Updates

Posted by shapescolors | May 9, 2023
Welcome Cierra Fountain, Graphic Designer

Cierra Fountain Graphic Designer Cierra Fountain joined the Shapes & Colors team in January 2023 as a Junior Designer. She began her career shortly after graduating from Columbus State University...

Posted by shapescolors | April 8, 2023
2023 Client Appreciation Event

Earlier this spring, Shapes & Colors partnered with our friends from Blue Skies Eco-Scaping to celebrate our clients together. We hosted an appreciation event at Gather with the help of...

Posted by shapescolors | 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...

Posted by shapescolors | 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....

Posted by shapescolors | 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...

Posted by shapescolors | May 29, 2020
May 2020 Newsletter

May 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 for...

Posted by shapescolors | 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...

Hand wearing a ring with text Be Brave stamped into it
Posted by shapescolors | 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...

Jolinda Smithson, graphic and web designer
Posted by shapescolors | 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...

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

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. If...

Jolinda Smithson, standing in Libby Hill Park overlooking Richmond, VA
Posted by shapescolors | 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...

Posted by shapescolors | November 29, 2019
My first newsletter

My first newsletter Hey y'all... I am sending this out to the folks who have worked with me or supported me in some way in my first 60 days of...

Posted by shapescolors | January 1, 2019
Operation Upgrade, Day ?

After a somewhat shitty year - more on that later - I am resuming my operation upgrade to get a new website up and running. In the time that's passed...

Posted by shapescolors | July 8, 2017
BoostAthon 2017!

In service of CreateAthon 2018, this lovely group of people got together on Saturday, July 8 at the Charles Ryan Associates Speakeasy space. We worked on the website, file organization, social media strategy,...

Posted by shapescolors | April 28, 2017
Day 2 – Being Boss Clubhouse

Whoa. My brain is swimming with lots of ideas, goals, tools and habits to level up and be more boss. I met some awesome fellow bosses in various stages of...