Kathryn Korff Designs

The first batch of 30 trees complete! Next we bring in walnut, white, metallic ivory, and natural! All of our neutrals are sure to be JUST as gorgeous 😍
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Release date:
THIS FRIDAY, 10/29!
Limited quantities of each color and style will be available! So shop early!
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THIS YEAR’S COLORS! (And peep the new design on the right, isn’t it cute?!)

From LEFT to RIGHT….
Blue Spruce
Mulled Wine
Mistletoe

Colors not shown here: (metallic ivory, whitewash, walnut, and natural!)

Of course I still have to add ribbons, bases, and personal touches 😉 but which color are you most excited for this year?!

LIMITED QUANTITY RELEASE NEXT FRIDAY 10/29!

This summer has been… a unique one to say the least. Working bare minimum, soaking up time with my girl, figuring life out. A lot of ups but just as many confusing downs. Today is the last full day working with her on board the messy in between, and I’m so grateful I got this time to watch her grow. 🌱
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BUT. It’s time for KKD to go back to work. We’ve got a house to renovate. Weddings to create. Geos to design. CHRISTMAS TREES TO SELL. I feel like I’m at the starting line of the marathon I *mom-shuffled* 3 years ago: excited and anxious with a whole lot of •well s**t, no turning back now•

Don’t underestimate the elegance and function of white on clear 🙌🏼🙌🏼 so many brides worry about not being able to see when clear is set up on a tripod, and here’s a PERFECT example of why you NEED NOT worry.
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T-1 day until team Allbright comes bustin’ through these foreclosed doors 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

I said at the beginning of this year that I wanted to push my wedding boundaries. When James and Kate reached out for their Santa Barbara wedding, I knew it was time to put the laser babe to work. I was so inspired by the color and textures of the area and knew the signage had to reflect that. This is one I’m super proud of! PS- I’m already booking 2022 & 2023 🤟🏼😉
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(This also serves as such a good reminder that colors are so different in different lighting, which is why we work with color chips. So you can pick in real life and there’s no lost translation through a screen!)

Today I got the absolute best message from a long time KKD friend. The owner of this geo👆🏼(swipe). I’m sitting on the couch after getting Frankie down for a nap, about to answer the one email in my inbox, and acknowledging in my head that again, it’s been another week without social media activity. But it’s also been a week of health. Family. Shipping out one of my most fun weddings ever. Rest. Helping my mom design her family room update. Soaking in moments with Frankie girl. It’s been a week away from the phone. Truthfully, away from the KKD grind. But in the back of my mind, I’m dreaming about the new house. About the renovation + addition. About my new studio in the walk in basement. All the new potential endeavors, and how excited I am to share that with you.

My questions about where I go next are slowly being replaced with peace of mind about where I’m at now. I know I have so much excitement around the corner. And this time has been the greatest challenge of my life to just BE. To wait. To soak in the slow, mundane moments of my day. And then I’m reminded, with the greatest blessing of a message, that some of you remember that KKD is still here. That it’s just on pause. And that helps me to allow myself to just be Kathryn right now. So, thank you, Jessica specifically, for reminding me that even when nothing is new, even when nothing is for sale, even when I have nothing exciting to share… my KKD squad is still hangin around. I feel so grateful.
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That all being said, I am officially stepping AWAY from Instagram until we close on our house. September 13th. I will be back both guns blazing, with so much fun to share. The house, Christmas trees, my studio, my next waitlist clients, and weddings from these coming weeks. I’ll still be available via email and might send out another newsletter update in the meantime. Please use my website for any questions you have!! xoxoxo, Kath

Year 29 begins today and I’m going into it with a commitment to myself to let go of the things that I wouldn’t be proud to teach my girl. I want her to grow up to be aware of the way she feels. To be able to acknowledge and vocalize that life is bumpy. To walk through her experiences with confidence and faith that she can handle it. To ask for help if she can’t. To build a community around her that she can fall on during the lows. To take risks and not be afraid of failing or getting hurt. But most importantly, to trust that even in the trials, she can be in control of her responses, her choices, and the way she treats others. I can’t wait to continue growing old with my people. Figuring life out with them is the fun part 🎉

First wedding set from the parents house and it didn’t disappoint. The 3D effects of the lasercut headers, the opacity of the printed letters, it’s just SO crisp and clean. I’m constantly impressed by what you and I can create from acrylic. This wedding is classic, clean, traditional. My next wedding is playful, textured, and colorful. All from the same material, born from conversation and design between you and I. I’m almost all the way booked for 2021 and filling up quickly for 2022. And here’s a fun lil thang… The next 5 couples to book with KKD will receive free shipping. I’m not saying you should reach out right now, but maybe consider it 😜

Monday, the start of a new week. A day I used to look so forward to. A day where I could let my feet hit the ground without a second thought and work towards my goals. I continue to find myself thinking about where we were at 1 year ago. I was 4ish months pregnant, business was booming, our house was finished and our shop was dialed in. We were impatiently awaiting Frankie’s arrival, and it felt like we had a good hold on everything we were working towards. We were comfortable and so happy. But 6 months ago, Franks was born. And our hearts were no longer in Wisconsin. We knew we had to move home, both for her and for us. And with that move, everything has been turned on it’s head. I find myself questioning everything about KKD. About my purpose in my day to day. I wonder if people care to see what’s going on right now even though it’s 5% my work and 95% life. Or if I even want to share it in the first place. It’s interesting to be in a place where things are still good. Really good, in fact. We have a new house on the horizon, that I can’t wait to share more about. We’re surrounded by friends and family. We’re taking care of ourselves again. The time with Frankie is incredible. I am happy. But one thing, the thing that became one of the biggest parts of my identity, is very much off track. I don’t know where I see it going, and I don’t know what my goals are. It feels different and I can’t tell if I’ll ever get it back. I’m not sure if it will ever support my family again, or if I’m holding onto it because of my ego. I like having control of my life, and when things are a little out of my control, my instinct is to get busy working and fix it. But, I can’t do anything right now but be patient and try to enjoy this chapter. This chapter away from my first baby. I’m praying about it. And I’m holding onto the fact that I’m here for both a reason and a season. That we’re opening the door to something great. I know I don’t need permission to take KKD in a new direction. But you guys are what makes KKD what it is and I feel so much pressure not to disappoint anyone. I feel the pressure of every post being confusing or too scatterbrained or too heavy for you guys to read. I feel the weight of deciding how each post or story will either guide me in a new direction or leave me in this muddy, unclear place. I’ve watched my follower number drop over the last 3 months, and although I’m simply thankful for the ones that are ride or die, I can’t help but take that personally. It makes me sad and makes me question my direction even more. So, I just wanted to be as up front as possible with you guys. I’m 100% sure KKD will always be here and be a part of who I am. But I’m giving myself permission to release the hold on what it currently is. To allow God and our life to guide me into the next chapter. I hope soon that this time makes sense to me so that KKD can make sense to you. Thank you for sticking it out with me and the messages here and there that remind me it’s okay to not know. Love you all deeply -Kath

One more sleep until I’m with my girl again 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

Something happened and the stars aligned, my inbox was pumped full today! So many weddings booked for 2021/2022! Who will be my first 2023 wedding?! I can’t believe how much this part of my business is growing. It is such a joy to get the email: “I’ve been following for a while and finally get to book with you!” Forever doing the leetle small business happy dance 🙌🏼
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Signage DESIGNED for your wedding. Not just pumped out product to make the sale. These are the weddings I want to be a part of ✨

www.kathrynkorffdesigns.com/weddings
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Today my recycling man recycled my recycling bin. Like the actual BIN that I put the recycling inside. And I’m upset. That’s all.
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Also these are called agate place cards. You need them.
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Also also, will you take a sec and pray for nana? See nana in there? Nana got hurt and all we want is to see nana at my client’s wedding next month. Come on nana!!!!!!!

5 years ago, I started with macramé and calligraphy because they kept my hands and mind busy. Then over time, I moved to wood art because the physicality of it was addicting and watching these pieces come together consumed my creative mind. Then I realized that calligraphy meant I could provide services for those needing signage. Weddings came to life. Then, as I developed my style and my KKD community, I found myself consistently wanting to do it all. So I did. Then came Frankie. And my time was drastically split and dealt to a new love. And when that happened, I tried to convince myself I couldn’t continue to do all of those things because I didn’t have time. That I needed to find a lane and stick to it. All the “iNsTaGrAm cLaSsEs” tell me to find a niche. But my niche is creativity and sharing my life. Idk what kind of business that is but it’s me and I love it. I realize now, that it’s not geos OR macramé OR calligraphy, it’s the products that come from experimenting and using these mediums to bring my ideas to life. I know one thing is true. That I developed my style and I want to create new unique things. I want to test all mediums. As long as I stay true to that goal, KKD is what I want it to be and I’ll try to remind myself of that every day as we make this move back home.

2 more weeks until we’re back with D…. But until then, I’ll continue to soak in these weekends with him and the remaining time in this beautiful place. Ps- here’s a cool Father’s Day product I made……… just a little too late for KKD Father’s Day. I tried 🤣 next year.

I feel like a kid in a candy shop with the weddings booking for 2022 already. Dreams of opening different means of production for different price ranges. I have been doing some behind the scenes communication with local printers in Illinois to be able to design for a lower price range. Full lasercut options for the full glam. You tell me where you’re at and I’ll meet you there. Check out the weddings tab in my shop, and let me know what you’re looking for. The site will continue to develop as I learn new things about my options. You KNOW I’ll keep you posted 🙌🏼
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I’m trying to patch holes in our Wisconsin home, not put more in, so here’s a photo of a the piece that went to its new home last week! Made a plywood backdrop which was too shallow so I jumped in a selfie and called it a day 🤣 photographing is maybe the hardest part of running an IG business, no?!

Tour De Frahhhhhnk 2021. The newest CSA baby to be welcomed into the place Derek grew up spending his summers. A little slice of heaven and now we get to see it through this sweet girls eyes @ Frankfort, Michigan

Officially taking names for future prototypes so I don’t have 3784 things with FRANKIE’s name 🤣 FRANKIE FRANKIE FRANKIE FRANKIE FRANKIE FRANKIE FRANKIE FRANKIE FRANKIE FRANKIE, ya know? It’s getting weird.
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Last day to order from the release! These name signs be cute 😎

Frankie2.0 here basically reprogrammed overnight. I can’t explain how amazing it is to watch this little human develop into something new every day. I recorded a little 10 minute podcast episode shouting to all the people that have been influenced by negative Nancies and social media into being AFRAID to be a parent. (🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️ I let it affect my joy during pregnancy SO much). I’m not sure I’m gonna post it because I have no idea if this “KKD rant” podcast/conversation is a thing I wanna roll with, but I’ll sum it up by saying this: there is absolutely nothing to be afraid of. YOU GET TO CHOOSE how you parent. How you advocate for yourself. How you ask for help. YOU’RE THE BOSS of how this little baby fits into and/or changes your lifestyle. Are there adjustments? Sure! Are there challenges? Duh! But you either take them on as something to overcome and win as a family, or you let every bump in the road be something to complain about. If you’re surrounded by the latter... please come here to let me tell you that it is NOT scary if you don’t let it be. You get to decide how your family operates, and isn’t that where the magic of life lies?!

Sometimes product photos are simply “what’s on the drying rack today?” I’m so obsessed with these acrylic canvas overlays and hope to make 100 more. This particular one is for a baby girl’s nursery. Her dad wrote her mom this poem and we made it a keepsake that the three of them can look at forever. We even matched the nursery paint color!
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As far as the cute lil name signs... so excited to launch those MONDAY along with the keychains!!!!!!

Solid white painted back. Vertical welcome sign. I’m embracing every chance I get to mix things up. This week, I have such a fun suite of 11 signs that I’ve designed with new shapes, colors, designs, and I can’t wait to watch it come to life. Stay tuned!!

16 months ago, I met the love of my KKD life. I don’t know how I could live without her. She’s big, and loud, and aggressive... precise but delicate too. She hums when she thinks, in this cute way that gets me giddy. 16 months ago, I met my laser. And I couldn’t imagine this life without her.
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🛒: Placecards | Lasercut Acrylic on Agate
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Photographer: Xee
Event coordinator: Camryn
Venue: Lindsay
Florist: Felicia
Make up Artist: Mai Chee
Hair: Mai Chee + Xee
Rentals: Leah
Stationery: Elisa
Earrings: Samantha .etsy
Signage: Kathryn
Cake: Chelsea
Wedding Dress:
Models: Rachel + Dustin

This year wedding goals:
•higher quality
•more intention
•unique design
•moody colors
•organic shape
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I want to be the person that you come to and say “I have an idea.” The one that designs signage that makes you giddy. I want to continue to operate on the premise that your experience with me is more intentional that just picking through Etsy and “adding to cart.” This gold mirror signage is just the start ✨✨✨

To the house that was handed over the moment we got engaged;
the house that allowed us to work towards our dreams;
the house that opened its arms to 250 of our people in celebration of our marriage;
the house that taught us to cherish precious time;
the house that welcomed our sweet baby girl.
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You are home. We wish we could take you with us. But as we move back to our family and friends, we’ll carry the roots you planted for us. We’ll hold onto the memories that so wonderfully marked our first years together. It’s impossible to walk away from our dream home at 28 years old but we know moving home is going to be the best gift we could ask for. We promise to try our best to honor the commitments we made here and bring this feeling wherever we go.
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We will miss you more than we can explain. Please wrap your arms (and asparagus 🌾) around whatever family walks through these doors next. Thank you for everything. 🤍 Derek, Kathryn, Frankie, Max, and Winston

These are possibly my favorite KKD pieces right now 😍 acrylic engraved and set over canvas. This beauty went to its new home on Monday and I have another fun one heading out the door today 🙌🏼

You and me together, sweet girl. Being your mama has been the most wonderful soul-thing to ever happen to me. You make it easy.
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To my mom, you give me your whole heart and soul every day. You now give it to Frankie. We are so lucky.
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We spent this weekend doing some exciting things off the gram, helping Derek rest, and soaking in lots of little life things. Big changes ahead and it’s just what we need ❤️ @ Wausau, Wisconsin

HERE’S TO MAMAS OR MAMAS-TO-BE WANTING TO UNAPOLOGETICALLY LOVE THEIR BUSINESSES ALONGSIDE THEIR NEWBORNS. To the mamas overcoming societal guilt of walking away from their babes in the newborn stage to continue to fulfill their passions. To the moms that leave so they can be so happy to come home. I’m a better version of myself when I can miss Frankie, and these last 3 weeks have taught me so much about what I need to be the best mom I can be. And it’s stepping away, it’s feeling proud of myself while also being so thankful for my sweet girl. It’s showing myself I can continue to fulfill my dreams so someday she might too. Being a mom doesn’t have to stop us dead in our tracks. It’s taken me a minute to find my rhythm again, and an awesome sitter stepping into our home, but I am so thankful to be relieving myself of the guilt and finding balance in all the things/people I love.