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What I’m Working On // Findings Marketing

Filed Under: Career & Business 2 Comments

  Anatomy of a Design   Project notes: Findings Marketing is a full-service manufacturer’s representative firm, working with organic, fair trade, and natural brands. Their old website wasn’t on WordPress, looked dated, and didn’t represent the professional work they do. They came to me seeking a sleek, feminine, clean design that would feature the awesome products theyRead the whole post >>

October 17, 2013 · Tagged With: business, little leaf 2 Comments

Why I’m Open About My Miscarriages.

Filed Under: Personal & Life Updates 24 Comments

When you’re in your third trimester, everyone knows you’re pregnant and talks to you about it. When you have a newborn, you go to the grocery store and other folks peek into the car seat to see your teeny tiny sleeping bundle of joy. When you lose a pregnancy, no one around you can tellRead the whole post >>

October 15, 2013 · Tagged With: essay, miscarriage & pregnancy loss 24 Comments

Why I Love Where I Live.

Filed Under: Personal & Life Updates, Simple & Intentional Living 33 Comments

We have been living in our apartment for 3 years and 3 months. That is 3 months longer than I’ve ever lived in the same house or apartment since I was in first grade. This summer, we got the itch to move to a new place, but found nothing we liked as much as whereRead the whole post >>

October 10, 2013 · Tagged With: akron, apartment living, highland square, musings, ohio 33 Comments

That Time I Went to Palm Springs with 49 Beautiful, Talented Lady Designers.

Filed Under: Personal & Life Updates, Travel 3 Comments

Thank you for all the sweet words about me leaping into self-employment full-time, friends. We are all so excited about what the future holds for us. It’s funny that the day after I wrote that post about fear and risk, I went to a retreat/conference with fellow lady designers called DesignerVACA in Palm Springs, California. IRead the whole post >>

October 4, 2013 · Tagged With: little leaf 3 Comments

September Updates & October Intentions.

Filed Under: Personal & Life Updates 7 Comments

Let’s just get this over with: September was terrible, intention-wise. I could tell you my excuses (busier than I expected with photoshoots, unexpected emotional struggles, a 5 day trip to California, quitting my job stress, etc.) – but this is a new month and I’m moving forward. It’s embarrassing how terribly I did, but dwellingRead the whole post >>

October 1, 2013 · Tagged With: business, marriage, monthly goals, running 7 Comments

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Hey, I'm Ashley & this is my blog

web designer · vegetarian · coffee addict · obsessed with goal-setting · imperfect mother · wife to an academic · wannabe minimalist

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Saving Money & Living Frugally

Doing a Buy Nothing Month.

Every so often, my eating junk food gets a little out of control and do a little juice cleanse. To help reset my body’s ideas of … [Read More...]

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Simple Living & Minimalism

Long Distance Moving and Decluttering – A Few Tips.

We're in the midst of a long distance move to Massachusetts this month (in the nomadic portion of our move - we moved out of our … [Read More...]

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Green Living & Sustainability

Choosing between Convenience and Values.

A reader asks: How do you decide when to focus your energy on better choices versus choosing convenience? I think it can be so … [Read More...]

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Motherhood & Parenting

The Story of Eleanor.

(Warning, this post will contain mentions of bodily fluid) How Eleanor Came to Be. I want to write this all down while I still … [Read More...]

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Career & Business

A New Leaf. Little Leaf.

(Yes, I am a dork.) Your website should be like an extra employee. Who works non stop 24/7. I recently overhauled my site … [Read More...]

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Recipes

Recipe: Curried Greens and Chickpeas

Recipe: Vegetarian Ramen.

Recipe: Sweet and Sour Tempeh with Pineapple and Cashews.

Recipe: Tofu Lettuce Wraps.

Recipe: Bistro Broccoli Chowder

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