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are live now. Hi, my name is Stephanie, Stephanie Dix, which I'm sure you've seen. I wanted

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to take a quick minute to do my introduction. You may hear noises in the background. I do

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have four daughters, ranging in age from four to 14. And they're all downstairs with their

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dad who is working from home right now. So it's an adventure. We do homeschool. So we're

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used to everybody being here. That's nothing new with all the changes that have gone on.

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There's business as usual around here with the exception of my husband has our living

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room turned into a makeshift office. So about me, sorry for being rattled. I feel like I'm

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the hot mess in the group. Everybody needs one in every group, I guess, right? I own

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White Oak Originals, which is an Etsy shop. I own that shop, I sell hand letter designs.

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So I've got cut files, like you would use for a cricket or a silhouette, and printables.

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It's kind of bundled together. You print one or cut one. I like to print one out if I cut

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certain designs, just so I know how to weed it, things like that. I put those designs

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on shirts. I sell those over on Sell My Teas. I have two different shops, one's through

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White Oak, one's through my blog, which is behind the scenes of White Oak Originals.

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And I also design fabric. So my business is a little bit different from other people's,

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I guess, where it's all digital, graphic, online, somewhat passive with Etsy. But I

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guess it's limiting, too. It's just all different. I have friends who are trying to make the

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most of things right now by pushing people, please support small businesses, and they're

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selling really cute little Easter gifts and things like that. And I'm like, eh, I'm over

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here doing the same old, same old. But I guess that's just how it goes. As far as business

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goes, I love what I do. I'm very thankful to be able to do what I do, and to have the

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benefit of some income coming from it. I met Ashley in a business networking group. She

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was doing some questionnaires, just asking some business owners some questions. And we

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spoke once, and then we talked a little more here and a little more there, and have gotten

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to be pretty good friends. And I'm so very thankful for Ashley and for our friendship.

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I'm excited about this group, about getting to dig deeper, and I don't even know where

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to start with it. I'm looking forward to Thursday's class, and to just soaking in all

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I can. I have been watching your videos, and it's really nice to meet all of you. Again,

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I also homeschool. Trying to think, I had all kinds of things in my head that, oh yeah,

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I can tell them this, I can tell them that. I don't know. I feel like I'm the resident

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hot mess, I guess. But that's kind of business as normal around here, too, these days. But

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overall, yeah, I'm just very thankful to be here. Again, I'm sorry for being kind of all

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over the place with this. I thought I knew what I was going to say, and that didn't work

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out, huh? But if you have any questions for me, make sure to comment with those. I'm an

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open book. I just sometimes draw a blank on the pages myself. So again, thank you for

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your time. Thank you for watching this, even if you're getting a little bit of a chuckle,

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that's alright. My family rolls their eyes all the time. And I look forward to getting

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to know each of you.