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Ashley Arey | Creative

@ashley_arey

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▹ created to create | wife | mom
▹ people first • design that matters • fun always
▹ adoption advocate
Trainer at @burnbootcampleesburgva

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My living room is my biggest platform, and my time is a resource that gets shorter every day. taken in Leesburg, Virginia by @ashley_arey

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WE’RE ADOPTING AGAIN! TL/DR: Link in bio to give to adoption!

Every person deserves a loving family, and today, you have the power to make that a reality. We are stepping forward in faith to build our family through adoption AGAIN; We not only need your prayers, we need the finances to pay agency fees and legal representation.

We cannot walk this path alone, and we don’t want to—because God designed community to bring families together. We’re incredibly thankful to have been given a dollar-for-dollar Matching Grant—every single dollar you may choose to donate will be doubled (your $50 becomes $100; your $250 becomes $500.). When you give, you aren’t just helping pay a fee—you are directly opening the door for us to say “Yes” to a birth mom and welcome our child home. You are stepping into God’s story of redemption, love, and family as our true partner in adoption.

How you can partner with us today:
* Give: Double your impact by donating at the link our bio while the matching grant lasts.
* Pray: Pray for our future child, their birth mother, and our family as we wait.
* Share: Pass this post along to help us reach others who want to make a difference. by @ashley_arey

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Design for people, because people matter.

Don’t love your space? DM me!

#creativesarecrucial #createdtocreate taken in Washington, DC by @ashley_arey

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4 months ago

Loved working on this corner for @themouthrehab today almost as much as I love their team and the work they do for so many people.

I’m honored tom invest in their branding and space, and I’m thrilled that their workspace has a corner as unique as them. 🎉

3D lettering from @pupaxsigns

#createdtocreate #creativesarecrucial taken in The Mouth Rehab by @ashley_arey

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5 months ago

Sometimes there are people that come into your life and stay. For a long time. Very thankful and blessed to have the experience of living decades of life with people.

Shenanigans, including singing “Time of my Life” around a piano in the middle of downtown Leesburg, VA with them, will be some of the memories I hold onto for the next 60 years. by @ashley_arey

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6 months ago

Happy Easter! HE IS RISEN ✝️ taken in McLean Bible Church - Loudoun by @ashley_arey

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6 months ago

Loved installing this Easter wall for @mbcloudoun with my main man @askthelonelymedia. Couldn’t have done it without you. Being creative and working with you is my favorite way to work. We’re better together than we are apart. You’re more than an extra pair of hands, but I also needed that too. 😘

HE IS RISEN - Let’s goooooooooo ✝️ taken in McLean Bible Church - Loudoun by @ashley_arey

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7 months ago

I haven’t even put the actual footage together, but I highly doubt it’s going to be more entertaining than these BTS. @burnbootcampleesburgva is the best place for both hard work and shenanigans. #liftheavy #playhard

Also I was today years old when I learned that I throw my head back when I laugh. Y’all didn’t tell me. taken in Burn Boot Camp - Leesburg, VA by @ashley_arey

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7 months ago

Happy Adoption Day, Miles! // 2.16.24 // You’ve only been an official member of our family for two years, but it’s hard to remember life before you were in it. We feel like we’ve always known you.

Throughout your life, you’ll find yourself with various labels, both self-proclaimed and placed on you by others. My prayer is that “loved” will ring louder and truer than them all. You were deeply loved long before we met you, and you will continue to be forevermore.

#adoption #adoptedforlife by @ashley_arey

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8 months ago

✨Feeling introspective✨ I have really loved the variety of projects I’ve had over the last three years, with the flexibility to partner with different organizations in lots of different ways. Every client has their own goals, obstacles, dynamics, circumstances, and I get to fold into their world, collaborate on solutions that makes sense for them, help circumvent wasted effort and money, and celebrate a collective win on the other side.

Not everyone needs to overhaul an entire building, and sometimes the biggest win is a pop of color in a white hallway that creates an easier, more flexible system to serve different demographics between different services. It’s not the flashiest, but it’s just as big of a win for me - one piece of many little upgrades in this building that all add up and change the way this building has served others.

So while some projects have been long and some short, some complex and some simple, they’ve all been meaningful. Why? Cause I get to elevate others, love people, make systems and spaces more helpful, and leave them more beautiful than I found them.

People first. Design tha matters. Fun always.

📢 Also I’m obsessed with these circle stand-off signs from @officesigncompany - Comment “sign” and I’ll send you a link. (This is not a paid ad, I just them that much.)

#creativesarecrucial #createdtocreate taken in Falls Church, Virginia by @ashley_arey

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8 months ago

Absolutely obsessed with how this advent table runner came out—it’s been entertaining us all month long. It’s not just a giant coloring sheet! It’s full of games, challenges, and verses centered around Jesus’ birth.

If anybody has any ideas on how to print this more economically, LET ME KNOW. I would love to share with others. 🎉

#creativesarecrucial #createdtocreate #advent #familyadvent taken in Leesburg, Virginia by @ashley_arey

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