Lifestyle

So, I WAS ON A PODCAST?!

How do you feel about hearing yourself talk?! I’m talking voicemail, voice recordings, Instagram… you get my drift… Me? I cringe. LITERALLY CRINGE hearing myself talk. I think — oh my goodness I actually sound like that?! Every time… BUT—that’s not going to stop me from sharing this AMAZING thing with you. I WAS ON […]

Lifestyle

5 times Fine Art was like NBC’s The Office 

Secret time? I didn’t love The Office when I first started watching it.  Call me crazy, but I just couldn’t handle the cringe factor of the first season. BUT—I stuck with it (100% because my hubby LOVES IT and it was and still is his favorite show ever), and I not only adore the characters, […]

Motherhood

15 beautiful and heartfelt Mother’s Day gift ideas

If I had could have a million dollars or a really long nap on Mother’s Day, do you know what I would choose? The nap. I’m a little bit kidding, but mostly serious because MAMA NEEDS SOME SLEEP, Y’ALL! It’s been almost 6 years since I’ve slept through the night. So? This mama needs a […]

Lifestyle

30 things I learned in my 30th year

Remember when all you wanted was to be a grown up?! Just me? Well, I always wanted to be a grown up.  And here I am at 31 (today, actually), and just realizing, I still don’t FEEL like a grown up. Yet here I am 3 kiddos later and my palms STILL get sweaty when […]

Wedding

A foolproof guide to WHY YOU NEED a wedding painter (even if you’ve never heard of live wedding painting!)

Hunting for that one-of-a-kind touch to elevate your oh-so-sought-after Vogue-worthy wedding? Let me drop some paint-dappled wisdom on ya. Now, I *know* you’ve been scrolling through Instagram and Pinterest for hours, getting those bridal feels from all the glitz and glam. You’ve seen those live wedding painters, right? It’s the newest “it” thing, but not […]

Home Decor

4 quick tips to styling artwork in your home (and why you should move that mirror over your fireplace ASAP!)

I never thought it was possible but, okayyyyy I’m a hustler. OMG NO–not that way… I grew up playing tennis and vividly remember my dad telling me to “hustle” on the court.  In practice, I hateeedddd running around with a passion, but in a match? I could run from the baseline to the net quicker […]

Home Decor

FIVE SIMPLE WAYS TO FRAME YOUR ARTWORK BEAUTIFULLY

9 times out of 10, every morning when we hop on Facetime my *twin* sister and I are wearing the EXACT SAME THING. Not a joke but it is pretty humorous. We typically rotate between a few t-shirts we both have, the nightgowns we both have (Betsy and Lace FTW *not an affiliate), and a […]

Home Decor

Decorate your beautiful home with frames

What do soup and art have in common? Read this post and find out!

Business

Ashlyn Carter’s Primed to Launch—the game-changer investment for my business

Flashback to 2019 when I “released” some random ornaments and notecards to my Instagram fam on a whim, had a small handful of followers and no email list—sold nearly nothing because also did I mention I released them on like, December 10?  “Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing.” P.T Barnum, Showman & Promoter I […]

Art

Behind The Renewal Collection

Beauty in the brokenness, available May 4, 2021 Feel that in the air?! I’ve been wafting ALL THE SPRING SMELLS for the past couple of weeks now, and if just makes my heart so full. This time of year ALWAYS feels like a BREATH OF FRESH AIR.   It’s like I can feel it, smell […]

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PAINT MY WEDDING

This is way more than just a wedding painting.