I’m Aaron Lemen, my story begins at the dining table.

As a child I would secretly watch my parents in the middle of the night making all sorts of creative “things” using the dining table as their personal workbench. Craft supplies and tools would be scattered everywhere along with the hot glue gun dripping into the same ol’ tin pie pan. Some nights my dad would be sketching mural concepts for clients. Other nights, they both would be working on decorations for whatever the occasion was. But most times, I remember it looking like a torn battlefield between florist and flower.

Through something I learned from witnessing them at work, is that no matter how big or small or impactful the piece they were working on was, they would pour everything they had into every detail. It was truly a privilege to experience. I believe I carry those memories with me subconsciously every time I’m working on a new project; to be intentional about all the details and the importance and joy it may bring to someone else.

Now, married myself to a creative and industrious woman, we are raising two beautiful children who are probably secretly watching us pour our lives into theirs and into the details of everything we make.