovy. 

Back in 2017, when I quit my full-time job and sat down to dream up ideas for a business, I kept coming back to the idea of creating products for the perfect night in. I even scribbled down “puzzles” as an idea in an old notebook all those years ago. Fast forward 3+ years, and it's hard to believe we finally have something this special to share with you. Good things take time, and that's what Whiled is here to remind us. 

I’m so thrilled, honored, and privileged to be able to continue this journey with you all. Girls’ Night In — the newsletter and community are not going anywhere — we’re just adding to the family. 💫 I hope you follow along with @whiled.co — we have so much more fun in store.

Get whiled,
Alisha Ramos
Founder at GNI (and now Whiled, too!)

P.S. If you're eyeing a Whiled puzzle, we're giving one away on the GNI Instagram right now! 👀