Life Lately :: I'm Launching a New Business
Anna Osgoodby Life + Biz | Life Lately :: I'm Launching a New Business | Going Bold Studio

Big life announcement alert

Exactly 5 years ago, I left the office of my agency job for the last time to go full-time with Bold & Pop. Now 5 years later I’m back with another announcement...

I’m launching a new company in 2021 called Going Bold Studio!

Anna Osgoodby Life + Biz | Life Lately :: I'm Launching a New Business | Going Bold Studio

I’ll be offering the same services — branding, Squarespace website design and social media marketing! I’ll just have a brand spanking new business I’ll be working under and I’ll be flying solo.

I’m so incredibly proud of everything we built at Bold & Pop over the years so it’s definitely very bittersweet to be at the end of this chapter but I’m also really looking forward to the next one!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the support over the years! It truly has meant the world and I hope you’ll continue to follow along for my next chapter! 💗🎉

Embracing Tough Chapters of Life
Anna Osgoodby Life + Biz :: Embracing Tough Chapters of Life

Real talk, life has been tough lately.

Don’t get me wrong, this def isn’t a pity party. I’m going to be justttt fine. I’m just smack dab in the middle of a season of change and with that comes a lot of unrest.

Truthfully, I’ve never minded social media being a highlight reel. In fact, I like being able to celebrate a lot of the great things about our lives and memories. I also appreciate when people can show up and be real about the ups and downs of life. So here I am keeping it real.

So many of us struggle in silence or only talk about the hard times we’ve gone through AFTER we’ve overcome them. We put on these fronts day to day that everything is peachy only later to expose that wasn’t actually the case. And listen, I get why people do it.

When you say “tough times” people run away from those conversations. It can be uncomfortable and It’s a lot easier to talk about struggles when they are past tense. When you’re on the other side and you’ve had time to reflect on those teachable moments or let your wounds heal.

Here’s the thing though, going through tough times isn’t a weakness, it’s real life, and I think there’s a lot of power in speaking up while you are mid-storm. When you don’t have all of the answers but keep showing up anyways. When you’re going through those messy chapters taking things a day at a time.

Those are the times you’re tested.
Those are the times you are pushed to make changes.
Those are the times you grow.

Maybe it’s not as eloquent or approachable to talk about, but when it comes to life I want to acknowledge ALL of it. My highest highs, painful lows and everything in between. Because you’ll only ever know my full story when you can read all of the chapters.

Halloween 2020 Costume Reveal :: Crow, Baby Shark & Powerline Costumes
Anna Osgoodby Life & Biz :: Halloween 2020 Costume Reveal :: Crow, Baby Shark & Powerline Costumes | DIY Halloween Costumes

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Halloween this year may have been different, but it’s our favorite holiday so we weren’t going to let it stop us from dressing up! In case you missed it, I also did a post on our house decor too so you know we’re serious about Halloween over here.

Anna Osgoodby Life & Biz :: Halloween 2020 Costume Reveal :: Crow, Baby Shark & Powerline Costumes | DIY Halloween Costumes
Anna Osgoodby Life & Biz :: Halloween 2020 Costume Reveal :: Crow, Baby Shark & Powerline Costumes | DIY Halloween Costumes

Feather Shawl: Amazon | Black Gloves: Similar | Mask: Spirit Halloween | Dog Shark Costume: Similar

This year I kept things pretty simple and dressed up as a crow. The first reason being… 2020, and crows are notoriously creepy and the second… because our house is in the flight path of crows and every night we have hundreds fly over. Back to that creepy factor! I have to say that totally freaked me out when we first moved before I realized it happened pretty much every night. Usually I’m a big DIYer when it comes to Halloween but this year I just bought a few items to complete my costume to keep it easy.

Anna Osgoodby Life & Biz :: Halloween 2020 Costume Reveal :: Crow, Baby Shark & Powerline Costumes | DIY Halloween Costumes
Anna Osgoodby Life & Biz :: Halloween 2020 Costume Reveal :: Crow, Baby Shark & Powerline Costumes | DIY Halloween Costumes
Anna Osgoodby Life & Biz :: Halloween 2020 Costume Reveal :: Crow, Baby Shark & Powerline Costumes | DIY Halloween Costumes

Body Suit: Similar | Prop mic: Amazon | Goofy nose: Amazon | Dog Ears: Similar

Evan on the other hand, went a little further than I did. He also LOVES Halloween and always dresses up for work too. This year he dressed up as Powerline from The Goofy Movie! For his, he bought this ridiculous bodysuit and then we created an iron-on logo with my Cricut.

Anna Osgoodby Life & Biz :: Halloween 2020 Costume Reveal :: Crow, Baby Shark & Powerline Costumes | DIY Halloween Costumes

Then for Benji’s first Halloween, he dressed up as a Baby Benj Shark! I can’t say he loved taking pics for me but he didn’t mind the costume too much!

Anna Osgoodby Life & Biz :: Halloween 2020 Costume Reveal :: Crow, Baby Shark & Powerline Costumes | DIY Halloween Costumes

Then I saved the cutest for last… Little Squish as a little skeleton! It was also his first Halloween and he definitely won the cuteness award!

Anna Osgoodby Life & Biz :: Halloween 2020 Costume Reveal :: Crow, Baby Shark & Powerline Costumes | DIY Halloween Costumes

I hope you guys had a great Halloween too!