Over the past several months, Joe and I have been working hard to customize and build our new home together! It’s been such a fun process (hello, we’re both designers, ha!) that I’m actually a little sad for it to end. I asked the Insta fam what questions they had for me about the house building process, and while we still have a month left, I wanted to share the experience so far.

It’s one of the most asked questions I get — what was the transition like going from working a full-time, corporate job and having a side-gig to being a full-time freelancer? So let’s dive in!

Two years (and a day) ago, I decided to launch Brighten Made. Unsure of what would come of it and a little nervous of what others would think, I did it anyways. And I’m so glad I did. Here are 3 lessons I’ve learned in the past two years!

When I look back at where I was a year ago in my business - my process in particular was so very different. Process in general is such a broad term that I could probably write about FOR DAYS, but in this post I want to share a few major shifts that I made over the past year and how it’s impacted my clients and my work.

How our rainy day wedding turned out to be the magical, garden-inspired day of our dreams.

After one year of full-time self-employment there have been SO many highs and lows with so many learning points. So here are the top 7 lessons I learned from my first year as a full-time business owner.

What’s your design background? Where did you go to school? I’m sharing all of that and more today!

A year ago today I launched Brighten Made. Since then #allthethings have changed both professionally and personally!