how i got here

Five years ago, I was on maternity leave from a career I worked hard to achieve with a beautiful growing family and home. Despite that, I was feeling lost in the shuffle of daily life. Then, someone innocently asked me, “Aside from spending time with your family, what do you do….for fun?” And it hit me. I couldn’t answer that question beyond, “I like to watch The Bachelor and drink the occasional Cab Sauv.”

Nothing against good wine and TV, but in that moment I knew deep-down that I was missing a piece of myself. I lost it to the routine; to the cop-out of being the mother of young children and being tired 24/7; to being wrapped-up in getting to the next task. I wasn't seeing magic in everyday life.

It was at that moment, I decided to embark on an adventure to reclaim my “self” through exploring my creative side. 

With a New Year approaching, I started a secret Instagram account to keep myself accountable and to showcase (to complete strangers) my attempt to pick-up a paintbrush again, after a long 18 years.

Immediately after welcoming art back into my life, I started to look at life with a new lens. It was the therapy I didn’t know I needed. I became wrapped up in it. I saw something beautiful and wondered, how could I paint that? I began noticing the combinations of colours in nature and thought about how to mix paints to create that colour.

This new hobby of mine brought me new life. It gave me a deeper sense of who I am and for once, I really feel like I found what I was meant to do. I soon learned art wasn’t just a hobby after all.

Slowly I took courses, built-up my art supply stash (it’s still growing!) and when I discovered the art of surface pattern design I was hooked!

Fast-forward a few years and here I am today. A confident small-business owner with a clear vision and voice, chasing my wildest dreams. Dreaming bigger every day and learning along the way.