ABOUT CAROLYNN

A lifelong lover of design and art, Carolynn Lemke is the founder and owner of Two Brunettes, a creative design studio founded during the height of the recession in 2009. Combining her love of collaborating with clients, her whimsical illustration work and a one-way ticket to the unemployment office following an unexpected layoff, she has spent the last several years illustrating and designing her heart out from her home studio in Syracuse, New York. Inspired by her mother, a lover of all things crafty, Carolynn received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Design from the University at Buffalo. Since then she has continued to be inspired by her love of family, frequently illustrating both families and their pets for everything from art prints to holiday cards. Today she brings that passion to her latest entrepreneurial pursuit, Noble Friends, a pet shop designed for pet lovers by a pet lover. An adoring wife and a doting work-at-home mother of two, Carolynn also shares her heart with her fuzzy little dog and her two cats, all of whom frequently inspire her art.