A Second of Whimsey

03/23/2022

How would you name this color palette?🎨🤔

“Peachy-orange sorbet” is all I can think of, haha! 😆

Want your brand colors to communicate creativity? Chose salmon, corals, orangey-browns; anything with a bit of orange will do the trick! 🤓

I’m having a new found obsession with orange and the creative energy that conveys—give me all the coral, peachy-pinks please 😁

Feel free to save this one for the future! 🤓 https://instagr.am/p/CbdCwuqL9PQ/

03/16/2022

“Why can’t she just do it?!” 🙈

The question my brain feeds me every time I feel like I don’t have the energy to keep doing something, *I think* I should be doing.

Overtime, I’ve learned to stop when I cannot keep going. Yet, I still feel guilt creep into my brain.

Boy, those “imaginary”, judging voices can have some power over me.

To be honest… I’m not sure where I’m going with this caption 😅- I just know there’s something about burnout that makes you feel like a bear 🐻, won’t you agree? (haha), laying low through winter… trusting Spring shall come… 🤍✨ https://instagr.am/p/CbK6ezgOC9y/

02/01/2022

Learning to let go…✨

Let go of rules I somehow managed to make “my own”—when they weren’t mine.

How is it that we do that so often?

Unexpectedly—my “quest” for this year is shaping to be: learning to embrace my own light. 🤍✨

There’s this part of me that loves to use all I’ve got to understand others, to put myself in their shoes—to genuinely laugh or cry with them. There’s this part of me that loves to “merge” with others for the sake of keeping the pace.🥺

The thing is, that part of me often makes me lose sight of myself.

“What do *you* want—who do you want to be, Susan?”That’s the question of the year.🙈

I’m taking ‘s The Insta Retreat class —so far my mind is blown. So far all I can say is… it’s much more than an “Instagram class”. 🤯

“The youness of you—share it” 😭

Words by the wonderful Sally. The mindset coaching with wonderful is literally blowing my mind!

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01/04/2021

Once we were about to celebrate the birthdays of the month, back when I worked as Head of the Interactive Graphic Design team at an agency in Guatemala. 👩🏻‍🎨 There we were at the meetings table, joking and laughing about some random silly thing, the birthday girl was cutting her own cake, and as she was deciding on how many pieces to cut the cake, we all realized she counted herself out. 🎂 For a moment everyone stopped and were like, “wait what about you?” She was like: "oh I'm not having any", "I'm on a diet". That's all she had to say for almost everyone around the table start pressuring her into having at least one small piece—after all, it was her own birthday. I could visibly see her struggle. Her quiet... shame. Her vulnerability exposed. A girl usually so outspoken, out of words. 😢 I couldn’t take it, inside of me I was like “can’t you all see her suffering?!” 🥺 Next thing I know words flung out of my mouth, pretty much yelling: "You guys stop it, let her be! Why do you all have to be such a stone in the road?!" 😤 Yup. Those words had come out out of my mouth. Like one of those out of body experiences, so out of character that you keep wondering if that was actually you. 😳 Oh. My. Gosh. The introvert, quiet me, the one that usually goes along with the flow in hopes that by being like that, she gets to keep the peace with everyone, and with herself 🤐 I’ve known from my perspective, very few things are worth arguing for, unless a decision involves my integrity.🙅🏻‍♀️ So what had happened that day? 🤔 After finishing this book I was reading (The Path Between Us), I was finally able to put into words so much and understand ‘why’ —turns out my appreciation for independence moves me in unexpected ways... I want mine, and I want you to have yours 🤯 All this to say, one of my goals for this year is simple: “live more freely”. Breaking free from invisible chains that hold me back from showing up like the person I’d love to be: I want my actions follow my heart. So here it’s to keep growing to show up better for myself + others ❤️ Care to share one of your goals? I’d love to know ☺️ Happy new year Kindred Spirit! 🥳

12/30/2020

Last minute Hollidays post? 🙈

Get a set of Moving Backgrounds that you can use from The Holliday’s, to Valentines to Mother’s Day—yep, spellbind your people! 😉🎄💋👶🏼

Link in bio

12/24/2020

How do you show your light? ✨ The tag line of the collection I just released is “show your light ”, inspired by the desire to fight for the broken hearts and the dark clouds hovering over 2020—which got me thinking does everyone knows how to actually do that? So I started a list, a list in which I’ve named unexpected blessings this year has brought... to share with you to inspire you. 👩🏻‍💻This year has proved that working remotely isn’t the end of the world 👩‍❤️‍👨 This year has allowed me to enjoy the company of husband like never before 🏠 This year has made my homebodyness + introvertion thrive to my hearts content 🤩 This year I tried many new things; launched a podcast (and quit the podcast hehe), released 2 product lines (the new one is live, the link is on my bio .susan.mar if you fancy a peek). 🙏🏼 This year has strengthened my one-on-one relationship with God And just like that... we can find the light hidden between the darkness, ready to step out of the shadows as soon as you let it out. Sending love and bear-hugs your way ❤️ Merry almost Christmas friend! Sus, xx Ps. your pain is valid, your suffering is valid, your loss, and grieve is valid. They still exist within us despite the fact that we chose to show our light instead—for you, for those around you. https://instagr.am/p/CJL3c9IBhJc/

12/24/2020

And the new collection is live ✨ Link in bio, go take a look!

As with every new collection: enjoy introductory prices on limited stock for 3 days—woot woot! 😃

Happy almost Christmas!! 🎄

12/16/2020

New collection is coming and I can’t wait to tell you all about it! 🤩

As with every new release I’ll be offering introductory prices on a limited amount of sets, for 5 days. 😉

Email subscribers get 24hr early access, make sure you are in! 💌 Link in bio .

12/09/2020

Some pages of our life book come to a close quietly, don’t you think? 😌 While you are at your desk, working from home, listening to "Higher by Jackie Wilson", one snowy winter day.👩🏻‍💻 Since moving to a different country I’ve started to reflect on how many chapters of life I’ve closed, looked one last time, without me really knowing it was going to be the last. "She’ll be back soon", were the last words I heard my coworker say the day my hours were cut off at work. Who would have thought things would change this much, that I wouldn’t end up going back, and that that coworker would find herself moving on as well. People touch our lives in unexpected ways won’t you agree. She used to be like “don’t over thinking it”, “give yourself more credit for the work you do”...😊 Some parts of this baby-entrepreneurial journey I am in, are a tad bittersweet. Still I wouldn’t trade it for the world 💘 Here you go, my pondering for the day. 😉 Now it’s your turn, what’s one way someone has touched your life? think about that, I’m sure it will make you smile 😃 https://instagr.am/p/CIlYhFXh0nS/

12/08/2020

You know what the problem is?🤔 About not posting that often I mean. When I’m back I feel like I have A LOT to say and end up with crazy captions like this 😆 Life updates: 🛀 At some point I couldn’t remember when was the last time I showered. Eeep! Dry shampoo for the win! *Ha!* 🎉 I did my 1st ever Cyber Week sale on my shop . *Woot-woot!* 🐙 Ahem. Everyday I find myself wishing I had as many arms as an octopus (to do all the things). I.e. from remembering to brush hair, to help for once with the cooking. To finish the Christmas line to be released THIS week, to start recording that list of video tutorials that keeps growing. *Tehehe* 🍲 Scrumptious food keeps showing up in my hands (husband is the best—otherwise I’d live out of the same-exact sándwich). *Whew* 📸 Went to feel the autumn sunset one day. This is the photo to prove it. *hurrah* 😎 I got this fabulous sunglasses gifted by + (as a baby-entrepreneur with little income I’m doing a happy dance for this!) *yay!!* YOUR TURN, how’s your crazy looking? 😜

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12/05/2020

Last chance: 40%OFF on Video Loops is about to go p**f! 🙈😄✨

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10/12/2020

I guess this one is my fave, or... the most eye-catching one 🤔🌸what do you think? The I mean (the peony animation you see here, made by moi, now on my shop 😁☝🏼). Eeep! To be honest I felt like this day will never come, I’ve been working on this for YEARS! Yes, years of getting to know myself, years of learning to become the person I needed to become to be able to run a business, to building my brand, setting up my own website, learning about pluggings, Wordpress, and the nuances of the “pyrotechnic-juggle” that running a business as solopreneur means 🤪🤹🏽‍♀️😆 Despite all... You know what the most difficult thing has been? THIS. Talking about my work. Putting it out there to be judged... It’s such a scary thing if you ask me, and yet, I’m doing it—one small step at a time. What ever you are looking to achieve, take it from me: YOU CAN DO IT. Yell it to yourself it necessary 🙌🏼 Go take a look if you fancy a peek, link on Bio—>enjoy introductory prices + let me know, which one is your fave? 🤓 I could use your expert-peony-lover-eye to know which one should I use to promote them + to make some tutorials 😉

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