This has been six months in the making. Six. Frakking. Months. And now that time has come, sweetpea. violetminded Design has just stepped itself into a whole new playing field.

come closer, lovely. let’s have story time. (bring cookies.)

I started violetminded Design in 2009. At the time, it was sheer desperation that spurred me into action. I was sick of working for someone else. Like, really sick of it. The job I’d had during the summer of 2009 was just… amazing. (Didn’t expect that, didja?) I worked as a resume-whisperer-job-coach-therapist (official title: client assistance officer) and I adored it. It was everything I could want in a job: fun, challenging, engaging, and really different from anything I’d ever done.

So when I had to quit, I was sad. I didn’t want another job, damn it. I wanted that job.

But it dawned on me.

Or rather, it hit me in the face like a sledgehammer.

Why am I pining for a job when I could just, y’know, create my own?

And so, violetminded was born.

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