Lauren Ashe Fine Art

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04/24/2024

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07/31/2023

His mercies are new each morning.

In January 2022, during my own quiet time, I journaled "Lord, I submit to you the direction for my life." In June, my lease was up on the cutest little property that was once my shop in downtown Anderson just after we finalized adoption of our daughter. My husband and I, together as a team, decided it was a season for me to embrace motherhood and be our family's "home base".

Last summer before I realized I had journaled that sentence, I participated in a Bible Study with a group of women from other churches that enlightened and enriched me in ways I could never have imagined. In the middle of the study, our son Elijah whose name means "Yahweh is my God" joined our home, and just a week later his newborn twin sisters became part of our family...the most beautiful, insane, wonderful, joyful, chaos we could never ever have predicted.

All things boss babe became back burner. By choice, by divinity, by familial priority.

But God made me an artist, and so here I am, beginning again, more simply...just me, making art...with maybe an occasional blog post here and there...which is exactly how The Olive Shoe first began.

God is so funny isn't He? I see You. I submit to You, Lord. You have blessed us beyond measure. ❤️🙏🏼

More to come. 🎨

And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. 2 John 1:5-6

06/19/2022

Happy Father's Day!

05/25/2022

LIFE PIVOT! I have so enjoyed being a little unique shop in the heart of (with the BEST neighbors, , who are anything but grouchy)…BUT as we all know, life ebbs and flows, and shortly after I moved into my sweet little space, Van and I became foster parents to not one, but two children within a matter of weeks. Holy life flip, Batman. The last two years have been a roller coaster of emotions, appointments, unpredictability and additional requirements personally – in addition to the insanity of the changes COVID brought into the professional workspace. They have also been SO. FULL. OF. LOVE….and LEARNING…and FAITH.

As I neared the end of my lease, we were listening for direction on which way I should go professionally. I have prayed and pondered, and I know that in this season, my best direction is to be “support staff” for my precious family instead of pursuing, maintaining, marketing, budgeting, buying, and all the other -ings that a retail space and small business demand. While of course this transition is a little bittersweet, I feel confident in the direction the Lord has led me, and I am excited for this new season.

HOWEVER…The Olive Shoe will not be going away. I am THRILLED to be joining Indigo Custom Framing and Artisan Market as one of their artisans, and I am equally as excited to move some of my favorite unique brands, gifts, and goodies over to Backstreet Beauty Salon. I’ll be stopping by both of these sweet spots to fluff and refresh goods a couple of times a month. These are two of my favorite little spots in Anderson!

…and FINALLY…go give .art a follow if you’d like to follow along as I take this gift of an opportunity to focus more on family and developing my passion for creating art of all sizes, multiple medias, and whatever I’m inspired by.

The Olive Shoe will maintain an online presence and return mainly to a lifestyle blog, which is how it began…but you never know what direction it will snowball. Lord knows, He has always laughed at my plans, and His plan has always been much greater than mine!

Xoxo, LAC

05/15/2022

Finally painted a prosecco/champagne bottle! So. Fun!! 🥂🍾

Congratulations Asheton and Joey!!