Some news from us: We have decided it’s time for Ensemble to take its final bow. 

This five-year project has been the most rewarding of our careers, and we’re immensely proud of the business and platform we have built together. But there is integrity in knowing when something has come to a natural end – and when it’s time to leave the party.

From day one, we promised honesty, and we’ll hold to that here. Over the past year of independent (again) ownership, we’ve poured all our energy into adapting and refining what Ensemble could realistically be. But maintaining the standards that we hold for ourselves, and the Ensemble brand, is no longer sustainable – emotionally, financially or creatively.

Coincidentally (we promise!), shortly after we’d made this decision, life reminded us we’d made the right call – and of the importance of winding things down authentically and gently. But still with some cake, dairy flowers and messy fun 🍰💐

THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who has supported us over these five years: readers, our team past and present, contributors, advertisers, subscribers, friends, family, collaborators, our community.

Above all, we want to thank each other – and acknowledge the gift of working together, which has been at the whimsical heart of Ensemble since the beginning 🎀

To our paid subscribers on Substack: we are forever grateful for your financial support this year. Please know that every cent from reader support went towards paying our ensemble of contributors.

We paused paid subscriptions a couple of weeks ago, and will soon cancel them (you may receive an email notification when we do this). If you have any questions re: subscriptions, you can reply to this email.

We’re not quite done yet: next week we’ll publish some farewell stories and share some highlights from the archive too.

Ensemble forever,

Rebecca and Zoe