Inspiration Blog Posts
Making difficult decisions is an inevitable challenge in business. In this post, I discuss how to make difficult decisions and align yourself to the right one’s in your creative business.
How challenging should business be? And when do you know when to persevere or call it quits? In this blog post, I share some insights on how I decide when to carry on, change directions, or quit all together.
On a hamster wheel of productivity? Is the grind getting you down? Are you struggling with burnout? In this blog post, I share some insights on how to stop the grind and step into a mindful and more energetically sustainable way to run your creative business.
In spite of its fortune-telling history, tarot can be used as a tool for self-discovery & personal growth; Making it more transformative and less-predictive. Learn how in this blog post.
If you’re new to the world of oracle cards or simply want to learn more, in this blog post I’ll share what oracle cards are, how to use them, and how to choose an oracle card deck that suits you.
A personal & spiritual perspective on how entrepreneurship can ignite transformation & healing. If we allow it.
When we’re faced with moments of discomfort in our creative business, it is a call to check-in with ourselves and our business health. Read about how I’m working through discomfort through difficult, but necessary, decision-making & adapting to changes.
Read about a few major points of adversity I’ve experienced in my creative journey that might help you along in yours.
As a commercial illustrator, graphic designer, and creative entrepreneur, here are 5 informational resources I can’t live without.
Our beliefs, thoughts, and actions, play a key role in your success - or sabotage. Learn to boost your business by adjusting your mindset.
Simple things can help us find rest, grow on a personal & spiritual level, inspire ideas, and even help to develop a skill. In this blog post, I share my insights to how I go about discovering simple things and how they benefit me.
Blank pages got you scared? Don’t worry! I’ll get you to brainstorm your way to some stellar ideas through a series of steps that, I find, make brainstorming easy.
Say hello to Melody of FirReal Nature Connections. She’s a Certified Nature Connected Life Coach that helps you slow down and reconnect to your true self.
How a deer encounter inspired an artist to re-evaluate priorities and quit Instagram to find space, focus, and creativity.
Hi! I’m Amanda Weedmark
Designer. Illustrator. Creative entrepreneur since 2017.
I create joyful designs that evoke feelings of nostalgia and celebrate our connectedness to nature. My original designs for cards, stickers, and pins are rooted in the freedom and calm that comes from exploring our natural world and indulging in the simple things in life.
My blog is a space that offers insights into design and the process, running a small business, and my personal journey to self-improvement and wellness. My hope is that might help others along their journey; Whatever that might be.
My creative business started innocently enough; A side gig which turned into a full-time one. A dream come true! Until I entered the Valley of Despair. In this post, I share my experience and how I've navigated the Valley of Despair.