sorry for the silence

by vienna on January 11, 2012

The holidays have been fun but also stressful so I had to prioritize, again—family, friends, social obligations, self. Christmas shopping, family gatherings, family trips, and visiting friends were just some of the things that kept me away from blogging.

I wanted to write about 2011 and how that year has been really good to me, to us as a family, but I didn’t find the time. Now that every thing is slowing down, I could start picking up from where I left off. I’ll start with updating my blogs to working on blog design projects. I also plan to launch my online store not later than March so I hope that I could really populate it by then.

Family wise, every thing is doing great. My baby is healthy, happy, and active. He’s an amazing baby and he is growing up quite fast. My husband and I are as happy and as in love as ever. I thank God every single day for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

My career is another story. I wont say it’s doing great because it is not really the case but I wont say it’s a crap either because I am not really trying. My career as a freelance web designer/writer is just as successful as I am allowing it to be. I could be more successful on my job but right now, it is not my main focus. My family is my number one. I don’t mind not earning plenty of $$$ as long as I am doing great job at being a mom to my baby.

This 2012, I’ll continue prioritizing family over work. I will continue putting my baby above all the other things I have to attend to. I’ll sure accept some web designing and writing gigs but not more than what I can do in my free time.

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just popping in

by vienna on December 10, 2011

Originally, I wanted to write a post about my freelancing gigs but unfortunately, there’s nothing to write about because it’s been almost two months since I last work on anything. There were some inquiries about my web designing services but after my last client, I took a step back. Why? Well, not really sure but I’ve never met a client so…I don’t know. Maybe she didn’t mean to but she stressed me out and gave me the feeling that I am working under pressure–which was the main thing I wanted to avoid when I asked for a 10 days turnaround (and she agreed to that). I don’t know but there were plenty of negative vibes during the project. BUT I have to say that I am still quite proud of the outcome of my work despite all that.

Now, I am working on populating my online store. I am designing premade themes to sell later on but I am taking my time. That’s the beauty of working for myself… no pressure.

On another note, my latest acquisition is a Bamboo Stylus for my iPad and here are two artworks I did using my Bamboo Stylus and my latest favorite app: Auryn Ink

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digital watercolor is super cool

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lovin' my bamboo stylus and auryn ink app

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pagerank updated?! ugh!!

by vienna November 13, 2011

Just when I bowed to update my blogs a little bit more often, something happened that did NOT allow me to keep my bow. So from now on, no more talks of updating my blogs more often. But you’ll probably want to know what took me away from my blogs for two months so this [...]

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saying no to stress

by vienna September 24, 2011

I just finished designing a client’s blog and I think, this will be the last blog designing gig for the month of September. Unfortunately. But I’d rather have it this way than to entertain rush (anything less than 2 weeks is considered rush, okay.) orders and be stressed out. I said goodbye to my last [...]

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do or don’t

by vienna September 13, 2011

It’s so easy to lose track of everything so this week, I am making my to-do-list and I will stick to it. Seriously. DO IT or DON’T DO IT. There is NO TRY. –Master Yoda I have more than a handful of tasks before me, and I just don’t know where to start. I am [...]

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my work-at-home earnings for august

by vienna September 5, 2011

I am beat from doing a bunch of housework today but I promise to update this blog so here I am writing this quick post. I just want to make a quick report of what I earned from freelancing online for the month of August and here it is: I am glad that I was [...]

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sleepless and stressed

by vienna August 17, 2011

I stayed up so late last night and that’s not because my baby was fussy. It was because I needed to finish a blog design. I should have finished it last Sunday but since we spent  five days at my in-laws, I was not really able to work on it. Also, the week before that, [...]

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my work-at-home-earnings for july

by vienna August 2, 2011

Another month has ended and it’s time to report my monthly online earnings again. Some might be shocked to learn that I am working despite the fact that I just gave birth six weeks ago. Well, I actually just started looking at work after a month of giving birth and though I accepted a couple [...]

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