How To Spring Clean Your Website
With the feeling of Spring FINALLY in the air, the blooming trees and warmer weather has got me all kinds of obsessed with cleaning and organizing. One of the most important Spring cleaning tasks for your business is making sure your website is up-to-date and working properly.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve logged into a client’s website to make a simple revision, only to see a year’s worth of updates haven’t been made. I love WordPress, but it’s also vulnerable to security issues.
Those updates are there for a reason: to keep your site safe and secure.
Eucalyptus and Orange Thanksgiving Tablescape
For this Thanksgiving tablescape, I wanted to do something very clean, light, and airy. I used a mix of faux and real eucalyptus for the table runner and added pops of orange with faux fruit. The amber candles added a warm glow to the lighting.
Halloween Themed Beer Tasting Invitations
As we all know, the ‘Rona has been quite disruptive to our normal lives and routines, so we’ve decided to skip our annual beer tasting this year. For fun, I’m throwing it back to the invitations I designed for our Halloween themed beer tasting.
Reflection Before Resolutions 2019
I’m reflecting on all of the milestones Nicole Victory Design embraced in 2019, where I fell short, and where I’m headed in 2020. I hope to inspire you with setting your New Year’s goals!
Halloween Themed Beer Tasting
Entertaining is a creative outlet I enjoy nurturing outside of my business, and I went all out with the Halloween theme. Our Halloween themed beer tasting features a bold color palette and moody fall florals.
Reflection Before Resolutions 2018
I’m continuing my tradition of reflection before resolutions in 2018 to help set myself and my business up for success in 2019. See where Nicole Victory Design has been and where it’s going.
Pin-up Model For a Day | How a Unique Experience is Fueling My Year-End Creativity
Sharing details of my experience as a Christmas themed pin-up model for a day with the 2019 Warbird Pin-up Girls Calendar crew featuring the Ain’t Misbehavin’. Back in October, I received a message from a family friend regarding a model call. The photographer was looking for a brunette with blue eyes, living in TN, and no tattoos. Finally, all those Spring Breaks in High School where I stayed home paid off! I don’t have a single tattoo!
Harsens Island Workation 2017
Back in the Summer of 2011 I finally quit my job that had been making me miserable for years in pursuit of a full-time freelance design career. A few days later, I retreated to my family’s vacation home on Harsens Island, MI to begin an annual tradition known as the Harsens Island Workation. Each Summer I spend 6 – 8 weeks here working my regular full-time hours but in a beautiful place surrounded by friends and family.
As I’m settling to 2018 Workation mode, I’m sharing the highlights from an epic 2017 Harsens Island Workation.
What Small Businesses Can Learn About Sales From QVC
When a business chooses to innovate after they’ve stagnated, that’s a sign they will continue to experience success. QVC is doing exactly this: Innovating. Learn how to increase your small business’s sales by implementing the same effective techniques used by the live TV shopping network, QVC, on your own website.
3 Simple Ways Changing Your Environment Can Stimulate Creativity
Stuck in a creative rut? You may just need a change in scenery. I’m sharing 3 simple ways changing your environment can stimulate creativity.
