I get this question all. the. time. I think the beautiful (and hard!) part of design is that there are no set rules. With that in mind, here are three guidelines I recommend following when selecting your brand color palette.

Calling all business owners who are starting a NEW biz — this one’s for you.

It’s no secret that the pandemic brought soooo many more people to the home office crew. Take it from someone who’s been at it for a while — setting yourself up for success to work from home is CRUCIAL. I’ve narrowed it down to three easy-to-follow tips that have helped me to stay inspired in my many years working from home and I hope they bring you some inspiration and motivated days ahead, too!

As this year comes to a close, my inner enneagram 3 can’t help but look back on this past year and reflect (if you know, you know). It’s been such a season of growth and with the highs have come the lows.

Do you struggle with getting clients to give you feedback on materials in a timely manner? Say PEACE OUT to scope creep, projects lasting months longer than they should’ve, and that overwhelming feeling of projects dragging on.

A website is sooooo important to help extend your brand online and communicate with your audience about what you offer. We want to give your audience an amazing first impression and that starts with selecting the best website platform for your business. So, what platforms are out there and why do we choose the ones we do?

While 2020 has gotten a bad rap, it’s been a weird blessing in a lot of ways as well. I feel like I learned more about myself than any year prior and when all h*ll broke loose, it made me realize what truly matters in life. So here’s the recap of my year, sayonara 2020.

I’m finallllly sharing an updated home tour! While we still have plans to make some changes, I’m excited to share the state of house as it is now and embracing it for all that it is!

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.