Welcome to Abbey Kay — a place to be filled with encouragement through real life struggles, a source to ethical fashion & trendy finds, & a guide to my life in Reno, NV.

A few things about me: I desperately want others to know they are seen, heard, & not alone. I believe you should love your body at every stage in life. I think finding a balance in everything you do is more important than striving for perfection. I will always drink black coffee & never not have black nails. I try my best to be open, honest, & real by showing up for others.

Always know that life is unpredictable, but it’s still worth experiencing every up & down it has to offer.

I’m so glad you’re here & can’t wait to connect!

  • monday morning encouragement

    monday morning encouragement

    Encouragement is needed. Don’t you agree? We encourage children to crawl, to say momma, to walk, to know their abc’s & numbers. And we’re ecstatic when they reach these goals. We were all encouraged to do good in school, to go to college, to get a job, to live up to our potential & have…

  • friday feels

    friday feels

    Product of the week: Currently loving this & this from Target. Thought of the week: I am just so grateful that I have a job because people trust in me & the work I can produce. It such a great feeling being so great at creating & capturing things to fit other people’s desires that they…

  • whole foods & yelp elite clean beauty event

    whole foods & yelp elite clean beauty event

    Last month I had the privilege of helping put together a Yelp Elite Event alongside Whole Foods. If you didn’t know I have been in partnership with my local Whole Foods here in Reno since December of last year & you can check out the two holiday projects we did here & here. I had…

  • monday morning encouragement

    monday morning encouragement

    How is it already Monday again? I swear time goes by so fast & there’s just always so much to do & never enough time to do it. Anybody else feel that way? It seems like every week the to-do lists get longer & for every task I accomplish about five more new ones take…

  • monday morning encouragement

    monday morning encouragement

    Sometimes I just don’t know what to say. I come here to this space every week hoping to know exactly what to say in order to bring encouragement to others. Sometimes, I don’t know the words or phrases that need to be typed out on order to do just that. I’m not holy or a…

  • friday feels

    friday feels

    Product of the week: I bought these cute culottes online from H&M last night. Can’t wait to get them in the mail! Confession of the week: I am obsessed with the Kardashians. They are entertaining, they truly do know fashion & I’v been inspired by them for years. I’m not saying they’re perfect or ideal, no one is,…

  • all about plants – where to buy them, how to care for them, & cute planters finds

    all about plants – where to buy them, how to care for them, & cute planters finds

    Plants are the news craze amongst millennials. Except, spoiler! We didn’t make them popular guys. Don’t you remember your mom having a house plant or two that she always forgot to water? My mom even had a hanging macrame planter. Can you say goals? Oddly enough, the older I get the more I realize I…

  • monday morning encouragement

    monday morning encouragement

    Happy beautiful spring morning from Reno! I seriously had the best weekend in a long time & I barely did a thing! It started out by going to coffee with my cousin where we just talked for a few hours, & it ended with a bunch of me time organizing & cleaning up my studio.…

  • friday feels

    friday feels

    Product of the week: I am currently loving my new wooden comb that I got on Amazon a few weeks ago. I originally had wanted to buy one for photos, but then when I was reading about the benefits of using one, I was sold. My hair gets so tangled because it’s dyed blonde, & since…

  • 10 ways to help you get inspired so that you can create

    10 ways to help you get inspired so that you can create

    I never truly realized I was an artist or creative until I recognized that my mood & motivation swayed depending on whether I felt inspired to create. It took me a long time to see that if I felt no inspiration in my life, then I felt dull & down, & therefore I had no…