1nce Upon a Palette
A 1-Woman Shopย
A 1-Woman Shopย
๐ Hi, I'm Morgan, the face behind 1nce Upon a Palette! If you follow me on social media you know that my reels often show my paint-spattered hands but rarely my face.ย
In fact, my 4-year-old niece isn't convinced I'm the one in the videos doing the painting at all... The world may never know!๐ค
My very first finished project for my daughter's bedroom ๐
I like to think I've come a long way since!ย
My Inspiration
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 shot๐
My project proposal was to paint a set of princess-themedย 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." ๐ย
I am so grateful for every order as well as every view, like, comment, and share on social media.ย