YEAR-END WITH PAYPAL

man, this year has been a really challenging in so many ways and at the same time extremely rewarding as well. it’s strange that two polar emotions can exist at the same time but i’m sure all my fellow small business owners know what i mean when i say it definitely happens more often than not. owning a business is definitely about taking it all in stride, the good, the bad and the ugly. PayPal asked if i wanted to collaborate on a year-end campaign around being a small business owner and share a bit of my journey and i gladly accepted. i’ve been doing this for about 9 years now and i still have so much to learn and at the same time feel really proud of how far i’ve come.

PayPal is a website (and an app!) i’ve used since day one, to send out my own invoices, pay subcontractors, manage blogshop student payments, my social media workshop, my affiliate relationships, etc. it was an app that really helped me when i was super short on time and managing a ton of projects and made it really easy to send and receive payments and invoices. it’s an app we still use often, it loads directly into our quickbooks, makes it easy to send international payments (because wire transfers are such a pain) and it’s all around something i believe in and i’m happy to support. the business side of DLF is something we’ve been thinking about a lot more lately, so often i’m focused on the creative and the projects but the contracts, invoicing, taxes, licensing, etc is such a big part of running a business that i want to start sharing more about that aspect.

today i took some time to look back through the years at memories of running my own business. it’s important to take a second to do this for yourself!!

AT HOME OFFICE 2011:

SHARED OFFICE SPACE 2012:

BLOGSHOP STUDIO ON THE ROAD! 2013

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well these are sure PRETTY! grab your free desktop downloads from artist juliet meeks below and scroll through thousands of other designs right here!

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have a wonderful weekend, friends! i love these bright and pretty desktops from sarah tate this week. download away!

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how about a few new desktop wallpapers?! check out these pretty graphic downloads from alison willoughby.

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how to download: click on the highlighted word below, the image will open in its own window (depending on your browser, you might need to click again to make it full size) simply drag the image to your desktop. select ALISON WILLOUGHBY 1 (854 downloads) system preferences and then desktop/screensaver.

please note: these designs are for personal use only and not available for any commercial purposes including any promotional use on social media. all copyright of these images is retained by the artist.

:: click to download the ALISON WILLOUGHBY 1 (6314 downloads) WALLPAPER

:: click to download the ALISON WILLOUGHBY 2 (5121 downloads) WALLPAPER

:: click to download the ALISON WILLOUGHBY 3 (3873 downloads) WALLPAPER

:: click to download the  ALISON WILLOUGHBY 4 (3845 downloads) WALLPAPER

:: click to download the PHONE VERSIONS 1 (1420 downloads) , 2 (1531 downloads) , 3 (1499 downloads) , 4 (1560 downloads) WALLPAPER

download all of the desktop downloads from the past here.

would you like to submit your own designs to this column? create one design and email it to studio{at}designlovefest.com with the subject line “dress your tech.” we will review the designs and see if they are a good fit for the site!

please note that these designs are for personal use only and not available for any commercial purposes. all copyright of these images is retained by alison willoughby

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ann finkel is back again with another round of desktops this week! remember her desktops from last year over here? always love her fun patterns! click through below to download the desktops for your computer!

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