Make Life Cute is a lifestyle brand that offers a seriously, awesome line of designer party and event designs, as well as stationery, gifts, and lifestyle accessories to make your special occasions + everyday life memorable, unique, and most importantly CUTE! Our passion is helping people find the joy in life – everyday! By creating cute, fun designs and products, we hoped to make the world a much brighter, cuter place!
Make Life Cute was founded in 2008, and is owned and operated by Kristy and Joel Stephenson. We’ve been blessed with some really awesome opportunities - check out some of them on our Press page!
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ABOUT KRISTY
Heyyy, guys! Thanks for stopping by! I’m Kristy – the owner + founder of Make Life Cute. I’m originally from a small, “single stop light” town, but have always had big city dreams. I love bright colors, anything that sparkles, glitters, or shines, and nice people! Like most girls, I love to get dressed up and look all fancy, but truth be told I’m much more of a jeans and a tee shirt kind of girl… I have a serious obsession with ripped jeans, v-neck tees, and Sperry’s.. and it’s super rare if I don’t have a hoodie or one of my many fuzzy North Face fleeces with me at all times {yes, even in the summer! I get cold really easy.. 
lol}.
When I first started Make Life Cute back in 2008 {originally under the name Posh Pixels Design Studio}, it was more to just serve as a creative outlet for myself than it was anything else. Thankfully, I have grown-up and learned a lot over the past few years, and my business has evolved into something much more than it’s orignal intention.
Like most people, I’ve had a fair share of “not so great” things happen to me in life. Probably one of the biggest things being spinal fusion surgery I had to have done when I was thirteen, due to scoliosis. It was so much more than just a painful surgery for me though.. It was an event that would create a sort of a “domino effect” of things always seemingly going wrong and also would change my attitude and outlook on life for the next fifteen years.
I knooow first hand that life can sometimes be painful, confusing, less than perfect, and flat out not so fun.. I know that sometimes happiness and joy have to be a choice. My desire is to share with you my journey in learning how to enjoy and appreciate life – even during the “storms” and not so fun parts.
All of our designs and products are created to inspire people to celebrate their lives or to make someone feel special with products that are personalized just for them. This is what our brand is all about. Our purpose is way more than just creating cute products and fun parties {although don’t get me wrong, we totally love doing those things too!}, it’s really about creating happiness and joy for people in the little things of life.
XO Kristy
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ABOUT JOEL + KRISTY
Joel and I met during our first year of college {back in 2002} at a local sporting good retail store we both were working at. Interestingly, we were just “at work” friends/ acquaintances for years and really didn’t pay too much attention to each other right off the bat. I sort of thought that he was a cocky, yuppie, and he sort of thought I was a stuck-up, brat… ha!
We started dating towards the end of 2003, have been together since 2004 {although it depends on which of us you ask and whether or not you count the 5 month break-up we had.. 
lol}, and we’ve been married since August 2007!
In 2010, we adopted our amazingly, awesome dog, Ozzy {who is a lab-australian shepherd mix and was three months old at the time} from a local rescue shelter. He is undoubtingly one of the cutest, sweetest dogs you will ever meet, and is also quite possible one of the most spoiled dogs you will ever meet!
Currently, the three of us reside in Clarkston, Michigan… but rumor has it that we may currently be looking into the of possibility of moving to the West side of the country.. sssh! That’s a secret though! Don’t tell our families! ;)
