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Jen, first, THANK YOU for the shout outs in this post. I've designed a lot of favorites here on Substack but few color combos strike me like yours. I don't think I've done a single package with black, yellow, and white yet, except yours.

My favorite sentence in your whole post: "Writers appreciate good paper, even when it's digital." This is SO accurate! I love paper in real life and I enjoy trying to replicate the feel of it in certain designs. Yours was easy because it made so much sense.

Thanks again and I'll start sifting through your pub to choose something I'd like to cross-post. Your content is so useful!

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Aw thanks! You made it so easy. This was a fun one to write. And thanks for the inspo last time we talked, I'm thinking of a post to explain what it is I help people with...stay tuned! ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Ahhh yes! I will wait for that one because I think it'll be so valuable to my audience as well!

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Oct 29ยทedited Oct 29Author

Yeah, now that you've planted the seed! I'm taking election week slow - we'll all be so inundated with media and emails.

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Take all the time you need. You will all deserve it Iโ€™m sure!

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Thank you so much for this, Jen. Especially the specifics of the Substack world. I am lucky to have a great designer and I'm sure if I set her on this task, she will help me find my visual voice.

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Thanks Jo! I love your writing. I think developing your visual voice would really enhance things. Let me know how it goes. I'll do a subscriber chat about the visual side of newsletters this Thursday - so if you have questions chime in!

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You are welcome and thank you so much. I'll watch for you on Thursday.

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Oct 29Liked by Jen Baxter

Interesting idea: visual voice. Love it and I love the look of your newsletter!

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Visual voice is how photography talk -- thought it would be easy for people to understand. Glad you liked it. Thanks for letting me know:)

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I LOVE what Kristi has done here and I'm so glad you found designs that work well for you ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜Š

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Thanks Eva! She really captured the look and feel I wanted:) AND figured out the damn watermark!

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Oh man.. donโ€™t get me started on the watermark thing! ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜†

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I'm looking forward to discovering my new visual voice. Love what you've done (with Kristi).

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I'm excited for you too Julie! Can't wait to see what you two come up with.

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You have a fun name and yes, integrating visual to bring voice to it is how we as artist and writers bring it all to life, in our minds, hearts, and spirits.

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Great looking website. Clean and energetic.

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Hi Jen, Thanks for walking us through your process, that was a really fun and inspired read. Iโ€™m so glad you kept the yellow itโ€™s so zingy and fun. Kristi did a great job for you. Visual voice is a new term for me, I just love it. I look forward to noticing with new eyes the visual voices that are all around, including my own!

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