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I’ve been a photographer for ten years and one of my biggest struggles was budgeting an income that was so irregular. I tried to find budgeting systems that worked with an income that can be $1k in January then $15k in June!
But each time, I found systems that were for normal paychecks.

Five years ago, I built my own budgeting system with pen and paper. This year I had this lightbulb moment that if I had a tough time finding something I love, then maybe I could help others who haven’t been able to find the right fit either! So I built something I’m SO proud of! Cast and Copper: Percentage budgeting for unpredictable incomes

SO HERE’S WHERE I AM IN THE PROCESS:
– The journal is fully designed (took me about 2 months to get it perfect!)
– I found a manufacturer that I LOVE and I feel like they’ll do a wonderful job.
– My first bulk order of journals will cost $2k to order.
– Once I place the order in mid-January, I hope to have them made and shipped within a month.

HERE’S MY PLAN:
Because I felt like getting a business loan to cover the purchase of a budgeting/get-debt-free journal was hypocritical (LOL), I’ll have PRE-ORDERS! I’m giving it two weeks for the pre-orders and I need to sell 85 journals to pay for the cost of the first order. I’ll be making the order by January 14th! I also have the Printable version for anybody who wants to print the sheets themselves. All of those sales will also go to the order!

HERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN HELP
I have the BEST people in my corner who are asking how they can support me, I’m incredibly appreciative! Here are some ways you can help!

1. The most obvious option is to pre-order the journal from ashleekayshop.com <3
2. A Pinterest re-pin and/or social media shoutout would help spread the word!
– Click here for the re-pin!
– You can save this graphic below and share them to your social media! Tagging my instagrams would be a HUGE help!

3. Follow my new account for Cast And Copper! instagram.com/castandcopper_


I’m SO excited and so thankful for you all!

I’ve said the word BUDGETING a lot (hello SEO!) but I would love to tell you more about what the book offers, because there’s more to it than just budgeting!

Come find me at @ashleekay_photography and @castandcopper_ for stories and current details!! <3






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Before anything, go update your Lightroom CC.
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Just to be clear, there are two Lightroom programs: Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic. I prefer Lightroom Classic for my computer editing, but you’ll need the CC version (pictured below!) to sync the presets.

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If you don’t have Lightroom and you have no interest in paying $10/month for the computer version, you can download the trial to sync the presets! You won’t be charged and then you can continue using Lightroom Mobile for free!
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Click here to go straight to the Adobe product page!
Make sure to download the right one!
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1. First, go download yourself some sparkly new presets!
It’s the strangest thing, I have some available for purchase here 😉
ashleekayshop.com
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2. Open your freshly updated Lightroom CC and find the EDIT slider
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3. Go to PRESETS at the bottom of the screen.
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4.  You guessed it, find “…”

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5. Import presets
Locate your folder that has your presets and import them in.
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6.  Now hop over to your phone and open Lightroom Mobile
Import a photo to edit, scroll over to the Presets and click it.
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This might be my favorite family costume we’ve ever done! I saw the sun costume on Pinterest then the idea of family weather came to me! It’s the first time we made costumes and didn’t have a kid cry about my choice, so that’s cool. LOL

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Indee is our Sunshine!
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Harper hanging out as our tiny snow storm! <3
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AND the wildest (get it? his middle name is wild!) lightning storm you’ve ever seen.
Haha Okay, in all reality – I kind mom-failed on this one. I MEANT to spike his hair and give him dark smudges on his cheeks to look like he was a little more struck by the lightning, but I forgot. I’ll get em’ next time. 😉
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Although I love the whole thing, I had the hardest time picking a name for our Halloween costume! haha. Family Forecast was an option, but Seth and I are the (vintage!) Storm Chasers so I went with that! If you can think of a better name, comment it!! <3

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Comment and share if you like it!! <3
Find me on instagram for more shenanigans! 

WALLACE FAMILY SESSION

The brightest, shiniest day for a little family session!!
Kattie was a friend from High School so I was EXTRA excited to take these photos in our home-town! I LOVED meeting her sweet family! She’s a truly incredible mother and she was BEAMING while telling me about her little miracle babies. White Sands National Monument was incredible. It was SO BRIGHT (because the sand is seriously SO white), but incredible as always! It’s actually a place I did not appreciate as a teenager, growing up in the town over.  I came to love it once I moved to Colorado and realized how vast and beautiful it was!

SO glad I was able to take the Wallace family photos! As you can see, they’re REAL cute!