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Branding | The Day's Design | Ashley Slater Photography

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Photography: Ashley Slater Photography Back when I was in high school, I had this girlfriend who knew exactly what she was going to name her children.  She had great taste and the names she picked out were adorable.  But I couldn’t help but wonder about her determination to use these names.  What if her future […]

What’s in a Name

Mar 6

Business Planning

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Photography: Ashley Slater Photography To my dearest family and friends – I love you all so much and thank you for reading my blog. This is not aimed at anyone in particular and please don’t take offense, this is written as a generalized business note. Please continue to be my biggest cheerleaders and best fans […]

Family: Your Best & Worse Fans

Oct 15

Business Planning

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I adore my photographer friends.  The amount of artistic talent, stamina and imagination it takes in their profession is truly admirable.  It is because of their camera knowledge and skill that my work is able to shine and I appreciate each and every one that works with me and shares pictures from events that we […]

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

Oct 6

Business Planning

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Do you ever see people around you doing amazing things and think “well, that’s just part of their personality, they’re super bold and outgoing.  I could never do that”.  Oh my, I have these thoughts a lot.  I tell myself that I can’t do things because I don’t know how.  And I don’t even know […]

One Step at a Time

Apr 18

Life Adventures

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When I gave my business a name back in fall of 2011, I had this ridiculous notion that by somehow having a name and business cards, people would begin to take me seriously and business would just come to my doorstep.  Ha… what was I thinking??? Fast forward 3 years now and I have such […]

Planning Your Dreams

Apr 7

Life Adventures

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There’s a line at the beginning of Dirty Dancing where Mr. Houseman is bragging a little about his daughters (if you’ve never watched Dirty Dancing – you can stop reading this right now, we are no longer friends!) “My Baby is going to change the world” “And what are you going to do?” (referring to […]

At the Heart of Business

Apr 3

Life Adventures

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Happy December!!  It’s here the month I wait all year for.  It’s time for the magic and warmth that the holidays bring and the feeling of thankfulness that carries over from November.  I have so much to be thankful for, despite me not having jumped on the 30 days of thankful bandwagon, that doesn’t mean […]

Happy December

Dec 2

Life Adventures

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It was about this time last year that The Day’s Design became an “official” business (paperwork filed, DBA, tax IDs and all that un-fun stuff put in order).  I was almost seven months pregnant and waiting to be called back into work after a short and temporary summer lay-off.  Around this time I had high […]

One Year Ago

Aug 26

Life Adventures

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A little rest and relaxation is good for the soul.  This past weekend I did just that, I took a little step away from my Grand Rapids world and headed Up North. I had planned on using this time to get some work done that I’ve been putting off.  I thought I could spend some […]

The Day’s Business: Rest & Relaxation

Apr 22

Life Adventures

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