My story begins a little after I was married to my husband Michael, in 2017. I had just graduated from college with a 4 year Graphic Design degree, and we moved into a little yellow house in Morton - basically rural America. I quickly grew to love my town, my church, and the connections I was quickly making in the community with my Graphic Design business - East to West Studio. I also picked up a side job at a local interior design store so my extroverted side could get some exercise! That side job became a design job, as I soon took over the store’s marketing. From there, I continued to design brand + logo packages for new small businesses and had a blast watching these brands take off in the community. I also developed more marketing clients, who I mainly helped with social media and blog posts each week.

My passion grew as my knowledge of social media grew. Most of the content I saw could be described as one word: BORING. I would research and browse through the competitors of my social media marketing clients, and I was always amazed at how each one was basically a replica of the next. No one wanted to take the time to manage these social media platforms, so they would throw up something quick, something simple. I became very determined to make my client’s social media, blog posts, and email campaigns NOT be a cookie cutter of the rest of their field, and I quickly realized what that entailed: real life. It sounds simple, but that was the key: taking time to actually have a post that was REAL LIFE. My clients in their vulnerability, their everyday at the office: being open, honest, and SHOWING UP. From there, Vivant Marketing Co. was born.

tami leman

I was born in small-town America, in Fairbury, Illinois. I now live in Morton, Illinois with my husband of 6 years, Michael, and our 3 daughters - Aria, Jade, Eden. We live in a 100 year old Farmhouse in the country that we fixed up, and it’s perfect for us. We love to travel, be involved in our church family, read, and go on bike rides in the summer. Oh, and Michael and I BOTH love graphic design + marketing. That’s where our love story began!

sheree steffen

Sheree came on board my team just as Vivant was born, and she has been a wonderful asset - writing blogs, designing logos, and even brainstorming names! (She is the one who thought of Vivant.) Sheree is actually my sister-in-law; she married my brother in 2019 and they now live in Thailand as missionaries. A place that is far from being rural America! They have a beautiful baby girl, Nova.