It was end of October when I was invited to co-host a fundraiser for @newavenues at the @simpleandjustpdx store in Portland. It turned out that, Ryan and Morgan, who used the run the store, were facing a huge life and career changes around this time. I was impressed by their brave, positive, curious and just such a go.see.do attitude towards the upcoming changes. Morgan was excited about a new job opportunity in Portland. Ryan had just started her own business as a designer @littlepainterlady. Her goal is to work as an independent designer for all kinds of stationary projects (wedding invites 2019 anybody?) and all the fun stuff that comes with it. I knew that the timing to share my book with them was perfect, but I was even more Continue Reading