The accessibility to crafting supplies and techniques has become so easy that she does work in a number of different mediums and gladly adds more whenever the inspiration takes her.
The motto for New Nerd Novelties is “What is old is new and what is new is old.” This references not just the mediums, crochet, sewing, cross stitch etc that can be considered from another generation and therefore “old” that she uses but also the subject matter.
Desiree’s philosophy in life can be described as #OwnYourWeird. This is why she has named her lifestyle brand after it.
She was inspired by Margot Robbie’s line in the Suicide Squad movie, where Harley Quinn says, “Own that shit!”, when they were talking about how they’re kind of evil, they’re the bad guys. She upholds the thought that it’s not just your good things that you need to embrace, utilize and celebrate, but your bad things too. So the “weird” is the stuff that everybody gets picked on for, but you like anyway, and she just wants to create stuff and help other people feel good about themselves.
As long as it doesn’t harm anybody = Own that Weird, that’s your weird celebrate it and if she can just make one person feel better about themselves through sharing her message and creativity, she will consider her life fulfilled.