About the designer

How many times during my childhood was I asked what I wanted to be when I grew up? I had no idea what I wanted to spend my life doing. For a long time, I wanted to be in the military. The idea of traveling the world had great appeal. Then I wanted to go into law enforcement. Then I wanted a career in music. Later on, I moved onto thinking I wanted to be a teacher. It wasn’t until I was older and more comfortable with what my natural born gifts were that I found I had the right stuff to be a designer. 

I spent twelve years working for a large civil construction company. It was while I was at this job that I realized what I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing. I was already designing magazine covers, advertisements and posters, but I wasn’t being looked upon as a professional because I didn’t have the education to back me up. That’s when I went back to school. 

Fast forward to 2012. That’s when The Golden Acorn Design Co LLC (formerly Golden Acorn Studio, LLC) was formed. In those early years I focused on commercial design for companies, brochure, postcards, rack cards, etc. I still love this work but found I really wanted to be in the wedding/special occasion industry. In 2015 I adjusted my branding and started creating invitations and stationery.  Today, The Golden Acorn Design Co, LLC is a custom wedding and special occasion stationery design company. 

When I am not working with wedding couples you will usually find me with a needle in my hand working on a needlework project, reading the next best thriller, with my BFF (my husband) or relaxing with my fur babies Julia and Sinatra.