Our Work Where It Started
1995 By the time I was a pre-teen, I’d discovered Publisher on my dad's computer. Peak design software! (Don't worry, I've upgraded since. LOL)
Learn more This One Time, at Band Camp…
2003 Met my future husband in high school marching band camp (yes, for real). I played flute & piccolo; he played French horn, violin, guitar, and piano. #ShowOff 🤭
Learn more The $6/hr Era
2006 Got my first in-house design job, getting paid an incredible $6/hour. #ImRich! 😂
Learn more Meet Lilly
2007 Lilly joined our family when we adopted our first rescue puppy. She was shy, sweet, and absolutely our best friend for 11 wonderful years!
Learn more We Got Hitched
2008 Got married to my high school sweetheart!
Learn more Joined the Cowboys
2009 After moving across the country to Wyoming, I enrolled in the Art Dept. at University of Wyoming. (Photo credit to Kyle Spradley Photography via Facebook image)
Learn more My Side Hustle
2015 Started freelancing on the side of my full-time job, because we were broke as a joke.
Learn more Studio 1862
2016 Found Squarespace, fell in love with web design, and named my freelance studio after the year our cabin was built.
Learn more Meet Willow
2017 A freakazoid runt-sized orange tabby moved in and she's been running the place ever since. LOL
Learn more Meet Luna
2018 After Lilly passed away, we rescued another puppy to help us heal. Our hound doghter was exactly what we needed, and "talkative" was an UNDERstatement. 🤭
Learn more The Best Worst Year
2020 Covid hit the nation, I got furloughed that summer, and by that fall I had accidentally rebranded my business to Launch the Damn Thing®!
Learn more Hello, Vermont!
2021 Time to start over again! We moved across the country for the third time. Fewer people, more trees, 4 separate seasons, and MAXimum introvert happiness. 🤩
Learn more Plot-Twist!
2022 Paige Brunton asked me to start doing her monthly co-coaching calls with her for her students. I tried to play it cool. #fangirl 🤩
Learn more Made It Official
2023 Launched the Club for web designers and trademarked Launch the Damn Thing®. Yes, the "damn" is legally protected now. 😉
Learn more Circle Day in NYC
2024 Braved my 2 least favorite things (big cities & crowds) to attend their annual event, Circle Day, at Squarespace HQ in NYC. I got to meet SO many of my favorite people in person, including my longtime friend Krishna, of Krishna Solanki Designs! 🥳
Learn more Meet Rowan
2026 We welcomed yet another rescue puppy to the family after losing Luna to cancer this summer. Helping another puppy find a furever home is the best way to heal from the unexpected loss of a furbaby.
Learn more To be continued...
Stay tuned to see what happens next!
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