Next thing I knew I had clicked on the “remix” reel button right after my business partner @rachelklinecreative shared this one— SO unlike me! 😳 I typically shy away from sharing my work! 🙈—I must be growing up?! 🤔🤣 take a look and drop some love? I’m curious to see what happens if someone clicks on the “😍” 😆. —> New shiny-sparkling brand & website for @the_wellnesswhisk ✨ #brandingidentity #lifestylebrand #thewellnessway #smallbusinessesrock

Did you know a logo is not branding? 🤔 It’s just one micro part of the ‘verbal brand’—a long with brand name, slogan, brand story, personality, values, language—to name a few. Brand/Branding is formed by 3 components: 💬 verbal brand 👁️ visual brand, and 😌 brand emotion Isn’t it cool?! To learn more, just slide 🙃 What’s one thing you didn’t know? Me and my curiosity want to know 🤓 #brandingtip #smallbusinessbrand

“Learn more about your people they say…”—“ugh, why this again?!” 😩 That was me a few years ago, tired of having to answer that question for pretty much EVERYTHING 🙈 (when I didn’t actually had a clue…). Fast forward 7yrs , now I know, knowing “who they are” makes even the branding process much easier and successful - by doing the reaching + converting for you… without needing to say a word 😁 The key is being able to express it. And for that the first thing I’ll suggest is: learn more about yourself…✨ To the point you can verbalize it, and then see those same things in somebody else 🤓 How?! One of my (unexpected) fave tools is the Enneagram 🤭 Find out “how I used the enneagram —and other personality tools—to help me spot my people”. I’ll be sending an e-letter on Monday! 🤓 Sign up 💌 Link in bio! Ps. Reel showcasing: logo refresh + colors + business card design for @_twome . Isabella, you are going to love what they’ll do for you! 🥳 — #brandidentity #brandinginspo #businesstips #businesscardsdesign #bohovibes #slowandsimpledays #graphicdesigner #supportsmallbusiness #femaleentrepreneur #creativesofinstagram #creativesontherise #shadesofbrown #shadesofcream #brandingtips #brandingtipsbysusanmar

The winds of change are coming… slowly but surely the seasons will shift to a greener end of the tunnel. Just like myself. 🧚‍♀️✨ Have I told you Branding helped me get to know myself better? 😊 Now I can even recognize parts of myself that resonate with you. Yes, you. Kindred Spirit. ‘You’ that knows how uplifting it feels to stare at the ocean, be in nature, and breathe fresh air after the rain… Branding helped me discover myself to a deeper level. It can do for you the same…✨ I’m waltzing my way to the light, stay to see what’s on the other side!💃🏻 — Our gold-plated-two-sided HOPE necklace in collaboration with @rachelklinecreative are finally here! 🥳 Link in bio to shop 🛍️ — 🏷️ #slowsimpleseasonal #cottagecore #cottagecoreaesthetic #cottagelife #cottageliving #perioddrama #janeeyre #prideandprejudice #countryliving #countrylife #foggymorning #mistymorning #natureathome #springiscoming #springishere #wanderingsoul #cornersofmyworld #slownaturemoments #beautyyouseek  #magicalwild #seasonspoetry #gowildlyandslow #outdoorpeople #brandidentity #faithoverfear

Your story is the depth your brand needs ✨ You know, I would have never thought about that statement back in college🤔 Back then I even had some sort of dread about print design + branding. There was something comforting about digital design were nothing felt permanent 🙈 That lack of understanding (aka fear) is why I end it up with a master’s degree on that… Isn’t Interesting?! the results of our fears are often interlocked in our lives choices… 🤔 Now everything has changed… Now I know—tucked inside your story—are values that will lead how your brand looks & feels ✨😊 Fear is no longer there. Wisdom is. 🤍 — Got any branding questions? drop them below; I’m here if you need me! 🤓 — #branddesign #brandinspiration #brandinginspo #gentledays

When you ask me, why? When you’ve made your way out of loss, brokenness, and grieve “what it could have been”… and yet you often forget “how far you’ve come”… This is the ‘why’ of the mug created in collab with @rachelklinecreative 😊✨ For those days when you need to take special care of yourself—start with the smell of coffee lingering in the air… And the words written on your mug… “there’s a past version of you that’s so proud of how far you’ve come”… ✨🤍 - Link to shop in bio + get 10%off when you join the email list. 💌 — 🏷 #cupoftheday #coffeeandseasons #adayinthelifeof #catsofinstagram #smallbusiness #supportsmallbusiness #morningroutine #makersgonnamake #makersmovement #quotestoliveby #gloomandglow #hashtagauthentic

You’ll likely shed a tear (or two, or three…) This is what happens when you work with me 🙈 Didn’t see that one coming for sure, yet it seems to be the “more often than not” response when my clients see their first drafts 👀 —I love that they feel safe enough to share their Instant + unfiltered reaction with me —🥹 Every time a reply email opens with “goosebumps”, “I had tears running down my face when I saw this”, and “I love it! you are the best!!!” —my heart mirrors their happiness and I can’t help but feel warm and fuzzy inside 🥰 I’m living my purpose 😌 My head and hands create ‘something’ out of ‘nothing’… and there it is, the intangible truth He’s been there all along with me 🥹 I’ll tell you a “secret” 🤫 Before I start a project I always pray, pray for Him to show me what I cannot see… ✨ — 👆🏼 Click link in bio to see my branding packages 👩🏽‍💻 or visit bysusanmar.com/design-packages/ — Project: Brand Kit (+ additional logo/icons). Type: Umbrella Brand Client: New Leaf Wellness Collective Work included: Brand analysis + strategy + concept & development — 🏷 #graphicdesign #brandidentity #calledtocreate #calledtobecreative #brandingdesign #wellness #minimalism #bohostyle #bohemiandesign #cleanandsimpledesign #genz #coffeeislove #onthetableproject #procreateartwork

Some dreams shape slowly, so softly you just embrace them with arms wide open… isn’t? ✨ That’s how this collection in collaboration with @rachelklinecreative came to be. One day after having lunch, laughing, walking back to the co-working space after helping her define RKC’s Dream Client I was like you know… now you could even have a product line. A necklace like those you like. Time went by and one day she was like “I can’t stop thinking about this!”—shall we do it? And just like that I said “yes!”, I didn’t even had time to be afraid. This is the thing you know, I’ve learned real magic happens when you connect with like-minded people… Rachel brings out the shy dreamer inside of me. I told @christymartininteriors the other day, I think in a way I’m “substance”, and she’s “action”. 🤔 We are definitely better together, we balance out each other in ways I would have never expected. She’s helped me heal in so many intangible ways with her optimism, openness, and “go-get it” attitude. Sometimes I think we got lucky, meeting each other. Then reality hits and I’m like “no”, I prayed for this. I just didn’t think it was going to actually happen 🥹✨ This collection has so much of the two of us woven in sometimes is difficult to know who did what—I love that 😭✨. Thank you for supporting our journey, with likes, loves and follows. And anything you might have bought from this collection 🥹✨🤍 On this belated #smallbusinesssaturday we, and pretty much every small business, appreciate you 🥰 I’m leaving here some of my fave shops, in case you fancy a peek! 😊👇🏼 @julietillustrates @me_and_orla @unabashedapparel @anniequigley_artist @rosaliegwenpaperie @ddanielasalazar @tonicsiteshop @freckledpearco @floriginstudio @sophiebrabbins Link to shop on my bio. Get a 10% off when you join the email list 💌 🏷 #shopsmall #lettersfromahopefulcreative #creativesontherise #hopenecklace #mugwithquote #femalefreelancer #femalecreative #artistsofinstagram #candles #momlife #gloomandglow #hashtagauthentic

If you had told me it was going to be like this I wouldn’t have believed you… ✨ If you had told me, “you’ll launch your product line in collab with @rachelklinecreative crossing fingers she won’t go into labor just yet”… I wouldn’t have believed you either 🤔 If you had told me, “you’ll be launching the day before Thanksgiving, and run it through Black Friday”… I would have believed you even less 🙈 And here we are 😂 Living the quote printed on our thank you cards: “Done is better than perfect!” 🙌🏼✨ The biggest takeaway I’ve had so far?: ADAPT, and fast! 🥷 Click on my Stories to take a peek—“Go For It”, a collection of “go-to’s to help you get things done” is live, breathing, and reaching! 🥰 Tangible reminders that when you put your hope in the one above, He will make incredible things happen. Our hope is for you to have hope—as you ‘get it done’ ✨🤍 Link in bio. Ps. Happy thanksgiving, if you celebrate! 🏷 #makersgonnamake #makermonday #makersmovement #moodygrams #browns #createwithallofyourheart #supportsmallbusiness #suportbrandlocal #vintageinspired #romanticvibes

Where does your story begin? ✨ Pieces of joy, belly-laughter, bitter sweetness, and broken heartedness start mine. Of course I didn’t know that before. Who would have known the “last piece” of the puzzle I’d find it on a timeline of my life, Trauma therapy asked of me. I’m working on a series to kick off my podcast and YouTube channel: “3 on 3-Ways to help you DIY your brand from the inside out” (so you can finally stop tweaking it!). The series is meant to help you explore the story that goes *ahead* of your brand—in case you didn’t know —branding *is* more than a logo, fonts and colors that “we like”. How I see it? -A baby brand starts with “me”. -Grownup branding moves to “us” (highlighting the threads that connect you + your dream clients) -Ancient (like Olaf would say 🤣) forgets the “me”, “us”, and becomes “them”. Built completely on this persona they come up with. The brands that I do fall into the first two 😁 Everything you choose can have an intention you can keep aiming over and over again to deliver something that will not only make you feel at peace but will also work for your business goals…✨ For now… EEEK! I think we are (almost, possibly) *finally* ready to launch the product line in collaboration with @rachelklinecreative !! 🥳 A collection of “go-to’s to help you get things done”! 😆🙌🏼 These days more than ever I’m feeling confident, joyful, and peaceful trusting no matter what comes my way “I can do anything through Him that gives me strength”—Phil 4:13 Reach for hope, it’s there within your bones✨🤍 Ps. If you’d like to be first to hear about the product line (+get a discount)—make sure you are on my email list—link in bio. 💌 🏷 #thevisualcollective #neutraltones #dailywalk #simpleandstill #thehonestlens #mymotherhood #seekthepositive #teaoftheday #teaholic #storyofmytable #createyourhappy #everysquareastory #darlingmoment

Yes, there is. Intangible, perhaps a little bit worn out, but sometimes peeking out brimming with joy. I know she’s there, and I know you have yours as well. All we have to do is be willing to see her—firmly, directly to the eyes and tell her: I’m so proud of you. Woke up today feeling like “hanging by a thread”, dragging a headache since yesterday, every blink hurts, my anxiety meds are doing their annoying thing. I just know this is not me. Not the me I want to be. So I listened to @joycemeyer like I do every morning since the past months, sang my heart out to “joy comes every morning” by Church of the city, and decided to do this. Because I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one that needed this reminder today. “There’s a past version of you that is so proud of how far you’ve come”. Gently nudging lovely souls that are coming to my heart here: @scarlett_oks, @rachelklinecreative, @bethany_ballantyne, @christy_lohr_martin, @red_sh0es, @garden_to_table_zone6, and @julietillustrates (who graciously created the music you hear here for me! 🥹✨ you’ll likely hear it next on my podcast and YouTube channel!). Tag, send or share this to any friend! 🤍✨

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“You can’t do yoga wrong”, she said. Fascinated I sat there chatting with Sara, the passionate (and super fit!) soul behind @zenandfitwithsara 😊 I’ll forever remember the one moment she jumped out of her chair and before she even knew; she was “flowing”, dancing, suave-moves in an S shape reflecting how free Yoga can be. 🤩 I knew her brand had to embody how Yoga with Sara was.🧘‍♀️ Infused by her free spirit + energy + tropical Bali vives—the place that saw her passion bloom—her brand came to life. Now, how about some yoga? my lower back could definitely use it 🤔😆 Ps. Visit @rachelklinecreative to see how wonderful website turned out! 👀 I did the design and she did her website 🤓 🏷 #mindfullmovement #yogaflow #yogateacher #brandingdesign #branddesign #brandidentity #creativesofinstagram #calledtobecreative #yoga #creativeservices #makersmovement #beachlife #slowliving #slowstyle #slowandsimpledays #goewildandslow #saltlife #lancasterpa #graphicdesignservice

Color and its ability to kind of create “potions” to communicate what you need fascinates me—it’s all in the ratios, tints and hues; anything is possible! 🤩✨ What’s your favorite color? 🤔 Guess which one(s) are mine 🤭 🏷 #colorinspiration #favecolor #brandinginspiration

I didn’t want to believe it… There were 30 something items on my list labeled “trauma”. I guess a part of myself didn’t want to accept things for what they were until my therapist said “you don’t need the air quotes”.🥺 Naming things, recognizing parts of my story for what they are is the start to the healing path she said. I’m over here… overwhelmed by the truth, sad, and broken-hearted for the reality of the world we live in. Growing up in a Third World Country has marked me in a way I didn’t see coming.💔 There he was, standing in the middle of my home-office wearing a string of fake ivy around his neck like a pretend scarf. His mischievous eyes 👀 looking at me as I came in. I couldn’t help but laugh.🤭 And just like that I’m feeling hopeful again, I’m so blessed to have a supportive husband that would do the silliest things to pick up my mood after a side of me feels like my inner world is crumbling down. I’m feeling hopeful after a good nap, a cry, and a warm shower that reminded me once again how blessed I am.😌 I have running water now. Warm AND cold. The girl that used to take “showers” out of a bucket of lukewarm water is still here… 🥹 I just can see more clearly how blessed I am because of my imperfect past. 🤍✨

New product line in collaboration with my BFF @rachelklinecreative is in the works —Eeep! Hold me, I’m going to faint 🙈🤪😂 It’s a small collection of seemingly “random” items with one goal in mind: to help you get things done 🤩 We are women of Faith and for that reason one of our most exciting pieces (not feature here 🤭) is a necklace with the words HOPE in one side… the word that came to me one morning in bed while doing my Bible study… 🤍✨ The one thing we will always hold onto is hoping for the best —on every single thing we need to get done! And we want to encourage you to do the same 🥰 Want to be first to know when is out? Join my email list—link in bio (scroll to the bottom). 😊 🏷 #peoplescreatives #creativesontherise #handmadewithlove #womensupportingwomen #calledtobecreative #creativesuffolk #sneakpreview #slowandsimpledays #graphicdesigner #designswithpurpose

Can you keep a secret? 🤫 Go and take a look at my Stories—eeep!! I’m over here pretending to be calm & collected with this Reel (can you see the overhead tripod peeking in?! 😂). Exciting new things are coming 🥳—join my email list to be first to know! Link in bio. Scroll to the bottom 👆🏼 🏷 #softdreamyphotography #cozymoments #Yourvintagesoul #daysofsimpleandslow #awhisperedbeauty #calmcollected #mybeautifulstories #cupoftheday #cupoftheday #coffeeandseasons #naughtyteas #ilovetea #botanicaldreamers #allthingsbotanical #ihavethisthingwithflowers #桜の花

Did you know font styles can visually communicate so much and make you feel something?! 🤩 What’s your favorite font type? Handwritten, formal, clean and minimal? “Bookish”… perhaps? I’m a sucker for Handwritten ones if you can tell 😆 🏷 #fontstyle #graphicdesign #brandingdesign #slowliving #calledtobecreative #vintagestyle #aquietstyle #botanicaldreamers #quietcreativesreels #shadesofbrown #creativesgrowtogether #slowfloralstyle #momentsofcalm #fonts #gloomandglow

This is provably the most exciting DM I’ve gotten 😆 (slide to left). May 1, 2014. 🗓 Over toast, coffee and chatting with husband I couldn’t believe my eyes when the screen on my phone read “Congratulations! You are currently featured on Instagram's list of Suggested Users”. 🤯 The one thing I’ve never shared though, I actually DMed Instagram asking to be a Suggested User back then—casually, briefly, just saying “why” I was a good fit. 🤭 The message never was read. 🙃 I might never know how (or why) over thousands of accounts they picked mine 🤔 What I do know is that because of the organic experience I’ve gathered I can help you “catch up” on your Instagram game.🥳 Grab my guide, “3-Ways To Take Instagram Friendly Photos” freebie before is gone! 📸🤩 Click link in my bio! 👆🏼

No. How does that make you feel? 🤔 Empty. Nothing. The words sink in and suddenly there it is. A hit in my chest. Tight. Sara’s words echoing in my head, “feelings are just vibrations on your body”. Calm. Release. It’s not up to me. I’m less afraid of a no than a yes. A no has no action. No means I’m closer. Closer to a yes. No means hope.😌 I’ve never thought much about the psychology behind selling, I just knew “I wasn’t good at it”. Who knew, the road to ‘good’ started with shifting my relationship with the word “no”.🤯 How is that for a deep topic, eh?🤪 I’m doing this challenge where I have to get 50 no’s on purpose. Yes, you read that right. 50 no’s on PURPOSE. Who’s the “transgressor” you might ask? I’m totally blaming @me_and_orla for this one. 😂 Sara and her genius in the form of her new class (Sell Your Sh*t 🤭) has me having more cathartic moments than I can count! — “ I just want it to feel like a real brand…” Would you like my help in making your brand *feel* real? 😌✨ — My best selling Branding Package goes from: exploring the inside of your story… to a logo, fonts, and colors—that not only will be aligned with your vision—but that is also designed to reach more of your ideal people. Help a girl out, would you buy this? drop me a YES or a NO👇🏼 (I’m wishing no’s, but kind of also yes’s 🫣🤣). — Click link in Bio > Branding and Web Services To find out more 🤓

Wishing your website was as easy to update as your Insta grid?— yes please! 🙋🏻‍♀️ Sometimes I literally want to do what THAT cat on a GIF does—throw my computer (and all the plugging updates) out the window! 😝😺 There was a time when finding the perfect font, the perfect photos, the perfect “add to wishlist” button in the top right corner of each product (not over, but on top. Yes, right on top! Not a millimeter away!); was all that mattered to me 🫣 The thing is, looking back… I didn’t realized I had lost sight of what my main goal was. All I wanted (and want) to do is create. And make a living out of it. The less amount of time I spend between creating + selling… that should have been my goal.🤭 Who knows how many hours I lost looking for the “perfect” plugin. And THEN making it work. Instead of moving the needle that really mattered 🙈 A year later and all I want to do is undo all the complications I added to my website (+ myself!). 🤪 Maybe you do this too… Sailing your way through running your own business, having to constantly—constantly—remind yourself where is it that you are headed, and how you can get there faster, is hard. ❤️ Wishing you had a “genie” that would make all the website things for you and just leave it nice and shiny ready for you to add ‘MORE YOU!’?!—no throwing computer out the window needed 🤣 THEN. This might be for you!🤩 Our “Custom Website Special Offer” is here and it includes a FREE Mini Brand Kit (Canva version) + a few extra goodies; now through July 15 only. 😍 Swipe left to see the details—link in bio if you fancy an extra peek! 👀 — I do the graphics, and my business partner @rachelklinecreative does the website. Yup, we do that, now you know! 😁 #seedsowing #creating_boldly #thefirstcup

When you try to re-create a Pinterest pin to feature @rachelklinecreative brand kit that you designed and then your fake lashes start to fall down from all the sweat 🤪🙈😂 #graphicdesigner #thestruggleisreal #creativesofinstagram #makersgonnamake #branddesigns #branddesigner #pinkaesthetic #bohostyle #bohodecor #macramelover #peoplescreatives #graphicdesign #lancasterpennsylvania #latinapower #latinabelike

Any ideas what to put inside the “planter bag”? 🤔 🪴 not sure there’s a plant tiny enough for the space 😅 —I’d love a hanging one! #macramewallhanging #macrameplanthanger #macramelove #macrameartist #macramemovement #macramedecor #macrameinspiration #bohodecor #bohostyle #bohochicstyle #bohoclothes #orangeaesthetic

Peekaboo, hi! This post will self-destruct in a day 🙈😂. I was just so excited to share! Happy Saturday!

Some, want to take that next step in the sand as firmly as the can…😌​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Kindly putting their weigh down, swiveling their smiley-foot once it touches ground, making sure once they move they won’t fall.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Others see the sand and all they can think of is to run—skipping, giggling, barely touching the ground as they keep moving right to the water. 😆​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Right now, in this season of my life, I just want to stop over-analyzing and DO. Barely touching the ground, skipping right to the sea of possibilities waiting for me to explore.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ I need fun. I need wonder. I need to trust Him.✨​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ The thing that keeps me going is a feeling—seeing turn “nothing”, into “something”.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ That is my ‘why’.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ We are tapping into NEW and EXCITING with my partner in crime and bestie @rachelklinecreative; we have a memorable meeting this week - that’s all I’ll say for now! 🤭​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Happy Monday, friend! 💕 #mybeautifulstories #makersgonnamake ​​​​​​​​ #vintageclothing #vintagestyle #magichappens #businessbrand #creativesgrowtogether #momentsofcalm #graphicdesigner #gloomandglow #ofquietmoments #botanicalpickmeup #rachelkline #lancasterpa #susanmar #susanmariscal #creativehappenings #makerlife #creativelifehappylife

Got any tips printing on fabric?! I’d love to know 😃 Yay! My @spoonflower fabric sampler is here! 🥳 They make these so you can see their different type of fabrics and how color looks on them — cannot wait to show you *why* I’m getting these, all I’ll say is… I see my designs printed on fabric! 🤫🤩😆 #calledtobecreative #calledtocreate #graphicdesigner #smallbusiness #fabricdesign #colorswatches #colorsoftheday #slowlived #slowlifediary #quietmoments #floralmoments #flatlay

“You are glowing yourself and yet you are afraid of the dark”…✨My ‘building brands motto’ right here 😆👇🏼 I don’t even remember who said that but found it on my notes today while searching for inspiration for a caption. The words still ring so true! Have you watched the movie Encanto? This quote makes me think of it, maybe I took it from there! haha 😆 There’s something so relatable about Maribel’s story that draws me in… sometimes we need someone else to come and help us see what we cannot see… Funny enough, that’s exactly how I see what I do—one of my goals when clients come to me for branding, is to help them notice, nuggets of gold they might be holding in so close they cannot see them anymore…✨ A brand that is solid, rooted in understanding, and leaning towards who they are… with sprinkles on top! 😆 meant to attract their ideal people—will give them such clarity, and mental peace removing that desire of wanting to keep tweaking, and tweaking things forever and ever more 😆 Just like Maribel on Encanto, all along she had a special bond with the magical “casita” (house), and yet she didn’t even seem to notice it at all! 😊 That’s it, my heart feels full and happily-skipping when my clients see what they hadn’t seen before!🥰 Gosh I LOVE what I do! 🙌🏼 #creative_journey #vintageinspired #mystoryoflight

How would you name this color palette?🎨🤔 “Peachy-orange sorbet” is all I can think of, haha! 😆 Want your brand colors to communicate creativity? Chose salmon, corals, orangey-browns; anything with a bit of orange will do the trick! 🤓 I’m having a new found obsession with orange and the creative energy that conveys—give me all the coral, peachy-pinks please 😁 Feel free to save this one for the future! 🤓

“Why can’t she just do it?!” 🙈 The question my brain feeds me every time I feel like I don’t have the energy to keep doing something, *I think* I should be doing. Overtime, I’ve learned to stop when I cannot keep going. Yet, I still feel guilt creep into my brain. Boy, those “imaginary”, judging voices can have some power over me. To be honest… I’m not sure where I’m going with this caption 😅- I just know there’s something about burnout that makes you feel like a bear 🐻, won’t you agree? (haha), laying low through winter… trusting Spring shall come… 🤍✨

*That* is exactly what I felt as I drew this… my brain had a faint idea, my hands did the rest… 😌 #momentslikethis make me feel like I was definitely #calledtocreate 🥺🤍✨ Now is time to take the shape to the computer - can’t wait to see how’s gonna look as a logo! 😆 #creativesgrowtogether #calledtobecreative #digitaldoodle #procreateanimation #handdrawnanimation #handdrawn

Good design takes time. Sometimes even more than I’d like to admit 🤫🤪🤣 —Worth it though! #creativedirector #creativesoninstagram #creativesontherise #drawingsketch #procreate #quietthechaos #mindfulart #quietshadesofbrown #underthefloralspell #alittlebeautyeveryday #slowandglow

Learning to let go…✨ Let go of rules I somehow managed to make “my own”—when they weren’t mine. How is it that we do that so often? Unexpectedly—my “quest” for this year is shaping to be: learning to embrace my own light. 🤍✨ There’s this part of me that loves to use all I’ve got to understand others, to put myself in their shoes—to genuinely laugh or cry with them. There’s this part of me that loves to “merge” with others for the sake of keeping the pace.🥺 The thing is, that part of me often makes me lose sight of myself. “What do *you* want—who do you want to be, Susan?”That’s the question of the year.🙈 I’m taking @me_and_orla ‘s The Insta Retreat class —so far my mind is blown. So far all I can say is… it’s much more than an “Instagram class”. 🤯 “The youness of you—share it” 😭 Words by the wonderful Sally. The mindset coaching with wonderful @sallyhardie_coach is literally blowing my mind! #quietshadesofbrown #beautyundermynose #asecondofwhimsey #makersgonnamake #calledtoserve #calledtocreate

You are important + you are worth it + you deserve to have time for yourself 🤍✨ New Year let’s do this! Goals for this year? One of mine is to be more intentional with self-care; anyone on the same boat? 😊 #2022goals #2022 #2022businessgoals #bosslady #bossbabe #makersmovement #makerwithintention #selfcare #quietthechaos #quietmoments #quietmornings

When was the last time... The last time I posted an unplaned self-portrait it took me less than a minute to make. The last time I didn’t worry about what colors I was wearing, the fact that I was makeup-free, rolling out of bed still rocking my bed head? Never! This is the new me, totally recommend it haha 😜 (A bit of light does wonders, won’t you agree?!). Ps. Don’t forget to take that sip of water! 💦 #artislife

So simple yet it’s not… Covered in a pile or blankets and mismatched pj’s (who else is happy Fall is finally here?!), while scheduling this week’s IG posts... the words I had red on my Bible study popped into my head. 'Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.' Those last words struck a cord in me. So simple yet it’s not. So today I’m sharing them with you, while I ponder about them and what do they mean in my life—have you thought about how your character can become your destiny? I hadn’t. Apparently it’s a famous quote according to Joyce Meyer (by Margaret Thatcher) but it’s a new one for me—I liked it so much it inspired this post! 🤓 BTW, guess what? It took me less than a minute to do this, turns out my Moving Backgrounds by @asecondofwhimsey + Canva are such a good match! I’m addicted now 😆 Also, it’s been a few days trying the auto-post option and I’m loving how much anxiety is removing!—Have you tried it yet? 🤩 #asecondofwhimsey #autumnaesthetic #fallesthetic #handmade #makersmovement #creativeentrepreneur

The thing is…✨ “I wish I had known sooner what I really wanted”—I said husband one day while taking a walk in the woods on a cold January day. I sobbed, like the world was ending… holding husband’s hand without even minding if someone was watching. I knew if someone was it would be the deer we always spy on, and hey, I’m sure he wouldn’t care! 😂 That day I was feelings sad, I felt like if I had know what I really wanted to do with my life years ago we would be in a better place by now—out of debt, own our own house, see my family in Guatemala often… but you see...the thing is, that is a lie. The me from the past wouldn’t have had the maturity to even ask myself, “what *do you* want to do with your life?”. The past me wouldn’t have been emotionally ready to accept, in order to show up for my one ‘Latina female-led’ small business, and my life, I might need to go to therapy to heal the “invisible” that keeps holding me back. The past me wouldn’t have been ready to do *all* the things I need to do to transform myself into the person I’m called to be. The past me wouldn’t have asked God, and actually dare to go for my dreams… But here is the thing, I wish I have had someone asking me that question. If I have had it in my head everything else could have unfolded sooner, so I’m leaving the question here trusting will find to whomever needs it.✨ What *do you* want to do with your life? 😌 There is no time like *your own* today. Live your ‘someday’ today Kindred Spirit. I’m still doing it. For me. For Him. For my family. For my present. For my future. 🤍 — #stylemepretty #iloveplants #makerlife #heytheremaker #creativehappenings #supportwomeninbusiness #creativeart

I didn’t know… 🥺 I felt like a kid holding a bright, shiny, gold star, skipping, and grinning after finding out the concept behind Kim’s brand.😳 “One Spoon Feeds Another”… the words quickly shaped two spoons tied in together. One of my favorite things about doing branding is meeting empowering, inspiring female-led business owners with a vision. I love, love, digging deep to help them uncover treasures tucked away we can bring out—to sprinkle others with their light. ✨ On her email, Kim explained “I knew I wanted it to incorporate giving back into my business model”. The One Spoon Feeds Another program is very simple. For each spoon that is purchased @CustomSpoon will donate one meal to Feed My Starving Children. 🙏 “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat." ~Matthew 25:35 I didn’t know… I didn’t know helping other women shape their daydream into reality would feel this way. Living my purpose as a creative, helping other women with my talents. Celebrating their wins is life to this heart of mine. 🤍 Give Kim @CustomSpoon some love, would you? 🤩 In partnership with @rachelklinecreative her branding + website launched not too long ago. Tell her I sent you her way! 😉 #makersgonnamake #calledtobecreative #makerlife #heytheremaker #creativehappenings

It happens every time we go to the beach. One of us is standing by the edge of the water, considering whether or not to go in while the other runs pass splashing, giggling, yelling “see ya husband!”—diving right in 😆 That’s how change feels like if you ask me. Some embrace it right in, some are standing by wondering if jumping in would “hurt like a thousand needles poking me”—for a second that is—BUT still! 😬 I think I finally understand husband, because that’s how I felt for the longest time at the thought of changing what I post on Instagram 😳 Truth is, I’m a multi-passionate artist—from digital design, to graphic design, to web design, to traditional mediums, to grabbing an old wooden tea-shelf and turning into something new, to moving-photography… and the ability to help you gain clarity analyzing your brand to spot the disconnections that might be making you feel stuck—all of it’s me. I’m a mix of all the things. And yet got stuck here thinking “everyone will run for the hills if I start sharing the true me”.🙈 Silly I know. My brain knows. My emotions are another story 😑 I’ve always known I was put on this earth to bless others with my God-giving talents though—so THIS is me diving right in. Poking needles” and all 🤣 Wish me luck! 😊 #dailydoseofcalm #theartofslowliving #littlestoriesofmylife #smallmomentsofcalm   #alliseeispretty #seasonspoetry #warmcore #cottagecore #magicalwild #morningscenes #createdtocreate #artistssupportartists #supportthemakers #slowliving #slowlivingforlife

In case you need a reminder. Yes, YOU are one of a kind! 🤗✨ I’ve had these words as wallpaper on my phone for months… (want it too? Grab it—link on my bio! 🎁). I read them every time I grabbed my phone, resisting the urge to open any social media app until I pretty much "forgot" they existed. 😬 I needed them back then. I’m back now, feeling refreshed, with a clear goal to pivot my content. For the past months I dropped everything, burned out, and just kept doing the one thing calling my heart… branding with @rachelklinecreative (and playing #animalcrossing —a “life saver” I tell you 😂). Anyway, can’t wait to show you all the behind scenes to help me discover the next step for @asecondofwhimsey—my online shop! 😁 Sooo, what’s new with you? Tell me how’s the Insta-world these days 🙃 . 🏷 #writingofinstagram #instawrite #typography #scribblesthatmatter #writinginspiration #letterfolk #letteringart #typedesign #writingmotivation #paperlove #lettering #writings #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealth #asecondofwhimsey

So many things can change when we find a clear destination, isn’t? 😌 A year ago I wouldn’t have posted this because it was too similar to a picture I had posted before. Despite the fact that using photos of the same photoshoot sprinkled on your feed makes life easier on you + helps cohesiveness + it’s a secure win! Chances are if you loved the one I posted before, you’d love this one 😁 Fast forward, today: posting this feels right because the purpose is bigger than my Instagram feed. It feels WONDERFUL + liberating... SO I’ve good news! 🤩 A GIVEAWAY is happening: go to @rachelklinecreative and read the last post to enter (one of the goodies is a set of my Moving Backgrounds showcasing new designs to be released soon!). Also In case you didn’t know, Rachel is my business partner—we do branding + web + photo 🧚‍♀️ 😍 FB GROUP is Live!: if you are a small business owner, creative, maker, or daydreamer thinking about starting your own business—THIS is for you! Click the link on my Bio to join BLOOM CREATIVE! Say hello + tag me once you get there 💫 🤓 YouTube + Patreon update: still happening as soon as my new computer gets here so I can finally finish editing all the tutorials I’ve recorded—#creatorproblems 😅 (my Patreon page is Live though in case you’d like to take a peek). More on this topic later! Phew, that was A LOT! 🙈 I’m a mix of emotions these days... praying I’ll have the energy and vision to keep moving forward, to keep using my God-given talents to help you unlock gold-nuggets hidden without yourself! ❤️ Ps. How are you doing? #calledtobecreative

Raise your hard if you are feeling like this🤪👇🏼 You guys I’m freaking out—I have so much to do, the to-do list just keeps growing and growing... modify the header of my website, plan content that I can re-purpose, activate the shopping thingy on this account, forgo the other IG account, re-name this one, start filling my Creative market shop, and this and that, and that other thing, AND, and, and! 🤪 The only peaceful part of me these days, is in photos like this one ☝🏼😂 Some exciting NEWS: Guess what?! I’m launching my Patreon page on February 21st—mark your calendars!🙌🏼—AND my YouTube channel! I feel like I’ve outgrown Instagram—I’d love to teach you how to use Photoshop to edit video (in a simple way), plus... open up about never-shared before parts of my story. About life, my Instagram journey and starting my online shop ☺️ To say the least, I’m a bit terrified (in a good way) and so excited for what is to come! 🥳🙌🏼 #asecondofwhimsey

Just popping up to say hello with my fellow marshmallow friend here 🐱—showing you my corner where I spend most of my time, daydreaming + creating 🧚 Ps. Guess what?! My #patreon page is coming—I think I’ll release it on my birthday 🥳 February 21st! Mark your calendars! #asecondofwhimsey #makersgonnamake

This is your friendly reminder to have a sip of water, watch this while you are at it 😉 #momentsofcalm I thought it was time to start showing my life, for some reason I unintentionally end it up looking in social media like I’m a photographer, which is not quite like that 🥸 I’m an Interactive Graphic Designer made baby-entrepreneur that isn’t sure what to call herself anymore 🙈 Sometimes my days look like this, drawing little flowers in Procreate (that later will come alive 🤔).

Once we were about to celebrate the birthdays of the month, back when I worked as Head of the Interactive Graphic Design team at an agency in Guatemala. 👩🏻‍🎨 There we were at the meetings table, joking and laughing about some random silly thing, the birthday girl was cutting her own cake, and as she was deciding on how many pieces to cut the cake, we all realized she counted herself out. 🎂 For a moment everyone stopped and were like, “wait what about you?” She was like: "oh I'm not having any", "I'm on a diet". That's all she had to say for almost everyone around the table start pressuring her into having at least one small piece—after all, it was her own birthday. I could visibly see her struggle. Her quiet... shame. Her vulnerability exposed. A girl usually so outspoken, out of words. 😢 I couldn’t take it, inside of me I was like “can’t you all see her suffering?!” 🥺 Next thing I know words flung out of my mouth, pretty much yelling: "You guys stop it, let her be! Why do you all have to be such a stone in the road?!" 😤 Yup. Those words had come out out of my mouth. Like one of those out of body experiences, so out of character that you keep wondering if that was actually you. 😳 Oh. My. Gosh. The introvert, quiet me, the one that usually goes along with the flow in hopes that by being like that, she gets to keep the peace with everyone, and with herself 🤐 I’ve known from my perspective, very few things are worth arguing for, unless a decision involves my integrity.🙅🏻‍♀️ So what had happened that day? 🤔 After finishing this book I was reading (The Path Between Us), I was finally able to put into words so much and understand ‘why’ —turns out my appreciation for independence moves me in unexpected ways... I want mine, and I want you to have yours 🤯 All this to say, one of my goals for this year is simple: “live more freely”. Breaking free from invisible chains that hold me back from showing up like the person I’d love to be: I want my actions follow my heart. So here it’s to keep growing to show up better for myself + others ❤️ Care to share one of your goals? I’d love to know ☺️ Happy new year Kindred Spirit! 🥳 #asecondofwhimsey

How do you show your light? ✨ The tag line of the collection I just released is “show your light ”, inspired by the desire to fight for the broken hearts and the dark clouds hovering over 2020—which got me thinking does everyone knows how to actually do that? So I started a list, a list in which I’ve named unexpected blessings this year has brought... to share with you to inspire you. 👩🏻‍💻This year has proved that working remotely isn’t the end of the world 👩‍❤️‍👨 This year has allowed me to enjoy the company of husband like never before 🏠 This year has made my homebodyness + introvertion thrive to my hearts content 🤩 This year I tried many new things; launched a podcast (and quit the podcast hehe), released 2 product lines (the new one is live, the link is on my bio @by.susan.mar if you fancy a peek). 🙏🏼 This year has strengthened my one-on-one relationship with God And just like that... we can find the light hidden between the darkness, ready to step out of the shadows as soon as you let it out. Sending love and bear-hugs your way ❤️ Merry almost Christmas friend! Sus, xx Ps. your pain is valid, your suffering is valid, your loss, and grieve is valid. They still exist within us despite the fact that we chose to show our light instead—for you, for those around you.

Please, please, please que no allá nadie ahí!—hope there is no one there 🤞🏼 Do I sound like a proper introvert? 😏 Those were my thoughts as we headed here one day, a little hill located in one of my favorite parks were I can (almost) always trust there is no one 😆 Meaning I can get there, drop my basket with props, change out from pants into a skirt, and act like no one but husband is watching 😜 I don’t know about you, but as I grow older I’ve noticed introversion has so many unexpected layers. It’s easier for me to show my true-self with captions and photos than with real-life human connections 😁 Other than husband very few people know what you see here, is the *very* real me 😉 How about you, from 1 to 10—how easier is it for you to show the real you on social? I’m so curious to know! 🤔 #beyouforyou — 💍 Dreamy ring by @tijnhomelife (gifted). It has such beautiful intricate details, I’ll pop a closer look on Stories.

Running towards 2021 like 🧚‍♀️ Let me tell you, this second wave of everything being closed down in PA might have been awakening the rebel inside on me, specially when my surroundings look pretty much like this. All the time. Literally.🤔 Sigh... be a team player Susan. Count your blessings Susan. 🙈 Some are totally on-board, some aren’t quite there, and me? after a breve (*ahem*) resistance, I’m choosing to stay positive, and skip towards next year with the soundtrack of this year... “let it go”, Frozen style 😆☃️ I keep reminding myself 3 things: 💭 Choose your thoughts carefully 🤩 See the good first. Always. 😌 This too shall pass... What’s one of the things you keep reminding yourself to help you through this season? 😃 Let’s inspire each other ❤️🤗 - Ps. Glamorous shades by @tijneyewear (gifted)

Some pages of our life book come to a close quietly, don’t you think? 😌 While you are at your desk, working from home, listening to "Higher by Jackie Wilson", one snowy winter day.👩🏻‍💻 Since moving to a different country I’ve started to reflect on how many chapters of life I’ve closed, looked one last time, without me really knowing it was going to be the last. "She’ll be back soon", were the last words I heard my coworker say the day my hours were cut off at work. Who would have thought things would change this much, that I wouldn’t end up going back, and that that coworker would find herself moving on as well. People touch our lives in unexpected ways won’t you agree. She used to be like “don’t over thinking it”, “give yourself more credit for the work you do”...😊 Some parts of this baby-entrepreneurial journey I am in, are a tad bittersweet. Still I wouldn’t trade it for the world 💘 Here you go, my pondering for the day. 😉 Now it’s your turn, what’s one way someone has touched your life? think about that, I’m sure it will make you smile 😃 #asecondofwhimsey

You know what the problem is?🤔 About not posting that often I mean. When I’m back I feel like I have A LOT to say and end up with crazy captions like this 😆 Life updates: 🛀 At some point I couldn’t remember when was the last time I showered. Eeep! Dry shampoo for the win! *Ha!* 🎉 I did my 1st ever Cyber Week sale on my shop @asecondofwhimsey. *Woot-woot!* 🐙 Ahem. Everyday I find myself wishing I had as many arms as an octopus (to do all the things). I.e. from remembering to brush my hair, to help for once with the cooking. To finish the Christmas line to be released THIS week, to start recording that list of video tutorials that keeps growing. *Tehehe* 🍲 Scrumptious food keeps showing up in my hands (husband is the best—otherwise I think I’d live out of eating the same-exact sándwich everyday). *Yikes!* 📸 Went to feel the autumn sunset one day. This is the photo to prove it. *hurrah* 😎 I got this fabulous sunglasses gifted by @tijneyewear + @tijnsunwear (as a baby-entrepreneur with little income I’m doing a happy dance for this!) *yay!!* YOUR TURN, how’s your crazy looking? 😜 #asecondofwhimsey

Since I can remember I’ve always loved making things for others, i remember the happiness on my friends faces and how excited they will get when their birthday was coming bc they knew—they knew they would get one of my “famous” cards 🥳 You know what’s one of my favorite things about having a business? 😃 That I get to give. Give as much as I want. And sometimes that means giving offers rarely seen. 👀 I’m currently running my first ever Cyber Week sale on Moving Backgrounds (video loops), with a 40%OFF discount + you can double dip! Extra 10%OFF when you sign up to my email list (Eeeep!!). 🤩 Go check it out before is gone, click in my shop bio @asecondofwhimsey 👆🏼Valid through 12/6/20 - Ps. Love what you see? Pinnings + re-sharing are so welcome 🤗

Since I can remember I’ve always loved making things for others, i remember the happiness on my friends faces and how excited they will get when their birthday was coming bc they knew—they knew they would get one of my “famous” cards 🥳 You know what’s one of my favorite things about having a business? 😃 That I get to give. Give as much as I want. And sometimes that means giving offers rarely seen. 👀 I’m currently running my first ever Cyber Week sale on Moving Backgrounds (video loops), with a 40%OFF discount + you can double dip! Extra 10%OFF when you sign up to my email list (Eeeep!!). 🤩 Go check it out before is gone, click in my shop Bio @asecondofwhimsey 👆🏼Valid through 12/6/20 - Ps. Love what you see? Pinnings + re-sharing are so welcome 🤗

Feeling all the feels just thinking about the possibilities for the Moving Backgrounds from @asecondofwhimsey 🤩🙌🏼—Magic in the blink of an eye! ✨ #makersgonnamake #calledtobecreative

Pink Christmas anyone?🎄 As soon as I walk into the store—there it is—the overloaded with rose gold ribbons, pink and white ornaments Christmas tree... standing proud. Half of me thinking who would put up something like that, half of me wishing I was one. Something tells me husband wouldn’t approve 😆 Inspired by that wish, and the light we all can use at the end of 2020... here is a sneak peek of something glimmering I’ve been working on, hihi—it’s a secret so don’t tell anyone yet! 🤫 Christmas is coming! Can you believe it?! El año se pasó en un abrir y cerrar de ojos 🙈 — Wanna hear when its out? follow @by.Susan.mar (me 😉).

Meet the #movingbackgrounds for your social media posts; they make animated anything in the blink of an eye 😉 Grab your #freebie, link in my bio @by.susan.mar ✨

I guess this one is my fave, or... the most eye-catching one 🤔🌸what do you think? The #movingbackground I mean (the peony animation you see here, made by moi, now on my shop @asecondofwhimsey 😁☝🏼). Eeep! To be honest I felt like this day will never come, I’ve been working on this for YEARS! Yes, years of getting to know myself, years of learning to become the person I needed to become to be able to run a business, to building my brand, setting up my own website, learning about pluggings, Wordpress, and the nuances of the “pyrotechnic-juggle” that running a business as solopreneur means 🤪🤹🏽‍♀️😆 Despite all... You know what the most difficult thing has been? THIS. Talking about my work. Putting it out there to be judged... It’s such a scary thing if you ask me, and yet, I’m doing it—one small step at a time. What ever you are looking to achieve, take it from me: YOU CAN DO IT. Yell it to yourself it necessary 🙌🏼 Go take a look if you fancy a peek, link on Bio—>enjoy introductory prices + let me know, which one is your fave? 🤓 I could use your expert-peony-lover-eye to know which one should I use to promote them + to make some tutorials 😉 #asecondofwhimsey #inspiredbypetals

Yesterday I heard husband wish someone a happy Friday—“is it Friday?! Nah, wait is it?!” A brief disbelief moment came rushing as I looked at the screen on my phone. It was FRIDAY! Oh my gosh. This week has been a blur. It feels like for the past 3 weeks I’ve been living at my desk lost in an endless trail of tasks, laberintos, my brain is mush. I love the feeling. The adrenaline rush of solving a problem. Conquering news skills. I can get lost in this. I have to be careful to come up for air. To not forget the existence of something else beyond this. Food keeps showing up in my hands. Husband is an angel. I forgot my moms birthday. Not really. I had a reminder show up in the corner of my screen as soon as woke up. 7pm already?!. I forgot to call my mom. I feel terrible. I feel grateful. to call what I have built a job. Something i believe in. It’s addicting. The power to change my life is in my hands. Something that might change not only the course of my life but many others. I love what I do. It comes with a high price. It’s so worth it though. I’m happy. My heart is full. I’m doubting. Can I really do this. I know I can. I know from where my strength comes from. I have Him. I could cry. Happy tears. @asecondofwhimsey has been spotted by Google News, Yahoo!, Ask, Facebook and more. @kimstagram511 rocks. Pinterest went from 500 views to 101K in less than two months. I see many new faces here, I say hello. Hello with ramblings and the raw reality of my brain. Everything is starting and I’m so curious to see where it goes. Signature Line is LIVE. I’ll show you soon. It’s 5:26 am. I need to try to go back to sleep. Take a deep breath—let’s observe the subtle motions of this moment in time. The winds of Fall...are here.🍂 #asecondofwhimsey #fallisintheair

I remember laughing, I remember the feeling of sinking sand while I sat on the chair, I remember the second I decided to get lost in the moment...😌🍃 3yrs ago, I remember looking away before the picture was taken so my face wouldn’t show as much...🙈 I’ve come a long way since then, a lot of fears are fading away and what it seemed such a big deal back then it doesn’t feel like that anymore. Who would have known tho, that that fear, *that* strong desire of refusing to show my face on Social Media to stay relevant would be the reason *why* I came up with the idea of THE Moving Backgrounds for your Instagram Stories... life is funny that way, eh? 🙃 The release of my 1st official product line is near. Press release is about to be sent. I’m loading the products to the website as I type this. It’s totally imperfect. There could be things that I could have done better, BUT the final product is the best it can be. I can’t wait to show you the drop-dead gorgeous #SpellbindingMovingBackgrounds I’ve created to help you create *your own* spellbindiness not only on Insta-Stories but on any social media channel 😉✨ Email subscribers get first dibs and special discounts—if you are curious, make sure you are following @asecondofwhimsey for the launch! Eeep! 😃🚀 - #calledtobecreative

Sometimes all we need is a moment of peace and quiet... 🍃☕️ and order, and simplicity, and balance... and, am I getting too greedy? 😜 I’ll settle with coffee and the windows open, the fall breeze is near 😉✨Happy almost weekend! #amomentofcalm

Where the fog and the sea met... ☁️✨ We are going back home today, after a week of waking up late, and drinking my coffee morning by the cape. I’m already looking forward to coming back here next year... #calmversation #mistyfoggymilkymoody #asecon

Coffee in the clouds ☁️✨ How do you know if your dream is big or small? I dream of waking up like this, to a ocean kissed by blue skies, sand in my toes and coffee in hand... doing what I love, living in a place that makes my heart sing with joy. #Somedayistoday even if just for a while 😉 - #morningslike #asecondofwhimsey

Swish, wave, repeat. The ocean signs it’s favorite song, and I’m here to witness it all... Came here for dinner and sunset-setting watching. Quickly eating before is taken away by a mischievous seagull🐦✨ #livingmybestlife #asecondofwhimsey #su

Help, which shade of pink is your fave? 1, 2, 3 or 4. Slide to the right for shades 🤩✨ — I can almost touch it you know, the end of a season is nocking at my door and I can feel the fear creeping in. Slowing me down. I do this thing that in terms of personality traits is defined as “slow down when you are about to meet a goal to protect myself from not having my expectations met”. 🤯 Yup. But after a long journey of self-discovery I’m like: I SEE YOU FEAR. BUT I WON’T LET YOU WIN. 🙅🏻‍♀️ Guess what?! I’m a week or so to releasing my 1st. Official product line for @asecondofwhimsey , it’s called “Blush”... and it has to do with *a lot* of pink, ha! 😆💕

Finding light wherever I can...✨ How about you? “You have a lot to say”, said my therapist the other day... do I? I wonder, for someone that gives more smiles than words it shouldn’t be surprising to hear. And yet it was. Then I thought of the longest captions I write all the time. The screaming-silences I choose to leave in so many conversations. Maybe I do. I’m thinking on starting a blog... I think I’m gonna name it “ A Ripple Away”, inspired by the idea that we are just one thought away from freeing ourselves... 😌 How do you like the name? Here is to wishing you to find your light wherever you can, happy new week friend! 😉 - #asecondofwhimsey

I’ve been compared to a ‘Sloth’ 😨🦥 . Say what?! Yup. Have you watched the movie Zootopia? remember the moving-on-slow-motion sloths that show up there, that’s pretty much what I picture when I hear that word. And I’m like, okay I admit I have a liking for #slowlivingforlife but com'on! 🤣 Cue: Hint No.1 I shouldn’t take the results of the Enneagram test too seriously 🤔 I’m overall pretty lighthearted when it comes to things like “personality tests”, I feel like it can be quite dangerous to define/take it as true/ or box ourselves into the result we get—be that the 9 personalities from the Enneagram or 16 from 16personalities.com for that matter. Humans are way complex and unique to be “defined” by such things. We were created —the way we were created— by God, for a purpose, through Him we can find the strength to fight our “inner dragons” and turn *anything* into a strength. We are God’s children and that means we can evolve in ways we —humans—could have never predicted ✨🙌🏼 . Having said that, IS still super fun and a way to spark conversation with friends (and sometimes awake awareness on hard truths...eeek!). Feeling curious? NEW Episode #6 of @thehappynowpodcast chatting about Enneagrams is LIVE 🥳 Give it a listen, link in Bio 🎧 - #asecondofwhimsey

What color am I? I walked pass the mirror today, taking a glance at me, a glance like I never took before. Observing the redness that flairs every now-and-then in my face, the spots that are lighter, and the spots that inevitably silently scream “treat me differently” as soon as I walk into a room since I moved to Pennsylvania. I’m out of words. I have so much to say. I’m hurting. I’m healing. I feel misunderstood. I feel understood. A turmoil of emotions hover over my head. A turnmoil of emotions are breaking my heart, making the things I thought were *only* in my head, utterly real as I hear fellow darker skin brothers & sisters speak their truth. A truth that is my truth too. Technically speaking I’m “white”. And that feels like a lie. This is a peek into a Latinas heart, that has *barely scratched*, first hand what racism feels like... I have shared a video on Stories about Nicole Walters; just listen. I cannot believe how much my life has been just like hers... I cannot even fathom, how much harder they have it than me 💔 - Ps. Shoutout to Elise Grace @heysweetpea , I’m so proud of calling her my business mentor, SO proud! My heavy-overwhelmed heart thanks you for putting together such wonderful resources. - #alllivesmatter #elevatemelanatedvoices #mutedandlistening #awakenthesoul

Walking across the room. Dark hair, blue eyes, wide smile brightening her face (and ours), as soon as she saw us coming in from afar— “hey guys!” . That’s one of the firs memories I have of my dear friend, Rachel (right photo @rachelklinecreative). That’s her for you. Her superpower is having a way with people. I remember thinking I wish I could be her friend, a fleeting thought that crossed my mind and stuck with me. Who would have thought the kindred spirit I sensed in her back then would bring us together later. So much have changed since that day, including her color hair hehe. . Between me and her can create a tornado of crazy ideas in the blink of an eye. She’s my business pall, my enneagram 3 bestie, we are the kind of gals that will left mid-empty cold, semi forgotten cups of coffee around the house 🤭☕️ . Thanks to her I met Bethany (left photo @bethany_ballantyne), our journey is just starting and even though our story is not as *cough* dramatic *cough*; the moment you met someone that can reference an episode of Friends pretty much for everything and you both ‘get it’, you just know it—you are meant to be friends! 🤣 If you’ve seen my Stories you probably are familiar with their faces, so it was about time to introduce them here and let you know 2 things: . 1. 👩🏻‍🎨 Need a website but don’t feel like figuring things out ALL by yourself —> we are your girls! We do web design + branding + photography and so much more. . 2. ✨ If you ever feel like hanging out with a group of likeminded kindred spirits, you can find us on @thehappynowpodcast —> a lifestyle podcast for creatives living ‘someday’ today. . We do life together. We work together. We share a passion together. Helping other women thrive and become a better version of themselves while we do it ourselves as well ❤️ . Today we are releasing a NEW podcast episode. Talking about family + friendships + lockdown; fancy a listen? 🎧 link in Bio. #asecondofwhimsey

I did it again 🙈 —> True or False: “Videos get less likes because it takes more time for viewers to decide if they like it or not” 🤔 Eeek! I don’t know how it happened but I swear I intended to post this photo without an animation to test things out —can’t help it, I’m obsessed with videos 🤷🏻‍♀️ As someone that has been posting just videos for a while I have SO many thoughts. Would you like to know my experience? My since-forever-under-construction “blog” is almost ready to see the light of day. FINALLY! Ha! What do you think, me and my overly-steamy cup of coffee wants to know 😆 - #asecondofwhimsey

Today’s mood: “watch pictures of flowers aimlessly. Listen to the rain. Forget everything else.” . Have you ever found yourself seen a goal. Knowing what you have to do to get there and YET, you can’t seem to move towards IT? 😅 . “I’ll launch 4 product lines this year”, said the rule follower/recovering “perfectionist” me, at the beginning of the year. Little did I know how trapped I would get into trying to follow every single “rule” laid down for me, from mentors... . Forgetting these simple things: I *always* have a choice. I get to break the rules. I get to take things my own way. Excellence takes time. . I was feeling so icky with myself. Trapped in my own brain. Doing “in the mean time” projects {have you listened to @thehappynowpodcast? Lol} all to avoid keep moving in the direction *I thought I should be moving*. . No regret. Life is all about the journey ❤️ . What’s YOUR ‘today’s mood’?✨ — Ps. Aren’t you grateful for Kindred Spirits? Thank you Kelly @bykellesauer for today’s message... 🥰

Turns out all it took was to sit in my comfy chair, look at the window, open my iPad and let my hand act like if it had a mind of its own. I shouldn’t be surprised, that’s how’s always been... and yet I always find myself trying to plan every detail ahead of time... . When all that it takes is to —> START This is the first of many quote’s I’ll be dotting every now and then on my grid; after much thinking is time to pivot things here... my goal is simple, for anybody that lands on this page to quickly know: . ✨I’m encouraging you to go for your dreams along with me . 🧑🏻‍🎨I’m a graphic designer/ budding entrepreneur . 🎁 I’m a “giftter” {you read that right—more on that later!} . My journey on IG started 9yrs ago {say what?!} to explore photography as a hobby, fast forward to now, that’s no longer what I’m craving from this app... so as much as pivoting is hard + scary + exciting {all of the emotions 🤣} I’m reminding myself 1 thing: . DARE TO CHANGE. Eeek! From human to human, I’m leaving this quote here as a reminder to myself and for you—in case you need it to ❤️

I’ve got two secrets 🙊 1. I trimmed my {and husband’s} hair—eeek! 2. I’ve got a podcast—woo hoo! Cat is out the bag —If you’ve been watching my Stories you might have noticed I’ve been working on something with two of my closest friends {even in the midts of a pandemic!}, to bring to life: 🌈 @thehappynowpodcast 🌈 A podcast for dreamers, finding *someday* today...🤩✨ Come say hi! . Also, no hair {or heads} were harmed while playing hairdresser 💇🏻‍♀️ I’ve even gotten compliments! Haha Maybe I should consider a change on careers after this 🤔

Rise your hand if you believe the little things *do* make a difference like moi 🙋🏻‍♀️ . I’ll say, the little things describe my world... . I feel like I’m living of them these days; enjoying my cup of coffee in the afternoon, listening to Brené Browns “Braving The Wilderness”, spying the birds out my window dancing from one leaf to another... drawing like there’s no tomorrow, because I got slightly distracted working on something else and now I’m so running late to release my Spring collection 🙈. {Shhh, lets just call it a summer collection now 🤫} . If you’ve watched my Stories you might have picked on a SECRET I’ve been working on with two of my closest friends—eeep! Can you guess what it’s?! Can’t wait to tell you *all* about it... TOMORROW {maybe 😜} . For now. Let the little things help you survive bigger things ❤️

What’s one of your favorite memories of Spring? 😌🌸 . I feel like all I’ve been doing lately is remembering, living vicariously through the endless photographs I’ve taken and never shared —the soft breeze, the tiny pink petals sticking to my hair, the curious stares of people walking by while I took this last year. Or was it the one before? 🤔 Curious I remember the moment but not the exact year hehe. Memories can be such wonderful thing, won’t you agree? They can bring a smile to our face even in the gloomiest of days ✨ #asecondofwhimsey

A tutorial using Moving Wallpapers for your Insta-Stories + My fav Story Apps.

I didn’t think this was posible. Christmas in April. Minus the tree, and the meeting people in real life. Twinkling lights, check. All the snacks, check. “Extra holiday weight”, check. Spending a lot of time at home, check. Compulsory self-gifting, shopping online? Not me but maybe some of us are 😆 See? Fake Christmas in April ain’t bad. This is a hard time for everyone, we are just figuring it out things as we go; but if you ask me—there is still light amongst the gloom if we are determined to find it. Stay kind to yourself ❤️ — #isolationchronicles from me, and my two-years-ago Christmas tree 🎄😂

✨ Freebie Alert ✨| Did someone said Peony’s?! yeees, me! 🤩 Grab your 3 free ‘Moving Wallpapers’ for your Insta-Stories while they are unlocked. Who knows, they might go away before you finish saying “peonies” 😁 Link on my profile 🌸 I’ll be sharing a tutorial on my Stories later this week, using one of my fave Stories Apps + THIS freebie. Let’s do something lovely while we are *all* trapped inside our places! 😆 — EDIT: tutorial is now saved under ‘freebies’—> link in Bio

What DO YOU need today? I walked to the park the other day, the sun was setting down, the cold crisp breeze carried around the snow laying in the ground, and I found myself smiling to the sight of a family of chihuahua puppy’s (a whole litter!) that cheerfully came to greet me, running towards me as a toddler runs at the sight of a playground with what it seemed ( I swear!) a grin on their face! Just what I needed that day. 😂 You know, sometimes I forget how important I am. I can be a sucker for punishment as the say. I’m always described as “resilient”, which unsupervised, I can take to the extreme. Working as if there is no tomorrow. Working as if I can’t even take a break. Partly because I absolutely LOVE what I do, partly because this “inner clock” (I have no idea where -or when- I got installed into my brain) that says: “you must work because it’s time to be working”—yeah, I know 🤦🏻‍♀️ . I’m like Susan, you have FREEDOM. You work for yourself now! This IS the gain. . Sometimes the most difficult thing to do is to break FREE, of our own, self-imposed cage; don’t you think? I’m making my mission today to ask you, what DO YOU need today? Have a meal all by yourself on a vintage train 🚂 perhaps 💁🏻‍♀️😁 . What ever it’s, try to make it happen today 😉

It all started with “draw around yourself a circle and work in the person inside the circle”. ✨ Flipping the pages of a marriage book one day I spotted these simple lines that’ll impact my everything in life. I often forget the only person I can change is myself. And that THAT change WILL bring a ripple effect I might not even imagine. This is I how fixed my IG weariness 💁🏻‍♀️ . How are YOU doing? I’m here, starting a new decade (wait, what?! Eeep!) throwing away every seriousness I once applied to IG and determined to come back and just play 🥳 So here it’s, to try new things when what I used to do is not longer serving me. Fly my inner butterfly, fly! Hahaha🦋 . 👉🏼 Ps. Have you noticed my new username? I changed it again months ago and something tells me I’ll change it again someday. As a proper butterfly, I’ll keep evolving forever and ever and ever more... ✨ . 👉🏼 pps. Swipe right (for secret “message”, in case you have forgotten all about me 🙈)

Have you had a good cry and then 5min later you are like—"huh? I’m not crying, you are crying! I’ve got this!"— ready to take over the world again? Yes? No? Only me? 🙈😜 . Today* I cried a little. What’s new, right? When I think about how often I cry as a part of a process to pick myself up and move on I feel grateful for this tears. I often notice in the soapy Korean/Japanese dramas I watch {Yup,🤫😂} mothers telling their kids: 'don’t cry'. Like if it was something bad. But to me I feel grateful having this tears that wash away my pain and make me want to shine again. . After reading a work-related email that made me feel as big as one particle of Pixie Dust🙈🧚‍♀️. I’ve asked my brain, why? Why are you even crying? Yes it’s upsetting, yes it’s unfair and yes this is definitely hurting your pride BUT. Silver lining: after the cry, I pulled myself back up and remembered *HERE!, THIS!* is one more reason to keep working towards this quiet dream of mine God has seed in my heart.✨. - PS. *'Today' actually means April 15th {when I wrote this 🤣}. Things have changed since then...😉 #asecondofwhimsey

This is how I picture the world from the ground 🤔🧚‍♀️😆 What do you think?. . You know, I’ve realized... following your dreams often means you are likely to be alone. As in your dream is yours, nobody will care the same way you do. But along the way you can meet Kindred Spirits —like my friend @rachelklinecreative is for me— they’ll cheer you on, "fly" with you and be like the work butterfly-buddy you never dreamed you’ll have 😉🦋 I’m dedicating this post to her, her name is Rachel. She is a web designer, a wife and a mom that just had her third baby—her FIRST BOY! now her family looks like this-> 👧🏼👧🏼+🐰+🐶+👶🏼 {And I’m like: I truly don’t know how she does it all! 😳}. . Want to know how she does it all? Listen to her Podcast @thethrivepodcast. Go show her some love please 🤗💕 . #asecondofwhimsey

I was supposed to post this at 11 am. Monday. What does that tell ya? 😬 Apparently my pretend birdie friends here will read magical books with me but wound’t wash my undies, defrost/bake chicken for lunch or make my computer work faster {I think someone -we don’t know whom- hasn’t turned it off in so many days the hard drive must be asking for help🙈}. I'm *so* into learning, planning, strategizing and executing ALL about this dream of mine of having @asecondofwhimsey off the ground that: once again I had forgotten to do other things we need to exist 🤦🏻‍♀️ Utter chaos in my little world I tell ya! at least that’s how in my brain felt anyway 🤪 UNTIL I was like: is it really that bad your day isn’t going as planned? Have you been working from home long? Are you just sitting there doing nothing? Are you a robot?! No, no, no and I don’t think so since last time I checked 🤔🤣 🤖 . . So then *why* are you expecting to have it all together? Running smoothly like if you were a tiny little fairy sitting on top of butter, sliding off to success. Every.Single.Day. 😬🧚‍♀️ . In days like today is when I have to *remind my self* to give myself some grace—Have you had this kind of day?— . I’m here to remind you: show yourself some well deserved GRACE ♥️ Know a friend that could use some whimsy & grace today? Tag them! 🙌🏼🤗 . #asecondofwhimsey

Post a picture of your wash: challenge accepted! 😆🧺 "Wash undies"; read the post-it husband spotted stuck in the fridge. He is usually kind of absent-minded when in the kitchen, but *that*, he had to read. He even took a picture and send it to me with this emoji 🍑 {😂} . You guys, 'hurry up and finish setting up your Welcome Email series so you can cross off Marketing Funnel of your to-do list!' is all I can think these days, so I *need* ALL the reminders I can get! 😁 And now... I’ll just quietly leave this post with my undies here and let you guess 🤫 Cast your vote in the comments, what do you think, are these dirty or clean? Vote: dirty🤢 or clean 🧼 {🤣} . I’ll reveal the answer tomorrow on my Stories!😜 [UPDATE: the answer lives under 'WHYs' in my Highlights] #asecondofwhimsey

Huh? Is it spring already!? 😵 I’m pretty sure that’s what "Mr. Bambi" here was thinking 🤔 {if this was real, hi hi} . I wouldn’t know because I feel like I’ve been glued to my desk since the beginning of winter learning all things business 🤷🏻‍♀️ . There was a time I genuinely believed following my dream of having an online shop was *only* about creating a product—how cute I was, hiii old version of me, I salut you and pat you in the head! You might have missed that one but if it wasn’t because of that innocence you might have not gone for it 😁 {no regrets!}. . Q. Is there something you wouldn’t have done if you had -fully known- what you were getting yourself into? 😆 . Me?🙋🏻‍♀️ Besides business, I’ll say that one time {after who knows how many years of not even glance at a bike!🚴 } husband convinced me it was a fun idea to get one of those city bikes to tourist Washington DC streets 😅 WITH cars and trucks and the hustle and bustle of a big city AND red lights...you know? those were you need to stop and wait for the light to change. Well, that meant I had to stop 🛑 and to stop that meant: I NEEDED TO PUT MY FEET IN THE GROUND. Aaaand you guys, I couldn’t touch the ground because hello I’m 5’4" tall—I totally thought I was gonna DIEEEE there!🙈 . I’m not one to curse easily but that day I said out loud words I didn’t even know I knew how to say in English! 🤔 BUT I survived and now I look back to that day and and laugh! 😂 What’s YOUR story? . #asecondofwhimsey

Motivational speaker: Follow your dreams!! Hyped Crowd: Dang it to the YEEES!! Me: Woot woot! Yes!!! —Wait, eerr, but what does that even mean? 🤔 Every single bit of me is tearing, morphing and evolving into an unknown version of me—and I feel like I have no one to share it with 😳 Did you know, my most re-pinned quote on Pinterest is "alone by herself she built the kingdom that she wanted"?!👀 For a second there I thought to my self: 'yay! I’ve found the quote my Kindred Spirits love that much they’ll hang it on their wall!' (Get to know your people: check! Ha!). Until sadness struck. NO. That is not nice. That’s something I shouldn’t be celebrating 😱 So many women in this world (me included), *sometimes feel* like we are all alone.🙈 Working our heart*s off without no one really knowing all the internal battles, the tears, the "Argh's! forget it, I can’t do this!" we’ve had to overcome. The doubt not only ours but from the people around us waiting to see us fail. Not to mention the absolutely crazy hours we are pouring into making *the thing* that makes our heart beat faster, happen. 💓 That reason right here is WHY. This is why I’m stepping out of my comfort zone to share my journey with you. It’s easy to say "follow your dreams"; but what does that even mean really? Well, this is me sharing what it means for me, the ups and downs, the tears and joys—you’ll have to stick around to see me fall on my face and pick myself up again and again 😆 RISE YOUR HAND if you’ve ever *feel* like you are indeed all alone 🙋🏻‍♀️ How about a Kindred Spirit that *just* gets you? Look no further: I SEE YOU! 🤗💕 . WE ARE NOT ALONE. — Ps. After THE longest break ever, I’m back!! :) What’s new with you all, how’s IG these days?

Do you like change? feeling like mixed-feelings-crying to my own words... 🥺 Change came into my life two months ago, when I was unexpectedly laid off. "We are cutting off your hours", is the thing they said. Charlie Brown mothers's voice-like tuned in and the "due to financial difficulties" explanation fainted away. I just kept thinking: this is it. This is the sign I’ve been wanting for. Sometimes change is the one thing that pushes you to put your dreams in motion. To launch your website and create your very first Line of Products to sell —only for 7 days—😆 . Tapping into the unknown, discovering the person I know I’m meant to be. This is how I feel I’m finishing this year😊 Have you checked my website? 👀 www.asecondofwhimsey.com {Link in Bio}. I’m officially 'Tailoring Moving Backgrounds for YOUR Instagram Stories'—from today on 😃🙌🏼✨

And Ta-daaa! 🥳 perhaps you’ve seen my Stories? The Moving Backgrounds for Your Instagram Stories —Exclusive Christmas Collection—ARE HERE for 7 days only, finally! after many months of dreaming, creating and...well, many I wanna give up's 🤔 Why I’m telling you this? Because I openly would like to ask you for a favor. A HUGE one. From one dreamer to another, please: 1. Take a peek to my shop {@asecondofwhimsey or link in bio}. 2. Spot something you like. 3. Share it. Pin it. Twitt it. Even smoke signal counts 😉. I’ll be like, on my knees bowing and then hugging YOU! *squishes like to a teddy bear* Eternal gratitude. #asecondofwhimsey

How long has it been, I ask myself... more than a year since the day husband and I ventured ourselves to make this photo happen. More than a year since the heart-bumping desire of making reality a photo constructed in my head had left me. Have you felt that way before? You used to love doing something and then *Poof!* —is inexplicable gone. In my case having a new job made the difference. Demanding to improve my introvert-english-communication skills, absorbing the creative thinking side of my brain and energy... It’s only now that I feel I’m waking up from the "enchantment"... A year later I’m hearing a whisper coming out from my heart saying: 'welcome back' ✨ How are you? I’ve missed you 💕 #asecondofwhimsey Ps. Did you heard the sound?🐦😌

Remember I posted a very similar video to this one a while ago? 🙊 well I’m sharing all about how I did it on @the.social.gathering and I thought I’ll let you know since many of you have asked me how I did it 😉🦋 Link to register in their bio! —Also guess what? Spring is heeeere! Finally! How about where you are? - Ps. Check out my Stories to refresh your memory ;) - #asecondofwhimsey

Hiii! Have you all started to dream with Spring yet? The only signs of spring come from the pages of books around here 🧐 —Crossing my fingers the cold has really gone to take his nap until next year; I was getting tired of ice skating my way to the car each day 🙈😂 — Pink glasses by @tijneyewear . They help me dream about spring ;)

A dash of Pixie Dust is my peace offering...🧚‍♀️ and a series of 4 bite-sized emails {one per week} answering one of my most asked questions "What inspires me"; and it’s not Pinterest in case you are wondering 😉 To be out on Jan 31st to all Kindred Spirits subscribed to my email list —link in Bio! 💌 . Whew 🙈 Okay there is that. And now, hiii! how are you all doing, did you have a lovely holiday? . I feel like I’ve been such bad Insta-friend lately I don’t even think the word “instagramer” applies to me anymore 😅. I miss being here you know... crossing my fingers I shall find a way to be back soon. In the meantime, lets email ;) x . #movingbitsofwhimsey

Guess what? We had our first snowfall of the season. So here it’s, the mandatory picture to commemorate how all of our plans got canceled and we were forced I tell you, forced! 😜To stay home and admire all the white fluffiness falling outside our window😉☕️☃️. How’s your Sunday going? Any snow where you are? . #rosiehardychallenge {lack of adventure? Ha!}

It seems I’ve become the Instagramer that only posts videos AND on Friday’s. How did that even happen?! That is the question 🧐 At least I’ve declared my obsession with video —ha!🙈. I miss being here you know; how do you guys juggle work, house chores, personal projects, kids and IG?! I don’t even have kids yet and can’t seem to find my rhythm these days. How do you all do it?! Please teach me your ways 😂 . I’ll wish you a happy Friday with a bit of spellbinding mist 😙✨ . #movingbitsofwhimsey

Fireflies... that’s what I’d like to think all these dancing tiny yellow dots are 😉🐝. —“Editing video in Photoshop for Instagrammers” will be my next Newsletter topic, in case you are interested. Sign up; link in Bio! . I’ll be explaining the very basics to get you started, based on how I do it. Happy Friday friends! ✨ . #movingbitsofwhimsey

After confessing my obsession with "moving photos" I had nothing to stop me from doing this. A floating hanger *cough*; I mean, an Inflatable Hanger that swings! Well it doesn’t actually swing by itself but you get the idea 😉🙈😂 —Have you seen them?! . Happy Sunday, my darling Kindred Spirits ✨ . #movingbitsofwhimsey

Ahhh...The days when I had time to tinker to my hearts content {AKA pretending to paint a flower in the table just for a picture 💁🏻‍♀️} 🙈😂. —I’m ready to admit I’m obsessed with #Plotograph! Spellbinding... I mean, aren’t you feeling hypnotized yet? 🤩 . Happy Friday my darling Kindred Spirits! #asecondofwhimsey

It’s Sunday and I’m doing all I can to not work. To not think about work. To not think I’m not suppose to be thinking about work. See how well I’m doing? 😏 That’s the thing when you have a hobby/work, so difficult to stop 🙈😂. Now, on to have a slice of pie, or two, or three and tea —to not work. Ha! . How’s yours going? Hope you are not thinking about work either 😁

Chasing dreams feel a lot like walking through thick, creamy fog. Don’t you think? 😌🍃 —Every step of the way is unclear, a tad scary, a tad lovely, a tad lonely. If blinking for too long you might even bump into something. But you know what? We have to trust we are standing on a beautiful place... even though we might not be able to see it quite clearly yet 😉 . My first ever newsletter went out this week {Scary stuff! 🙈}. It was totally amateur... but I tried my best for all darling Kindred Spirits {link in Bio}; for all of you wonderful creatives rising thanks to this wonderful community 🤗✨ . AND it’s Friday! Yay! Celebrate! 😆🙌🏼

I’m so messy even plants are growing inside my drawers?! 😰🌱 I’m kidding, I’m kidding. Rest assured I’m not THAT messy. The ideas Anne of Green Gables plants in my head, huh 😏🙈😂 . How’s your saturday going? Mine is about working {In that Newsletter I mentioned in my previous post, ha! }; I love what I do so I’m not complaining —yet. Lol. Happy day to you all!x . #asecondofwhimsey

Choices, choices... Sometimes it’s a matter of just knowing “which apples to choose” 😉 I feel like that with life these days, there is just so much I want to do and so little time. Thanks to learning to recognize which things I really what to do I’ve finally managed to have almost ready the first e-mail I’ll be sending to all of you, my Kindred Spirits. YAY! Feels like I’ve been working on this since forever! 🙈😂 I’ll be sharing how I made ‘THAT’ video-photo on my Instagram gallery; AND this is all I’m gonna say for now 🙊 . Feeling curious? Sign up on the link in my Bio to become a Kindred Spirit of mine and you’ll be getting THE e-mail on the 30th! —a long with a themed Hallowing Moving Background for your Instagram Stories😉💌 . Happy Friday darlings! #movingbitsofwhimsey

There are the days when you want to play photoshoot in “The Lake of Shinning Waters” {as Anne of Green Gables would say} and end up in murky, mysterious waters 🤔 Kidding, it was a Cape on a cloudy day! —haha. . Hiii friends! Guess what?! turns out the link I shared in my previous post was WRONG —yup, totally wanted to hide my head in the sand when I realized 🤦🏻‍♀️🙈😂 oh well, It’s fixed now in case you’d like to take peek! You all are wonderful, your support means the world to me. I’m sending you all virtual hugs! 🤗 . Hope your weekend is lovely!x . #asecondofwhimsey

Instagram took me by surprise 🙊 —Perhaps you’ve seen it. Perhaps you don’t. There’s been a little link placed “secretly” under my Instagram Bio for the past weeks. Some of you, curious souls, have ventured to join despite the lack of clarity of what was it about. If you are one, you have my eternal gratitude! . I’m the kind of person that needs a bigger purpose in order to do something in life. . AND Instagram, well, took me by surprise. It took me years to realize the amount of time I was investing here was way beyond for something considered as a “hobby”. And it took me even more time to figure it out what to do about it. . I’ve been a little bit quiet here finding my way to changing that. Take a peek on the link in my Bio 😉💕 | Happy almost weekend darlings!x . #asecondofwhimsey