On Dreams

I believe in speaking your dreams out loud.

In the beginning of 2015 I spoke two dreams out loud:
– Grow my Instagram account to 800 friends.
– Create at least 2 custom pieces a month.
Both have happened. Thank you<3

Let’s keep dreaming:
– Collaborate on a New England styled shoot.
– Letter details for 3 weddings (details can be escort cards, chalk signs, ect)
– Be featured on an art or design blog!!BIG DREAMS.
“gotta keep believing if you want to know for sure”

Feeling Purple-y

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The last couple weeks have been creating weeks for me. I just couldn’t stop creating. I always wanted to be sitting at my desk working that watercolor and making letters! After a couple of days, I realized that most of my prints were done with purple-y hues. On some I even used purple pen! Guess I’m totally feeling purples lately.

Do you ever see a current trend in your work? I’d love to hear about it.

MS Challenge Walk Fundraiser

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I’m really excited to share the two custom prints I created for Boston blogger and MS advocate Jodi Dwyer! She’s raising money for her MS Challenge Walk this fall! $6 of every print purchase goes right to her fundraiser!

I was really touched and excited when Jodi contacted me about creating prints for her cause. MS research is close to my heart seeing as my Nana has had it for the majority of her life. And my mom’s best friend was diagnosed a few years ago and it’s been pretty rapid. So I’m so glad Jodi reached out and that I can have a small part in helping fund her walk and research! Maybe next year I’ll walk right alongside you, Jodi!

Check out these prints in my Etsy Shop!

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GIVEAWAY! | w. Kate the (almost) Great

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HEY LFR FRIENDS! I’m so excited to be giving away an awesome thing with Kate the (almost) Great this week! Thanks Kate for having me! All you have to do is follow the directions below and you will have a chance to win an Ashley Brooke Designs mug!

Image used with permission from Ashley Brooke Designs

Winner gets to choose their prize! All mugs here (except for the set) are options.

Kate – Kate the (Almost) Great
Elizabeth and Luke – Something Saturdays
Victoria – Poverty Luxe
Stephanie Rita – Letters from Rita

Details:– Giveaway goes from 4/20/15 12:00 AM EST to 4/26/15 11:59 PM EST.
– You must be 18 to enter.
– This is only open to the USA.
– Any entries that are falsified (aka you lie and say you did something that you didn’t) will be deleted without warning. (Actually had this issue last month. Come on – you’re smarter than that.)
– The winner will be notified via email within 48 hours.
– You will have 48 hours to respond to claim your prize.
– If you do not respond within that time, a new winner will be chosen.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER >> a Rafflecopter giveaway

Progress + Style

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I wanted to do a little comparison, to show how my lettering style has progressed through the last 3 years! The top is a recent piece I made, and the bottom is from about 3 years ago! Crazy, right?

Let’s talk style. In both my photography work and lettering work, right off the bat I wanted SO BADLY to have a style. But it doesn’t happen like that. You don’t wake up one day and decide to take photos and immediately have a pronounced style. You have to work for it! You have to experiment! I didn’t realize that. But looking back now, after 5 years of photography and 3 years of lettering, I can see how my style evolved and my craft has gotten better. And I’m hoping that the more I work and practice, even better it will still become!!