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🩶 Certified Youth Suicide Prevention Specialist+ Empowerment Speaker [70+ engagements]
🩶 Being who I needed
🌿 Still Stories | for the ones we carry

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Some lives are measured in years…
and some are measured in impact.

Milo’s story is one of both heartbreak and purpose. Born at just 24½ weeks, he was so tiny—yet so incredibly strong. In his three short weeks, he changed everything. He gave his parents answers, gave future siblings a chance, and left behind a love that will never fade.

This piece holds more than a photo.
It holds his handprint… a reminder that he was here.
It holds a song… a connection that still speaks when words fall short.
It holds a story… one that will always matter.

Because even the smallest hands can leave the biggest imprint. 🤍

If you have a memory, a song, a piece of someone you never want to let go of—I would be honored to create something like this for you.

Message me to start your custom keepsake.

#StillStories #InfantLossAwareness #MicroPreemie #GriefAndLove #CustomKeepsakes

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This is a drawing a little boy made for his mom.

Something so simple, but it holds everything… love, connection, and a bond that doesn’t fade.

Mother’s Day can look really different for everyone. For some, it’s hugs and flowers. For others, it’s holding onto memories and the pieces that are left behind.

That’s why I started making these canvases. To take things like drawings, handwriting, little notes… and turn them into something you can keep close forever.

If you have something like this you’ve been holding onto, I’d love to turn it into a keepsake canvas for you this Mother’s Day. 🤍

Message me to order.

#MothersDayGifts #GriefAndLove #HandwritingToArt #CustomCanvas #angelmom

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She sent me this photo of her brother and his wife, and I couldn’t stop thinking about how unfair it is that some stories get cut short.

So I added his words back into the moment—like something he would’ve written if he still could.

Because sometimes it’s not about moving on… it’s about holding onto the parts of them that mattered most.

If you have a memory you never want to lose, I’d be honored to help you keep it. 🤍

#StillStories #GriefAndLove #MemoryKeepsake #LoveLivesOn #CustomCanvas

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Some recipes are more than instructions—they’re handwriting, memories, and a piece of someone you miss folded into every page. This pecan pie was written by my grandma, and now it’s one of the ways she still shows up in my kitchen.

If you’ve ever wished you could hold onto a loved one through something they made with their own hands, this is exactly what I create with Still Stories. Custom keepsake canvases designed from real recipes, notes, and memories so their story never fades.

✨ Want your loved one’s recipe turned into a keepsake? Send me a message!

#StillStories #HeirloomMemories #MemoryKeepsakes #FamilyRecipes #GriefAndLove

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I just finished watching the Hannahversary episode/documentary and it was pretty emotional. When I started watching Hannah Montana I was the same age as my oldest son. It got me thinking, what has happened in the last 20 years?

I went through school and graduated. Got married a few months after graduation, had a baby when I was 20, finished college right before I had my second little boy, and started this page. Then Covid in 2020 we brought another little boy into the world, and for the next couple years, went through a lot of heart ache, pain, loss, sadness. 2023 we were conned by a good "friend" of ours out of thousands of dollars, careers changed a bit, we learned how to survive the hard and let it teach us true happiness, and now in 2026, we have ended the chapter of growing our family with our little Cole.

Now we're on to bigger and better things. Raising our 5 kiddos in this crazy world to become the people the world needs.

Life goes fast. It's crazy and fun and sad and happy and hard, but I choose to let it teach me how to become a better version of myself.

For those who support me in all the ways, thank you. You know who you are🤍 I would not be where I am without all of you.

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Her brother wrote a lot of music.
Now his story plays on in a different way.
Using his song and her favorite picture,
this keepsake was created to hold onto a piece of him—
Something she can carry, see, and feel whenever she needs him close.
Some connections don’t end.
They just change form.

If you have something meaningful you want to hold onto— a note, a song, a memory—
I’d be honored to create something for you 🤍

#StillStories #InLovingMemory #KeepsakeDesign #LoveLivesOn #GriefSupport

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Still Stories is born from loss—deep, personal, and quiet. I lost my grandma, my aunt, and five cousins to domestic violence. Each of them carried stories, love, and pieces of themselves that were taken far too soon. I wanted a way to honor them, to hold on to the threads of their lives in something tangible, gentle, and lasting.

“The quiet things we carry” is about those invisible pieces we hold inside—the memories, the love, the grief, and the small everyday echoes of people we’ve lost. It’s the way their presence lingers in us without words, shaping our hearts and our lives. It’s noticing that even in ordinary moments—the soft light on a wall, the curve of a flower, a familiar smell—there is a story being carried forward. Still Stories is about capturing those subtle, delicate traces of memory and holding them carefully, so they’re never forgotten.

#StillStories
#TheQuietThingsWeCarry
#MemoryInDesign
#HonoringLovedOnes
#GentleRemembrance

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I’ve been sitting with this for a long time.

This space used to be AG Design, but it never fully felt like what I wanted to say.

Over the years, through loss, through speaking in schools, through conversations that have stayed with me… I kept coming back to the same thing:

The people we lose don’t just disappear.
Their stories don’t end.
We carry them, quietly. In heavy ways. In everyday moments.

Still Stories was created for that.

For the memories that don’t leave us.
For the love that still exists.
For the stories that are still being carried, even after loss.
This is just the beginning 🤍

#StillStories
#GriefSupport
#HonoringMemories
#CarryTheirStory
#LifeAfterLoss

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Some stories begin on paper. Still Stories🤍
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#StillStoriesDesign
#FineArtWedding
#WeddingPaper
#ModernRomance
#SoftDetails

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It's so much easier to make something beautiful with your wedding photos when you don't go the "cheap" route! Your wedding pics are worth a little extra money.
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I made the mistake of not getting the right photographer for my wedding, and to this day, I regret it. I wish I had huge canvas prints of my big day on my wall, but they ended up not being what I dreamed of.
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If you're looking for a way to incorporate your "song" into your home, or maybe looking for a gift for your wife (Mother's day is coming up) Send me a message 🫶 these are darling whether they're large or even just for a desk photo!
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@ivoryoaksphoto did a killer job at these wedding photos for @jordanhaleylyon
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#WeddingDesigns
#CustomWeddingInvites
#EngagedAndInspired
#BrideToBeDesign
#DigitalWeddingDetails
#PersonalizedWeddingDecor
#ModernWeddingDesign
#JustSaidYes
#WeddingStationeryDesign
#DesignsForTheBigDay

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My parents celebrated their 25th anniversary this last year, so for my mom's birthday, I made something she could display in her home. I'm not sure when wedding songs became a popular tradition, but it can be such a sentimental piece!
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There are so many ways to use your wedding song as decor. The possibilities are endless. If you want a way to incorporate your song in your home, without spending crazy amounts of money, send me a message. I'd love to help you create something beautiful and cost friendly for your home❤️
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#budgetwedding #weddingsigns #diywedding #weddingonabudget #rusticwedding #weddingdecorideas #affordablewedding #brideonabudget #weddingplanningtips #customweddingsigns #costfriendlydecor #inexpensiveart

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