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One week ago today, I was spending the majority of my weekend with about 350 business owners who were absolutely inspiring to be around.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I had conversations with designers about courses and emails.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Conversations with calligraphers and artists about how much money mindset is a real thing for creative entrepreneurs, and how much FUN this career can be.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Conversations with Podcasters and YouTube personalities about what it's like to create that kind of content on the regular (hello, whole new world of intrigue).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And conversations with old friends like Kelsey of @paperandoats, Jamie of @sprucerd, and Carla of @makehersocial as we meandered through the streets of Boise while we were there for the Craft + Commerce Conference.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And all of it circles back to one thing.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Using the gifts and talents we have to serve our audience well, but recognizing how important it is to step out of our comfort zone and start conversations with strangers to learn from people who have gifts and talents that we don't yet have a grasp on, to expand our knowledge even more.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You all know that I love to travel - I would go somewhere every month if we could - and even though exploring new cities is something I love, the best part of going to conferences is meeting people you wouldn't otherwise get to so "easily", and strengthening the friendships with the people you care about that you only get to see every year or so.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I've said it a hundred times and I'll say it a thousand more - making in-person experiences a priority to continue your business education is one of the best things you can do for yourself every year as an entrepreneur. 💕
I saw this a few weeks back from @coppercreative and have kept this in the back of my mind since the day I first saw it.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It's so easy to succumb to doubt, to let yourself not believe that you can do the things before you, but with a strong mind, a brave heart, and a fierce soul, you can do anything and everything placed before you. 🎉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Happy June, y'all. What are you going to do for the remainder of this month in order to make the best of it??
My last morning in Boise, I had about an hour before I had to leave to go to the airport to fly back home. I had two choices - I could pull out my laptop and work for that hour, or I could hop in an Uber with my coffee in hand and go walk around a rose garden for about 30 minutes, soaking in one more sweet spot in Boise prior to the long travel day home. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Well, you can see which one won. 💕I am all for working hard in the time we have - for developing a routine and making the best of the time we have, but I am also all for enjoying things too - I had just spent the previous four days taking notes upon notes at this conference and soaking up so. much. knowledge to organize and think about how to use for @creativefounders , and I knew that my brain needed a break before to think things through a bit more before it could work well that morning. So, I spent the time walking a couple of miles around Julia Davis Park bear the greenbelt, and admiring all of the beautiful roses in the rose garden for so long that I lost track of time and literally got to the airport 30 minutes before my flight took off 😂😳. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When given the opportunity to explore in a city when you don't know when you'll be back, sometimes it's better to stop and smell the literal roses. 💕 Swipe on to the right to see more of what I was surrounded by yesterday morning. It certainly was beautiful!
When I laugh the hardest, my eyes squint shut and my nose crinkles up. We're in the beginnings of a new month and one of my goals is to fill each day with laughter and happiness as much as possible. Who's with me?? 🙋🤣 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Later this week, I'm heading out to Boise, Idaho to spend some time with a few sweet friends at a conference and I know our time will be spent with a lot of learning, but also a lot of laughter as we explore the city and take it all in. (Let's just cross our fingers it doesn't rain and warms up a bit from those supposed lows in the 40s, mmmmmkay?!) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Then, a few weeks later, I'm heading up to Asheville, NC to host our third @creativefounders Alumni Retreat and on the way there, I'm road-tripping up with four of the eight girls who'll be attending, meeting up in Atlanta and going from there. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Being an entrepreneur where some of your closest friends are spread out all over the US is hard - they're not a few doors down to get together for dinners or have our kids get together for play dates on a Monday afternoon, but the fact that I get to have so many different experiences with them in all different places makes me smile just thinking about it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Cheers to having a month filled with happiness with friends from one side of the US to the other. Share with me today - what are some of the adventures YOU have planned for the summer or people you'll get to see where your nose may crinkle up with joy? 💕 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ {photo by @xoashleyvictoria}
This photo is one that we snapped on the beach in January of 2018, at our first ever Alumni Retreat for @creativefounders. This group of women are some of the most amazing women that I know, who are all incredible entrepreneurs. This is an image you've seen a few times over on the Society for Creative Founders website, and it's one that I like to think of as one of our signatures, because of the camaraderie that's within this image that our Community stands for. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This Community is a group of women who work together, who support one another, who lift each other up and collaborate on things every single day. Who work as individuals, but also together as a team. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And although our Conference Experience is one of the best things I can think of for in-person connections, our online community comes pretty close to it for those online connections that are needed and appreciated in the online space that is being an entrepreneur as well. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This week on Wednesday, it'll be closing for new members to join until the Fall. We have some fun things planned for summer, and don't want people to miss any of it. So, if you've been thinking about joining the Community but have been on the fence, this is the week to sign up! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Find all of the details over at @creativefounders or via the link in my profile above. I hope to see you join our Community today! 💕#creativefounders ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ {photo by @annafilly}
Summer vacay officially starts on Monday, and my kids are so excited! A few weeks ago I made these from a recipe found from @kenarryideas in a dairy-free version (simple switch, coconut whip instead of frosting to keep the crushed graham crackers in place and not get soggy on the jello!) for my son for his end-of-the-year preschool party, and when my daughter asked me to make some for her today, I happily obliged. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Here’s to the hope that this summer will be filled with little moments like this. It may not be every day that we have sweet treats like these, but this is one of my favorite things about being a mama. Let the sweet (hot) Florida summer days commence!
Last year, I was "too busy" to take the time to plant flowers in our window boxes that we have on our shed. All spring and summer long. Can we talk for a minute about how absolutely ridiculous that is?? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I bought little mini blooms of flowers, just like these, TWICE, left them in the pots you purchase them in too long, put them in the backyard, forgot about them, and both times, they withered away in the sun, until they were just pots of dirt. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Yesterday, we went out to Lowes and I picked these little beauties up. My husband raised his eyebrows knowingly and said "are you actually going to plant these this year??" ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I looked at him and found myself reacting before I could think and hearing myself say, "this is the summer that things change". ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And this morning, less than 24 hours later, my hands were in the dirt and these beauties are in their summer home. 🙌 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For years, I've wanted to plant a garden in our backyard. To nurture it all year long. To have an entire back fence full of flowers, that grow up from seeds into blooming beauties that I can look out from our kitchen and see. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This marks year seven in this house and I think it's about time I shifted my priorities and made this garden happen, not letting the excuse of "I'm too busy" top my reason list as to why I'm not doing it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What's something that you have been putting off, that doesn't necessarily take a ton of time, but you are always "too busy" to do? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What if you shifted your priorities, wrote it down in your planner or in your Asana or your Trello as an action item and made it happen, even if only working on it in those quiet pockets of time we all have for a few minutes a day? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Are you truly, truly too busy to make it happen? Or, could you start it even just a little bit, today? 💕