Hey! I’m Emily!!! I want this to be as chill & personal as possible so I thought that I would introduce myself by sharing some facts that are my token “fun” facts whenever I’m put on the spot.
Summer is my very favorite and I’ve started theming my summers after my favorite movies! Summer 2022 was a Top Gun: Maverick summer through and through. Summer 2023: Mamma Mia Summer complete with a trip to the island of Skopelos to see all the film locations! I went with my mom and it was a trip we’ll be talking about for our whole lives!
I have a few irrational fears that double as conversation starters because of how irrational they are. Minions, the Kool-Aid man, Johnny Depp’s rendition of Willy Wonka, and the live action Cat in the Hat (2003) just to name a few.
My husband and I were set up by my best friend at her wedding. Our story has been so fun and such a tangible way of seeing God’s hand over all the little & big things!
I LOVE pop-up books and cards! I know there’s a logical explanation for how they do what they do but I just choose to believe it’s magic!!!
A LIL BIT OF MY STORY!
I’ve loved video for as long as I can remember, but I started taking it serious in college. My college didn’t have a film program at the time I attended, so I looked for extracurricular opportunities to create videos and learn new skills. I ended up creating a video series for my university’s admissions office showing prospective students around campus and around the city of Birmingham. During this time, video became one of my favorite things ever! I took on freelance projects around campus, created travel videos of my own, and took my camera with me wherever I went!
DREAM! COME! TRUE!
After college, I moved to LA to pursue a career in film. I had this big dream in my head to be a film editor in Hollywood! While there, I got the opportunity to work on some Marvel Studios projects with some incredible editors and had to pinch myself once a day to make sure I wasn’t dreaming it all up! I learned so much and was poured into by so many people out there that have been in the business for decades.
With all the film industry strikes, the project I was on was halted indefinitely. Sounds like a very sad story, but it really was just a pivot of big dreams to someplace else!
I decided that I could still go after the creative things I love & make videos & graphics—just for people and brands I meet rather than for the big studios!
One of my favorite parts of wedding planning was making my custom signage & invite suite! From bridesmaids proposals to our signature dessert signs to our ceremony programs, I had the best time creating graphics & final products that felt like us as a couple!
I’d always used hand-drawn graphics for supplement in my videos, but getting to create paper goods for my wedding lit a fire in me and hand-drawing graphics has become one of my favorite things!
Married & Maui’d!
My husband and I got married last year & moved to Maui! I have a full-time job outside of creative work, but I’m hoping to take on more projects to really grow and get to do more of what I’m made to do.
Video & graphics that tell your story are such a gift — how cool to have something that you can go back to & relive the best days again and again!
My hope in creating is really just that — to recognize that it’s all such a gift, and to use it well!