• This week has just been one of those weeks where I feel like I have so much to do! It can get a little overwhelming at times. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Anyone else having one of those weeks? 🙋🏻‍♀️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Yesterday I worked on six different websites - that’s a lot of clients to jump around to in one day. I’m so thankful though for this job. Even when I feel like a crazy person I absolutely love what I get to do each day. So I’m holding onto that today and committing to being joyful in the midst of all my to-dos today. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Time to get to work!
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    This week has just been one of those weeks where I feel like I have so much to do! It can get a little overwhelming at times. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Anyone else having one of those weeks? 🙋🏻‍♀️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Yesterday I worked on six different websites - that’s a lot of clients to jump around to in one day. I’m so thankful though for this job. Even when I feel like a crazy person I absolutely love what I get to do each day. So I’m holding onto that today and committing to being joyful in the midst of all my to-dos today. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Time to get to work!
  • Swipe to see one of my favorite websites to date! 👏🏻 (do I say that about all my clients, yes but still!) Today is all about @fleurishbyangela which is now Solstice Floral! 🙌🏻 What a treat it’s been to work with another one of the wedding vendors who served us on our wedding day! Angela truly went above and beyond with our wedding flowers and I was honored when she asked to work together to rebrand her company and give her website a facelift. Go check out solsticefloral.com to see this beautiful new website and let us know what you think! See if you can find our wedding flowers on the site 🙃
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    Swipe to see one of my favorite websites to date! 👏🏻 (do I say that about all my clients, yes but still!) Today is all about @fleurishbyangela which is now Solstice Floral! 🙌🏻 What a treat it’s been to work with another one of the wedding vendors who served us on our wedding day! Angela truly went above and beyond with our wedding flowers and I was honored when she asked to work together to rebrand her company and give her website a facelift. Go check out solsticefloral.com to see this beautiful new website and let us know what you think! See if you can find our wedding flowers on the site 🙃
  • What’s holding you back? But really, why haven’t you launched the website, started the email list, announced your new product? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is what I FINALLY asked myself last week. I’ve been working on my studio’s new website behind the scenes since the end of last year but I thought I needed to wait until my template shop was ready to launch the new updates. But I also really wanted the new people visiting my website to see the new look. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So I launched the updates! I made a couple tweaks because the new blog design wasn’t ready but I launched my new site. I’m so proud of this one, friends. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There wasn’t necessarily anything wrong with my website, but it’s been about a year since I first launched and I’ve learned and changed a lot in my first year of business. Plus, I was tired of my clients’ websites looking better than my own! 🙃 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Oh, and I finally started an email list. So I can officially check that one off my to-do list! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Is there anything that you’ve been putting off launching for fear it isn’t quite perfect yet? 👇🏻 let me know so I can cheer you on!
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    What’s holding you back? But really, why haven’t you launched the website, started the email list, announced your new product? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is what I FINALLY asked myself last week. I’ve been working on my studio’s new website behind the scenes since the end of last year but I thought I needed to wait until my template shop was ready to launch the new updates. But I also really wanted the new people visiting my website to see the new look. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So I launched the updates! I made a couple tweaks because the new blog design wasn’t ready but I launched my new site. I’m so proud of this one, friends. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There wasn’t necessarily anything wrong with my website, but it’s been about a year since I first launched and I’ve learned and changed a lot in my first year of business. Plus, I was tired of my clients’ websites looking better than my own! 🙃 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Oh, and I finally started an email list. So I can officially check that one off my to-do list! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Is there anything that you’ve been putting off launching for fear it isn’t quite perfect yet? 👇🏻 let me know so I can cheer you on!
  • I can’t believe this is only our third Valentine’s Day together! I feel like I’ve been loving this guy way longer. 💕 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We celebrated at our favorite TexMex place in town last night and it was so chill and perfect. Now, time for one more day of work before we’re running around taking photos at a high school retreat all weekend! In case you missed my stories yesterday, our church puts on a big high school retreat for hundreds of people and they need a ton of volunteers. So Levi runs the photo/video team and this will be my third year helping him out! Going to be channeling all the good vibes from the amazing photographers I follow so hopefully the pics will turn out 🙃 Whether or not your celebrating Valentines Day, I hope you have a great weekend! What are your plans?!
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    I can’t believe this is only our third Valentine’s Day together! I feel like I’ve been loving this guy way longer. 💕 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We celebrated at our favorite TexMex place in town last night and it was so chill and perfect. Now, time for one more day of work before we’re running around taking photos at a high school retreat all weekend! In case you missed my stories yesterday, our church puts on a big high school retreat for hundreds of people and they need a ton of volunteers. So Levi runs the photo/video team and this will be my third year helping him out! Going to be channeling all the good vibes from the amazing photographers I follow so hopefully the pics will turn out 🙃 Whether or not your celebrating Valentines Day, I hope you have a great weekend! What are your plans?!
  • Launch Day Number☝🏻of the week over here, and today we are celebrating @monicaannphotography! This custom @showit website is SO FUN, guys! And you know I’m loving all the pink as we move into Valentine’s Day weekend (definitely wearing a pink sweater today to celebrate). Monica’s joyful and bubbly personality was a big inspiration for all the layout decisions, font choices, and pops of color throughout her new online home. If you’re loving what you see here, then you’ve got to check out the full site! Link in my bio! Welcome home to your beautiful, new website, friend! 🙌🏻
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    Launch Day Number☝🏻of the week over here, and today we are celebrating @monicaannphotography! This custom @showit website is SO FUN, guys! And you know I’m loving all the pink as we move into Valentine’s Day weekend (definitely wearing a pink sweater today to celebrate). Monica’s joyful and bubbly personality was a big inspiration for all the layout decisions, font choices, and pops of color throughout her new online home. If you’re loving what you see here, then you’ve got to check out the full site! Link in my bio! Welcome home to your beautiful, new website, friend! 🙌🏻
  • What are your biggest frustrations about your website? 🖥 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Is it not having enough time to make updates? Or maybe you don’t even know how to update your own site? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Do the content and visuals no longer represent the direction your business is growing in? Maybe your branding is outdated? Or you don’t have good brand photography? Or the organization of your website is confusing to navigate for visitors? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve been a graphic + web designer for around 4 years now (plus design school) and for a long time my biggest frustration was feeling like my creative vision didn’t come to life online. I would design websites and never felt like the developers I was working with could bring the websites to life the way I wanted. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ That all changed when I discovered @showit! Showit is a website builder and host, and there’s no coding knowledge required to use it! If you’ve never checked out the platform, they have a 14 day free trial! When I started my business in 2018, I was SO excited about the creative freedom of the website builder that my full website was designed and built before the free trial ended! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Showit has turned into the only website platform I want to use anymore because I love that I can easily train my design clients to update their own websites. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Alright, so now I want to hear about your biggest website frustrations! 👇🏻 And, if you have any questions about Showit I’d love to answer those too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve been thinking about sharing some videos of me editing in Showit on my stories so you can all see how amazing it is. Would that interest you?! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #entrepreneurlife #girlboss #showitdesigner #showitwebsite #showiteer #fempreneur #builtbygirls #darlingmovement #creativeatheart #goaldigger #risingtidesociety #communityovercompetition #collaborationovercompetition #makersvillage #wearethecreativecommunity #thecreativegrid #createcultivate #calledtobecreatives #makersgonnamake #herestothecreatives #wednesdaywisdom #heydesign #livelovedesign #designisinthedetails
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    What are your biggest frustrations about your website? 🖥 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Is it not having enough time to make updates? Or maybe you don’t even know how to update your own site? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Do the content and visuals no longer represent the direction your business is growing in? Maybe your branding is outdated? Or you don’t have good brand photography? Or the organization of your website is confusing to navigate for visitors? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve been a graphic + web designer for around 4 years now (plus design school) and for a long time my biggest frustration was feeling like my creative vision didn’t come to life online. I would design websites and never felt like the developers I was working with could bring the websites to life the way I wanted. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ That all changed when I discovered @showit! Showit is a website builder and host, and there’s no coding knowledge required to use it! If you’ve never checked out the platform, they have a 14 day free trial! When I started my business in 2018, I was SO excited about the creative freedom of the website builder that my full website was designed and built before the free trial ended! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Showit has turned into the only website platform I want to use anymore because I love that I can easily train my design clients to update their own websites. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Alright, so now I want to hear about your biggest website frustrations! 👇🏻 And, if you have any questions about Showit I’d love to answer those too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve been thinking about sharing some videos of me editing in Showit on my stories so you can all see how amazing it is. Would that interest you?! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #entrepreneurlife #girlboss #showitdesigner #showitwebsite #showiteer #fempreneur #builtbygirls #darlingmovement #creativeatheart #goaldigger #risingtidesociety #communityovercompetition #collaborationovercompetition #makersvillage #wearethecreativecommunity #thecreativegrid #createcultivate #calledtobecreatives #makersgonnamake #herestothecreatives #wednesdaywisdom #heydesign #livelovedesign #designisinthedetails
  • It’s almost 10am and I haven’t started work yet today. And that’s okay! I woke up before 8, dropped something off at Levi’s office, went to the gym, went to the grocery store, and now I’m about to get cleaned up. Then it will be time to start working. I definitely strive to only work during the typical 8-5 work hours, but I also know that I’m not as productive when I haven’t cleaned the house or worked out. So sometimes those things just have to happen first for me. This is your friendly reminder to setup your schedule in a way that works for you! And if you’re like me, that probably looks a little different each day. Drop a 🙌🏻 below if you love the flexible schedule being an entrepreneur allows! #productivityhabits #selfcarelove #selfcaretips #creativebizowner #creativelifehappylife #graphicdesigndaily #brandphotography #brandphotographer #brandphotoshoot #showitdesigner #webdesignagency #indianapolisbusiness #tuesdaythoughts #designisinthedetails #designerlife #livelovedesign #calledtobecreative #thehappynow #pursuewhatislovely #dontquityourdaydream #buildyourempire #builtbygirls #bossbabe #entrepreneurlife
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    It’s almost 10am and I haven’t started work yet today. And that’s okay! I woke up before 8, dropped something off at Levi’s office, went to the gym, went to the grocery store, and now I’m about to get cleaned up. Then it will be time to start working. I definitely strive to only work during the typical 8-5 work hours, but I also know that I’m not as productive when I haven’t cleaned the house or worked out. So sometimes those things just have to happen first for me. This is your friendly reminder to setup your schedule in a way that works for you! And if you’re like me, that probably looks a little different each day. Drop a 🙌🏻 below if you love the flexible schedule being an entrepreneur allows! #productivityhabits #selfcarelove #selfcaretips #creativebizowner #creativelifehappylife #graphicdesigndaily #brandphotography #brandphotographer #brandphotoshoot #showitdesigner #webdesignagency #indianapolisbusiness #tuesdaythoughts #designisinthedetails #designerlife #livelovedesign #calledtobecreative #thehappynow #pursuewhatislovely #dontquityourdaydream #buildyourempire #builtbygirls #bossbabe #entrepreneurlife
  • Can we talk for a minute about how amazing and supportive the #creativepreneur community is?! ✨ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @elizabethmccravy is a brand + web designer that I’ve been looking to as a mentor since before I started my business! She has an amazing podcast of which I’m a loyal listener, and she’s always been so friendly and helpful when we’ve chatted on Instagram. Elizabeth has been so kind to refer business my way when her schedule is too full and that’s how I was connected with @siobhanbarnes_ for this website project! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Siobhan purchased one of Elizabeth’s @showit website templates and I customized it for her. Sometimes customizing a website template just involves changing out photos, text, fonts, and colors but this one involved a lot more! Siobhan has A LOT of amazing content she wanted to include on her website so I built out multiple additional areas and pages to match the style and layout of Elizabeth’s Reese template. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’m so thrilled with how everything is coming together. ✨ Shiv’s new site will be launching later this week and I can’t wait to share more of the details with you all! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Business owner, let’s keep supporting each other! Refer others when you’re booked, don’t think a client is a good fit, or just because you want to support another #girlboss! 🤘🏻 What’s your favorite way to support other small business owners?! 👇🏻 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ PS: Are you ready to invest in your dream website this year?! I’m only accepting TWO more clients for April so send me a DM to start chatting today! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #communityovercompetition #therisingtidesociety #showitdesigner #showitwebsite #websitetheme #showit #showittemplate #showiteer #websiteswithpersonality #websitetemplate #femininewebsitetemplate #femininewebsites #elizabethmccravy #showit5design #showitlaunch #lifecoach #lifecoachwebsites #creatives #creativeatheart #withgracemovement #indianapolisdesigner #websitedesigner
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    Can we talk for a minute about how amazing and supportive the #creativepreneur community is?! ✨ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @elizabethmccravy is a brand + web designer that I’ve been looking to as a mentor since before I started my business! She has an amazing podcast of which I’m a loyal listener, and she’s always been so friendly and helpful when we’ve chatted on Instagram. Elizabeth has been so kind to refer business my way when her schedule is too full and that’s how I was connected with @siobhanbarnes_ for this website project! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Siobhan purchased one of Elizabeth’s @showit website templates and I customized it for her. Sometimes customizing a website template just involves changing out photos, text, fonts, and colors but this one involved a lot more! Siobhan has A LOT of amazing content she wanted to include on her website so I built out multiple additional areas and pages to match the style and layout of Elizabeth’s Reese template. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’m so thrilled with how everything is coming together. ✨ Shiv’s new site will be launching later this week and I can’t wait to share more of the details with you all! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Business owner, let’s keep supporting each other! Refer others when you’re booked, don’t think a client is a good fit, or just because you want to support another #girlboss! 🤘🏻 What’s your favorite way to support other small business owners?! 👇🏻 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ PS: Are you ready to invest in your dream website this year?! I’m only accepting TWO more clients for April so send me a DM to start chatting today! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #communityovercompetition #therisingtidesociety #showitdesigner #showitwebsite #websitetheme #showit #showittemplate #showiteer #websiteswithpersonality #websitetemplate #femininewebsitetemplate #femininewebsites #elizabethmccravy #showit5design #showitlaunch #lifecoach #lifecoachwebsites #creatives #creativeatheart #withgracemovement #indianapolisdesigner #websitedesigner
  • I LOVE organizing. And I love organizing everything - the house, computer files, my calendar, anything. Every Friday I schedule time to get organized in my business. It feels SO good to cross all the last items off my to-do list and write out my list for the following week. Then I can jump right into work on Monday! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The month of February is already feeling kinda busy over here so organization and planning is going to be the key to success this month! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @planoly + @dubsado are two of my favorite tools for organization at MKDS. I'd love to hear what tools you use. What are your favorite tools?!
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    I LOVE organizing. And I love organizing everything - the house, computer files, my calendar, anything. Every Friday I schedule time to get organized in my business. It feels SO good to cross all the last items off my to-do list and write out my list for the following week. Then I can jump right into work on Monday! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The month of February is already feeling kinda busy over here so organization and planning is going to be the key to success this month! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @planoly + @dubsado are two of my favorite tools for organization at MKDS. I'd love to hear what tools you use. What are your favorite tools?!
  • I hope to never live a day where I don't laugh and smile. ✨ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Life is good. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I think it's especially important as a creative entrepreneur to find joy in the simple things. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I know how easy it is to become overwhelmed by all the work there is to do or discouraged when your business isn't growing as quickly as you would like it to be. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But then I remind myself that growing slow is good. It allows me to really improve my processes. It keeps me from taking on more than I can handle. It has allowed me space to work on my @showit website templates! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Today, I am thankful for growing at a speed that is good for me.
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    I hope to never live a day where I don't laugh and smile. ✨ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Life is good. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I think it's especially important as a creative entrepreneur to find joy in the simple things. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I know how easy it is to become overwhelmed by all the work there is to do or discouraged when your business isn't growing as quickly as you would like it to be. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But then I remind myself that growing slow is good. It allows me to really improve my processes. It keeps me from taking on more than I can handle. It has allowed me space to work on my @showit website templates! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Today, I am thankful for growing at a speed that is good for me.