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BB Podcast Episode 49: Parie Donaldson
“Embrace your strength and delegate your weakness.” – Parie Donaldson | Parie Designs
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Today we’re visiting with Parie Donaldson, owner of Parie Designs (Amarillo, Texas), cancer survivor, and Details Flowers virtual designer to discuss:
- her transition from a retail shop to an events-only studio
- how she’s dealt with setbacks and diversions in business
- how her breast cancer diagnosis affected her business
- her new venture as a virtual design assistant
- what led to her renewed love affair with floral design
- how she handled telling her clients about her cancer diagnosis
- her ‘Plan C’
- the perks of freelancing
- the meaningful photo shoot her friends orchestrated during her treatment
Links mentioned in Episode Forty-Nine:
- Details Flowers Software
- Chapel Designers
- Isha Foss | Isha Foss Design
- Susan Kelly | Marion Moss Floral Design
- Andrea Grist
- Holly Chapple| Holly Heider Chapple Flowers
- Curate
- Jayson Munn | Jayson Munn Design
- Flowerstock
- Robbie Honey
- Lindsay Diminick | Yellow Twist Floral Design | BB Podcast Episode 48
See more of Parie Donaldson’s work here:
Website | Instagram| Facebook | Pinterest
Guest Co-Host: Maggie Bailey | Bramble & Bee
BB Podcast Sound Engineer: Landon McGee
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