For me, this is not just a business, it's a:

A Story of HOPE

A Restoration of LIFE 

Of Building of a Bigger Dream 

I am creative.. Meaning my path to arrive at this place was not straight. I have been blessed to have some amazing jobs that have made me the artist & expert I am today! 

HOW IT STARTED.. I paid a lot of money for a degree I used for a hot second!!

I have a BS in Interior Design and worked in the Hospitality, Retail & Luxury Home Industry in Hawaii, designing for the most elite. Doing this work, my soul was not satisfied, so I left Interiors & moved into the Fashion realm.

For 10 Years I styled Runways, Million Dollar Stores & Display Windows. I focused on trend forecasting, why we buy, color composition & made fashion into Works of Art.  During this time Champagne & GRIT was born.  

Champagne & GRIT was a Couture Fashion Driven Bridal Accessory Line, handmade by me.

After 7 years in business I went DEEP into styled shoots. Because let's be honest… PUBLICATIONS!  (aka the secret sauce to booking those dream clients & leveling up your portfolio)    

53 Styled Shoots in 1 year YES.. 53 Styled Shoots

I saw a MASSIVE disconnect!!!  My couture accessories were placed on the ground, not styled, not intentionally photographed, Just haphazardly placed, as an afterthought.   

I was DYING inside..

Amazing, Talented Photographers did NOT have skills, nor the props to create beautiful Flat Lays. You know what else? These first 10 shoots did NOT get published!

I vowed Never Again!

I started Collecting & Restoring Vintage.  Creating Ribbon from the silk fabric from my Bridal Accessories. I learned how to make Wax Seals. I arrived at EVERY Styled Shoot with a Curated Flat Lay Kit.  (little did I know I was building my dream business with these kits).  I also started styling.. Teaching right there on shoots, just quick tips on how to make things look better! I was in charge of the flat lays!

When I showed up to a styled shoot with my Couture Bridal Accessories I also had a FULL Styling Kit that went with the theme of that styled shoot.. And you know what happened?

Published, Published, Published

40 Publications -  VOGUE  ♥  BRIDES  ♥  Martha Stewart 

Not to toot my own horn here, if it was submitted, It was published. 

DETAILS Matter ...Details Get YOU Published, Details Elevate YOUR Brand, Details Create Portfolios that Book Luxury Clients

Photographers started asking, 

   ♡ ‘Where did you get that?’ 

   ♡ ‘Can you make me a Kit?  

   ♡ ‘Can you come Style for me?”

At this time, I did NOT want to leave the bridal accessory world.  

My Dreams of Making it as a Designer were FINALLY within reach. 

Walters had just featured my Veil in their Runway Show & an Ad Campaign. I was in Major Publications.  MY designs were on Say Yes To The Dress. I was so close to ‘making it’, I could taste it!

So flatlay styling was a small service I was offering on the side for my local FL Photographer Friends.   

And like All Good things.. GOD had a different plan for me,  A plan far greater than I could have imagined.  From 2019 to 2020 some very hard, life breaking events happened. 

✧ I lost the Man I was going to spend forever with,God apparently needed him more in Heaven.

✧ My Mom (my Hero & Best Friend) was diagnosed with Parkinson's.

✧ My Bridal Business & Designs were Stolen by Companies in China, and I lost it all.

As I write this I wonder if putting this out into the world is even something I am ready to do. 

But I believe that this has become a part of my story & as I share it, I find that it touches those who need it.  Life is funny that way ... 

If we are brave enough to bare our souls, it usually reflects on someone who needs that message. 

I hope that my story can serve as a reminder of Hope, of Gratitude, of Love & the Power of taking life 5 Seconds at a time.

LIFE IS HARD, but there are seasons in life.

Sometimes you have to take it 5 seconds at time (I lived that way for solid year)

I love this business so much

It has given me Hope ♥ It has given me Purpose  ♥  It has driven my Creative Soul  ♥ Most importantly It has given me YOU.

I am so 💗 Grateful 💗 You are here!  

This Business is handmade, curated & restored by me!  My mom also helps (when she feels up to it). I am blessed to be able to care for her & she lives with me.  She is in charge of pressing all ribbons once I make them, helps with scrubbing the vintage treasures & helps package your orders. (when she feels up to it)

Mom gets just as excited as I do when we get to pack another package to deliver to you. 

If you read this far, thank you. 

💗 Thank You 💗, for being a client & for becoming a friend.  For taking the time to read my story, for holding a space for me in your heart & for supporting me.  For creating a space for me that I feel safe enough to share this sad, hard but pinnacle part of who I am.  Sharing this with you.. Is the scariest thing I have done in a long time.

But sometimes scary things end up being the best things.