Ever Grace Designs

✨Last Chance✨

I had intended to take this listing out last night, but I forgot. Luck for you! I am leaving this pre-order listing and the bitty shells pre-order listing in my shop through tonight.

Put your order in today! They will be gone tomorrow. 👋🏼

On to the next thing. Will update you about my plan for the next few months as we go throughout this week. 🤍

✨How are you filling your last days of summer (before school)?✨

✨Two Stickers and a Magnet✨

NEW items will be hitting the shop tomorrow!

I’ve got two new 3” vinyl stickers, perfect for your water bottles and laptops.
👉🏼Be Kind
👉🏼Travel Coffee Cup (this one already exists in its mini form, but I’m bringing a new size for this shop favorite!)

I also have one new circle magnet:
👉🏼Psalm 23

Check out my stories later today for what I’ve been up to this week! There’s a lot going on over here. 😅

✨Listings are LIVE✨

Email subscribers got the first notification this morning, so a few items have sold, but I’ve got several beach pieces still available in my Etsy shop, ready to ship!

👉🏼NEW PIY sets are available to order. ✨ Get one more summer craft in! Get a few for your kiddos. 🎨 These are fun projects completely prepped for you.

✨Not seeing what you wanted in my shop? While I am planning this week for my next collection, I *may* open a few select pieces up for pre-orders. Head to my Etsy first, and then let me know if there’s something you are still wanting.✨

✨Take Me to the Sea✨

More new pieces for you! Meet the bitty seahorse block and the sea star! (Honestly, I call it a starfish, but sea star fit the theme of the post. 🙃)

Which one is your fave?

✨Beach Drop Tuesday, 6/18 at 8pm EST.✨

✨Summer Sun✨

Okay, so maybe my wood shop trip was a bust today…

And maybe these aren’t even any of the shapes I teased in my reel the other day…

But at least I have a couple completed pieces to show you! 😅

Wanted to add a new take on the sunshine by going bigger than I have in the past. I also had a fun idea for creating an ocean scene as if you are there and looking out upon the horizon. ☀️ 🌊

✨Summer Beach Drop will hit my Etsy shop Tuesday, June 18, 8pm EST.✨

✨Crickets… 🦗 🦗🦗✨

I had intended to show up like normal last week, but hubs and I were on a pastors and wives retreat with one of our church networks, and I was having too much fun to pay attention to the instawebs! 🤷🏼‍♀️😜

But I’m back this week and planning a fun little drop THIS THURSDAY at 8pm EST.

Going to restock some favorites (hello rain boot bouquets!) and introduce some fun extras including some PIY sets!

Kelsey, what is PIY?
I’ll tell you.
Paint It Yourself!

I’ve enjoyed introducing these sets typically around Christmas, but I really would like to have them available more often. This Thursday I will have some mini flower and rainbow stacker PIY kits complete with:

🖌️ Hand cut and sanded wood pieces
🎨 Six paint pots with my fave brand of paints in lovely spring colors
🖌️ Two paint brushes
🎨 Sand paper for smoothing and/or distressing
🖌️ Wood glue (for the flower)
🎨 Tips to help make your piece one you love!

I do the work of cutting and prepping the piece, and you get to have the fun of decorating it the way you want! (Or give it as a gift to someone who loves to craft or create!)

✨Which shape would you choose??✨

✨Let’s Talk About It - A Pastor’s Wife Is…✨

I didn’t get to this Part 2 of the Pastor’s Wife series last week, but I’m back today to talk about it again! If you need a quick refresh, scroll back in my feed to the last “Let’s Talk About It” to get a little more insight to my story of marrying a pastor.

I first addressed what a pastor’s wife is not… which is helpful for navigating expectations and misconceptions.

Today, I’m talking about a few things that a pastor’s wife IS.

One thing I want to point out: Just because these attributes apply to this “role,” that doesn’t mean they are fleshed out perfectly.

We still have arguments. We still have to have intentional dialogue about schedules and expectations. We still consistently reevaluate and weigh church obligations with family obligations.

And I am nowhere near a perfect encourager or helper. I can be very selfish, and I can also miss cues that my husband is in need of deep soul care. But it’s a journey we walk together.

✨In a future post, I’m going to share some beautiful joys of being married to a pastor and some devastating lows. I’d love to hear from you if you have any questions you’d like me to answer!✨

✨Your Favorites✨

So, it was greatly clear that these mixed media bouquets were the favorites of the Spring drop! Had I known they would be so loved, I’d have taken time to make more!!

While I only had time for a few, I’m planning a mini restock with these beauties as the focus.

✨Which color combos do you like the best? Is there a different combo you would like to see? Let me know in the comments!✨

✨Did you miss the drop?✨

I’ve got GOOD NEWS! Several pieces are still available from the first Easter drop! Bunny mugs, bunny rainbows, and a cross mug are still listed as I type this! Go grab your favorites. 🐰

✨TONIGHT - 8PM EST✨

First Easter drop coming at you TONIGHT!

Full transparency- I wanted more pieces in this initial drop. I have a lot of coordinating ideas in mind for these sets, but the last three weeks were incredibly slow-moving for me.

Here are two things on my heart and mind:
1. When days feel long and heavy, I am reminded of how little I am able to accomplish on my own. The weight of the world is too heavy, and we were not intended to carry it.

I have cried out to the Lord many times in the past weeks with the burdens that plague my mind. Sometimes my cries acknowledge that I don’t even understand why I feel so stuck. We don’t have to know what it is to know that something is holding us down.

But the Lord is faithful to listen, and the Holy Spirit intercedes on our behalf to speak to the Father what we need.

2. Trusting in the Lord is first and foremost. AND then we are called to action. We *do* because He loves. I can sit and wait for things to naturally work themselves out. OR I can look at my days and see where I can lean more into the Lord and less to myself. I can put my phone down. I can read (or listen to in my case) books or podcasts that point me towards truth. I can pray. I can ask my friends to pray.

Did you think this post was going there? I didn’t when I started it. 😆 But I’ve always said I would be honest here, with the hope that maybe my heart can be an encouragement to you. The ups and the downs.

All that to say, more will come. What I’ve got for tonight is enough, and I am content in that. 😉🤍

✨Dropping Thursday at 8pm EST✨

A couple more pieces that will be joining the first Easter drop tomorrow!

👉🏼Last year, I made rainbow bunny faces. This year, I made bunny butts. 😆 Which one do you love most: grey or distressed?

👉🏼I took last year’s bitty Risen set and made a few small changes. The cross is a smidge taller, the crown is a deeper gold with shimmery jewels, and the tomb got some glimmering rays because HALLELUJAH, HE LIVES! (The tomb feature was requested by a few different people, so I decided to see if I could make it work!)

I have several other coordinating pieces to these sets in my head that I will hopefully bring to future drops. Stay tuned for those!

✨SALE - 40% OFF✨

Spring Floral stickers are on sale in my Etsy shop through Saturday! Grab them at a HUGE discount, no code needed.

All stickers are vinyl and dishwasher safe!

✨What’s your favorite flower?🌹 ✨

✨The Garden Is Growing✨

First batch of this Easter Collection will be dropping Thursday at 8pm EST! I went a little more bunny/garden this year instead of Easter egg/bunny, so hopefully these pieces will suit both Easter and Spring decor vibes.

I’m working on a few more additions to have ready for the drop, so I’ll make sure you get to see them before Thursday.

Future drop dates may have some additional Easter pieces I don’t get to this week, but I had to put something on the calendar to get my body moving. 😅 More general Spring pieces will be coming soon. I like to get holiday specific options out first since their time frame is usually smaller!

And yes, I will have a Risen Collection for the honoring of the death and resurrection. Pieces are in progress!!!

Drop a 🐰 below if you are ready for Spring to be here already!

✨Mug Blocks✨

This week has improved a bit in the *get things done* arena, though it still feels a little like I’m trudging through molasses.

I’ve been making mug blocks for a bit now, but these took me awhile to sort through color combos and designs that I actually liked.

The other day, my son was drawing a picture, and it didn’t turn out as good as he thought it would and became sad and frustrated. I had to stop him from getting so worked up because don’t we all do this? MANY times we have an idea I mind that doesn’t turn out quite right when we first attempt to produce it. We keep working with it until it is right or leads us to a better idea!

That’s what these have been for me. Now that I’ve decided on the designs, I can make more of them. 😆

I want to say mark your calendars for an Easter drop next Thursday night… but I’m nervous I won’t be able to make enough between now and then. So, let’s but a tentative date on the calendar for February 29, and I’ll confirm it or change it by Monday. 😉

✨Which mug is your fave?✨

✨Makin’ things✨

If you read my post the other day, I have been is a super weird head space, and things feel like they are moving at a snail’s pace.

Yesterday was the first day in a while where I feel like I got a good amount of things accomplished, and it felt really refreshing.

This bitty watering can is one of the new things I’ve made, and it’s so cute. 😍 It will be part of a bitty set.

I’ve got more things I’ll be working on between today and tomorrow to finally start showing you something for Spring. Maybe I’m finally getting over this weird brain block? We’ll see. I’ll try to get you a drop date soon!!

✨What do you think will be paired with this bitty?✨

✨Something Different✨

Friends, I am not gonna lie… I have been in a creative FUNK these last two weeks. Like… staring at the wall with a brain full of mush. Honestly, a lot is contributing to that, but I’ve also seen a few other makers I follow sharing similar creative blocks recently. What’s happening?? 🫠

Well, anyway, I try to have drops every couple of weeks, but Valentines surprisingly wore me out, and I’ve just had the hardest time moving forward to the next thing.

As I have been sitting down to work on the few things I *have* been able to produce on my desk, I had a thought. I bought a few new paints in a different color palette with the intention of using them for a special collection (that I hope to still do), but what if I used them for the spring pieces, too?

The original plan was to use the same colors I have used the past couple of years. These are the colors I use for my Spring basket tags. Muted. Soft, but not pastel. My vibes.

This palette is similar, but the colors have a bit more pop than my usual hues. I think I’m in. Maybe changing up the colors like I did in the Fall is what I need to get the brain working again? What do we think, friends? Before I go and do the whole switcheroo, I want to hear your thoughts!

(Swipe to see the original color palette!)

✨Maker Monday - Counterfeit Confections✨

Time to introduce the next small business I think you will love!

👉🏼Meet Alyssa from ! These pieces are going to trick your brain in the best way.

🤍What she makes: Hand crafted fake desserts.

🤍Business background: She’s always loved baking and crafting, and about 3 years ago she got her first tiered tray. She wanted to incorporate desserts into her trays in some way which led to creating her first fake cupcakes. She fell in love with fake desserts and the creative process. In the summer of 2021, she played around with the idea of opening an Etsy shop as a side business. Once she came up with the name, Counterfeit Confections, she decided to give it a shot! Alyssa opened up her Etsy shop in August 2021 and has been pouring her heart into fake desserts ever since. Starting this small business has given her a creative outlet and connected her with so many amazing small shop owners and customers. She loves creating beautiful desserts that bring sweetness to her customers’ homes.

🤍An offer for you: code EVERGRACE10 on her website (counterfeitconfections.com) for 10% off your order this week!

Let’s show Alyssa some love! Come back to my stories later today to learn a little more about the person behind the business. 🤍

Tell me which of Alyssa’s fake desserts you wish you could eat! 🧁👇🏻

✨Back in the Shop✨

Basket tags have been added back to my Etsy shop! You will find them in three separate listings:

🤍Neutral colors
🤍Spring colors
🤍Carrots

Easter baskets, gifts, labels… whatever your purpose, I’ve got you! We’ve got a full month+ til Easter, so be on your game and order now. 😏

✨Returning Tomorrow✨

It’s the second most popular time of year for tags… Easter! I may not have my decor lineup for the occasion just yet, but the yearly tags are always a must!

Tags will be available in three listings:
🤍Standard tags in Spring Colors
🤍Standard tags in Neutrals
🤍Carrot tags

Dropping Thursday at 8pm EST.

✨What is your favorite candy that’s special to Easter time?✨

✨Surprise✨

E-mail subscribers got a first look this morning, but now you’re in the know, too!

Added a little 🤍Galentines🤍 deal for you this week in my shop! Ecclesiastes Tee is ON SALE for 30% off through Saturday. Discount is automatically applied, no code needed.

This tee is the perfect lightweight, Springy tee for your transition from bitter cold to brighter days. Throw on a denim jacket, and you’ve got a winning combo!

Enjoy, friends. ✨

✨I’m back!✨

Made it back home after a lovely weekend retreat with some fellow pastor wives. Very good for the soul. 🤍 I tell you, our God is a God of relationship, and it’s beautiful when we lean into that gift He has given. Don’t do this life alone, friends!

Meanwhile, I am still working on what my lineup will be for Spring, but I DO know that I will have tags coming back to my shop this THURSDAY! I’ll have the regular tags (in spring and neutral colors) as well as carrot tags. Be on the lookout!

Also this week: we are talking about being a creative and business owner, and learning the difference between handwriting and hand lettering. Tune in for the fun!

✨I was on a plane during the Super Bowl, so I didn’t watch. Tell me your thoughts:
🙌🏻My team won!
😢My team lost.
📺 Just there for the commercials.
🕺🏾You mean… Usher concert.
🤷🏼‍♀️Football game? What’s that?

✨Good morning, Baltimore!✨

Surprised? I’m typing this from the Baltimore airport as I sit down for a 4 hour layover on my way to a pastor’s wives retreat!

This morning, I experienced heavy anxiety, which I am prone to… especially when I sense a lot of unknowns ahead of me. I’m doing something a little out of my comfort zone, but I also know it will be good for my soul. 🤍

As I wait for my next flight, I’m going to try and get a little logistical work done. This was one of my favorite collections from Easter last year! I wanted to bring in pieces that resonate scripturally. In regards to this focus of Easter specifically, are there any new items you would like to see this year? I’d love to get your input!

Happy Friday, friends. ✨

✨Just like that✨

And just like that, my brain is shifting gears to Spring! It helps that the weather has warmed up a bit this week, but I can hardly believe I was just making Christmas decor. 😶 Time is strange.

These bunnies were part of last year’s lineup, but I’m thinking they may need to return! They are just too cute. 🐰

I got a lot of great insight from you yesterday, and I’m going to be spending the next week making decisions on what I want to offer this year. I always change things up, at least a little, so I’ve got to decide what’s staying, and what’s going.

If you didn’t give me your input in my stories, drop a comment below with what Spring/Easter items you are really wanting to see this year! Your thoughts weigh heavily on what direction I take. 🤍

✨Which bunny is your fave??✨

✨Small Changes✨

Have you been following along this week? I’m making some adjustments to how I show up on social media. (Primarily on Instagram because Facebook doesn’t share my reels. 🤷🏼‍♀️)

I’m still making the same products, still me. But I’m trying to take back my confidence in my presence here in these squares.

I’m tired of being blasted with posts telling me how to go viral (which are coincidentally the most common ones that seem to go viral) while wondering what I’m doing wrong to just be seen by the people who 🤍WANT🤍 to see my stuff.

Instagram isn’t what it once was. And that’s just fine. I’m gonna do me.

My goal is to have purpose in what I share on a weekly basis, whether it gets seen by people or not. That doesn’t mean I don’t struggle to look at the numbers, but I’m hoping over time they will matter less and less. I’m not an influencer, nor do I want to be. A lot of people feel this way. 🤍

Tomorrow will be the start of my final new series that I’m introducing: Let’s Learn! Week by week, I will walk you through steps to teach you how to letter in my style. I think it’s going to be fun! I hope you’ll join me. ☺️

Meanwhile, I have two things to think about today:

1- I ended up with several extra hearts like the ones on these mugs, and I want to do something with them since they are already cut and sanded. Suggestions?

2- It’s time to plan for Spring/Easter. What do you want to see from me this year? Now is the time to pitch your ideas!

Thanks you for being you. I think you’re awesome. ✨

✨Maker Monday - Watercolor with Emily✨

Welcome to the first post in a new series I am starting this month where I feature a small business that I love and think you will, too!

👉🏼Meet Emily from .with.emily! I met Emily this past Fall as we were doing a market together. I became ENAMORED by her beautiful work. She is so talented and is getting some really unique opportunities around our city!

🤍What she makes: Joyful and calm watercolor art, purposefully made to bring light to your home.

🤍Business background: In the summer of 2021, Emily looked for a hobby outside of her 9-5. She started with a 30-day watercolor challenge, and it ignited her curiosity to learn more about the art. She has been pursuing her business more seriously since 2022. Most of her paintings are inspired by natural landscapes that are created by God’s hands (the ultimate artist!), and her mission is to bring light to homes all around.

🤍An offer for you: code PRINT15 on her website (watercolorwithemily.com) for 15% off prints during the month of February!

Let’s show Emily some love! Come back to my stories later today to learn a little more about the person behind the business. 🤍

Tell me below what you love about Emily’s art. 👇🏻

✨This Week✨

Over the last year or so, Instagram has become an increasingly difficult platform for me to navigate. There is the constant battle between fighting to figure out the algorithm game, being authentic to myself, and prioritizing my time as a single-person business owner who is also at home with my kids.

I started my business to express my creativity and make things that would bring joy to your homes. I desire to help my family financially while also being around the home as my kids grow up.

I did *NOT* start my business to be a content creator. That wasn’t what I signed up for, but it’s what social media presence has become. Make the cool video. Find the “hook”. Master transitions. Be funny. Be insightful. Be original. But follow trends. And do it all in perfect timing, can’t be ahead of or behind the game.

Where does that leave me? Well, I’m still figuring that out. But for now, I have a plan.

My plan involves showing up as I normally do, but with a little more intentionality in my posts. Rather than flying by the seat of my pants to figure out what I’m posting each day, I’m going to create a rhythm. One where you can begin expecting consistent content on my page.

Here is what you will begin to see:
✨Maker Mondays - Where I will highlight other small businesses that I love and think you will loved too!

✨Talk About It Tuesdays - Where I will share some insight into what it’s like to be a creative who also owns a business.

✨Teaching Thursdays - Where I will bring you into my process.

Will this get me *IN* with Instagram? No clue. That’s not the point. The point is, I’m tired of trying to figure out what the algorithm wants. So, I’m just going to be content being me, but with purpose. I hope you’ll follow along the journey with me, and maybe you’ll find new businesses to support, learn some things about what I do, and practice using some creative skills yourself!

✨What do you think? Which of these is most intriguing to you?✨

✨TONIGHT✨

I hadn’t planned on having a restock of Valentine’s. I also hadn’t planned on having just a few of some really cute pieces when I had the original Valentine’s drop.

Because I love you all and don’t like when people are disappointed, I have been hustling my tail off to make some more snow globes and rainbows, and they will be available in my Etsy shop at 8pm EST TONIGHT! (Friday)

They will ship out in the morning.

Rainbows or snow globes… which are you going for?✨

✨You asked!✨

Snow globes are going to get a (very brief) time to shine! A general consensus shows that any of you would love to see snow globes and rainbows back this Friday. That means I have two days to whip out some more of each and have them ready for you!

If you are one of those people who missed out, make sure your alarm is set for 8pm EST Friday night!

✨Blink, and you’ll miss it!✨

Goodness. You guys are so fast!! 😅 Head to my stories to see a GIF my friend shared in a group text thread. I don’t know what I did to deserve you all, but I sure feel blessed by you.

I had quite a variety of pieces in this drop, but only a few (or one!) of each. I knew some of you would be disappointed. It’s a good problem to have, but I do struggle with feeling badly that people are missing out on what they want with these drops. Thank you for being patient with me when this happens!

I know that the 🤍rainbows and snow globes🤍 were the biggest request for this drop. Even though February starts this Thursday, I am going to spend a little extra time over the next couple of days to make some extras of these favorites, and then I will list them on Friday night to ship Saturday morning.

👉🏼What I need from you:
🤍 IF you plan desire to purchase one of these extra pieces on Friday, please drop in the comments which item (rainbow or snow globe) and which color you want. This will help me plan accordingly.

🤍I’m testing this new POLL feature on IG posts. Let me know which color scheme was your favorite from this drop by answering the poll!

✨TONIGHT✨

The Valentine’s drop hits at 8pm EST. Whether I’m ready for it or not. 🤪

Check out my most recent reel for a glimpse at some of the pieces that will be available, and then head to my stories for some close-up looks at several of them!

Some items are one-of-a-kind (itty bitty Valentine’s houses and bitty rainbow blocks), but most other pieces have just three of each color. I know that some pieces will go fast. Depending on how it goes, I *may* provide an option of making a few more of certain pieces to ship later this week. We will see. 🤍

✨Question: Do you like to eat conversation hearts? Whether you do or don’t, what’s your favorite phrase to find on one?✨