So Can I

Happy 2 years of So Can I!! Today I am sharing five quick lessons that I have learned while doing this podcast! 

Lifestyle blogger, Alexa Archibald, has grown her Instagram following from 12,000 followers to over 140k in just seven months. In this episode, Alexa reveals how she was able to use strategies she learned from her time working at Facebook and Instagram, and employ them in her own business + blog. 

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I just completed my second personal branding photoshoot and it is a LOT of work! In this quick episode, I give my top five nonnegotiables when planning a photoshoot. 

Join me as I chat about what all you can expect with the new rebrand -- coming June 11th! 

Today I am joined by Amanda Wilbanks! Although she grew up in an Appalachian family where recipes were traded like heirloom plant cuttings, Amanda never envisioned herself as the CEO of one of America’s premier pie companies. Her legacy of delicious Southern baking became a career in 2011, when her mother-in-law taught her how to make an incomparable, melt-in-your-mouth, all-butter pie crust. Within a few months, baking turned from a hobby into an obsession, and Amanda’s husband - whose waistline was rapidly expanding - demanded she either stop baking or start selling her delicious creations.

As a result, Amanda launched Southern Baked Pie Company in 2012 with nothing but $400, a knockout pie crust recipe, and a dream to share the joy of fresh-baked pie with the world.

Today, that dream is a reality with four retail locations across North Georgia and Metro Atlanta and thousands of pies shipped nationwide every day. Together with her dedicated team of bakers, Amanda has created a gourmet selection of sweet and savory pies, and the world has taken notice. Since the doors opened ten years ago, Southern Baked Pie has garnered features on Oprah’s Favorite Things, The Today Show, Southern Living Magazine, Food Network, and more! Named one of the best pie shops in America by Thrillist and Mashed, Southern Baked proudly ships elegant, handmade pies nationwide so that everyone can celebrate life’s special occasions, big and small, with pie.

Amanda approaches every role in her life with passion and joy. She is also a wife, mother to three young children, a cookbook author, and a guest lecturer.

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Today I am joined by Ashley Schoenith. Ashley is a self-proclaimed Old Soul, Ashley Schoenith has a deep-rooted passion for the nostalgia of things from the past and keeping their story alive. On a mission to keep family heirlooms around for the next generation, she has a honed design aesthetic heavily influenced from the details & craftsmanship she finds in vintage goods, apparent in her surface patterns, textile design and product work. As a nod to her long-time line of kitchen textiles and her quest to preserve her own family recipes, she recently published a cookbook, The Heirloomed Kitchen, on shelves now. And, a new interiors collection of fabric, wallpaper & cushions filled with timeless patterns for your collected home. An avid vintage hunter, she enjoys spending time in Atlanta with her husband Shane, three young children Wyatt, Sawyer & Waylon and their vizsla pup, Mae.

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Heirloomed Collection Instagram
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Today I am joined by Asha Junot. Asha spends her days loving, laughing and learning with her husband, son, and hound dog in the Sunshine State. Her name is pronounced like Tasha without the T and comes from India, like her dad. It means hope. Asha's hope is that her words about hope encourage you to put your hope in the only thing that will never fail, fade, or falter: God's love. Asha knows that all the very best things come from imperfect faith in the perfectly faithful God.

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Today I am joined by Bryson Kessler. Bryson is the owner of Clover + Bee Boutique and the host of the Honey For Your Heart Podcast. She is a wife to Todd, mom of 4 and a serial entrepreneur. Feeling called into ministry as a teenager but given the heart of an entrepreneur, she eventually learned how you can combine both to impact lives for the Kingdom.  Bryson loves time at the beach with her family and date nights with her husband!

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Today I am joined by SJ Bailey! SJ is the founder and designer of SJ Bailey Co., a jewelry and design business that specializes in wedding jewelry. She started making jewelry in high school and decided to restart her high school business after graduating from the University of Georgia in 2019. Today, she offers ready-made collection pieces on her website, and she also works with brides to create custom wedding day jewelry. Today, she lives in Atlanta with her husband Jackson and her golden retriever, Miss Biscuit.

SJ Bailey Co Website
SJ Bailey Instagram
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Today I am joined by Whitney Rowell! Whitney is a mother, wife, and passionate entrepreneur. She spent the first decade of her professional career helping to launch new businesses and grow brand awareness through positions in public relations, digital strategy, marketing and branding in Dallas, New York City, and Palm Beach.  Today, she is the founder and CEO of Miracle Mama, a company with the mission of giving every mama a boost, widely recognized for creating Miracle Milkookies, a direct-to-consumer lactation ‘Kookie’ company. Whitney is also founder and host of the podcast, Message From Mom, a platform for conversations with healthcare professionals, influencers and inspiring moms disrupting the modern mom space.  She loves connecting with other female entrepreneurs and has built a local female founder network called Collective Thirty One. Whitney and her businesses have been featured in Inc. Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, PaperCity Magazine, Good Morning Texas, and D Magazine, among others.

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Miracle Milkookies Website
Collective Thirty One
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