That creative curiosity has taken me from designing magazines to launching blogs, podcasts, and everything in between. These days, I channel that same energy into helping others bring their stories and ideas to life—whether that’s through visuals, words, or sound.
Too many snowy winters in Connecticut relocate my husband and me to a beach town off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, and the future is brighter than ever. I took my robust catalog of wedding invitation designs, digitize them, and began selling them on Etsy.
Using my original company name, I launched Michelle Hickey Design as a second website to help creatives learn to sell and grow businesses online.
I take the stage at Florida Blog Con to present on the topic of overcoming creative block.
I launch Inspiration Everywhere on Substack, where I share weekly essays on creativity and invite readers to stay accountable by sharing about their latest projects.
With social media exploding, my blog, Elegance & Enchantment, Etsy shop, and online community begin to grow, bringing opportunities for sponsorships with companies like Avery and DesignCuts, collaborations with online friends, and expanding my professional skills into writing, photography, and styling.
My friend Steve King and I put our first episode of A Podcast for Creatives into the airwaves. We share conversations about creativity in the online space and chat with amazing guests like Emily McDowell, Carly Riordan, and Dan “Grossy” Pelosi.
My sister Laura and I merge our love of movies and food into a new podcast called Film to Table.
Two years after moving into a role at a publishing company in NYC, I’m let go in the aftermath of the 2008 recession. I began various freelance jobs, learned WordPress, and pressed publish on my first blog post. After creating custom wedding invitations for family, friends, and friends of friends, strangers began hiring me, and my first business was born.
I graduate college with a BFA in graphic design and dreams of working from a sunlit creative studio overlooking Central Park. Instead, I begin my career as an Assistant Art Director where I designed from a grey cubicle in an office park in New Jersey.
OFFICIAL BIO,
the TL:DR VERSION
Michelle is a designer, writer, and podcaster who’s been creating and sharing content online for two decades.
When she’s not working you can find Michelle reading on her back porch, exploring a new coffee shop, cooking, or rewatching an old movie. Originally a New Yorker, Michelle now calls Northeast Florida home, where she lives with her husband and their adorable cat, Rory.
A few personal tidbits.
Enneagram 9, INFJ
Showtunes, Big Band, 60s, and podcasts. Like a cool great-grandma.
I was named after the Beatles song, Michelle.
Television writer.
Typography, baked goods, a well designed space,
dinner parties, deep conversations.
Good champagne or a gin martini with a twist.
Evening stroll to the beach
with my husband.
Warm Chocolate Chip Cookies and a cup of tea.
Cape Cod or London.
Old movies, documentaries,
Seinfeld or I Love Lucy.
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Design. Champagne. Books. Travel. Film + TV. Scenes from my kitchen. And cats.