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Image of Jolinda smiling in front of a mural with the words "Thank You" in the top left corner and the Shapes & Colors logo in the bottom left
Posted by | October 31, 2020
October 2020 Newsletter

October 2020 Newsletter Celebrating 1-year As of October 1, I have been in business for a full calendar year. I feel so fortunate to have an amazing roster of clients...

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Posted by | September 30, 2020
September 2020 Newsletter

September 2020 Newsletter Approaching 1-year I am so thankful that I've been at this solo-preneur journey for almost a full calendar year. I have met amazing people building and evolving...

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Posted by | August 20, 2020
August 2020 Newsletter

August 2020 Newsletter Action brings clarity In the last month, lots of actions have moved things forward in my business. I launched my updated website...after 3 years of tinkering with it....

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Posted by | July 16, 2020
July 2020 Newsletter – We’re Halfway Done!

July 2020 Newsletter - We're Halfway Done! Hello summer! Hi from me and my baby cat Victoria. This is a recent photo of her on my lap while I work...

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Posted by | May 29, 2020
May 2020 Newsletter

May 2020 Newsletter 2020 has been wild. To be honest, May has been rough. It's been a rollercoaster of emotions on so many levels. I applied for the PPP and EIDL...

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Posted by | April 16, 2020
Making Colorful Things And Paying Taxes, April Newsletter

Making Colorful Things And Paying Taxes, April Newsletter Makin' it happen from home. This is where I am working from each day. #stayhome #quarantinelife I feel so fortunate to be...

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Hand wearing a ring with text Be Brave stamped into it
Posted by | March 18, 2020
Virtual Business and Social Distancing in March, 2020 Newsletter

Virtual Business and Social Distancing in March Be brave I wear this ring a lot. I've had this for a couple of years now and I look at it all the...

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Jolinda Smithson, graphic and web designer
Posted by | February 12, 2020
Feeling the Love In February, 2020 Newsletter

Feeling the Love in February What's it like taking the leap? To be honest, I didn't really leap. My freelance journey started in 2009 and at that time it didn't last much...

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Posted by | January 14, 2020
2020 Goals And Intentions, January 2020 Newsletter

January 2020 Goals And Intentions Dreaming about my year Each January, I take a few weeks to migrate the content of my previous year's Bullet Journal to the new one....

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Jolinda Smithson, standing in Libby Hill Park overlooking Richmond, VA
Posted by | December 11, 2019
What’s up in December? 2019

What's up in December? Starting Off...All the Colors Did you see that Pantone announced the 2020 Color of the Year?! Drumroll please....it's Classic Blue. I called it back in October when...

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