Remember how I’m doing a different project every month this year? Well today I was trying to decide what this months would be when I ran across this post my Julie Ann Art. Jennie over at Story of my life is having a Blog Everyday of May Challenge! I figured this would be perfect! A great way to continue my project but also join in with this wonderful blogging community.

Day one of May: The Story of Your Life in 250 words or less.

{a few birthday moments}

I was born on January 1st, 1984 at 1:22 am in Grosse Point, Michigan. Because of this I have a complex about my birthday and can get intense when the day arrives. I have an older sister and a younger brother and we all drove each other nuts. We’re good now. Before any of us started school we were whisked away from the city to rural northern Michigan where my dad started and ran a summer camp for inner city kids for the first 9 years of my life. It’s where I did a lot of growing up and learning about the world. It’s also where my love of berries was cultivated.  I went to a small school where everyone knows everyone. I graduate with about 60 people. I attended a community college and then got a mathematics degree from Western Michigan University. I spent the next year working at a health food store and doing nothing with my life. I needed a big change so I moved to Austin, TX with my best friend who was going to grad school. I found at job at the University of Texas, soon after I met Walker who also worked in the same office. I took a random jewelry class that was the beginning of my handmade business. After 4 years in Austin I moved with Walker to Seattle and pursued my business full time. I’m doing my best everyday to make it work.

Did I do it? Mmm maybe. See you tomorrow!