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Amanda Mississippi Last week was quite an adventure. My first stop was a visit to my best friend in Mississippi. It’s so nice to take a little time away from everything + catch up with those who bring us such joy.Then it was off to Nashville to attend Stationery Academy, a workshop for paperpreneurs. I arrived excited, […]
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3/03/14
This business season has been a whirlwind of excitement + amazing opportunities. As I’ve been pouring my heart + soul into my work, I’ve also been keeping notes on things. Things like trends, client expectations, mistakes I’ve made; it’s a testament to the value of experience + the last several months have been chock-full of […]
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9/09/13
I’ve been reflecting on vacation and the idea of unplugging this week. As I sit here on Labor Day with my feet against the rails of our Vermont cabin, I’m reminded of what getting away truly means. Normally on vacation I count down from the beginning, 4 days to go until I have to get […]
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9/03/13
Roseville Designs 2014 planning is still under way, and I’m excited to share with you the next phase: website redesign! Many of us creative business owners desperately want to update our website, but don’t want to foot the bill (which is often a big one!) for a full-on web designer. Enter coder extraordinaire Brandi Bernoskie. Brandi […]
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6/25/13
I’ve been hard at work over the last few weeks. Okay, I’ve been hard at work since I decided to take this business dream out for a spin, but more specifically I’ve been in full-on planning mode. 2014 wedding season preparation is under way for lots of newly engaged couples, and I’ve been taking a hard look […]
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5/31/13
Lately I’ve been working on a lot of branding projects. I really love logo design and creating a look + feel for a business. I always give my clients instructions on how to get inspired, because often times they’re inclined to put the cart before the horse. They want to get the website running and the business cards […]
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5/21/13
I get A LOT of emails every day. Between my 9-5 gig, the design business and my personal life, I’m managing a bunch of inboxes and people in need of information. Trimming down my inbox means deleting or marking as read those emails which aren’t too important (mostly clothing sales + Staples coupons), and this […]
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4/29/13
Oh, pricing, you saucy minx. You are the thing we cannot avoid, and that which we can never seem to fully tackle. You make even the most confident creative business owner anxiously question their tactics and plans. One of the lessons I’ve learned (which I highlighted in this earlier post) was that to be a successful creative entrepreneur, you […]
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2/25/13
Michelle Edgemont (a fabulous wedding planner in NYC) recently said in article that “running a business means constantly living in the space between jubilation and terror”. This really hit home for me. Most days having this business feels like Christmas morning. I wake up and the first thing I do is check my email. Sometimes […]
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2/18/13
My Goodreads updates have probably been a bit boring for my followers! The reason is that nowadays much of my reading time is devoted to blogs. Every day I go to my RSS feeder app on my iPhone and catch up on all the ones I follow. Blogs are a fantastic (not to mention free) resource […]