And just like that the muted pink tones I have been working with for the last few weeks have moved over to make room for bright bold turquoise 🐬 On a totally unrelated note, I’ve been looking into some client management software lately, and came across something called ‘Cushion App’. It’s a project management tool especially for freelancers (vs teams) and what I like about it is that it lets you see all your projects at once in colour coded chunks of time. It’s not terribly fancy and doesn’t have all the bells and whistles but I quite like it so far. It’s helping me track actual time spent on projects (vs imagined time which I tend to do as then underestimate how much work I put into a project) 😳 Can anyone relate? Do you use a paid project management tool, or your own custom system, or a mix of things?
I’m love the flexibility my work allows me. In fact, it seems totally surreal!🤷🏻‍♀️Right now I have the privilege of being based in Rio, while working with people in Ontario, Joburg, Cape Town, Berlin, Durban... and Southbroom. Southbroom deserves a mention because I’ll always be a small town girl at heart. 😂💕🌊
It’s always a good reason to celebrate when a site goes live! ‘Ooh Lulu’ is a Cape Town based events, venue and coordinating company who are all about nostalgia, romance and creating lasting memories. You can check out the long scrolling one-pager at www.oohlulu.co.za 🥂🎉🙌🏼
What podcasts are you listening to? I tend to come back to Andy Pizza’s “Creative Pep Talk.” Always such good material, excellent food for thought and super practical tips on how to dig deeper into creativity, how to find your gifts, and how to build a balance between making stuff you love and earning a decent living. If you haven’t found them yet, I highly recommend all his stuff. 🌿🎉
Just wrapping up a wedding + events related website. Some of my favourite things about this project have been working with beautiful moody images, and partnering with design whizz @biancabouverie on the branding side! 🎉 A simple, beautiful one-page Squarespace site coming soon...
I have to thank @thecreativespacewithsonja for sharing this on her Instagram today. It really spoke to me and has helped me through the day. I realise how often I steel myself to “struggle through” a creative sticking point, but this phrase pretty much stopped me in my tracks. I had to ask myself, “Does this have to be hard? Or am I allowed to enjoy the process? To have fun?” I wrote it in bold across a big piece of paper and kept looking at it. Deep breath. Keep going. Let it be light. Let it be easy.
I spent such a lovely weekend pottering around the historical town of Petrópolis, once the seat of power in Brazil, home to the Imperial Museum and the oldest brewery in the country. How was your weekend? ⛪️