A Fresh Start

Each new year brings a fresh start. New beginnings. New insights as we reflect on where we've been and set goals for where we would like to go. Yes, its impossible to wipe the slate clean...to start with a blank canvas. What is possible though is the resolve to keep our eyes on the horizon and keep moving forward.

Get where I am going with all of this? My 2008 blogging attempt started out great, but the follow-through left much to be desired! So....here is to new beginnings.....and I hope that you will join me for the adventure ahead!

Two-thousand and eight was a wonderful year at AJK Papery!! It was a year of working with so many wonderful couples and expecting or proud new parents that I am now so honored to know as friends. It was a year of paving new paths and stretching my creativity. It was a year of much learning through the various bumps along on the way. Most of all, it was a year of so many blessings as I have been so fortunate to be able to do something that I truly love everyday! I am so honored to have been a part of so many "most memorable moments" and being a part of making other's dreams come true. Sometimes it doesn't seem fair to call it "work"!

Some of my favorite highlights from the year were:

** Enjoying my studio space as a cozy and calming place for consultations as well as just a joy of a space to work in everyday.

** Being invited by Mr. Micheal Nolte of Nolte's Bridal to participate in his annual WHITE event....the premier bridal event in Kansas City. What's even better....we will be back again this year! More information to come...

** The amazing addition of Lucy McGilley and Jessica Brown to our AJK team! Few words can describe what it meant to have their help, energy and support throughout the year!

** So many amazing new friendships with several of Kansas City's most wonderful wedding coordinators....Cindy Patrick, Holly Davidson and Kindra Browne with Simple Elegence (www.iplanyourwedding.com), Diane Boone with Arcadian Events (www.arcadianevents.com), Jenny Steffens with Occasions Entertaining and The Bliss List (www.occasionskc.com and www.blisslistkc.com), Jayme Dean with Event Studio (www.event-studio.com) and the aforementioned Michael Nolte with Nolte's Bridal (www.noltesbridal.com)! AJK Papery would not be where it is today without their amazing support and friendship!!

** Being invited to be a part of two of the best wedding blogs on the web today...Style Me Pretty and The Bliss List! More to come....

And now it is time to usher in the last single-digit year of the 21st century. To build and grow upon the foundation that has gotten us this far. To forge new paths. To take new risks. To enjoy new adventures. And I can tell you this...with the way the first-half of the year is already taking shape, it is bound to be an exciting ride!