The 3-Day Collection Builder workshop

Design A Full set of laser Ready projects in three days.

A fun, lightweight workshop that gives you a plug and play design kit so you can finally stop staring at blank artboards and start creating cute projects fast.

Let’s Make It Happen

Tell me if this sounds Familiar…

  • You sit down to design and instantly freeze.
  • Your ideas feel scattered and nothing looks cohesive.
  • Illustrator still feels like “that one hard thing” on your to-learn list.
  • You keep buying SVGs that almost work, but not quite.
  • You want to make your own designs, you just need a way in that doesn’t feel overwhelming.

Designing from scratch can be fun, sure, but not when you’re tired, busy, and hoping inspiration magically appears.

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Now imagine this instead…

  • You open Illustrator and you’re not stuck. You’re actually excited.
  • You drop in a pattern from the design kit and your brain goes, “Oh. That was easy.”
  • You finish five real designs, not just one half-finished idea.
  • You see everything together and think, “Wait, I made an actual collection.”

That’s the vibe of this workshop.

Hey I’m Ashlee

I teach laser owners how to design without losing their sanity.

I’ve been in the laser world for almost a decade, and I know how overwhelming it feels to learn Illustrator while running a business. I started out making physical products, burned myself out, and eventually realized something had to change.

Designing became my happy place. And once it clicked for me, I started helping other makers feel the same relief.

You don’t need to draw from scratch. You don’t need to spend months learning Illustrator. You just need a simple way to start. Which is exactly why I created The Collection Builder Workshop.

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Introducing

Collection Builder

Workshop

A quick, momentum-boosting three day workshop for laser makers who want to design modern projects without the overwhelm of starting from scratch.

Sounds fun! I’m in!

What you’ll get inside

The Seaside Charm Design Kit

A full kit of modern, laser friendly design assets that helps you skip the hard part of starting and jump straight into creating.

Five Guided Projects

Simple, beginner friendly projects that help you build a collection, get your momentum going, and feel more creative with every design.

Three Day Structure

The three day structure keeps things simple and focused. Enough time to learn, but not so much that you lose steam or forget what you’ve learned.

You get the tools and the guidance to help you design faster so you can feel more creative, more capable, and more excited to make new things.

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File Builder Design Kit

Included with Your Workshop

Inside the Seaside Charm Design Kit, you’ll find a full collection of score elements, score patterns, engrave patterns, and base SVG shapes that all work together. Everything is laser ready, simple to use, and designed to help you start creating cute projects without drawing a single thing from scratch.

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Let’s Imagine This

How the workshop works

Start by setting up Illustrator in a simple, beginner friendly way so everything is ready before we jump into designing.

Download the Seaside Charm Kit and get a quick overview of what’s inside.

Follow along with the guided projects each day. You’ll design five coordinated pieces. Each one helps you build creative momentum.

Your collection starts taking shape. Your designs look cohesive, your workflow feels fun, and Illustrator finally makes sense.

You finish with five laser ready SVG files you made yourself. Cut them, test them, and turn them into physical products you can start selling right away.

A simpler way to start

What if designing your own Files Finally felt easy?

Designing doesn’t have to feel slow or stressful. Here’s what starts to shift when you’ve got a design kit and a simple workflow to follow.

Before You Step Into the Workshop

  • You open Illustrator and instantly freeze because the blank artboard gives you zero direction and your brain shuts down.
  • You spend hours trying to draw things from scratch only to end up frustrated or unhappy with how it looks.
  • Your product ideas feel scattered and nothing matches the modern, intentional style you actually want.
  • You keep buying SVG files hoping they’ll “spark” something but they rarely fit the vibe you’re going for, so you feel stuck again.

After You Step Into the Workshop

  • Illustrator starts to make sense because you learn by doing simple, real laser projects step by step.
  • You stop staring at the blank page because the design kit gives you instant creative momentum.
  • Your designs look cohesive, intentional, and actually sellable because they’re all built from the same themed kit, not random ideas.
  • You finally feel creative again and designing becomes fun, not frustrating.

Words from past students

  • You gave us the important info without the fluff.

    I watched everything once, and now I’m working through the videos again alongside my designs.
    Shannon

  • 100% gave me so much clarity and saved me time.

    I feel a lot more confident… I launched 2 new collections that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.
    Jen

  • I’m so glad I took this course!

    Ashlee breaks everything down into bite-sized steps and made a complex process feel simple and approachable
    Stephani
Ashlee Wiggins designing laser SVG files on her laptop at a desk with product beside her.

Let’s take the pressure off

A Low Stress Way to Start Designing

This workshop works because it removes the hardest part: starting.
The design kit gives you direction.
The tutorials give you structure.
The three day pace keeps things simple.

You’ll be shocked at how much easier designing feels once you’re not trying to invent every single thing from thin air.

  • I’ve been feeling very stuck with laser product ideas, and after this course, I’m bursting with inspiration and now have a whole new toolkit of resources.
  • I gained tools and confidence. If you’re on the fence, just go for it!
  • Ashlee is full of brilliant ideas to help grow your business, and I absolutely love learning from her!
  • I kept finding myself thinking, “Wait…why has no one ever explained it like this before?” She makes Illustrator feel doable, even fun.
  • Almost instantly I learned so many useful techniques that helped me bring my ideas to life.
  • This course is incredible and well worth the money, Ashlee is a wealth of knowledge.
your creative jumpstart

Get the complete Collection Builder Workshop

One simple price

instant access to all 3 days of the workshop

$67

$47

  • The full 3 day Collection Builder Workshop
  • The complete Seaside Charm Design Kit
  • Five guided project tutorials (plus, a bonus 6th project video)
  • SVG download for every project
  • Five finished SVG files you can cut and sell as physical products
  • Shortcut and tools glossary
  • Unlimited access to future updates
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I’m Ready! Let’s Do This!
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What Makes This Workshop Different

  • Taught specifically for laser makers
  • You get a themed design kit, not random templates
  • It’s short and doable, not a 20 hour course
  • You learn by creating, not by watching and hoping it clicks

This Is Perfect For You If…

  • You want a faster way to make modern designs
  • You want to design your own products without stress
  • You want a low pressure way to dip your toes into designing
  • You love the idea of building a set of coordinating files
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Frequently Asked Questions

Inside the done-for-you design kit you’ll find laser ready scoreline artwork, scoreline patterns, engrave patterns, and base svgs to make the design process fun and easy without needing to create everything from scratch yourself.

Nope! This course is designed with beginners in mind 🙂

You get unlimited access, including all future updates.

As finished, physical products – yes! However, any design that uses the design elements from the included kit cannot be sold as digital SVG files.

The only requirement for the course is a computer with the desktop version of Adobe Illustrator. A laser is recommended to test your designs.

While this workshop is geared towards beginners, even if you’ve used Illustrator before, you’ll probably still learn something new, especially because there are a million ways to do the same thing in Illustrator.

The workshop is designed to be done is 3 days. There is about 1.5 hours of video content total. Upon purchase, you’ll have full access to the workshop so you can work through it faster than 3 days if you’d like. There’s no rush, and you have unlimited access!

Because this is a digital product, I don’t accept refunds.

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