#282: The Lost Arts

A Beautiful Mess Podcast

Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week we're talking about Elsie's new newsletter, why newsletters are sometimes even better than blogs, and our advice for how to make your newsletter stand out if you're starting your own. We are also going to be debating a listener hot take that's about homeschooling.

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What will the newsletter be:

Cozy

Curious

Photos of crafts and things she's making

Stories and essays

Life updates

Entertaining

What the newsletter won't be:

Writing DIYs

Not written by AI

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to The Beautiful Mess Podcast, your cozy comfort listen, and this week we're talking about Elsie's new newsletter.
0:11.9	Why newsletters are sometimes even better than blogs and our advice for how to make your newsletter stand out if you're starting your own.
0:18.5	We are also going to be debating a listener hot take that's about
0:21.6	homeschooling. So get ready for that. It is hot as hell. It is a great is, I mean, I don't know if I should say
0:29.5	it's great. It isn't interesting. I read it and I was like, this is like, virgining into maybe not a
0:35.4	lighthearted hot take. That's true.
0:38.2	I don't know.
0:39.3	I think it'll be fun to talk about that.
0:40.5	No, it's good.
0:41.1	It's good.
0:41.7	Okay.
0:42.1	But before we begin, I have the biggest news ever.
0:46.2	I have a story.
0:47.6	And it is about my haunted necklace.
0:50.1	So pour yourself a cup of coffee.
0:52.5	This is my greatest story of the year, I'm pretty sure.
0:56.6	So the year just started.
0:59.5	That's true.
1:00.5	This is my greatest story of the year so far.
1:03.7	It's pretty exciting.
1:04.8	Okay.
1:05.2	Okay.
	...

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