Happy New Year, guys!

I hope that you all had an incredible holiday season and are ready to tackle on your new year goals with the force of a thousand cups of coffee.

One of my resolutions was to bring glamor into every element of my life.  I did that a lot last year by...

Hey, guys!

You may notice that The Payton Project got a new facelift!  Shawna Poliziani of @ShawnaPolizDesigns gave the website a much needed makeover.  Along with the new year and the new site, I am working on new projects and packages to better serve your styling need...

 Tina Fey has this really great quote "Say yes and figure the rest out later."  At least it goes something like that.  This is the approach I've always taken to my work and so far it hasn't lead me astray.  

I had previously worked with Mason Zgoda o...

Holy crap, you guys! One of my all time favorite girl bosses Cara Alwill Leyba (bestselling author of the book "Girl Code" and all around badass life coach) had me on my favorite podcast to talk about my career as a stylist as well as my book! 

Take a listen here!

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You can imagine the sort of interesting characters I get to meet due to my job.  One in particular lately has really left an impression on me. 

I recently spoke at an artist development conference on the importance of branding and styling.  After my speech I was ap...

I first met Stephanie Evans of Styledoll from the Slay Baby Collective.  She did several Skype sessions with me and we immediately became gal pals.  Steph interviewed me for her blog.  I've attached it below!  Her questions were so much fun to answer!...

At the end of Mason's last photo shoot she discussed a concept for a music video she had in mind.  It was going to be like she was living in her own play.  She would stay the same, but everyone around her would be moving and bringing props in and out that represented d...

A local makeup artist by the name of Lisa Proctor sent me a text not too long ago that said she had a client she was working with who wanted to look like Jane Birkin and would I be interested in styling her  I had to look around for Ashton Kutcher hiding in my kitchen...

Since the original Payton Place blog nearly a decade ago I have been told that I needed to write a book.  This year has been the year of "That sounds terrifying...let's do it!"  So I did it.  I wrote a damn book!  It's got pages and headings and everything....

I met Callie McCullough at one of my live Fashion Friday events. A few months later one of her friends called me saying that she needed someone to help style her for some new photos she was having done.  As a young artist in the rather conservative genre of Bluegrass-I...