1nce Upon a Palette

My very first finished project for my daughter's bedroom 👑

I like to think I've come a long way since! 

Painting custom creations started as a passion project and quickly expanded into a side-hustle. My day job (and first love) is teaching quirky and creative 7th-8th graders, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. In fact, my students are the ones who encouraged me to embark on this journey in the first place. As each of them brainstormed their independent genius hour projects at the beginning of the school year, they invited me to do a project of my own. I decided it would be a great way for me to gage the expectations I was setting for them and set a positive example of what the process might look like. Not to mention- I'd recently been watching a lot of painting reels on Instagram and this felt like my sign to give it a shot😜

My project proposal was to paint a set of princess-themed  letters for my 3-year-old daughter's bedroom and share my progress with my students and on social media. Next thing I knew, I was trying my hand at painting my brother's dog on a wood slice ornament. After that, the requests started pouring in. A dozen or so dog ornaments later, I officially "set up shop." 💕 

I am so grateful for every order as well as every view, like, comment, and share on social media.