during an emergency surgery for a totally unplanned ruptured ectopic pregnancy, I was diagnosed with stage 1 endometriosis. As someone who has never wanted children, this experience was challenging in so many ways. Then, just as things were starting to come around, I lost my job to the pandemic.

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I'm Aubre,
Five years ago, I had everything (I thought) I ever wanted: 

Except it wasn’t so glamorous at first. The first nine months were, to be honest, awful. I felt like I was spinning my wheels, not making progress, and stuck in a holding pattern that kept me from fully moving forward into the business and life I wanted so badly to get back to.

I decided to bet on myself, lean into my skills, experience, and passion, and start my own business. 

At the time, it felt like the worst thing ever. Like everyone else that year, I was crushed and struggling mentally and emotionally. I lost what I thought was my dream job and now had to face a whole new reality, plus this nagging question: Could I build a business around the life I wanted to have? 

Creating a business that allows me the space to care for my mental and physical health has been huge in nearly curing my endometriosis pain.

As Showit Design Partner, I’m not only creating beautiful websites that visually represent your vibe, I’m committed to building intentional and strategic websites that attract your right-fit clients time and time again.

 And now I’m able to create from a place of joy, authenticity, and deep care for you and your success. 

with a business that allows me the balance to enjoy the day-to-day work from home with my cats and design for clients I adore from my solar-powered studio. 

These days, I can honestly say I’m living my dream 

Not only that, my success is now rooted in showing up authentically in my business and aligning my brand and my website to attract the right people — an outcome I desire for all my clients.

It’s because life can be hard that I make kindness a priority in everything I do. If we can’t be kind to one another, why are we even in business?

As the daughter of a CPA and an art teacher, I’m an analytical artist. I love the creativity of design, but also bring a logical approach to my work. With every person I work with, I love digging deep into my introverted, empathic side by listening closely and getting to the core of what you envision (even if you can’t find the “right” words for it!). 

It was then, in the middle of all that stress, that I invested in myself as a designer and found a whole new way to run my business. I niched down to brand and website design and rebranded to Artisan Kind on Earth Day in 2021. (To be fully transparent, I was in a ton of pain from another stage 3 endo surgery at the time, so a bittersweet milestone, to be sure. To celebrate the new beginning, I planted a magnolia tree in my front yard, but because of my surgery restrictions, I couldn’t lift the tree out of the pot!)

I’m no stranger to challenges — medical or otherwise.