Meet The Rebel

For thirty years, I helped other people make their dreams beautiful.

As a floral designer, event planner, marketer, and brand strategist, I built beautiful experiences and helped creative businesses grow. I spent my career making other people's dreams shine—from weddings and events, to marketing campaigns and websites.

People lovingly knew me as Wedding Jeannie. It was a chapter I will always cherish and be extremely proud of. But somewhere along the way, I realized something. I still had dreams of my own. You see, I made a major move from Southern California to South Georgia (technically I’m just a Southern gal) in 2020, with the intention of carrying on with my business in The Southeast. Then Covid hit, and the hospitality industry shut down - shutting down my dreams along with it. Instead of seeing failure, I’ve come to see opportunity.

Besides having been a successful business woman, I’m also a wife, and a mother of two grown children. I love books, gardening, collecting dishes and teapots, and cooking. Cooking also includes dancing in the kitchen. Because life is to short to live it quietly.

Here at The Rebel Age you'll find honest conversations about travel, beauty, health, fashion, finance and the joy of living boldly after 60 — written by a woman who is living every word of it.

The Rebel Age is the result of everything life has taught me about beauty, branding, creativity, resilience, and reinvention. It's my way of saying to every woman over sixty: "You are not finished." I know I’m not. This isn't my second act. It's the chapter I've been preparing for all along. And I'd love for you to come along with me.

Welcome to The Rebel Age. Pull up a chair. Read a post. Leave a comment. Laugh with me. And remember - YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD TO BECOME A REBEL!

— Jeannie Ward
Founder & Rebel-in-Chief