Rae lives in southern Virginia with her husband Tim. She loves her morning Americano, wielding power tools in home renovation projects, traveling with Tim, and being at home. On any given day, you can probably find her tinkering around in the garden, building something, or designing pretty things for DOP. She believes that Beauty will save the world, and delights in finding evidences of resurrection in ordinary places of the everyday.

Susanna - or Su to most people - comes from a small southern town in upstate South Carolina. She loves music and good art, taking it in as well as trying to put it out into the world. Her favorite days include rain, a good cup of coffee, creativity, and meaningful conversations.

Abby lives in the middle of a field near Boise, Idaho, and loves stories, springtime, and her husband Marshall. She is a writer and the founder of Studio Tell, a copywriting studio for creative businesses ready for clear and holistic marketing.

Hannah is a down to earth beauty seeker. She teaches upper elementary at her church school in northern Indiana. She lives in a ramshackle cottage that she loves to call home and is always up for a discussion on creativity, delicious food, or practical ways to improve her corner of the world.

Melody lives with her husband, Jay, in the beautiful land of Southeast Iowa. She is a visual storyteller, creating her own personal projects and photographing and designing projects for clients through her business, Amaranth Creative. She has many dreams and ideas, which are wildly out of proportion with her follow-through.

Brook lives in big city of Southern Ontario with her husband Tanner. Aside from her job as a graphic designer, she enjoys painting on various mediums, singing in choirs, growing her plant collection, snowy winters and drinking iced coffee. She loves to take evening walks with her husband through the busy city where many cultures combine, relationships are built, and stories are told. She is learning that you don’t need to go to grand places; instead, beauty can be found in normal people and ordinary moments.

Christy, a native Kansan transplanted to Lancaster County, PA, lives with her husband Aaron and sweet daughter Aurelie. She feels most fulfilled when creating beautiful things out of the stuff of ordinary days. Whether that’s crafting meals in the kitchen, building relationships, growing heirloom flowers and vegetables, trying a new art project, or making pottery in her pottery studio, she believes making the world more beautiful and whole is holy work.