Winning comes in so many different forms that it’s hard to define, but you know it when you see it. The CanvasRebel community is filled with so many incredible folks who have overcome long odds, challenged the status quo and won. Below, you’ll find stories of these winners along with much of the accumulated wisdom on what it takes to succeed.

Sam Pletcher

My practice began out of a combination of my inability to sit still and my mind’s tendency to wander. When you have a brain that is constantly overthinking and processing and spinning, getting some of that energy out of your head and onto a piece of paper can feel immensely relieving (I often find that after dumping out your mind like that can lead to space for brand new thoughts). Drawing is such an important medium for me because of that and it’s the medium I have the most experience in, since I was drawing even before I felt comfortable calling myself an artist. But since I also crave color and texture and trying new mediums, I soon started exploring painting, and then printmaking and eventually sewing sequins. It’s important for me to keep my art practice fresh and playful, so I do still dabble around between known mediums and trying new things! Read more>>

Jean Criss

About Jean Criss – As an accomplished professional with over 25 years of experience in corporate media and tech, Jean Criss founded four successful e-commerce companies, demonstrating her innovative brand-building and entrepreneurial prowess. Leading these ventures for over 12 years, she has exemplified the strength and creativity of a woman-owned business enterprise. Her product innovations span various industries, including general business (digital media, marketing campaigns, video, TV productions), healthcare, fashion, retail/e-commerce (post-surgical intimate apparel, medical garments, costume jewelry), and technology (factory floor automation, mobile devices). With certifications in sustainable and immersive fashion design, digital media, and AI, Jean is a prominent figure in the industry, frequently appearing on TV, podcasts, and live radio. Read more>>

Tomas Bisi

I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to USA in 2014 working as a professional sailor. Since a young age I have been competing and coaching teams internationally, which one was the USA Team. However, in 2016 I decided to pursue a new career in Tech and relocated to San Francisco to study a Master’s degree in Computer Science. Read more>>

Ashley Blalock

I grew up on a tobacco farm in rural North Carolina. Even as a child I had big dreams and always knew that I wanted to live in New York City. I moved to Atlanta and attended college at Georgia State University, where at the time I was studying to enter a career in entertainment law. As I approached my senior year in college I was interning in a law office, when one day my life flashed in front of my eyes, and I realized that law really wasn’t my passion, and wasn’t what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Read more>>

Renee Back

I had been a photographer for Olan Mills for 10 years until a year after I was married. I always loved my clients and enjoyed the moments they got so excited when I got the shot. Bonus points if mom cried when she was looking at the photos. After that, I did a few things on the side, even several weddings, but never understood my camera enough to feel comfortable calling myself a professional. I had gone to several workshops in Kentucky where I first heard about mirrorless cameras. I thought that was the solution to all of my problems. Turns out, it was only half of the equation. Read more>>

Andrea Morris

Photography has been a part of my life since I was a teenager. Whether it was taking photographs of my mom’s garden or taking photo breaks between classes in college, photography was always a consistent source of joy. In July 2018, I began Apis Photography. My business grew as I grew, and I dove headfirst into every style of photography. It wasn’t until I moved to Portland, OR in 2021 that I fell into my favorite niche – photography specifically for small businesses, creatives, and entrepreneurs. Read more>>

Lindsay Askins

After working many other jobs in many other industries for most of my 20s, pursuing photography professionally as an entrepreneur was a strong calling. When I dove into owning a small business, I had no idea what I was signing up for, I simply wanted the freedom of time to be creative. So much of what professional creatives and artists do in their business has nothing to do with their craft. Fifteen years later, I am intimately more familiar with website design, SEO, email marketing, bookkeeping, quarterly planning, social media, and overall admin to keep up with all the tasks that go into running a business. Read more>>

Vinny Castro

I can’t help but see in my head that my mom starts out my story. She introduced me to music at such an early age. The earliest songs I can recall are the theme songs from Star Wars in the early ’80s. Mom would be cleaning the house, dancing and listening to this on vinyl, then switching over to “Just My Imagination” by The Temptations, then Michael Jackson. It was an awesome time, and I was like 4, lol. Anyway, it stuck with me, and so did the hobbies of my two older brothers who were young teens either DJing or breakdancing. Outside of my windows, there was either reggae or Latin music being blasted by whoever started the party first! East New York rules! Read more>>

Jenna Sanchez

Hello! My name is Jenna Sanchez and I own Infinity Rose Events Co. We are a Wedding and Event Planning company based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma and serve clients worldwide! I started Infinity Rose Events when I was a Sophomore in College with a passion for Wedding and Event Planning, Organization, Details and everything in between. I started out with another local Wedding Planner assisting and learning the ropes of Wedding Coordination. I then began working at a local Wedding Venue that gave me more experience in the Wedding field. Read more>>

Ashley Marcial

Yung$aintCustoms started off as an outlet through a very tough time in my life. An old friend of mine encouraged me to start painting on clothing back in my high school years but my passion for painted fashion didn’t start until 2020, a year after I graduated. Y$C began as a hobby, where I designed my own pieces; denim jeans, tote bags, sneakers. I’m not too much of a jeans person so I would only design pairs that I would wear. Painting taught me patience because as easy as it looks, designing customs can take hours, even a full days worth. Working and designing soon became a struggle to keep up with, along with balancing physical & mental health. Read more>>

Anjali Joshi

Since I was young, I’ve been fascinated by solving problems creatively. My journey into design was sparked by a deep curiosity about how things work and how design can positively impact people’s lives. As I grew older, I realized that good design isn’t just about aesthetics – it’s about understanding users’ needs and crafting effective solutions. Recognizing my interest, my mother reached out to a wide network of contacts, including extended family, mentors, and family friends, to help me explore potential career paths. This support system was invaluable in guiding my early steps. Read more>>

Jalen McNish

I always was the kid who was drawing in class while the teacher was giving the lesson. Ive always made art and always made drawings. I realized once I was older how much of my life art had really been apart of. I college I played sports but at the same time I was painting my teammates and fellow athletes sports Equipment. Everything from sneakers and cleats to football gloves and hats. Around that time I realized that my creativity and ideas manifested in more ways than I thought. Read more>>

Amanda Norton

I am the oldest of 6 kids and the only daughter. Growing up, we didn’t have a lot. There was a lot of chaos during childhood and my parents divorced when I was 7. I am a survivor of child abuse and sexual assault. My mom turned things around when I was a teenager and went back to school for a degree in accounting. I am very proud of her for going back to school as a single parent of 6 children. She continues to be a supportive and loving mother and grandmother, and I am grateful she is my Mom. Read more>>

Wi-Moto Nyoka

I started as music theater performer and always kept my writing and my love of genre as a hobby. I never even considered that it could be something I might share with my community, with an audience, with anyone. For some reason I assumed no one would be interested. I started writing plays to make work for myself and others. It was purely out of necessity and I thought it would be temporary. But I got into theater festivals fast, then moved to writing short films and was selected right out the gate. Seeing folks perform a story I wrote felt like sorcery. So I kept writing and I kept telling horror and sci-fi stories in theater, film, and audio. I am now the founder of a production company, Dusky Projects, making work, and learning the craft of being a producer. Read more>>

Chuck Akin

Chuck Akin Executive Producer – oogoog
General Manager – Vū Studios

Chuck has been telling engaging visual stories for more than 25+ years. He writes, produces and directs story-driven content across multiple platforms. Chuck has produced award-winning feature films and feature docs as well. He also produces many regional commercials, high-visibility music videos, as well as a handful of the acclaimed Masterclass series. Read more>>

Karen Blair

Crayola crayons in the box of 64 colors with the sharpener in the back, who among you remembers getting your first one? The smell of the wax, the range of color and the ability to maintain a sharp point are still fresh in my mind. A sense of wonder and possibility still come every time I open a tube of oil paint or gesso a canvas. I was lucky in my parents who encouraged me with my art or perhaps they recognized that I had no other readily discernable skills or ability. I attended The University of NC at Greensboro where I spent the majority of my time in studio art and art history classes. Read more>>

Amy Stone

I have a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Colorado and a Masters in Art Education from Hofstra University, but found myself doing everything but creating and teaching in my 20’s and much of my 30’s. It wasn’t until my family and I relocated to Seattle in 2014 that I began to create on a daily basis, and not until 2016 that I began painting again after an almost 15 year hiatus. I left my job in the wine industry in 2016 to focus on art full time, and haven’t looked back. Social media helped propel my career forward, but really it’s the support of my husband and kids that make it all possible. Read more>>

Sasha Wilson

My name is Sasha Wilson. I am a Singed model, Music industry Touring Assistant/ Manager/ Booking Agent and Actress and Pre-Nursing Student. I began modeling towards the end of 2020. I was scouted out by a casting agency and worked with them for a bit. Just by staying consistent and working with a lot of different people within the fashion industry, I was able to walk and get experienced in runway. I’ve walked in many different shows for New York Fashion Week, Miami Swim Week, Atlanta Swim Week and Philly Fashion Week. I Signed with my commercial mother agency in 2022. I’ve always really loved music and every aspect of it since I was a kid. I always wanted to do something in music. Read more>>

Jiao LI

As an immigrant artist, this is my fifth year in New York. During these five years, I have been a resident dance teaching artist in different public schools. What impressed me most was that when I was in the public schools in Brooklyn, most of the students were recent immigrants from China. They could not speak English and had very limited learning resources. Kurriizmatic for me started 4 years ago on November 30th 2020. I had to create my entire senior collection from scratch during the height of the pandemic. I had no money, no support, and only being able to use what was around me. Read more>>

Jacinth Headlam

My journey started back in Jamaica, where I was born and grew up surrounded by a rich culture and vibrant community. I always loved performing and telling stories, so it wasn’t a surprise when I found myself drawn to acting. That passion brought me to New York, where I dived headfirst into the entertainment world. Read more>>

Sasha Goldstein

Art + design have always been a passion of mine. Growing up, my mother was a graphic designer pre computer era… Art supplies and the encouragement to be creative always surrounded me. When I was 7 or 8 my parents let me decide how I wanted to paint my room. Each wall was a different color (or multiple colors, with stripes, etc), but they stuck to their words and let me have full creative freedom to see my vision through! Read more>>

Narges Poursadeqi

I was born and raised in Tehran, Iran, and I experienced firsthand the severe restrictions on artistic expression. But instead of stifling my creativity, these challenges fueled my determination to explore the fine arts, particularly as they relate to culture, religion, and women’s rights. This journey has been pivotal to my artistic growth and personal development. My passion for visual storytelling began at the Iranian Youth Cinema Society, where I discovered photography and video production. This early experience laid the foundation for my future artistic endeavors. Later, I pursued fine art at the University of California, Berkeley, refining my skills and broadening my creative horizons. Earning a master’s degree from the California College of the Arts further solidified my commitment to artistic exploration. Read more>>

Allison Ullo

My journey to founding Leaves of Leisure began with a personal struggle that many can relate to: the overwhelming effects of caffeine. Working multiple jobs and managing a hectic schedule, I relied heavily on coffee to get through the day. However, the jitters, anxiety, and sleepless nights it caused started to take a toll on my well-being. I realized I needed a change and decided to quit caffeine altogether. Read more>>

Lorraine Leckie

“Can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today. You can include as little or as much detail as you’d like.”

I’ve lived a few different lives so far and got started in music while working in the fashion business doing makeup. I used to read my poems at dinners and people told me I should turn those poems into songs. I picked up my first guitar when I was 37, and it went terribly! It’s a tough instrument to learn but I practiced every day for a few hours. Then I acquired a piano and thought “What will I do with this? I don’t even know…” Read more>>

Jesùs Nùñez

I originally hail from Spain, where I used street art as a means of self-expression during my teenage years. As I grew older, my passion shifted towards the culinary arts. This led me to a three-decade-long career as an executive chef and restaurant owner, working in many elite restaurants both in Spain and New York City. The New York Times once described my cuisine as “edible art” and even compared me to the famed Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali. Read more>>

Laura Schreiber

Oh wow, this can be very short or very long, depending on which version you want! The short version is lots and lots of training, study and hard work! Determination and refusal to give up until I was booking work with my bucket list clients got my here. The long version is that it is a journey that started when I was a young student at Barnard College, Columbia University. I certainly had a distinctive voice and often when my sister and I would go out to eat in NYC, the waiters and waitresses who were also actors would say that I should go into voice over. That was in the mid-1990s! At the time, I looked into making a demo “tape” but VOs back then were still showing up in person for casting calls and at that time is seemed that being a student at Columbia and a career in voice over were mutually exclusive. But, I never forgot about it and neither did my husband. We talked about it for years, half joking, “maybe some day when I do voice over…” Read more>>

Yinglun Zhang

My journey as a fashion designer and dancer began with a passion for combining movement and fashion. After graduating from Parsons School of Design in 2022, I founded IO Studio to create garments that embody the essence, movement, and performance of clothing as well as a philosophy of living.

To expand my influence, I leveraged social media to advocate for intentional living, slow living, and living philosophy. This allows me to connect with a broader audience and share my living philosophy in a meaningful way. Read more>>

Xavier Dalencour

I born In Port-au-Prince, Haiti on February 17, 1981, form a Haitian Dad and a French Mom. I am come from a family of teachers and intellectuals, whom was really open to world, the society and I was immersed very early in an environment that was very open to music, classical music especially, with an aunt concert pianist and music teacher, and also to painting whose rudiments were transmitted to me by an amateur painter father, but I can say drawing and painting was always valued in my environment. I starting to draw at an early age in my notebooks and schoolbooks, drawing first and painting have inhabited me my entire life without the thought of an artistic vocation ever arising. Read more>>

Christy Hunter

Growing up, I was obsessed with watching the National Geographic channel and looking through their magazines. It combined two things that I loved: animals and photography. As the oldest of two children, I was the first in my family to attend college. As I started looking at schools to apply to, it became very obvious to me how expensive my education would be. The art school that I had my heart set on didn’t accept typical scholarships or provide financial aid. So I decided to pursue another passion of mine (foreign languages) and went to a more affordable local university. Read more>>

Lisa Chastain

I’ve been empowering women for over 20 years. I’ve worked as an academic advisor in higher education, Financial Advisor for high- net- worth individuals, and today I’m a money coach for women looking to get their financial lives together. What makes me qualified to help women like you is not my work experience. I’ve had to learn how to get my own financial life together after almost losing everything. Over the past decade, I’ve learned for myself what it really takes to make dreams come true, and it is not like Instagram would like you to believe it is (no beaches or unicorns here). It’s with my trained industry knowledge and personal experiences that I am helping my clients shed the shame and guilt around their finances by rewiring how they think about money and using a strategic financial framework that’s focused around healthy spending instead of restricted budgeting so they can enjoy their lives while building their wealth. Read more>>

Lorenzo Pozzan

As someone who thinks a lot, (read overthinks), I can’t say exactly what early memory, moment or event is salient enough to serve as ‘start’ to my story, but I think the vivid memory of Tom Hanks running his first sprint in Forrest Gump serves that purpose well. It made me become deeply fascinated with the power of cinema, story and art in general as an unadulterated, pure language to convey and share something about our personal understanding of the human condition. Growing up in a multilingual, multicultural household, my mother’s side of the family being from a small village on an island in the Mediterranean: Corsica, my fathers’ side from Venice, Italy, finding ways to reconcile and express all the diversity I was immersed in and absorbed, became fundamental to my own expression. Read more>>

Joy Edwards

The decision to start my business resulted from a “bad” day at the beauty shop.

For years I permed my hair to make styling and maintaining it more manageable. I had been loyal to my stylist for more than two decades, and she became the only person I trusted blindly with the health of my hair.

She was in high demand and always worked on multiple clients simultaneously. Usually, she managed her time pretty well, and even though she always seemed to be running behind, the end result was always worth the cost and eight-hour-long appointments. Read more>>

Emily McCormick

Prior to owning Cobblestone Kitchen, I worked for several years as an event coordinator and then later in the energy industry. I ended up quitting my job to stay home with our 10 month old when my husband’s job transferred us from Oklahoma to Wyoming. When we moved back to Oklahoma, the opportunity to operate Cobblestone Kitchen arose, and I was thrilled at the aspect of being creative and using my brain for non-mom tasks again. My husband and I live in Oklahoma and have a 6 and 4 year old. I’m thankful that owning Cobblestone Kitchen allows me the flexibility of being able to be involved in their daily lives as well as create income and a “non-mom” world. Read more>>

Ellie Coyne

I’m so lucky to have very a supportive family and friend group. The moment I started my flower journey they were ordering. Honestly a hard part for me is not undercutting myself. They all want me to make a profit but i’m nervous about charging too much, even when I’m keeping with industry standards. Read more>>

Monica Banks

I believe that friends and family *should* naturally want to support your business—whether it’s by making a purchase, donating, sharing a post, or simply recommending your services to a colleague. Support doesn’t always have to come in the form of money; sometimes, a share or a kind word goes a long way. When someone you care about is trying to build something meaningful, it feels like common sense to offer what support you can, especially when it costs you nothing. Read more>>

Jonathan Olcott

That’s the advice I give to nearly every patient I work with, especially those dealing with chronic low back or neck pain — which make up a large part of my practice.

Many of these patients come in after trying everything else: physical therapy, chiropractic, injections, prescription painkillers, even surgical consultations. They’re often stuck in a frustrating cycle — managing symptoms, but not seeing progress. They’ve been told to “rest” or “be careful,” and as a result, they’ve become more guarded and less mobile. Over time, many become afraid to move at all, which only compounds the issue. Read more>>

Lauren McSorley

Tracy Siclair, Senior Field Marketing Manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), faced a challenge managing numerous event requests with limited resources. LMH quickly developed a scalable process to streamline execution, enhance customer engagement, and speed up delivery. In one quarter, LMH successfully executed up to 80 events, something HPE’s internal team couldn’t manage. Read more>>

Nicole Limongiello

Yes, I do! A portion of what I make from both my real estate business and my beauty studio goes back to causes that mean a lot to me personally.

I run two nonprofits that I’m super passionate about. One is called Paws at Home, and it focuses on rescuing animals—especially in the South, where the stray population is overwhelming. I’ve always had a huge heart for animals, and after seeing so many suffering without help, I felt called to do something about it. We help get animals out of shelters, into foster homes, and eventually adopted.  Read more>>

Herry Koo

Since I was young, I liked to make various things with my hands. I gave these things to my family and friends. Based on this, my family knew that I was a crafty person. One day my sister showed me a handmade bookmark with a colorful name cutout. She said “I think you can make something like that too”. After that, I successfully remade that bookmark and made it look very nice and clean. Around the age of 15, I started to sell these bookmarks to my friends and other high school students. I came up with more designs and more products over the years to keep the business running. Read more>>

Ethan Hennessey

My first bit of money I earned came from posting a lot on YouTube. After starting music as a hobby in 2018 and taking it seriously two years later, I finally began posting beats to YouTube once I felt that they were listenable. I made an online store for selling beats and linked it to each video to be able to monetize each one. At that point, I didn’t know my sound and resorted to posting rap “type beats”. I tried to remain as consistent as possible with my posts. This lasted for about half a year and I didn’t see much traction in terms of engagement. I figured I needed to try something new, so I put more time and effort into figuring out my style as a producer. Read more>>

Jason Coughlan

That’s an easy one….both. Working in corporate America with Boardwalk Pictures and running my small business, Antiques on Magnolia, I’ve learned that you can’t prioritize one without paying attention to the other. Growing revenue will always be the goal, but without a firm handle on costs, growth can easily get out of control.

Over time, I’ve made it a point in both roles to consistently “trim the fat”, auditing expenses, renegotiating contracts, and being honest about where we’re overextending. It’s easy to let things slide when people, services, and long-standing vendors feel comfortable, but numbers don’t lie. Respect the relationships, but never ignore the data. Read more>>

A Kouture

As the founder of Fully Charged Snacks, I’m proud to say we’re on track to cross a significant personal revenue milestone next year. But getting to this point didn’t come from playing it safe or focusing solely on cost-cutting. The biggest lesson I’ve learned over the past four years is that even as a micro startup, growth and sustainability must be like a marriage, and in that partnership, revenue growth has to be the lead partner. Read more>>

Shoba

I am a Music Therapist who works with children with special needs. The children with whom I work with have a variety of developmental challenges that interfere with their daily functioning skills such as using a spoon or a fork to feed themselves, the lack of ability to visually track what is written in a book or a piece of paper, as well as difficulties in areas of expressive or receptive language skills and several other areas that may potential be challenging for them in their daily lives. Read more>>

Polina Weidner

Working remote can be a challenge for some business owners especially when they start hiring on employees. The number one thing that makes this work for our business is constant (daily) communication. I speak to my employees every single day, a morning check in usually, I’m open for questions through the day, and receive weekly recaps at the end of the week. Read more>>

Federica Intelisano

Yes, my team and I are fully equipped to work remotely and I’ve been doing so successfully for years, both as a senior editor and an animation director. Remote work has become an integral part of my workflow, especially when managing international teams of animators, designers, and assistants. Read more>>

Christy Mawdsley

Early on in the functional medicine world, supplements were the saviors. Functional testing was done, and even the early iterations were often helpful, to a degree. But the strategy was: treat a symptom with a supplement. So patients might be put on 10, 20, 30 supplements – really. People taking 40 pills a day for months on end. And there wasn’t any end in sight – functional medicine providers weren’t saying “ok, take this one thing for three months and then let’s reassess” – people were just put on things indefinitely. And if that thing didn’t work, then *shrug.* It was functional medicine being layered over allopathic medicine – same approach, really, just using supplements rather than pharmaceuticals. Read more>>

Aoife O’Sullivan

Over the past few years I have participated in a massive U-Turn within the world of medicine. I spent years in primary care treating women with vague, frustrating symptoms – fatigue, brain fog, night sweats, anxiety, tanking libido, weight gain and the development of metabolic syndrome, and trying to paper over the cracks with blood pressure medications, anxiety medicines, antidepressants, sleeping pills, cholesterol medications, antibiotics and osteoporosis meds. The underlying message? “You’re just getting older. Hang in there.” Read more>>

Beleenne Dickerson

Yes, I started on my own, when I became a Real Estate Broker in July 2018. At the time, I was driven by a strong desire for independence and the freedom to shape my own path. I had a clear vision of the kind of work I wanted to do and all the clients I wanted to serve, and starting solo felt like the best way to stay true to that. I worked in the corporate world for years prior to staying home after becoming a mom. I knew that I wasn’t my best staying home and wanted to get back in the work force. But, I wanted to do things on my own term. Read more>>

Theresa Quin

As Board Chair for Take Stock in Children Manatee, I have the privilege of working with students who are incredibly bright and full of potential, but who also face very real barriers. Many come from low-income households, have limited access to resources, and are often the first in their families even to consider college. Most work to help support their families, frequently covering at least one household bill, all while juggling school, jobs, extracurricular activities, and significant responsibilities at home. Read more>>

Johanna Gaffney

Dr. Kaylee Simmerman, the owner of The HOPE Doctors, has been one of the most impactful leaders and mentors in my life. She’s helped me grow not just as a pelvic floor physical therapist, but as a woman navigating this profession with purpose and confidence. Kaylee has a unique way of encouraging strength while also gently pushing me to grow in areas where I can improve. Read more>>

Sara Sternheimer

I was 18 and knew absolutely nothing about film producing when I met film producer Octavia Peissel (producing for Wes Anderson at the time) through her producer friend Marine Dorfmann. She was looking for an assistant, and she hired me, this accomplished woman who built her career from the ground up starting young, just like I was trying to do. She impressed me, scared me even. Octavia is this 5’9 powerful woman with a presence that said that she belonged there in an industry that doesn’t always make space for women like us. I immediately knew that I wanted to be like her. Read more>>

Cory “Sauce” Brown

I hope my legacy, and for what I want everyone to remember me by, is that person who beat all the odds to accomplish their dream! From start to finish, I never wanted to let my dream(s) die, so I did whatever it took to make them become a reality and when people remember Cory “Sauce” Brown, I want them to think and say, “Dang, he was the one that helped me push and stay motivated on my dreams. He was a legend!” Read more>>

Samuel Oplinger

When I think about the legacy I want to build, I think back to my teenage years—how deeply I was impacted by so many forms of art. Music, stage performance, acting, and film all stirred something in me. I was drawn not just to entertainment, but to expression—how art could carry meaning, emotion, and truth in a way nothing else could. One film in particular, Interstellar, struck a chord. Its emotional storytelling and bold themes challenged me and inspired me. It was one of those rare moments where I thought, This is it. This is what I want to pursue. That film gave me permission to fully commit to the artist’s path. Read more>>

Madison McGhee

One of the kindest and most memorable moments in my wedding career came from a mother of the bride who genuinely touched my heart. From the very beginning, we shared such a special connection, and throughout the entire planning process, her warmth and encouragement never wavered. After the wedding, she surprised me with the most heartfelt handwritten note—full of love, gratitude, and belief in me. In her words, she told me I had something truly special and encouraged me to take a leap of faith and start my own company. Her support came at just the right time and gave me the confidence I didn’t know I needed. It’s thoughtful, incredible clients like her who remind me why I fell in love with this career in the first place—and why I wake up every day so grateful to do what I love. Read more>>