About Jennifer Empey | Slow Simple Journeys
A creative studio dedicated to heritage storytelling, simple living, and original digital art.
🌙 Jennifer Empey
📜🎨 I’m Jennifer: a family historian with nearly fifty years of research experience and digital creator with 30+ years of digital practice bringing heritage stories to life through art, photography, and slow, meaningful journeys.
Who This Space Is For
This space is for you if you’re drawn to simple living, creativity, and heritage stories:
✨ Prefer a simpler pace: This space is for you if you’re drawn to simple living, creativity, and heritage stories:
🌸 Love visual creativity: You’re inspired by digital art, photography, and creative projects that bring stories to life.
🌿 Value history & heritage: You’re curious about ancestral stories and the deep history of the places connected to them.
☀️ Appreciate slow journeys: You explore at your own pace, whether at home, locally, or through the quiet pathways of family history research.
🌙 The Heart Behind Slow Simple Journeys
I’m Jennifer—a digital creator, family historian, and visual artist.
This studio is where I share my digital art, photography, and decades of personal family history research. Instead of fast‑paced trends, this space is for people who want to slow down and focus on craft, heritage, and simple living.
I bring nearly 50 years of family history research and 30+ years of digital work into my creative practice, sharing articles, digital products, and creative resources shaped by the stories of the past.
🌸 What I Create
✨ Digital Products, Art & Creative Resources
Practical and creative digital tools designed to support your everyday projects:
- Original clipart and digital design assets
- Creative prompts and project templates
- Simple living checklists and gentle planning tools
🌱 Slow Living and Travel Articles
Visual insights on slow, intentional exploration, whether at home, in local Victorian landscapes, or through the quiet pathways of heritage research.
- Family History Research and Stories
- Slowing Living
- Slow Travel & Photography
📖 Family History & Heritage Stories
Drawing from decades of research, I document the lives, origins, and journeys of families who lived in Victoria and beyond, including the Empey family and other ancestral lines connected to my heritage.
🌳 Ancestral Family Surnames
I actively research the following surnames:
🇦🇺 Australia (Victoria & NSW)
- Bant
- Dunn & Dunne
- Empey
- Harris
- Lindley
- Lovett
- Simpson
- Cairns & Kearns
- Quinlan
- Fahey
- Carroll
- Callahan & Callaghan
- Dillon
- Goldsmith
- Plant
- O’Connell
👉 Browse Family Surname Locations, Family History Articles & Ancestral Stories
📜 Featured Family History Stories
🗝️ Empey Family History
- Empey Family History: From the Rhine to South Dundas and the Victorian Goldfields
- Victorian Teacher: William Arthur Empey
🤝 Contact & Collaborations
I partner with tourism destinations, heritage sites, and aligned lifestyle brands to create authentic, story-rich content and photography.
📩 For heritage questions, creative projects, digital art enquiries, partnerships, campaigns, or creative collaborations, please reach out through my contact page
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
~ Arthur Asche
Jennifer Empey acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the land on which she lives and creates and pays respect to Elders past, present, and emerging. She honours their enduring connection to Country, community, and story.