Showit Designer for Photographers

Time for a post that goes a little deeper than “Showit Design Partner since 2014.” 🙃

I grew up with two parents who owned their own businesses, so you can say entrepreneurship is in my blood (not just my blood, I can feel it deep in my BONES), and I’ve always been a big advocate for creating your own dream life/freedom. The last “job” I worked for another employer was back in 2014, and I can proudly say I will never go back.

My business is lovingly named after my hometown of Buffalo, NY, and the creative community I’ve been so blessed to be a part of. Since 2017, I’ve been part of a photography collective called Buffalo Obscura. Our mission is to bring art outside of the formal gallery space and into obscure locations throughout the city (often abandoned spaces!) and to make art affordable and accessible for everyone.

I’m obsessed with old houses and old buildings, and in 2021 I bought my first home, a small 800 sq. ft. pre-Civil War house two blocks from downtown Buffalo. She’s my pride and joy (along with my cat, Abigail). There’s nothing I love more than working on house projects or spending the afternoon gardening.

I’m a millennial through and through, and a former emo kid. Something Corporate always was, and still is, my fave band, but I’ve also always been a big fan of Dashboard, Taking Back Sunday, and The Starting Line. Lately, I really love Ella Langley, and I’ve always loved house/electronic music, so I guess you could say my tastes are really all over the place!

I turn 38 later this month (everyone is always shocked when they hear my age for some reason), and there’s not a day that goes by that I don’t realize how much my younger self would be so proud of where I’ve landed in life (and that I’m still listening to the same bands 😂).