I wear the title CEO and founder, my name is Ashley. I started Heirlooms and Lace Studios, as a family photographer, now found over on Smitten Mitten Photography, by absolute accident. Let me give you a quick story of how I got here. It’s a weird story of family history, a love of photo & […]
2021 Recovery and The Future 2021 WHOA friend! You were INSANE! I can’t remember being so busy, since 2019. Yea how comical looking back to my start of the year post in January. I wasn’t sure we were even going to be working or when we could. Well the answer was April and I officially […]
2021 Goals Hello 2021! What will you bring us? It’s honestly all I can think about as we start a New Year. It’s January 2nd and right now the state of Michigan is still under restrictions. Which for me means no weddings allowed. These wedding restrictions are supposed to remain in effect for a while, […]
2020 the year of uncertainty… beyond that you have sucked hard core and at the same time have been one of the biggest blessings since I started my business. You brought me times where I needed to be frugal and times where I evaluated the future. Most importantly you gave me TIME. I was given […]
Covid in summer It’s July! We have survived almost 4 months of closures and we are officially living through Covid in summer. Just this week we decided to stop wiping down our groceries. We also decided to start walking regularly. So far I have slowly been able to go back to work with a few […]
Covid and my small Business Where to start? It is April 8, 2020. Here in Michigan we have been in lock down for almost a month. Adelaide’s last day of school, in a school classroom was March 11th. We had scheduled her for a surgery and she was already being excused from class the 12th. […]
My 2020 goals. I am feeling so blessed l survived 2019. What a brutal year of “hustle” to survive. Looking back the phrase I continue saying, never again! Never ever again! Its funny to think how much I am still learning even though I’ve been at this for almost 8 years. However I’m also a […]
Whew 2019… the best definition… hustled TOO hard. This is a personal post I am simply labeling 2019, A Year of Reflection. 2019 brought one of the most successful years for my business. Something I will look upon with so much gratitude. More gratitude than words to paper will ever express. Each year more people […]
