After two years of Blueprint Retreat under my belt, I was really longing to do something outdoors and therefore needed warmer weather. Sitting at a desk for two days straight can be tiring—especially with all the soul-searching, deep-dive questions that come along with annual planning. So I decided for the third Blueprint Retreat we would […]

Event Recap Series : Blueprint Retreat January 2015 Intro by Shanna Skidmore | Recap by Ginny Early This second year of Blueprint Retreat felt like clockwork! I had an amazing creative team beside me filled with some of my very best friends in the industry as well as a group of incredible breakout speakers to […]

Event Recap Series : Blueprint Retreat 2014 Intro by Shanna Skidmore | Recap by Britt Bass One of my favorite traditions as a financial advisor was our end of the year annual planning retreats. As an office, we would rent a cabin and spend a few days digging into our goals and dreams for the […]

Welcome to “The Best Thing I’ve Learned About Money” audio blog series. This is where you’ll hear from fellow creative entrepreneurs and mentors all about one specific topic: MONEY! Today we are so excited to introduce you to our featured guest, Bonnie Bakhtiari from b is for bonnie design and the founder of the Illume […]

As part of our Two-Cents Tuesday series. It’s Two-Cents Tuesday Episode 12! Each week I’ll be answering audience submitted questions over on my YouTube Channel! Today’s question comes from Marieanna. She asks : “As the primary bill-payer in my marriage I’ve struggled over the years to get my husband to sit down with me to look […]

This article originally appeared on the Megan Martin Creative blog. It’s easy to think as business owners we have to get it all right. Everything from email lists to Instagram algorithms to pricing our products. I don’t know about you but sometimes that “should do” list can get quite overwhelming! What if I told you […]

Welcome to “The Best Thing I’ve Learned About Money” audio blog series. This is where you’ll hear from fellow creative entrepreneurs and mentors all about one specific topic: MONEY! Today we are so excited to introduce you to our featured guest, Kaitlin Holland, the Owner of McAlister-Leftwich House and Founder of The School of Styling as […]

As part of our Two-Cents Tuesday series. It’s Two-Cents Tuesday Episode 11! Each every other week I’ll be answering audience submitted questions over on my YouTube Channel! Today’s question comes from Suz. She asks : “I have so much trouble biting the bullet for big purchases. Vacations, technology, art, shoes. It always seems irresponsible because if […]

Guilt and shame. So often those are the words I hear fellow creative entrepreneurs say they feel when it comes time to talk about money. We don’t talk about money because we’re ashamed to openly discuss it with others. But why? I think a lot of it has to do with the success we see […]

Welcome to “The Best Thing I’ve Learned About Money” audio blog series. This is where you’ll hear from fellow creative entrepreneurs and mentors all about one specific topic: MONEY Today we are so excited to introduce you to our featured guest, Megan of Megan Martin Creative, as she shares the best thing she’s learned about […]

As part of our Two-Cents Tuesday series. It’s Two-Cents Tuesday Episode 10! Every other week I’ll be answering audience submitted questions over on my YouTube Channel! Today’s question comes from Linda. She asks : “I’ve been in business for 7 months and made $0 profit (actually negative numbers). Everyone says that’s normal, but is it?” Great […]

It’s no secret around here that I love flowers. Almost eight years ago, I moved to Atlanta for my husband to go back to school and I personally needed more creativity in my career. With my background in finance, psychology and art, I found myself working in the floral industry schlepping buckets for almost three […]