November 26 is Small Business Saturday! It's a day to encourage and remind people in the busyness of Christmas shopping to support small and local businesses. Over the years I have enjoyed finding online and local shops and getting to know the faces behind them. Owning a small business myself has taught me just how much hard work goes into running a business. Often, one or two people are doing all of the work of creating products, building a website, marketing, packaging, shipping, etc. Something that a large company hires many people to do. While it is a lot of work, I love getting to create and am passionate about what I do. I know that the artists and...
Gallery walls are my favorite. Our wall space is limited in our home but I love photos and art on the walls. So gallery walls are a great way to still be able to add a lot of photos and art in smaller spaces. I wanted to share some tips that I have learned in creating gallery walls partly because a few of you have asked and partly because Field and Forest Design's art pieces are smaller and I think that gallery walls are a great way to display them! If you look on Pinterest you can find tons of super-detailed blog posts about how to do gallery walls. This is my condensed version for people like me who are...
When I asked for your suggestions on words that inspire and encourage on Instagram, grace was a frequent suggestion. I love that these pieces are made not only for you but also with your input! To be honest, I struggle with grace. I struggle to give it and I struggle to receive it. I get stuck in the 'do good so I can receive good' mentality. Recently, God has shattered a lot of things in my life to open my eyes to just how broken and self-reliant I am. I want to bring something to the table but I don't. I have failed miserably in the past, I will fail today and I will fail in the future but because of Jesus, God...
I'm introducing the fourth piece in my new Maple Collection today. Each day this week I am introducing a new piece and they will all be available to purchase starting on Monday, August 15. 'Little by little, one travels far' -J.R.R. Tolkien I think this quote can have multiple meanings. You can interpret it as literally traveling or as growing/traveling far in the journey of life. I like the latter. This quote has been and encouragement to me over the past year. We brought our son home from China last November and it has been a beautiful but long journey.. He has some special needs that make some things more difficult. It has also been a long journey as we as strangers learn...
Today I am sharing about two new pieces in one blog post. As with the rest of the pieces in the series, they will be live on the website for purchase on August 15! In creating this new series, I wanted to focus on two main things: simple and natural. I have mostly done quotes on my hand lettered pieces. This time I wanted to go in the direction of using less words but choosing ones that had meaning and power. A few months ago on my Instagram account, I asked many of you for your suggestions for simple 1-3 word phrases/quotes that encourage, give hope and inspire. There were lots of great suggestions and I loved choosing from words that...
