Blog – Pen + Posh

May. 04, 2019

How to Tell if it’s Time to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

Hiring a virtual assistant can be a daunting task. Especially if this is your first time hiring someone else to take care of your business! I've hired 22 contractors, freelancers, and VAs over the years and in this article, I go into detail on how and where to hire them and how to manage and streamline workflow.

Apr. 20, 2019

A "Month" in the Life of an SVG Designer

I like to help by instead offering advice and things I have learned along the way. This post I know will still offer help, but in a different way. Many of you stated you would like for me to dive deeper in what a typical month looks like in my business as far as goals, hours, workload, strategy, etc. are concerned. So here it goes...

Apr. 05, 2019

Designing With Intention vs Designing What You Want

Sometimes coming up with design after design is hard. Designing day in and day out especially if you do this full-time gets monotonous. So it's no wonder we often gravitate to designing what we WANT to design rather than what we NEED to design. When I find myself drifting off course, I try to remind myself that, first and foremost I need to design for my customers. Not for myself. Not for fun, but for my customers!

Mar. 29, 2019

The Top Tools Used by SVG Designers

It’s hard to know when first starting out designing cut files which tools, softwares and equipment is really needed. Here’s a list of the top tools, equipment and software used by SVG designers.

Mar. 22, 2019

Why I use AI Instead of Cricut DS or Silhouette Studio

In this article, I will go into the details behind why I use Adobe Illustrator to design my cut files in hopes this will help if you are still on the fence on which software to use. After learning how to design cut files in AI, you are ready to design logo, fliers, invitations, printables, apparel and embroidery designs, and much more. The best part is that you can make patterns, fonts, and any type of graphic yourself - completely from scratch now!

Mar. 15, 2019

5 Reasons Why Designing Cut Files is Perfect for Artists and Crafters - Even if you're new to design.

In this post I go over why I believe cut file design to be the very best digital design to begin with if you’re new to graphic design, in hopes that it will encourage you to take that first scary step and learn this program that has sooo much to offer. I passionately believe this because this is exactly how I got started. I tried three graphic design areas before finally starting into SVG and cut file design.

Mar. 08, 2019

What Should be Your 3 Main Focuses When Launching an Etsy Shop Selling Digital Items

I will share with you how I viewed my Etsy shop when launching and how this thought process made a huge impact towards my success. I will also provide the three, (yes not 8, not 10, not 20) simple things I focused on when launching that resulted in replacing my full-time income within the first 6-8 months of launch.

Feb. 28, 2019

The One Essential Step That Could Be Costing You When Starting an Online Business

It’s easy to look at other businesses and think “that looks fun, I want to do that” without really putting much thought into whether that’s the best option for us to take. But then several months go by and suddenly we find that we really don’t enjoy this new venture or business. After I quit my day job, I was on the search, trying everything possible to keep my busy body busy as a new SAHM. I knew I needed something. I yearned to accomplish something.