Wanted:

Graphic Designer. Photographer. Marketing/PR Rep.

Travel Agent. Organization Specialist. Personal Assistant. Blogger.

Studio Manager. Editor. Photography Industry Knowledge.

Ability to put up with me.

Simple enough right? Ha!
This “person(s)” is something I have needed for some time. I have a busy brain and endless amounts of things I am doing and want to do; it is a curse…honestly! I can’t don’t want to say no to the things I come up with, so I just keep adding more and more to my plate. Don’t get me wrong, I love it. I love EVERY single aspect of my business to pieces. Ok, ok…I lie. I loathe paper work…ugh…invoicing, book keeping, contracts….ick! But other than that, I enjoy it. I just can’t do it all anymore, something has to give, or I need to find help. Since I have serious issues with giving something up…it was time to bring someone in.

So how do I find this person? How do I take the job of 20 and mesh them into one perfect being?

Apparently, that person was under my nose the entire time…the stars just had to align and open the doors for both of us. That day finally happened and a  dream has come true.

During one of our late night, sleep deprived chats about The Creative Mama, our photography businesses, art, Savvy Workshop and the photography industry as a whole, Angie Warren made a little joke (one that she may regret one day) that maybe while she is evolving her business in the “new direction” she could work with someone like me (extremely desperate, over worked, and high maintenance). Immediately my mind raced…did she just say that? So I typed “don’t temp me”. We kidded around a little and both just went on our normal night of random chitter chatter. As it turns out that night we both laid in our own beds clear across the country from each other and thought a lot more about the possibilities. Me secretly wishing that any sort of job with me could possibly fullfil someone as talented as Angie. She was wondering if this is a good path for her, but all the while completely intrigued by the idea.

The next day came and I began buzzing in Jamie’s (hubby) ear about the idea! What if? OMG, it would be PERFECT! But there is no way. She has way too much of her own things going on…I walked away sulking and headed back to the reality of my work load. Then she wrote me…and wanted to talk about it more….eeeeek!

The rest is history, or possibly the beginning of an amazing journey and business relationship (we’ve got the friend thing down already).

So what do we call Angie? Me…Saint, Dream Come True, Life Saver, Perfect Fit…I could go on. But I knew I didn’t not want to call her an assistant, worker, employee, etc. She is more than that to me. The only word that we found that fit was Collaborator :). She is going to do a variety of things for/with me. She is behind a good deal of the marketing and design for my new workshop adventure, she handles postings if needed, I hope to have her organize me…cause she is awesome at it, and I suck royally. Right now we are taking it one step at a time to be sure she is happy (I am already giddy). It is a ginormous relief to be able to hand something off and not have to hand hold every step of the way, and know it is going to come back better than I expected.

I * heart * Angie!

Eventually she may handle more of my emails and things, we are not sure yet what all she will take on, but she will be a big part of my projects to come and  my business. So I want to introduce  her here, share her work (cause she has quite a vision), and put a face to her name!