KINDRED SPIRITS

A journal for creative business owners. Sharing styling tips, lessons in small business, travel features, and artful inspiration.

Hakone Garden Wedding

Hakone Garden Wedding

Planning & Design: K. Saw Weddings | Photography: Mashaida Co | Floral Design: Studio Mondine | Stationery: Daylight Letters
Spring Wedding at Holman Ranch

Spring Wedding at Holman Ranch

Styling Surface: Sienna x Yellow Linen  Planning & Design: Details Darling | Venue: Holman Ranch | Floral Designer: Paeonina | Hair & Makeup: Bridal MUAH | Wedding Dress: Sarah Seven | Veil: The Veil Lady...
Beautiful Napa Valley Wedding by Mashaida

Beautiful Napa Valley Wedding by Mashaida

If you are looking for fresh inspiration on light-filled imagery, you will love this beautiful Napa Valley wedding so expertly & artfully photographed by Mashaida. I love the outdoor neutral setting, from the...
How to Get a Wedding Featured - The 20 Detail Photos you Need for Publications

How to Get a Wedding Featured - The 20 Detail Photos you Need for Publications

Are you a wedding photographer looking to get your work published in the glossy pages of a magazine or a popular wedding blog? In this post, we’ll look at the essential detail...
How to Find the Best Natural Light for Flat-Lays - Part 1

How to Find the Best Natural Light for Flat-Lays - Part 1

One of the most impactful aspects of capturing beautiful flat-lay images is finding the right lighting. This can be difficult, especially in an unfamiliar or challenging environment - so how do...
3 SIMPLE Ways to Create Elevated Flat-Lays

3 SIMPLE Ways to Create Elevated Flat-Lays

As a creative business owner, you already know how much work and effort goes into creating beautiful flat-lays. Even with the best intentions, these beloved images can easily go awry...
Poetry: Seeming Stillness by David Whyte

Poetry: Seeming Stillness by David Whyte

Many of us wedding creatives are in the thick of a busy season, and in order to protect our artistry, which is vital to our personal and business development growth,...
Outsourcing in your Small Business for Balance & Growth

Outsourcing in your Small Business for Balance & Growth

Running a small business on your own is challenging. We all know that. We have SO many tasks to juggle and on top of that, we probably waste a lot of...
Styling Mat Textile Guide

Styling Mat Textile Guide

Are you in the market for a new styling mat? If so, you may be wondering what the differences are between the different types of textiles that mats can be made...
Photography Backdrops for the Larger Details at a Wedding

Photography Backdrops for the Larger Details at a Wedding

When it comes to photographing weddings, you want to make sure that you have a clean and cohesive background in order to capture the details. Any available blank wall or floor can work in...
10 Styling Templates for Wedding Stationery Flat Lays

10 Styling Templates for Wedding Stationery Flat Lays

There is no doubt that well styled flat lays will elevate your imagery and thus your brand. We created these ten templates to guide you in getting just the right balance...
Studio: Spotlight on Wool

Studio: Spotlight on Wool

Wool has been the textile of choice for a sophisticated aesthetic for centuries, think cashmere sweaters and fine suits. Its soft yet rich weave elevates everything around it.