I’ve been a professional photographer for 16 years, I started with weddings, moved on to portraits and lifestyle and some editorial, and eventually found my passion for not just taking photos but styling the shoot as well with thrifted and vintage wardrobe and treasures.

I’ve always loved hunting for those treasures at garage sales, thrift stores, free junk piles … you name it. One woman’s junk has always been my treasure. Thus the pile of vintage clothing began to grow and grow.

8 years ago I started Encourage Vintage in an attempt to follow that passion for styling and sourcing beautiful vintage clothes.

What I didn’t anticipate is how selling (and making) clothing would allow me special connections to other fashion lovers and that has been a huge source of joy in my life. During the pandemic I finally started sewing in earnest and taught myself enough to make some simple designs which have allowed me to repurpose quilts, linens and laces and give them new life and renewed my creative passion during a difficult time. recently i have attempted many old world craft techniques that many talented women pioneered all over the world and my appreciation for the beauty of those crafts has grown a lot.

Encourage Vintage is my love letter to old and special things and to the others out there who feel that same spark when they pass a garage sale or a thrift store, and to the women makers and crafters who made so many treasures I have been lucky enough to appreciate over the years.