We’re kicking off today’s episode with one more Harry Potter cocktail (this one’s a smoky activated charcoal margarita called “Skele-Gro”), and some news… Today’s episode is going to mark the end of an era — AKA, the season finale for a very long season 1! 🥺🥳We’re so grateful for this podcast, the community, and all the stories this incredible show has taught us… and this ISN’T GOODBYE. We promise. We’ll be updating the podcast format to seasons for 2023 instead of weekly episodes, and we’ll still be staying on this account all the time to share funny content, memes, and all the relatable things. On this episode, you’ll get to hear about some real changes in our business (we’ve been SO busy) and the realization that we just can’t do it all… …but, like we said, it’s not goodbye. Promise. 💗 We’re knee-deep in prepping for season 2 already, so keep sending stories to us — and let us know if you have any suggestions for topics, guests, and/or sponsors! We’re here for it. Always. And we’ll be back so, so soon. Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible.Check out our lawyer approved contract: Commercial Photography AgreementFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Meet Emma Maja — our Australian gal (who joined us at a wildly early hour bc of the time difference!), who’s a freelance graphic designer, illustrator, AND dog accessory and apparel designer! Today we’re kicking off with another Harry Potter themed cocktail (AKA, a frozen midori sour with a twist called Polyjuice Potion), and Emma dives on in with us over an espresso martini. We got to hear how Emma’s product-based business has informed her service-based business, all the things she’s learned in and out of freelance, and her journey as a designer — anchored, of course, by some killer stories. Duh. First, we get to hear about the TRUE AUDACITY of a client whose mission was to “empower women” but, well… hint, hint, DIDN’T. They treated her horribly, kept hinting towards ~future work opportunities~ and asked her to lower her already low rates… and you’re gonna cringe when you find out how much work Emma did for way too little money. We also hear about a client who reached out via Facebook Messenger and gave Emma ~the ick~ for a project that ended up having a total lack of boundaries… as they sometimes do. We loved having Emma on the show and hearing about everything from her practical advice to the lessons she’s learned along the way to the mistakes she’s made — and it’s a really good one. You know what to do! 😌Follow Emma on IG at @emmamajadesign and check out her site at emmamajadesign.comCheck out her dog accessory and apparel brand: Dogs of CBRFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Today, meet Jason B. James —  an incredible food and beverage photographer by day and DJ by night! We kicked off this episode with another Harry Potter-themed cocktail (we named this one Reparo — a gin cranberry sour inspired by Command Z, AKA the Photoshop shortcut that saves our lives). We loved hearing about how Jason transitioned from being a behavioral therapist to a photographer (AND a DJ) — and he told us how he describes his work as a little surreal, almost “like you microdosed” when looking at it. #weloveit You’ll get to hear about one of Jason’s events from hell during a NYE DJing gig gone wrong annnnnd his last straw before deciding freelance life was going to have to be the life for him. Because, as we all know… sometimes freelancing can be ROUGH, but man oh man is it better than anything else. 😂 Tune in now, pals!Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible.Follow Jason on IG at @jason.b.james and check out his website at jasonbjamesphoto.comFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Who knew Per Our Last Email would be getting into unsolved mystery podcast territory? 👀 Our friends Cierra and James of Halves Studio, an incredible lifestyle + studio photography hybrid based in Brooklyn, NY, joined us on today's episode with a rather mysterious story. I mean... it's not every day you get shipped a 6-7K Louis Vuitton purse... Anywho... we dove right in over a couple of Butterbeer cocktails as Cierra and James shared their journey in creating Halves Studio, what it's like to run a photography studio with your life partner, their current relationship with social media, and the time a client told Cierra she'd be a "perfect fit" to create video content for their mom and baby product line. (Spoiler alert: she's not a mom)...but honestly, how on earth does a Louis Vuitton bag just magically appear on one's doorstep?! Asking for a friend...Help us solve this mystery and listen on in. 🔍 You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later.Follow Cierra and James on IG and TikTok at @halves_studio and check out their website at halvesstudio.comFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

In today’s episode, you get to meet the incredible women behind Four Course Media, Rylee and Laura! We’re kicking off this episode during the massive heat wave in San Jose (um, 108 degrees?! Bye), and Rylee & Laura contributed the cocktail for this month’s HARRY POTTER COCKTAIL THEME ✨ We dove in over a fernet and vermouth spritz cocktail named “The Leaky Cauldron” and talked about how they went from meeting in a Slack group for freelance photographers to starting their studio, which offers imagery, styling, recipe development and branding consulting for food and beverage brands. In the ep you’ll get to hear about how they style food with real, fresh ingredients, tackle food waste in the industry, and run their business living in different places (Rylee’s based in Denver and Laura in Chicago). You’ll also get to hear about a very insane, traumatic story (ugh) with a ridiculous, stressful, and absolute jerk of a client who was full of red flags — like, hi… can we NOT with clients who do things like nitpick, delay, and, um… send emails like “Did something upload incorrectly? The colors in these photos are not showing up as expected. Do you mind checking the link to see if that’s what you meant to send?” LIKE YES IT IS WHAT WE MEANT TO SEND, PHIL.* *Not the client’s real name. 😂 Anyways, this is a good one — and we can’t wait for you to tune in!Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible.Follow Laura and Rylee on IG at @fourcoursemedia and check out their website at fourcoursemedia.comFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Today we’re talking to the incredible Megan Rizzo, an amazing creative, artist, and illustrator who’s worked with tons of companies (hello… like MTV, Sony, and BET!) — and we’re kicking off with a delightful college-themed cocktail that plays off of Jungle Juice, called “Welcome to the (Freelance) Jungle.” (Megan’s a new mom who’s taking it a little more low-key than we are, so she’s enjoying an apple juice mimosa while we breathe in memories of frat houses. Sigh.) There’s absolutely nothing better than a multi-faceted conversation about all the things, which is exactly how our conversation with Megan went — starting diving into her work, which she describes as “playful, bold, and comforting,” and how she draws inspiration from herself and her own struggles in her work (which includes #casual things like illustrating and writing children’s books). So freakin’ cool. Our favorite part of every guest ep is getting to hear stories from our fellow freelancers, and Megan tells us about a client who had wildly unrealistic expectations (AKA they wanted her to completely change her style) which obvi resulted in endless revisions… Oh and we also get to hear about an inquiry she received asking her to illustrate ✨sexual encounters✨ for a sexual poetry book. Ah, we love it. You guys know what to do!Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via Instagram, too.Follow Megan on IG at @daizydoodles and check out her website at daisyillustrations.comFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

And we are BACK with a good ole’ stories episode… arguably our most audacious one ever, so get ready! College cocktail month is still going strong, so we’re sipping on the lovely Adios, Mother****** that we’ve aptly renamed A Magical Freelancer, and kick off telling you guys about the ~audacity~ of a company who wanted to buy our images for $15 each. Love it. But, we digress — because the stories we have this week are INSANE. First, we hear from a listener whose client simply could NOTTTT understand why her prices had raised from pre-pandemic times — and who decided that she didn’t agree with renewal of licensing and usage, either. #nothx. Then we hear about a listener who got on a call with a potential client, only to LITERALLY hear the phrase “oh NO, we don’t work with budgets, it’s more about VALUE for us…” when she was explaining her budget. Spoiler alert… this means they didn’t want to pay. 😅 Then we have a commercial photographer from the food space talk about a vvvv passive-aggressive email from a potential client asking if the photos in her proposal were… HER PHOTOS (well yes, duh!), and shows us the email exchange. And then, to wrap up the most audacious stories episode yet, we have a really fun (AKA, triggering) story about an incredibly picky client who did not give AF about her having COVID or her instilling any kind of client boundaries. Oof. It’s a lot, huh?! Tune in to hear the tea. 🤟Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!

Today’s episode kicks off with Lina Cordero of Onlychild Design, a branding and design studio, and we’re OBSESSED WITH HER… as you’ll be able to tell in this ep. 🤩 We’re continuing our theme of college cocktails this month (much to Elle’s distaste LOL), and drinking jager bombs we’ve called “Bomb Dot Com” — an ode to feeling of having amazing projects you’re proud of — and slightly wishing we were drinking palomas like Lina was. But, we digress. Lina talks about how and why she started Onlychild Design (um, hint… in her last corporate job, she was LITERALLY asked to make changes to a project while she was in labor. No thx), and we talk about good ole client red flags, picking the right clients, and NOT having a business you have to treat like a child. Then, as usj, we get to hear some incredible stories — including Lina’s worst ever discovery call (like, hi, a note to clients: can you not ask us ~why we’re having this call~ when you’re the one that booked it?!), a pro bono client who decided to reach out for changes almost 3 years later, being asked to work during labor, and when she accidentally deleted all of her client work from her computer. *dies* It’s seriously a good one, friends — head over to listen on in!Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via Instagram, too.Follow Lina on IG at @onlychildesign and check out her website at onlychildesign.comView some of Lina's Adobe Live Streams: Part 1 and Part 2Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Imagine getting trolled for a year and receiving not one but SEVERAL inquiries by someone pretending to be Lady Gaga... 😅 Wellllll... you can stop imagining because it *actually* happened. To whom you may ask? None other than the ~fabulous~ Marina Williams. We're over here pinching ourselves because we got to chat with one of the sweetest and most talented creative photographers in the industry. Not only does she create stunning work but she's not afraid to share what she knows via all of her educational resources. And. We. Are. Here. For. It. 👏 In this ep, you'll get to hear about Marina's favorite college cocktail, her freelance journey, the time she got to photograph Olivia Rodrigo shortly after "drivers license" exploded, social media fatigue (so it's not just us?!),  and some of the toughest lessons she's had to learn while running her business. You know what to do - grab your cocktail and listen in! 🍸Follow Marina on IG at @marinawphoto and check out her site at marinawilliamsphoto.comCheck out her educational Patreon: Made To Make Find out more about her portfolio building event: ColorpopFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

On this week’s episode, we’re shakin’ it up with a good ole’ discussion topic… CONTRACT CLAUSES. But, before we dive in over key lime martinis (that we’ve named Offlime, because… #catchy), we get really, really real about the burnout and the exhaustion we’ve been feeling this past year — caused by the pandemic and by massive changes in our personal lives. We’re in this phase where we want to really focus on what’s important to us and what’s bringing us the most joy, you know?! We get a little deep, okay?! 😂 When we kick off our chat on contract clauses, we have a LOT to talk about — and a lot that you can probably relate to. We talk about copyright and licensing (and about how we’ve lost out on renewal fees and the like before we knew more about it), we talk about how we no longer release deliverables before final payment is made, and we also talk about the usability of the work we’re doing. It’s a good one —  basically an episode of Suits, minus Meghan Markle and absolutely any professional legal education. Psst… we’re running low on stories over here, and we’d love to hear yours! Send us your most cringey, most hilarious, and most ✨educational✨ stories by tapping the link in our bio or going to perourlastemail.com/submit-your-story.Check out these resources: Illumination (Formerly Luke Studios)' Licensing and Pricing FAQ, The AOP Usage Calculator, and Getty Price Calculator View our lawyer approved contract: Commercial Photography AgreementFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Guys, is there anything better than a stories episode?! NOPE — and get ready for this one!  We’re still going strong with our OOO cocktail theme, and we kicked off this episode with a peach cocktail called “Less Work Mo Beaches” before talking about how we just recently celebrated 2 whole years of Per Our Last Email (!!!) and finished a Photography Bootcamp Adobe livestream that we had the time of our lives on! This stories episode is full of some goodies, starting off with a good ole’ fashioned SCAM ALERT (ugh, is there anything worse?!), talking about something we all now like to call the ✨bikini model debacle✨ and what happens when you connect your personal phone number to your Google My Business account. SOS. You know what to do, pals!Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Listen to Andrew Hochradel's episode: OopsiesCheck out our week-long livestream with Adobe: Photography Bootcamp with Weekend CreativeForever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!

You know those cool, chic, insightful, and incredibly talented people that you see online and immediately want to be friends with? Yeah... that's Lauren Jones for us! 💫And she did NOT disappoint in this episode ya'll.  Long story short, we had the best time chatting it up with her about all things creative freelance, Colorado, portrait painting classes, Per Our Last Email's 2nd birthday, and her incredible Adobe Live that was one of our favorite streams we've hosted to date. Lauren also shares her journey into becoming a commercial fashion photographer, how being in the modeling industry helped her gain the trust of her clients, and the turbulent period when she quit her stable job to go freelance full-time DAYS before the COVID-19 lockdown.  😬Oh and don't worry, she's got her fair share of nightmare freelance tales including the time she got ELABORATELY scammed, a client asking Lauren to just "add a sleeve" because the model's arms "look a little hairy," and the time she worked with a celebrity influencer who asked Lauren to digitally slim her down just so she could post the photos on her feed accompanied by captions like "love yourself the way you are."  Big YIKES. It truly was a "pie in the sky" type of episode and we. are. here. for. it. 🥧 Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow Lauren on IG at @itslaurenjones and check out her site  at itslaurenjones.comWatch her Adobe Live streams: Day 1 and Day 2Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

We’re back with a STORIES EPISODE! But, tbh, we’re only really halfway back — AKA, Arabela forgot to make the cocktails & we had to pause to, well… make them. If you needed an insight into what our lives are looking like right now, there you go 😂  We’re kicking off with a couple of tinto de veranos, a Spanish wine cocktail that we had literally every single day while filming our @domestika course in Spain. While we start sipping, we catch up by talking about Elle and her husband’s ~faux whole 30,~ Arabela’s new position as a cat lady, AND our thoughts on all things Stranger Things.  Then, we get into the stories — and they’re goodies. We talk about whether or not designers should require website credit at the bottom of their site designs, the CLASSIC TALE of someone sending over final files before final invoice (and our sweet listener describes this as when she “thought the freelance world was filled with rainbows, butterflies, paid invoices and common courtesy” 😂😭), and a good ole’ red flag client story involving a creepy home office meeting situation.  🥴🥴🥴 You know what to do, pals — let’s get into some freakin’ stories! And don’t forget to send in some wild tales of your own. 💀Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible.View Rache De Luna's website templates, courses, and tutorials: SquarestylistCheck out our lawyer approved contract: Commercial Photography AgreementFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

This week, we’re stepping into the creative world of Giulietta Pinna of Limonata Creative and Prop Up Shop. We’re chatting over some piña coladas, AKA "I Need A Vacation," a classic recipe that we just had to bring back for this month's OOO theme. Giulietta is an art director, prop and set stylist based in the Baltimore/DC area and to say that she's killing the game is an understatement. Not only is Giulietta an inspiration in the work she creates, but she's been doing some amazing stylist advocacy work and has even put out a photo stylist contract template of her own. She's an icon, she's a legend, and she IS the moment. 👏 So, she joined us in this episode to talk about her wild freelance journey (which had her jumping from being a marketer to becoming a certified sommelier – say what!),  the challenges that stylists face in their industry today, and how she almost became a contestant on a tv show where participants have to guess whether an object is a food item or not... by taking a BITE of it. 😬 Oh, and then, she told us about a time when she was hired to art direct and style a luxury gift guide for a major publication but somehow they had an issue with crediting her roles correctly... *ugh* ...not to mention the body guards that hovered over her while she styled a 52K ring. Freelancing is truly wild and Giulietta had no shortage of stories in this ep! You know what to do. 🎙 You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later.Follow Giulietta on IG at @limonatacreative and check out her website at limonatacreative.comCheck out her studio and prop rentals: Prop Up ShopShop her stylist agreement: Photo Stylist Contract TemplateFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

And, we’re BACK with part 2 of our 100th episode, feat. our BFFs at Little Drill!On this episode we’re diving in with James and Shelby’s most horrifying horror story — but we, of course, have to kick off with a random convo about Harry Styles and then how they’ve already been checking on their emails prior to this recording sesh and are already #bitter.Hence, the name of this episode's cocktail (which, reminder, are basil & lemon spritzes named ”Don’t Be Bitter”).James and Shelby’s story happened during a campaign with a top East Coast agency on two brands that we can GUARANTEE you’ve both consumed and bought. Lovely. This is a nice mixture of unrealistic expectations and a lack of boundaries, and it’s also a project that James and Shelby realized almost immediately they should have said “uh… no” to.Sigh.You’ll get to hear about firing a model who had too many wrinkles on her hands, about absolutely insane editing requests post-shoot, and a good ole’ realization that the ethos of the brand they were shooting for did NOT align with their public image.Episode’s live — you know what to do! 🥳Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!Follow Shelby and James on IG at @littledrill and check out their site at littledrill.comListen to Little Drill's episode: That's Where The Story Should Have Ended ft. Little DrillCheck out their second episode with us on Per Our Last Email: Q&A with Little DrillListen to Part 1 of this Two-Parter Episode: Pleasure Based Billing ft. Little Drill and Weekend Creative

Guys… WE MADE IT TO OUR 100TH EPISODE! 🥳🥳🥳 And, to celebrate, we’re bringing back our BFFs, James & Shelby of Little Drill, for a 2-parter episode (because, let’s be honest… if we didn’t split it up, you’d be listening to a 4 hour episode). This time, we’re both sharing an absolutely insane story over… …and the Weekend Creative fam (AKA, us) is up first. We’re diving in over basil & lemon spritzes aptly named ”Don’t Be Bitter,” which will make perfect sense once you hear today’s story.  🙃🙃🙃 So we’ve teased this story a few times on the pod, but now we’re sharing ALL the drama (now that we’ve recovered slightly from the trauma of it) with our god-awful landlords from our first studio… and all of the HELL we went through for the 2 years we leased that space. We’re talking about homeless people peeing and pooping in our stairs (and leaving needles, k?!), our zero-boundary landlord who didn’t let us change the temperature on our own, and the worst communication we’ve ever experienced. Oof. Plus, we’ll casually drop a little story in there about the time we almost got sued. 😭😂 And then, we’ll be back next week with Part 2, featuring Little Drill’s story of a nightmare project where everything went wrong, absolutely nothing went right, and ended with them blacklisted from one of the top ad agencies in NYC.Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!Follow Shelby and James on IG at @littledrill and check out their site at littledrill.comListen to Little Drill's episode: That's Where The Story Should Have Ended ft. Little DrillCheck out their second episode with us on Per Our Last Email: Q&A with Little Drill

On this week’s episode, meet Elise Swopes — AKA, one of the sweetest, coolest chicks on the internet and an all-around amazing human being and creative. Elise is a whole vibe (she came on wearing a fuzzy orange jacket, orange clips, AND had an orange drink & straw — we love to see it), and we dove in with a pink grapefruit spritz cocktail named “Pink Outside the Box.” We talked a lot about Elise’s super unconventional journey, about graduating college late (she just got her degree, so cool!), and about how NFTs have changed her whole career. We also get to hear about an event she photographed in Chicago that featured a really disconcerting, uncomfortable side of borderline animal cruelty and the time she ended up being on a hot air balloon that crashed — yes, CRASHED! — while working with a tourism board. Never a dull day, huh?! We also get to hear about passing on projects that don’t align, the weirdest inquiry she’s ever received, and what she’s learned about herself on her creative journey. This is a really, really good one — and you can listen now! Send your GIFs, memes, stories and thoughts to perourlastemail.com!Follow Elise on IG at @swopes and check out her site at swopes.infoCheck out her NFT creative community: Sunrise Art ClubView her Adobe Live Streams: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

This week on Per Our Last Email we’re hanging out with graphic designer and artist Josiah Goldsmith! We jump right in over a cocktail we group-named “My Money Don’t Jiggle Jiggle, It Aperol” (LOL), and get to talk about all things British accents and South Korea culture with Josiah, who is — you guessed it — a Brit living in SK! We touched on a ton of topics during this episode, which is our very favorite kind of ep. From exploring creativity to the Korean design industry and everything in between, we really got into it (especially since it was only 8:30 AM for Josiah and he was drinking a cocktail right alongside us)! Josiah talks about a client with a Clip Art-esque logo who told him that he was demonic and the anti-Christ (yes… you read that right), and also talks about working with a client who hadn’t been paying him… only to realize that the business owed designers over $200,000 in total. K. This one is a goodie, and you’ll learn a ton from Josiah and his insights. You know what to do, pals!Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via Instagram, too.Follow Josiah at @thejosiahgoldsmith and check out his site at josiahgoldsmith.comFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

On today’s episode you get to meet Jenn Shore, the badass behind design agency Shore Creative (and our triplet flame — she wore a jumpsuit that said “tipsy” during our interview. Iconic). Over “Grey Rocking” cocktails we dove into learning how to turn failure into success and all about Jenn’s journey as an entrepreneur. We also heard about how she wants to become a “freelance matchmaker” of sorts, which is fab. We also got to listen tons of great stories — with notes! — about client red flags (like, no… you can’t have these assets until you pay me, ok?!), when an influencer stole her designs (🙃🙃🙃), and a good ole’ client meets block button action. You ready?! Dive on in with us (and hear about Jenn’s freelance inquiry warning signs cheat sheet, which is #everything).Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow Jenn on IG at @jenn_shore @shorecreative and check out her website at shore-creative.com Listen to Nicole's episode from Sprout Law: Gaslighting InceptionFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

You guys know there are few things we love more than a great stories episode, and we’re starting off this week’s with a bang (AKA… stories). We’re diving in over citrusy cocktails named “Can I Pay You With (Sun) Exposure?” and cuddling with Elle’s new dog Cooper, who says hello at the beginning of the episode. (Bringing light to the clients who ask to pay you in exposure, ya know?) In this episode we hear about a freelancer who ended up doing a 12-hour trial shift — ugh, unpaid, of course — for an assistant job, a story that actually ends up being really helpful around how and why to fire a client, and some crazy wedding photo stories… including a bride who he later saw on Bumble. Ah. The freelance life is just such a charm. Psst… have some charm you want to share with us?! We’re always accepting new freelancer stories and would love to hear from you! Visit our website and tell us alllllll the tea, pals. Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!

You know it’s going to be a good one when you hear us starting to throw out all of our best chicken expressions and puns. 🐓 Today’s episode is not like any regular episode… She’s a ~cool~ episode. (Mean Girls anyone?) And by cool, we mean… she’s a little different. 👀 We’re veering away from our usual format to bring you a little minisode where we catch up, share our honest thoughts about what it meant for us to take time off, how we’re managing post-break, our love/mostly hate relationship with social media (can we all join forces and start our own platform already? 😅) and some tips on how to prepare yourself for an *actual* vacation as a freelancer. And yes, that means fully unplugging from work. Are ya’ll ready? 😎Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible.Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

On this week’s podcast we’re hanging out with our IG friend turned pod guest, creative photographer and artist Suzanne Clements! We’re talking about alllll the things (and red flags) with grapefruit, cranberry, and vodka cocktails named “What a Breeze,” which is aptly named for the best kind of clients AND Suzanne’s Florida livin’. We dove in talking about Suzanne’s journey to photography and why she loves the kind of work she does before getting to hear about her insanely cool personal project called relax.rehab (think: 80s pop and synth music meets imagery — seriously so fascinating). Then we got to hear some of Suzanne’s WILD client experiences, including a ~wildly inappropriate~ male client who told her to try out some nipple balm for her boyfriend (ugh. ew) and a client who expected her to somehow have access to a private jet for photos. Sigh. Do you ever just…? Because we do, too. Alright, friends! Come hang out with us and Suzanne — see you there!Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via Instagram, too.Follow Suzanne on IG at @suzannecgd and check out her website at suzanneclements.comCheck out her personal project: Relax.rehabFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

And we’re BAAAAAAACK! On this week’s episode, we’re finally welcoming our hilarious Scottish friend Alex Baxter (whose accent we LOVE, as you’ll hear). We’re diving in over tequila guava nectar cocktails we’ve concocted called “You Guava Be Kidding Me,” AKA how we’re all going to respond to anyone who annoys us from now on. Alex has been a longtime IG friend and POLE star (we’ve shared a couple of his stories on the pod already, like a two-word response he got after sending a proposal: Too expensive.), and we had so much freakin’ fun talking about everything from green and red flags to Scottish freelance culture to his work as a photographer and graphic designer in the hospitality industry. On this episode, you’ll get to hear about Alex’s stories about a client who essentially wanted to pay him with… a cake (ugh, the red flags we look past as green baby freelancers…), a broken hard drive with photos on it from a MICHELIN STAR RESTAURANT (#cries :’)), and a really fun shoot with a yoga instructor that ended with the saying “I’M COMING, I WILL FIX YOUR TITTIES!” LOL, you just have to listen — there’s a lot to unpack. Ready to unpack it with us?! See you soon!You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later.Follow Alex on IG at @alexbaxter.co and check out his website at alexbaxter.coFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

…Honestly, there are no words.Do you all go and search for the weirdest clients ever, just to entice us? Are you forever in the pursuit of a good meme?Actually, don’t answer that.We can’t really “allude” to anything in this episode, without just blatantly calling it out. It’s a stories episode. There are mentions - nay, allegations - of instances of hormonal imbalances, 💩 clipart, “can you turn this word document into a website?” and Michael Scott Paper Company-esque set ups.Told you.Like literally, a client asked a flourishing business owner and freelancer (i.e., story submitter) to theme her entire website around DOG POOP.THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🆘🚨SOMEONE CALL 911, WE WANT OUR PEACE OF MIND BACK!!!Anyways, this episode made us lose any chill we ever believed we might have had. Oh, it also includes a well-written, sumptuously performative and foreboding poem for all creatives.In other words, you’re going to squeal, love it, squeal, scream, cry and then laugh. What would you do without us?Don’t force us to sit and talk about ourselves, pls and thsnks. Send your stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative @littlesundaystudio

It’s true. @elliotisacoolguy.A very cool guy.A guy who runs a flourishing creative business, but a guy who isn’t very good at freelancing, nonetheless.Yeah, we said it. (only because he did 👀)In fact, Elliot is such a cool guy, he decided to join the coolest podcast on earth (that’s us), to discuss all of the incredibly important things about being a freelancer.You know, things like his love for Caramel Macchiatos, and our dialogue on lattes vs. french press, backyard kangaroos that’ll punch you, ginormous spiders (i.e., “husband” spiders according to Arabela), inches vs. whatever it is that they measure things in, and talking to himself in the shower.✨Just normal WFH, self employed things✨So let’s tally that up. Elliot:*Lives in Australia, mate*Agrees that their spiders are huge*Loves a Starbies Caramel Macchiato*Doesn’t believe he’s a good freelancer. Even though he’s built a wildly successful business and amassed over 100k followers.OK ELLIOT.Don’t worry, we eventually move on from the kangaroos and spiders to talk about his journey into graphic design, as well as his fair share of crazy client stories. Then, we put the cherry on top of a *very cool* episode to discuss his journey to creating passive income, without even using a website.Elliot. Is. A. Very. Cool. Guy. And he only mocked us like… twice.Listen in 😏You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later.Follow Elliot on IG at @elliotisacoolguyCheck out his Twitch streams: ElliotisacoolguySupport his work: Casetify Phone Cases and Art PrintsFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Remember that time you paid your rent in popsicle sticks?No?Well, what about spoons?Still no?Weird, because we could’ve SWORN that it was considered socially acceptable to pay for the important things in life with inanimate objects. Just like it’s okay to pay for creative work (i.e., photography) with anything other than money, right?*scream cough scream cough*Yeah so, someone had the audacity to attempt to reason with someone else that paying for work with their spoons was acceptable. Thousands of dollars’ worth of spoons. That’s a lot of spoons.You can imagine our response to that.Sigh.And then someone else dealt with a homeless person running off with their prop food. Because that’s the big city, baby. Is that why they call it the Big Apple?And then you’ll hear us discuss our attempt to fly with 25 lbs of sand and food poisoning, how Elle enslaved her childhood friends, and why lowering scope > lowering rates.It’s a lot. Are you ready to get angry about spoons?Subscribe, listen, follow, pay and sponsor us, k? You can do allll of that and share your confusingly thought-provoking tales to perourlastemail.com!Why aren’t you following us on Instagram? Really, the audacity. (Find us at @perourlastemail and  @weekendcreative)Check out Barley & Sage's reel on Instagram: Charge What You Are WorthWatch the infamous reel by Cashmere & Cocktails Blog: Currency - Spoons

On this week’s episode, we’re welcoming our longtime friend and fellow creative, Claire Xue of Moodelier! Over mezcal hibiscus sours we’ve named “Taking Care of Business” we dove in quickly to talk about everything from insecurities and old stories to enneagrams and Reddit.  We looooove a tangent! We have been wanting to get Claire onto the podcast for a long time, so it was so freakin’ fun to hear more about her start with Moodelier, the things she’s learned as a creative and a brand owner, and taking risks in business. We heard about a situation when she was on visa and at a seeeeerious disadvantage with a client, clients with LOTS OF OVERPROMISES, and some good ole’ red flags. We do love a red flag on the pod, huh? Okay, pals — are you ready to tune in?! See you there!Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow Claire and Moodelier on IG at @clairexue @moodelier and check out her website at moodelier.comFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

We are the living embodiment of the “story time! WAKE UP!” TikTok sound this week, because we have some goooood stories to share… including some of our own! We’re pouring up a beer, whiskey, and shandy cocktail called “Feeling Dandy” and diving right on in with two different brands and sites who have hijacked the heck out of our images here recently and then absolutely destroyed them with some truly, truly #terrible Photoshop action. Ah. Nothing like the sweet smell of copyright infringement. In this stories ep, you’ll get to hear some good ole’ pain-in-the-ass client stories (it happens), fun stuff from a client who decided to launch 3 (!!!) businesses at the same time but didn’t want to pay full-price for the branding — because of course — and some confusing, rockstar-esque, what-does-it-MEAN feedback one freelancer got from a university marketing team. Plus, we’re musing on the difference between commercial work, personal work, and art… which turned out to be a great convo. So, story time! WAKE UP! (Can you tell we’ve been watching lots of TikTok…? But, really — have fun!) You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later.Find and fight theft: PixsyCheck out Sprout Law's contract: Copyright Cease + DesistFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

This week, we’re so freakin’ honored to have artist Megan Galante on! We’re keeping with our beer month theme, and dove right into this convo alongside a half Guinness, half cider cocktail we coined “The DM Slitherer.” This episode kicks off with a little fangirling, a quick Anna Delvey tangent, and all things wine (we love an off topic moment, ok?!) — before we start digging into Megan’s journey. She’s such a cheerleader for others, which we LOVE, and it was so fun to hear about how she merged her passion for mixing art and interiors into an actual career. You’ll also get to hear alllll the hilarious and relatable stories and experiences she’s had along the way, including a freelance experience involving a basement AND a wardrobe ~malfunction~ situation, a reminder to be careful about the platforms you’re working with out of the country, and the super fun (#sarcasm) time that a fast fashion brand used her work online without her permission. Plus, you’ll even get to hear a special appearance from Megan’s cat, Chester. We love Chester. Ready to tune in? Click that play button, and we hope you have as much fun as we did!Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible.Follow Megan on IG at @megangalante and check out her website at megangalante.coShop Megan Galante: CASETiFY and Society6Find and fight theft: PixsyFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

This week on the pod, we’re diving deep with Keegan Evans, a photo and video content creator and educator (and one of our fav follows, always!). We’re drinking beer cocktails again, a la micheladas we’ve called “Chel-of-a-lada Money,” even though… Arabela isn’t a beer gal and Keegan went rogue with a mojito. The sacrifices we make for the pod. 😅 On this episode, we started with Keegan’s origin story as the founder of a high-protein waffle business, and how it led him to finding his true passion… AKA, product photography. We dove deep into all things small biz life, including the time in the early days when Keegan pitched a (painfully) all-inclusive package including design, photo, video, and social for… $500. We live, we learn, huh?! You’ll also get to hear about a realllllly fun experience he had on a shoot where someone from the team LITerally watched him on Zoom. While he was, you know, working. We die. We also talked about the importance of licensing, freelance pet peeves, and an inquiry Keegan got from someone who wanted to literally *live* with him while he taught them photography. Anyways. If you’re ready to dive into a jam-packed episode, you know what to do! 🎙Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible.Follow Keegan on IG at @keeganevansphoto and check out his website at keeganevansphoto.comFind and fight theft: PixsyFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

We’ve been absolutely living for the stories episodes lately, and today we’re giving you another jam- (and humor-) packed ep full of ‘em! After we both give you a WebMD update on our lives, we’re kickin’ off a new month with beer-inspired cocktails. This one is a root beer float situation with chocolate ice cream (!!!), aptly named “Rooting for You.” On this episode, you’ll get to hear a wild medley of freelancer perfect storms, as you do. From a bizarre photo trip featuring kitchen rats and a pirate trip to a marketing bro (ugh) who “hates working with freelancers” all the way to good ole’ unprofessionalism in the workplace and one of the most… incredible… email responses we’ve ever seen, we’ve got quiiiiiite the lineup. (Do you want a hint? It is literally a 2 word response, saying “Too expensive.” Smh.) The way we see it, we have to smile through the pain… so come smile with us! Because, here’s the thing — we’re on this rockin,’ rollin,’ sometimes weird journey together. Tune on in.Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible.Check out these two new podcasts: The Freelance Founders Podcast and For The Love of Freelance Listen to Alex Baxter's story in the Bright Live Episode: Ninja-Ing (Live on Bright)Check out our latest Domestika course: Creative Freelance Fundamentals: Building Your BusinessFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

This week, we’re sitting down with two of our pals, Alexis and Max of Colors Collective — a next-level creative content studio based out of Brooklyn, NY! We’re sippin’ mocktails turned, well… cocktails this week (sometimes you just gotta add mezcal), and we aptly named them “The Dream Client.” (Psst… you’ll understand why we added mezcal to a ~dream client~ once we get started on their story.) We were squealing-level excited to get Alexis and Max on the pod, and we loved getting to listen about how they fell in love working together (!!!), the growth that Colors Collective has experienced over the years, and the importance of taking a nice long break. In this episode, we’re digging into some wiiiild stories, like the horrible realization that your dream client is really the worst kind of client… ever (we’re talking ghosting before payment and all of that fun stuff… ugh). Plus, the Colors Collective team also dives into their favorite projects to date and the biggest lessons they’ve learned from the work they do. So, are you ready to jump on in — with mezcal or without? We’re ready for you, pals. You know what to do!Send your GIFs, memes, stories and thoughts to perourlastemail.com!Follow Colors Collective on IG at @colorscollective and check out their site at colorscollective.comListen to Alexis' previous episode: And He Hangs Up The Phone ft. Alexis Jesup of Colors CollectiveFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Guys, let’s be real — the freelancer life is FULLLLLLL of stories. Like, all the time. And then some. And, while some of those stories can make us want to ram our heads into the wall (just being honest), they are pretty dang fun to tell… and we’re excited to be back for another STORIES episode! Today we’re pouring a delicious mocktail that we’ve named “Put in the Work” with alllll the De Soi… so pour yours, and settle on in! On this episode, we’ve got lots of stories — and then some. We’ll dive into a good ole’ freelancer scam via an old man who “needed a family reunion photographed” (those are air quotes), a pickle one of our community freelancers has recently found herself in, a very… CRINGEY DM/client inquiry all rolled into one, and every freelancer’s worst fear — AKA, lost files. Plus, Arabela shares a story about the time she had completely forgotten 2 v important props on set. As we say, we’re all in this together… for better *and* for worse. LOL. Ready to listen on in and get reminded that you’re never, ever alone on this wild journey? You know what to do!Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!Get your De Soi and use code PEROURLASTEMAIL: 15% OffSupport our friend Helen Koker: Help rebuild Helen's livelihood after Lismore FloodsSupport our friends Sasha Michkovsky and Julia Masalska: Help Ukraine

This week, meet the incredible Juan Cazares, AKA the face behind @juanskindiary! We’re sippin’ mocktails this week thanks to De Soi — this one is named “A True Champion — and we dove right in with Juan in between sips. We actually found Juan when one of his insanely ~top-tier~ TikToks made its way to IG Reels, and we were so excited to have him on the pod. Plus, he’s literally walking proof that you do *not* have to have crazy prior experience to make big moves. He worked at Home Depot before finding an obsession with skincare and becoming an insanely talented content creator. In this episode, we’re talking about all of the things, from clients who think it’s A-OK to text ya at 8 pm (side note: it isn’t) to the most draggy of client projects to the importance of reading — and enforcing! — your contracts. Plus, Juan shares his favorite client green flags, as well as all of the incredible lessons he’s learned along the way. Now, who’s ready to listen (and to get more inspired to look like a glazed donut with excellent skin at all times)?!Listen on in! Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via Instagram, too.Follow Juan on IG at @juanskindiary and check out his TikTok at @juanskindiaryCheck out the infamous TikTok: When Clients Ask For The Raw ImagesFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreativeGet your De Soi and use code PEROURLASTEMAIL: 15% Off

This week, we’re chatting with Carolyn Bothwell and Kate Cervini of Freelance Founders. Over delish mocktails called Happy Hour (a la our new sponsor De Soi), we jumped straight in. Freelance Founders is a digital members-only community for creative and marketing freelancers from all around the world (AKA, our dreaaaam group, huh?!), and Carolyn actually started it as a pandemic passion project. We talked about how they’ve grown Freelance Founders, and we dove into their current FT jobs, too! Carolyn and Kate are rockin’ the freelance hustle life as they grow their business, so we had tons to chat about. In this episode, we’re discussing everything from how hard (but important it is) to establish boundaries all the way to creative ways for getting your clients to pay ya. (Hint… get your accountant friends to call ‘em!) You ready?! Us, too! Listen now.Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow Freelance Founders on IG at @freelancefounders and check out their website at freelancefounders.comFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreativeGet your De Soi and use code PEROURLASTEMAIL: 15% Off

Let’s be honest… this freelancer life is WEIRD. Like, so weird. But, the weirdness makes it the coolest, too — and it’s why we live for a great Stories ep over here. So, come hang out with us over a mocktail that tastes just like Jamba Juice — “The Sweet Surprise” — and ring out our month of sweet drinks with us as we talk about all the things! We’re hearing stories and diving into everything from a client with the v apt nickname of Big Al and bridezillas X 10 to a thinly veiled waitressing scam and our least favorite kind of client… a narcissist. Because, here’s the truth: commiserating about the bad experiences makes the good ones a heck of a lot better. Ready to come hang out and pretend our mocktail is extra strong? Tap the play button, and we’ll see you inside.You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later.Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreativeHead to bit.ly/per-bonsai and use code PEROURLASTEMAIL to get your first month of Bonsai for only $1

This week, we’re talking with the ultimate QUEEN, Denisse Myrick, who we’ve been waiting to get on the show for forever! We’re clinking our glasses with a pink martini called The Power Suit (shoutout to our friend @freshprintmedia for this one), and there’s so much goodness in this ep that we can’t even handle it. Denisse is a freelance photographer, brand strategist, influencer, and new mom who is, quite, honestly, the ultimate badass. We talked about how she broke into photography in VSCO’s heyday, about a little bit of “Annie Liebovitz jaded energy,” and about locking everything possible into her contracts so people can’t even try to mess with her. Like we said… queen. In this ep, we’re chatting about her most expensive lesson (uh… a $45K one), finding and building community as a freelancer, and our new favorite term — fresh hell. Alright, ready to fangirl with us? You know what to do! You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later.Follow Denisse on IG at @chasingdenisse and check out her website at chasingdenisse.com Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreativeHead to bit.ly/per-bonsai and use code PEROURLASTEMAIL to get your first month of Bonsai for only $1

This week, we’re jumping headfirst into the freelancing and copywriting world with Susannah Hutcheson of Susie B. & Co. (our copywriter!). We’re enjoying a freakin’ delightful pink strawberry daiquiri called “That Inquiry” (shoutout to @kellyngos on IG for the name), and talking about all the things, as usj. Side note: Sus writes our podcast show notes. Is she writing this episode’s?! You’ll never know 🤪 Susie B. & Co. is a copywriting and content studio specializing in writing words for businesses that make lives better, which covers everything from website copy to email sequences to ongoing content for businesses. We talked about everything under the sun, from how working with a copywriter works to everyone’s favorite ep of The Office. In this episode, we chatted about a 17-year old boss (!!!), weird AF Upwork listings, leaving teaching to go full-time freelance, and the weirdest pitch she’s ever gotten… AKA, to interview a toilet paper tester. You read that right. 🥴 Okay, guys — let’s go!You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later.Follow Susie on IG at @susiebhutch and check out her website at susiebco.com Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreativeHead to bit.ly/per-bonsai and use code PEROURLASTEMAIL to get your first month of Bonsai for only $1

If you’ve ever opened a client email and thought “WTF?!” “the AUDACITY” and “ummm….” all within 1.7 seconds, today’s stories episode is for YOU — because, this time, we asked for stories… and, as usj, you guys did not disappoint. So, pour yourself a cocktail (this ep’s drink is fittingly named Cause Mo’ Problems), and giddy up — because you’re gonna hear about that good ole’ ~freelancer experience~ where your client takes days and weeks to respond, only to *immediately* demand edits; finding the photography you did ON SOMEONE’S WEBSITE WITHOUT PAYMENT; the absolute adrenaline rush of demanding payment via email, and good ole’ ghosting. Because, let’s be honest — sometimes freelancing is a lot like online dating. 🥴 Alright, friends — you ready to light up your earbuds with red flags, cocktails, and freelancer commiseration? You know what to do! Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreativeListen to Maud Passini's episode: Everything Is Ok In Some SenseListen to THAT photography bidding platform episode: Your Instagram RantHead to bit.ly/per-bonsai and use code PEROURLASTEMAIL to get your first month of Bonsai for only $1

This week, we’re diving into all things creativity and freelancing with Laura Grace & Katie Lynn of Mushaboom Studio! We’re drinking a mocktail called “When Life Gives You Lemons” on this episode, which aligned perfectly with Elle’s car battery dying AND our computers cutting off every 5 dang seconds. Woof. Plus, they cold-pitched us a la an iconic Jim vs. Dwight joke to be on the podcast… offish cementing them in Per Our Last Email history forever. So good. Mushaboom Studio is a twin-owned (!!!) photo and design studio focusing on branding, web design, AND product and brand photography. LG & KL chatted with us about all things ~working with your sibling,~ and we also HAD to talk about how we’re all convinced that Mercury has essentially been in retrograde all freaking year. In this episode, we get to hear about a nightmarish, 51-email-chain shoot that resulted in a, well, less than ideal client… plus, we talk about outsourcing, creative education, and learning to stick up for ourselves as freelancers. Alright, friends — ready for it?! We are! Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow KL & LG on IG at @mushaboom.studio and check out their website at mushaboom.studioFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

This week, we’re digging into all things creative freelancing with Kelly Robyn of K+C Collective over some deliiiightful Old Fashioneds that we’ve named “Make It Work” in honor of #icon Tim Gunn. Kelly is a serial entrepreneur and does alllll the things in her career, which is so fun — and quite similar to the roster of things we dig into over here at Weekend Creative. In fact, she got into the freelancing life with advice from her mom, who told her to create many paths… and it’s led her down LOTS of ‘em. In this episode, we’re diving deep into the journey that’s freelancing and entrepreneurship, talking about everything from the importance of rest and why it’s so important to *actually* step back, all the way to the client that inspired an intense refund clause in her contracts and owning her introvertedness in a creative career. So, fellow freelancers… ya ready? As Tim Gunn says, let’s “make it work.” 🤩 Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via Instagram, too.Follow Kelly at @kellyrobyn.co and check out her website at kellyrobyn.coFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

This week, we’re chatting with Zaid & Carolina of Vortic Studio over strong Negronis that we’ve aptly named “Not Your Employee.” …because, like. Can we all agree that we don’t wanna be our clients’ employees? Thx, but no thx. They create vibrant and beautiful work that genuinely, genuinely put a smile on our faces, and they’re basically our freelance soul twins, because they met in college just like we did! In this pod, we got to dive deep into all things partnership + entrepreneurship, and it was so fun to talk about freelance life with another dynamic duo. In this episode, we’re talking allllllll the things, from red flags and weirdly intense contracts (hence the name of this week’s cocktail) all the way to hot mess express clients, and it’s just as hilarious as it is insightful. Alright, friends — strong drink in hand? Yeah? Let’s dig in!Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible.Follow Carolina and Zaid on IG at @vorticstudio and check out their website at vorticstudio.comFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

It’s officially 2022, and we’re welcoming in the new year with Jen Thompson of Cashmere & Cocktails over *strong* cocktails, because, well… duh. And, because we love a good connection point, this cocktail is called Long Nights, which is a good reminder that, um, long nights sometimes require a strong pour. No shame. Jen is a longtime listener of the pod (she says she catfished us into having her on, but we just really like her :) ), and is a food photographer and content creator based in New Brunswick. When she’s not developing rich, indulgent dishes and cocktails, she’s cracking us all up — in fact, she’s responsible for the ~infamous spoon spiel reel~ that still makes us snort. Is there anything better than someone who is funny as hell AND makes good cocktails? No. In this ep, we dove in deep to tons of things, as usj. From the coining of the term “freelance fetus” and free product exchange services (eek!) to truly laughable rate offerings and a phase where ~adult toy companies~ kept reaching out to her for reviews — to which Jen said “I make cupcakes…. I specialize in cookies” 😂 — this is genuinely such a fun, hilarious way to start the new year. You ready? Pour yourself a strong one, and let’s get this year started on the right foot. Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via Instagram, too. Follow Jen at @cashmereandcocktailsblog and check out her website at cashmereandcocktails.comCheck out the infamous reel: The Spoon Spiel ReelFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

We have a full-circle moment this week to celebrate our 75th episode! We got to hang out with Anna McNaught over a delightful mulled wine cocktail called “Mulling It Over” (thanks Mushaboom Studio) and talk #allthethings — and, for those of you who might not remember, Anna was actually who we started Per Our Last Email with forever ago! 🎙Anna is a digital artist, photographer, and graphic designer AND the coolest traveler… ever. Her and her husband run a travel biz called Leave the Map where they create content for tourism boards and outdoor brands, *and* they just bought their first home after spending the last few years living the ~nomad life~ in a traveling van. 🚌Casual. In this episode we talked about everything under the sun, including our (not-so-nice) thoughts about the IG algorithm and the weird AF Meta rebrand situation. Quite the rant, you know?! We got into Anna’s journey into freelancing, talking about her first freelance graphic design project — which was a v uncomfy experience, all for a $50 (yes, $50) project she didn’t even get paid for — and the time she accidentally interviewed for an escort service. Yes. You read that right. 😬And, we end the episode talking about how incredibly important it really and truly is to be gentle with ourselves and to allow ourselves to take breaks. We loved it when she said, “we have our entire lives to work on these things that we’re passionate about.” Alright, pals — let’s do this! 👏Round 75, on deck. Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow Anna at @annamcnaughty and check out her website at annamcnaught.comCheck out her travel business: Leave The MapShop her granddad's prints: Harry McNaught ArtView the OG Adobe Live Streams: Part 1 and Part 2Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Lindsay Ernst of Ink + Ellie came to hang out with us on this week’s episode of the pod — over a v delicious, pregnancy-friendly cocktail that we named “Give Me a Break,” of course — and it was the most delightful, Dunder Mifflin-esque kinda ep. Lindsay is a visual branding, packaging, and website designer in the Bay Area, and we’re infatuated. See, here’s the thing: you guys KNOW we love The Office, and we actually met Lindsay when Elle hosted her on Adobe Live while she rebranded Serenity by Jan. Hooked. From the start. ~”I just come in here, and I SMELL MY CANDLES.”~ (Anyone? Plz? Andy and Jim, do you wanna invest in Per Our Last Email?! We’re way more level headed than Jan Levinson, promise.) In this episode we talked about everything from The Office (duh) and client red flags to a v unique request she got from a client…. i.e., to Photoshop… Halle Berry’s head… on a stock image. Oh, the freelance life, you guys. What. A. Trip. Plus, Lindsey left us some really, really good insights on growing when you want to, instead of feeling like you need to. She said, “you can stay small and still live a really fulfilled design life,” and it really connected. You ready to jump in? Let’s go. Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Follow Lindsay on IG at @inkandelliedesign and check out her site at inkandellie.comWatch her Adobe Livestreams here: Day 1 and Day 2Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Steven Lee joined us on this week’s episode — over heavily poured tinto de veranos — and we can’t wait for you to pop this goodness into your earbuds. Steven is a freelance fashion & commercial photographer based in LA, and his colorful style is a freakin’ dream.  (Add on the fact that he’s a longtime listener of Per Our Last Email, and, like… we’re obsessed 🤷‍♀️) He also has an on-point reels game (we die at this one 😂 DO IT. DO IT THEN.), and he’s hilarious. Truly, our cheeks all hurt from laughing at the end of the recording, which is how you know it’s a good one. We dove deep in this episode into all of the things and then some, from his plans to take a creative sabbatical and his first ever NYFW experience to his not-so-great photography experiences, like when a fashion brand decided not to pay him because they thought it was a ~collaboration.~ K. But, anyways, onto the good stuff! You ready?!Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow Steven on IG at @stevenoclock and check out his website at stevenoclock.comCheck out his Tik Tok page: @stevenoclockFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

We laughed, we screamed, we did it all. 😅If you want to to hear an episode that is so Monday it hurts, then buckle up!*Caution: Laughs Ahead* 🚧In today’s stories episode, we've got...💾 An ironic tale from a listener who lost their files a week after listening to the last stories' episode   🤭 scams involving someone's daughter's birthday party (wtf!)🙅 emotionally draining inquiries👏 KYV and PYP (you'll have to listen to find out)Run, don't walk! 🏃🎙Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!

Is it even a Per Our Last Email episode if we don't quote The Office at least once? 😅Today's episode looks a bit different and that's because we're OOO.That's right. We are OUT OF OFFICE and we don't even feel bad about it.With that being said, we didn't want to leave you high and dry this week so we're sharing our *very special* segment on mission, vision, values, and niche that we presented at the 2021 Freelancing Females Women's Day Conference. 🎤We hope you enjoy our v *professional* presenting voices. So tune in if you know what's good for ya! 🎙Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!

Let's be real... Maria Martinez didn't choose the pug life. The pug life chose her. 😎We had the chance to speak with everyone’s favorite dog photographer about all things freelancing including but not limited to...🎨 Maria's colorful journey into product photography🐶 how she was able to mix two of her biggest passions😯 her experience with crazy dog moms AKA momagers💭 "I HAVE BEEN THE COUSIN"🖥 cringey Photoshop requests✏️ And her top freelancing tips!It's a good one ya'll so tune in. 🎙You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later.Follow Maria (y Mango) on IG at @mariaymango @colorforbreakfast and check out her website at colorforbreakfast.comLearn more about Noodle the 13-year-old pug: Bones or No Bones?Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Don't worry guys, we're not pulling an Irish exit on our podcast even though that's the name of our coffee cocktail. 😅 In today’s stories episode, we've got...🚩 a story with allll the red flags (is it Christmas already?)🛥 "it must be easy to find a boat to borrow near you.."💾 a memory card that snapped in half (NOOO!)😬 what happens when a shoot accidentally turns into a date...🌯 chipotle burritos as payment✨a mishap involving beavers and metallic labels Time to listen in! 😎Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!

Now we know what it's like to be the victim of an awkward podcast introduction.Oh how the turn tables. 😅 Today's episode might sound a little different and that's because we got to be guests on The Hectic Podcast and honestly, we just wanted to grace your ears with host Darryl Kelly's perfect podcast voice. You'll get to hear about...*our approach to productivity*the most annoying thing we find about each other in our business lives*Weekend Creative's backstory*how Per Our Last Email came to be*our secret weapon for successYou know you want to listen! 😎Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow Hectic at @hectic_app and check out their site at hecticapp.comListen to their freelance podcast: The Hectic PodcastRead our blog post: Working With A PartnerFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Imagine starting a company that works toward advancing women's careers and then getting sued for gender discrimination...I know... we can't even begin to and yet it DEFINITELY happened. 😑 In today's episode, we had the honor of chatting with none other than Claire Wasserman, founder and author of Ladies Get Paid. 👏To hear all about Claire's wild legal battle, her journey in starting LGP, what it was like to write a book, and her best advice for new freelancers looking to gain confidence with their pricing, just listen in! 🎙Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow Claire on IG at @clairegetspaid @ladiesgetpaid and check out her website at clairewasserman.comCheck out her educational platform: Ladies Get PaidTake a peek at her past campaign: Ladies Get SuedFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Pumpkin cocktails, podcast technical difficulties, ninja storytelling, and Professor McGonagall impressions.That's right... you're looking at a recipe for a truly wild episode and it was alllll recorded live on Bright.Yes, someone on their team *actually* considered us for their platform having zero idea what they signed up for. 😅In today's stories episode, you'll hear things like...*why you shouldn't open your eyes for $300 projects (or free makeup 💄) *fast-talking marketing "bros" that are up to no good 🙅*why we're adding ninja-ing to our vocabulary 📓 *an eccentric client with a billion red flags whose voice resembled Maggie Smith in Harry Potter 🧙‍♂️*weird client requests that make us question life ⁉️Make a cocktail and get comfy people! 🍸Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!

You know you're in for a treat when our featured mocktail turns into a cocktail 4 minutes into our recording session. 🍸In today's episode, we're joined by Jess Goldsmith, art director, illustrator, lettering artist, and graphic designer.  She's *literally* a chick of all trades, founder of Women of Type, and a proud creative generalist. 🎨Because "why stop doing the things that I love, that I'm good at, and that I get paid for?" Her words, not ours. 👏🏽Jess took the time to share with us how two pugs started her creative career, the time she got to work with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and her lofty goals of becoming a millionaire and retiring by 40.You inspired yet? 'Cause we sure are. ✨We also got to hear two of her nightmare stories including a branding project for a music festival that never came to fruition and a client that abandoned a project only to come back 2 years later to ask for the files. 😑Better hit that play button! 🎙 Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow Jess on IG at @chickofalltrade and check out her website at chickofalltrade.comCheck out the typography and lettering page she founded: Women Of TypeFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

If we had a penny for every time someone described the freelance life as "the grind," well... we probably wouldn't be here making this podcast.Kidding. Maybe... In today's episode, we got a chance to sit down with none other than Jesse Nyberg, or "glue," if you're cool like that... 😎Picture that one cool kid from your high school that started a clothing brand and deliberately took up Photoshop classes.  Yup, that's Jesse for ya!Today, he's a visual designer, podcast host, and Youtuber based out of sunny Los Angeles.  You'll hear him share his journey into graphic design, how the Jesse Nyberg Podcast came into fruition, the difference between agency life vs freelance, and why it's important to be self-disciplined as a solepreneur.Just click play already! 🎙Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com.Follow Jesse on IG at @permanentglue and check out his website at jessenyberg.designCheck out his Youtube Channel: Jesse NybergListen to his podcast: The Jesse Nyberg PodcastFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

We've recently discovered that our cocktail names find a way to manifest themselves into our freelancing lives and today's cocktail is no exception.Aptly named "A Total Disaster," this cocktail goes perfectly well with all the DISASTROUS tales you're about to hear.In today’s stories episode, we've got...🤦‍♀️ a client who expected a quick turnaround and yet actively avoided signing a contract and paying a deposit (like what?!)💅🏽 why a business call should never take place in a nail salon📄 "A NASTY NOTE" (you'll just have to hear it to understand)📽 what happens when you unknowingly give the rights away to your own animated film Hope you're ready to weather this storm. 🌪Buckle up and listen in!Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!

Imagine you're on Instagram and suddenly see one of your original designs being used in a mural that you had no idea about and that you certainly didn't approve of... Command C and Command V on a wall. Literally. 👀 If you're ready to hear one of the most audacious stories on our podcast yet, make sure you've got a cocktail nearby because oh babyyy is this story a total doozy! We had the absolute honor of spending some time with artist and illustrator Kendra Dandy of Bouffants and Broken Hearts and let's just say she didn't disappoint. 😌 *commence fangirling* Aside from her nightmare story about the two #crustydusties that stole her work off Pinterest and slapped it on a mural, Kendra shared with us her freelance journey and how she happily left the retail world to pursue a creative career. ✨ She also talked about her love-hate relationship with Pinterest, how she deals with copyright infringement, and one of her favorite projects to date. You know you want to hear it so grab a drink and listen in! 🍸Send your wild stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via Instagram, too.Follow Kendra on IG at @theebouffants and check out her site at theebouffants.comSupport her work by shopping her products: Prints, Apparel & Home, and Redbubble Watch her amazing reel: Buyout MoneyFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Our freelancing pet peeve list is just growing longer and longer with each episode but clients who don't read their emails and respond nonsensically? Welp, that one irks us quite a bit. 😑 In today’s stories episode, we’ve got…💸 Chasing pavements... I mean payments (hi Adele!)🚩 A story with so many red flags it may as well have been a crime scene🎥 What happens when you record an entire film interview that's out of focus💿 A disco call disaster with an accountant and her blankie (um what?)🔪 "Kill them with professionalism!"...and we managed to sprinkle in a few of our own stories as well. It's a good one ya'll so tune in now! Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!

When is it appropriate to call someone an asshole in German you might ask? Oh right! When they hire a freelance designer, goes through the entire branding process, and then disappears without paying a single cent. Pffft! Sounds like an arschloch to us… In today’s guest episode, we’re joined by our talented (and hilarious friend), Julia Masalska! Are we fangirling? Absolutely. Apart from having to deal with this nightmarish client, whom Julia refers to as a “$0 Dollar Special” client, we get to hear all about her freelancing journey, how she found her way into education, her favorite client stereotypes, ways to procrastinate productively, AND how to improve your personal branding. Before we give too much away, you’ll want to go ahead and listen to this episode ASAP as possible. 🎙 Follow Julia on IG at @juliamasalska and check out her website at masalska.myportfolio.comView one of her Adobe Live streams: Creating Your Personal Brand Identity with Julia MasalskaCheck out her Spotify playlist: Make It Pop!Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Uncomfortable photo shoots and celebrity clients? If it sounds like a Per Our Last Email episode,  that's because it is! We got the chance to sit down with our talented friend Bryce France, a commercial and editorial sports photographer (and proud new dad) based out of Atlanta, GA. Bryce shared some insight on all of the things: about his transition from fine art to sports photography, one of the weirdest photo shoot inquiries he's ever received, the time he worked with a celebrity couple, how to break into the industry, the problem with work for hire situations, and of course, mental health. You'll want to listen in on this one.  Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible.Follow Bryce on IG at @_brycefrance and check out his website at brycefrance.comFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

You know that term “well isn’t that just a kick in the pants”? Well, have you ever actually kicked someone in the pants?Or should we say… have you wanted to? 👀 Don’t lie, you know you have.Now our question for you is this: is that person you’re picturing in your head RIGHT NOW a client, a former client, or a former lover? (Not to quote Michael Scott or anything) 👇We have no reason for saying all of that other than to mention that today’s cocktail is aptly named The Kick In The Pants. You know, for all of those times where you’ve felt motivated enough to kick someone else in the pants. That’s what the idiom means, right?Either way, that’s a lot of pants, and a lot of kicking.Sorry, back to business: in today’s episode, we had the opportunity to meet and chat with Andrew Hochradel! He’s an amazing brand identity designer, Adobe mentor and educator, who lives by the words of “You gotta ask for it, go for it, and see what happens.” He will NOT make you want to kick someone else’s pants. Unless you’re Dwight, and doing it out of your lust for life.So, join us to hear about dumpster fires, ambushes, lawsuits and unpaid invoices, and then a niiiice little palate cleanser about the time where he got to work with one of his favorite fashion designers, after connecting through Instagram. That’s motivation enough to listen in, isn’t it?Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow Andrew on IG at @hochdotco and check out his website at hoch.coView one of his Adobe Live streams: Graphic Design with Andrew Hochradel The infamous duck chicken stream: Oopsies! Check out his weekly show: Office HoursFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Quick question for you: are you a peacock, or a pigeon?We ask, because it absolutely applies to today’s stories episode. Because someone sent us a story about a time where their design client had a meltdown and shouted that they weren’t a peacock, they were a pigeon. And TBH, it shook us to our core.So anyways, which one are you? Tell us so we can ponder life’s meaning, as well as our existence.If that isn’t enough of an indication of how today’s episode unfolds, allow us to change your mind: we’ve got stories about a boss with stinky breath, a client who believed a rebrand would solve their personal problems (it won’t), contract gaslighting, late-night client texts riiiight before a shoot, OUR experience chasing down payments with a recent client, and so much more. Are you sweating yet? We are. Then again, it’s really hot out.Grab a client invoice you’re really bitter about, and light it on fire. 🔥 Then after you’ve taken care of your burnt fingertips, join us and listen in!Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

So, what do you do when you finally get to hang out with one of the very first creative duos that you ever learned from? You pass out, right?That’s the only reasonable way to handle a moment as big as the one we’re having today 💥We had the absolute honor of spending a little quality time with Amy & Jen Hood from none other than @hoodzpahdesign! That’s right - the two incredible women who authored one of our favorite freelancing books of all time, Freelance and Business and Stuff. *breathes violently in bag*Amy and Jen joined us to chat about the birth of Hoodzpah Design, the time they got to create title treatments for Disney’s Pixar Luca (a true pinch-them moment), and when, where and how they realized that growing a large team just wasn’t for them.😍😍😍😍Sorry, allow us to try to wrap this up. As if all of THAT wasn’t enough, the Hoodzpah sisters shared a few stories that’ll tickle your pickle: like the time that Jen accidentally hugged her client on their first meeting.Good times, good times. Grab a drink, a notepad and potentially something to wipe the drool off your face - it’s a good one. Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow the Hoodzpah twins on IG at @hoodzpahdesign and check out their website at hoodzpahdesign.comSnag their freelancing book: Freelance, and Business, and StuffTake their course: Freelance, and Business, and Stuff: The Video Course for CreativesCheck out their shop: Prints, Fonts, and More! View their Adobe Live Streams: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

*picture us dressed as a therapist (how do they dress?), with steepled fingers*There’s a lot to unpack in this episode.A LOT.We’ll preface everything we’re about to say by letting you know that we chose the title of this episode’s cocktail far before we even hit record. And yet, as we continued to read the stories you had to share, we realized just how applicable our cocktail really was. The title of this week’s drink? “Man down.”That should set the stage.In today’s episode, you get to hear us mentally switch gears as we record… because we were supposed to have an incredible guest join us today, but he’s a new dad and had to reschedule minutes before joining us due to a slight daycare emergency 💩 (hence why “Man Down” felt so fitting)So thankfully, we had some incredible stories to pull from your submissions. One about a prop stylist who dealt with a sick man in a basement, and another about a client who stole a $10 toy to “donate to charity.”Yes, like Creed from The Office with the Toys for Tots Christmas donation box. And then, we have more stories about client red flags, scope creep and being ghosted! See? It’s the perfect freelancing episode, and the perfect podcast for a drink named “Man Down.”TBH, it’s all messy. But what part of freelancing isn’t?Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Read the *infamous* blog post: Why Is Photography So Freaking Expensive?Check out Limonata Creative's Props: Prop Up ShopFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Guys, we have a thing for Australians.We’ll finally admit it. Not that it’s a surprise or anything.After having several friends from down undah join us to chat, scream (we scream because it’s not very Australian to scream, as we’ve learned), laugh and rant, we’ve fully accepted the fact that deep down, we believe we might’ve been born on the wrong continent.Why are we rambling about this, you ask? Naturally, because we had another incredible, inspirational and might we say *talented* Australian creative join us today: none other than Becki from The Good Type Co! Like honestly… go take one glance at her feed, and you’ll see exactly why we wanted her to join the podcast ✏️✨Not only is Becki an inspiration in the work she creates, but she illustrates our favorite thing: food.Food, people. 🍳🥘So, Becki joined us to chat about her life as an illustrator while running a shop during extreme lockdown, fighting creative blocks, and how she got into illustration. Then, she told us about the time that a client asked, “what’s your hourly rate?” in a room full of people, while all eyes were on her. (Scary stuff) 👀And then we discuss the fact that we are incapable of drawing apples, and Elle reveals that she has a thing for drawing heads with no faces???It’s odd. But what about this podcast isn’t (sometimes)?Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow Becki on IG at @thegoodtypeco and check out her website (and shop) at thegoodtypeco.comCheck out Becki's infamous illustration: Types of Bad ClientsGet your AMASS with code PEROURLASTEMAIL: 15% Off SitewideFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Do you hate vague, text-like responses to your professional emails?Have you ever scheduled a meeting, only to wonder why you ever scheduled that meeting?Do you find yourself fighting to assert your right to fair pay on a weekly basis?If so, you might just be a creative freelancer 😎🎙️*record screech*Okay, so this episode has it all. It’s got the wild stories, the strange anecdotes, and weird clients. It has a story about screaming clients that’ll make The Office’s “Dinner Party” episode look like a walk in the park, and it has us screaming “WHY?!”… then again, it doesn’t take much to get us there. But still. Stick with us, okay?!And if you can’t stick with us for the “WHY?!” moments, do it for the marital disputes, email analyses and spare sinks, at the very least. We said what we said. Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!Get your AMASS with code PEROURLASTEMAIL: 15% Off SitewideShop our merch: Per Our Last Email Merch

We’ll be the first to admit that we’ve had some surprisingly cool guests join our podcast. Like, suspiciously cool.Like… why do they even want to talk to us, you know? 👀That’s neither here nor there, because the truth is that regardless of their reasoning or logic, our incredible guests show up and share. And we’re really, really lucky 😌Today, we have the honor and privilege of sharing our conversation with Aaron Nace, the founder of everyone’s favorite educational platform Phlearn. Not only did Aaron take the time to share Phlearn’s background, the story behind its name and how it all began, but he even shared a story about his candle business (it burned quickly and brightly), and rims on a fire truck. So there’s that. Aaron also imparted some wisdom on freelancing challenges and mindset, and what to do when the work you toiled over ends up flopping. Because creative work is unpredictable 🤷‍♀️Also, we discuss tax audits and the fact that Elle is/was/might be possibly an untraceable felon.It’s a good one, yeah?Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow Phlearn on IG at @phlearn and check out their website at phlearn.comSign up for Phlearn Pro with code perourlastemail20: 20% Off Annual SubscriptionGet your AMASS with code PEROURLASTEMAIL: 15% Off SitewideShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

You know what’s really enlightening? Lip service.Not the botox kind, people. The verbal kind.The kind where an exploitative person says, “I wish the industry was different,” before proceeding to ruin the industry. Do you feel *enlightened*?Good.Good good good.Anyways, back to this episode. You know how some people attract weird experiences everywhere they go? Well, Kyleigh Sage of Barley & Sage is one of those people. Kyleigh was the creator, artist and survivor of the infamous Spoon Spiel story. You know - the story that was weird enough to cover her need for any further and weirder experiences? That one.But of course, no sooner did Kyleigh share her Spoon Spiel with us, than she experienced yet another story for the books. This one? This one’s a juicy one - it includes mental gymnastics 🤸‍♀️exploitative behavior 💰sassy email responses 📧 and last but not least, our favorite form of payment: exposure.In other words, Kyleigh 👏 goes 👏 OFF 👏Naturally, we scream a lot. Please prepare yourselves.Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Follow Kyleigh on IG at @barleyandsage and check out her website at barleyandsage.comCheck out the infamous spoon meme reel by Cashmere & Cocktails Blog: Spoon = CurrencyGet your AMASS with code PEROURLASTEMAIL: 15% Off SitewideShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Today, we turn 50! And we don’t look or feel a day over 52 😏The big five-oh is not one to hastily record or miss, so we knew we needed to pull out all the stops. We had options… we could book an amazing interview (but they’re all amazing, so how do you choose?), we could read some insane stories… or we could do something a bit different.We went for something different.In the pursuit of recording something different, we decided to host a Q&A episode. But because Q&A episodes where the same podcasters ask themselves the same questions tend to be *cough* boring *cough*, we decided to do two things:1️⃣We asked you what questions you had for us, and decided to feature and answer them in today’s episode.2️⃣We invited everyone’s favorite duo, Shelby and James from Little Drill, to come and spice things up.And because a conversation between us and Little Drill is typically long winded and wrought with humor, confusion and chaos, we’ll go ahead and tell you the tale of our episode in as many words as possible.First, James tells us that he has a conspiracy theory that passionfruit doesn’t actually exist. Except he doesn’t say it’s a conspiracy theory, we say that now. Then, we shared our learnings after recording 50 episodes of chaos, bliss and more. THEN, we answered questions about topics like: how to turn down paid jobs and negotiate rates, our work schedule while balancing multiple projects and offers, and our most recent business mistakes. Next up, we shared two stories: one about two non-moldy apples, and another about a not alive, but not dead, but not stuffed cat paw project. And robots.How’s that for as many words as possible? Similar to our intros, we’re guessing. Ultimately, just remember James’ wise words: you don’t get free funnel cake at the fair.HAPPY 50TH 🎉Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com! Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!Follow Shelby and James on IG at @littledrill and check out their site at littledrill.com

It might seem like our “Things We Can’t Stand” list is endless, but clients who choose to be late after we specifically asked them not to?Yeah, that’s right at the top.👺In today’s stories episode, we’ve got…*A story that ended someone’s freelancing career*Baby octopus toys (still questionable)*“I don’t see a lot of work on your site or Instagram that I like”*Our hatred of the word “momtographer” and opinions on MLMs*DID I STUTTER?...and our thoughts on licensing fees, charging your worth and the value of the work you’re producing ✨Because really, is it even Per Our Last Email if we don’t entertain you with an episode that is equal parts education, hilarity, offensive statements and rants? No, no it isn’t. As the folks used to say, TUNE IN 🎙️Send us your stories already. You know the ones we want to hear 👀 Head on over to perourlastemail.com!Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative!Check out our Domestika Course: Creative Product Photography from Start to FinishYour New Favorite Photography Resource: Commercial Photography Agreement

We know this might be hard to believe… but we didn’t become this rich and fabulous on our own 💁‍♀️Sure, we pour our hearts and souls into creating relatable memes. Some go viral, and we scream and cry. Others don’t, and we scream and cry (in a different way).Outside of that, though? Well, we’ve got a friend who created the most shareable, educational photography content (if you don’t recall, go back to our post from March 10th)… ever… which we happened to share on our page. And let us tell YOU - we did not expect the engagement and feedback we’d soon receive. 👀After hundreds and thousands of views, comments, shares and conversations, we realized it was time to bring in the one and only Hanad Ali - the very creator and photographer who took the time to share his knowledge with the world (and also blow this page up). Because the world deserves to know Hanad, and Hanad deserves to be introduced to the world.Don’t you think?So, Hanad joined us to discuss the viral post that changed a lot of things for countless creatives, as well as his recent transition to commercial photography (after 20 years in advertising). You’ll hear him discuss the importance of advocating for yourself and your pricing, why you should ask for data from your clients, and how to transition from a difficulty-based pricing model, to a value-based pricing model.And then you’ll hear us mispronounce things. It’s all relative. You know you wanna hear it.You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later.Follow Hanad on IG at @hanadphoto and check out his website at photo.hanadali.comShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

So, something big happened. And by “big,” we mean monumental. That’s what she said… kind of? Arabela finally admitted she needed to take time off, like a normal human being, after functioning on overdrive while editing this podcast AND serving as our sole photographer AND editor AND in-house snacker of unrefrigerated foods for @weekendcreative for the last year and a half. So yeah, it was a big deal. And that’s how we found Sasha. Sasha graced us with his presence at juuust the right time. You might recall us mentioning that our episodes might sound a bit more *elevated* moving forward, and Sasha’s the reason for that. Naturally, the moment Sasha stepped into our lives, we found part of our sanity again. As an example, Arabela had enough time to create today’s drink (aptly titled the Vacation Response, arguably stolen from her mom). Thanks Sasha 💁‍♀️ Anyways, we figured it was time to feature the man, the myth, the legend - the Sasha that fixed our audio and our lives. In today’s episode, Sasha shared a story about the time he had a media pass and snuck into *cough* a very famous NBA team’s *cough* locker room. And then we took some time to talk about our creative client process, while sharing one mindset shift that changed the way we did business. Like, forever. Forever ever. Get your fancy headphones out (because we love a theme), and listen in 🎙️ You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later.Follow Sasha on IG at @imshawquentin and check out Swell's site at swellmusicsound.comCheck out the GSW holiday video: Sounds of The HolidaysWatch the Try Guys Documentary: Behind the Try: A Try Guys DocumentaryListen to Shaw Quentin & Ilaah Jecel: ParasolShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Once upon a time, in a world far, far too close to our own, a mean ogre (see: client) trolled the prettiest princesses in all the land (see: our photography business). The mean ogre no-showed not one, but two balls (see: phone calls), before subsequently sending the princesses mail via a certified pigeon (see: email). Except, the message was written *on* the pigeon (see: subject line), and the scroll (see: email again) was left blank. The mean ogre then had the AUDACITY to ask the pretty princesses, “What do you think about lowering your rates?” And the pretty princesses went ahead and tucked themselves in bed, deciding to wait until someone else wrote a better story, because they just could NOT anyMORE. ~ The end ~ We have 1000 questions and 1 million concerns. You probably do, too. In today’s stories episode, we of course shared our own VERY ANNOYING STORY (see: mean ogre and princesses above). We then heard about… *A weird magazine and ALL CAPS EMAILS ABOUT PHOTOSHOITS (typo included)*Creative predators*Secret post-it note inquiries*Hair and makeup for a hands-only shoot*A client’s visceral response to the color yellow*And the glorious feedback of: “I don’t know, I just don’t like it” So, yeah. The ogre? He was just the tip of the iceberg. Just know this - if anyone ever calls you “sis,” RUN. 🏃‍♀️ You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later. Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too.Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreativeShop our merch: Per Our Last Email Merch

You know those sweet, soft-spoken people you meet that immediately make you think, “why would anyone ever want to hurt you”? Yeah, that’s Abbey from Wayfarer Design Studio for us 😌 We had the chance to speak with everyone’s favorite brand and web designer about all things freelancing and icky clients, including and not limited to… 👀 Abbey’s anything but ordinary journey into freelancing ✈️ Her life working abroad ❔ What it’s like to be a brand designer who doesn’t enjoy choosing colors (can’t relate) 🏫 Why educating your clients is a form of empowerment (which will make you feel better about over explaining) 🙃 Client feedback that makes you question your own work and worth 💭 Her thoughts on personal projects 👕 And Elle’s shirt (???????) If we’re honest, Elle’s shirt might be the most important part of our entire week. It’s only right. We knew you’d understand. You can sit there and not listen to the sweetest person discuss her ever-so-successful journey as a freelancer and creative, or you can join us. Your choice, and we will certainly judge you if you pick wrong 💁‍♀️ You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later. Follow Abbey on IG at @wayfarerdesignstudio and check out her website at wayfarerdesignstudio.comShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Huzi and Jesse of Florence James Collective are two of the best people. Like, to the point where it makes the story they shared in today’s episode even more audacious. Because who DOES that to two people, who are so talented, funny, sweet, and kind? That we love so much? With our whole hearts? HOW DARE THEY? Right? Right. Huzi and Jesse joined today’s episode to tell us about their experiences as self-taught creative business owners, and their rise to photography and videography success. They expanded on their journey from nightclubs to Uber Eats, to butcher shops, to assembly lines and to finally running their own studio. They even shared their methodology behind becoming a one-stop shop for creative content and props. (Anyone else here a self-taught creative? Give us a 👋 below) So, that’s Huzi and Jesse. Two wonderful people, with one not-so-wonderful client. Without giving it all away, we’ll just summarize their client experience with a few *idiotic* one-liners. Please enjoy 👇 “Just pick up any other similar capsules (to shoot) at the store” (ahem - they’re a vitamin brand) “I don’t want video… but I DO want GIFs” “‘WE’ need to correct that” “Send me a screenshot to show it’s been fixed. Come on!” And we’re just going to warn you that “you guys will need to reshoot these” will definitely become a trigger. Sorry. But you’re voluntarily along for the ride 🤷‍♀️ This story gave our own linty gummies a run for their money. Oh, and today’s drink was aptly named “Keeping Our Cool.” Because we needed that energy, obviously. You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later. Follow Jesse and Huzi on IG at @florencejamescollective and check out their website at florencejamescollective.comShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

So, what’s your worst freelancing nightmare? We’ll start. Ours would likely include dropping the camera, falling on top of the set (like literally keeling over and just… falling on top of everything we’d spent hours putting together), and then maybe the computer catching fire with our clients standing right there. By the way, that’s all one nightmare. Another nightmare might be… oh, we don’t know… checking out your client’s house, and finding a tiny woman just standing inside an armoire? Just speaking from the perspective of an interior designer, of course. Anyways, what’s yours? (Yes, a tiny woman jumped out of an armoire and it’s in today’s stories episode. Jeez louise, you know how to get an answer outta someone, don’t you?) As if the episode needed anything more than THAT, we also shared our personal freelancing pet peeves. In the process, we once again made it clear that we are not the resource to refer to when it comes to weather, time zones, pronunciation… literally anything. ANNNNND then we shared more stories and found out that Arabela hid in a bathtub at a party (probably far more recently than she’s admitting). It’s a lot. We’re a lot. But you knew that, didn’t you? 😎 You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later. Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. In other words, these are the *DMs we actually want.* Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreativeShop our merch: Per Our Last Email Merch

It’s true. @elliotisacoolguy. A very cool guy. A guy who runs a flourishing creative business, but a guy who isn’t very good at freelancing, nonetheless. Yeah, we said it. (only because he did 👀) In fact, Elliot is such a cool guy, he decided to join the coolest podcast on earth (that’s us), to discuss all of the incredibly important things about being a freelancer. You know, things like his love for Caramel Macchiatos, and our dialogue on lattes vs. french press, backyard kangaroos that’ll punch you, ginormous spiders (i.e., “husband” spiders according to Arabela), inches vs. whatever it is that they measure things in, and talking to himself in the shower. ✨Just normal WFH, self employed things✨ So let’s tally that up. Elliot: *Lives in Australia, mate*Agrees that their spiders are huge*Loves a Starbies Caramel Macchiato*Doesn’t believe he’s a good freelancer. Even though he’s built a wildly successful business and amassed over 100k followers. OK ELLIOT. Don’t worry, we eventually move on from the kangaroos and spiders to talk about his journey into graphic design, as well as his fair share of crazy client stories. Then, we put the cherry on top of a *very cool* episode to discuss his journey to creating passive income, without even using a website. Elliot. Is. A. Very. Cool. Guy. And he only mocked us like… twice. Listen in 😏 You know you’re sitting on a good story that you’re just dying to share. Send it into perourlastemail.com. Submit the story now, deal with your conscience later. Follow Elliot on IG at @elliotisacoolguyCheck out his Twitch streams: ElliotisacoolguySupport his work: Casetify Phone Cases and Art PrintsShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

There are few things we love more than criticizing crazy clients and commiserating with each and every one of you. Of those few things? Breakfast foods and serenading others against their will sit riiiight at the top 😏 And of course today’s episode features both. We know, we know - you don’t deserve the honor we bestow upon you. But really, who would? In today’s stories episode, you’ll get to hear our thoughts on breakfast food, and you’ll learn about some earth shatteringly important news for our studio: we got a new toaster. A TOASTER. THEEEN, once we’re “peeling” good, you’ll hear some ever so sunny stories about toxic work relationships, back stabbings that make Survivor look tame, and a client who… well, we’ll just put a *few* one-liners from a single email of theirs, below 👇 “It’s all mine pic”“You told me it’s belong to me” (it’s like a T. Swift remake)“What is a problem” (an existential crisis, perhaps?) And we enjoyed it, immensely. Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com. Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via IG, too. Find us at @perourlastemail @weekendcreative! Read our blog: Working With a PartnerShop our merch: Per Our Last Email Merch

Pop quiz: which of the below would be considered a “reasonable response” to a freelancer raising their rates 1 year after the initial proposal? (And by reasonable, we mean completely unreasonable) 👇 Would it be…. A) Okay great! Let me know what that package might look like.B) No problem at all!C) Oh, I didn’t realize you CHANGED THE TERMS ON ME. Truly, we’d love to know. You tell us 👀 It’s fine, we’re fine. Really. We just have a guest episode with none other than our ever so chic and stylish friend, Maud Passini of Manureva Studio! And we’ll just be honest for a second (as if we ever weren’t?) - she’s worked with her fair share of morons. Which lends to a really interesting Stories episode. So, kudos to the morons 👏 To hear all about Maud’s most interesting client story, her creative journey from Paris to Brooklyn, and our thoughts on the mindset shift that accompanies having your own studio space, just listen in. And never forget - when the stupidity just keeps repeating itself, just remember: everything is great, but also it’s terrible. Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com. Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via Instagram, too. Follow Maud's studio on IG at @manureva.studio and check out their site at manurevastudio.comCheck out her podcast: The Creative MinuteListen to our episode: The Power of Passion & Community with Weekend CreativeWatch her Adobe Livestreams here: Day 1 and Day 2Shop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

… Honestly, there are no words. Do you all go and search for the weirdest clients ever, just to entice us? Are you forever in the pursuit of a good meme? Actually, don’t answer that. We can’t really “allude” to anything in this episode, without just blatantly calling it out. It’s a stories episode. There are mentions - nay, allegations - of instances of hormonal imbalances, 💩 clipart, “can you turn this word document into a website?” and Michael Scott Paper Company-esque set ups. Told you. Like literally, a client asked a flourishing business owner and freelancer (i.e., story submitter) to theme her entire website around DOG POOP. THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🆘🚨SOMEONE CALL 911, WE WANT OUR PEACE OF MIND BACK!!! Anyways, this episode made us lose any chill we ever believed we might have had. Oh, it also includes a well-written, sumptuously performative and foreboding poem for all creatives. In other words, you’re going to squeal, love it, squeal, scream, cry and then laugh. What would you do without us? Don’t force us to sit and talk about ourselves, pls and thsnks. Send your stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative @littlesundaystudioShop our merch: Per Our Last Email Merch

Who here enjoys linty gummies? 🙋‍♀️ Oh, you don’t? Okay, well prepare to be triggered. And just know that linty gummies are just the tip of the iceberg of today’s episode 👀 In fact, by the end of today’s episode, you’ll wish that our very own story about burning bridges with a crazy client stopped at linty gummies, and didn’t embark into what can only be explained as no WOman’s land. Interested yet? 😌 We’re trying here. We had the pleasure of bringing our day 1 supporter and BFF Juan Miranda along for today’s episode. Juan (also known as @jmibaby, get it right) did the job that nobody else was willing to do: he sat through a very, very long story that we were just about dying to share. He sat through a story of linty gummies. Body shaming. False advertising. AND MORE. It’s a sticky episode. Oh, and Juan also had the grace to share his thoughts on content creation strategy and influencer marketing - because the world really doesn’t need more sunglass and eyelash sponsorships. Listen in and fall in love with our one and only, will you? Don’t force us to continue to relive our own trauma, thsnks. Send your stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com! Follow Juan on IG at @jmibabySign up for our courses: Moodelier CoursesShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreativeThis episode is sponsored by Moodelier.

Listen, you can try to nitpick and micromanage us all you want. You can go over everything we say with a fine-toothed comb, and you can (attempt) to charge us by the minute. But the moment you try to keep us from going to Target (also known to many as Tarjé) with our moms? THE AUD 👏 A 👏 CIT 👏 Y 👏 In today’s episode, you’re going to hear us review quite a few tidbits and stories that generally make us cringe. The Target thing plays a part in it, promise. It’s not like we’d ever be weird enough to rant for no apparent reason at all 👀 Anyways, back to the tidbits and stories that make us cringe. You’ll hear things like... ❓ When clients try to walk you through everything they don’t trust you on, and then claim that they still trust you (?) Like okay, fact checkers needed. Thsnks ❓ “As a start up, every dollar counts” (CRINGE) ❓ Email subject lines that look like your ex’s most recent late night text messages ❓Clients who want to be cheap, yet refuse to learn simple tasks for THEMSELVES Again, just *few* tidbits and cringeworthy details, that’s all. If you’d like to hear about Elle’s weird metal-mouthed medical marvel, and then our thoughts on hourly pricing AND TROLLS, it’s time to grab your soapbox and listen in. Subscribe, listen, follow, pay and sponsor us, k? You can do allll of that and share your confusingly thought-provoking tales to perourlastemail.com! Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreativeShop our merch: Per Our Last Email Merch

Remember that time you paid your rent in popsicle sticks? No? Well, what about spoons? Still no? Weird, because we could’ve SWORN that it was considered socially acceptable to pay for the important things in life with inanimate objects. Just like it’s okay to pay for creative work (i.e., photography) with anything other than money, right? *scream cough scream cough* Yeah so, someone had the audacity to attempt to reason with someone else that paying for work with their spoons was acceptable. Thousands of dollars’ worth of spoons. That’s a lot of spoons. You can imagine our response to that. Sigh. And then someone else dealt with a homeless person running off with their prop food. Because that’s the big city, baby. Is that why they call it the Big Apple? And then you’ll hear us discuss our attempt to fly with 25 lbs of sand and food poisoning, how Elle enslaved her childhood friends, and why lowering scope > lowering rates. It’s a lot. Are you ready to get angry about spoons? Subscribe, listen, follow, pay and sponsor us, k? You can do allll of that and share your confusingly thought-provoking tales to perourlastemail.com! Why aren’t you following us on Instagram? Really, the audacity. (Find us at @perourlastemail and  @weekendcreative) Check out Barley & Sage's reel on Instagram: Charge What You Are WorthWatch the infamous reel by Cashmere & Cocktails Blog: Currency - SpoonsShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchJoin our FB group: Per Our Last Email Podcast

What’s worse than a horrible client who turns out to be a thief, you ask? Oh, we don’t know… probably a horrible client who turns out to be a two-timing thief, and whose story gets shared by two different creatives. Yeah, so we’ll just go ahead and say it: today’s episode with Janea Greene from Creative Space Studios includes a few things: our thoughts on Dr. Pepper versus Mr. Pibb (Mr. Pibb is trash), the highs and woes of being a creative and owning a business, annnnnd the story of someone who can only be described as a thief with the audacity to mess with one other lovely listener of this podcast (hiii Emily 👋) before making her way to Janea. Like really, who gets honey on a toilet seat and leaves a birthday cake out in a studio for 24 hours? Somebody who gets talked about TWICE in the span of 35 episodes, that’s who. Are you just itching with anticipation yet? Hmmm? 👀 ALRIGHT? THAT’S IT. We’ve done our job… it’s time to listen in. Send your GIFs, memes, stories, thoughts and fantastical tales to perourlastemail.com! The greater the ability to induce anxiety and heart palpitations, the better. Follow Janea on IG at @janeagreenecreative and @growherownwayCheck out her studio's IG at @creativespacestudios.coBook her studio in Dublin, CA: Creative Space StudiosShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchJoin our FB group: Per Our Last Email PodcastFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

We get the idea of ghosting when there’s something to gain from it. And by “get” we mean we don’t actually get it, but it makes more sense than ghosting someone after paying them. Like, are you in the business of giving money away? If so, send 👻 our way, pls and thanks. So anyways, back to our point. It’s one thing to be a jerk and to ghost someone BEFORE paying them. It’s like a take-backsie of all of the time and energy that you and the other person invested into your relationship. It’s another thing to pay the freelancer the money, and then ghost them entirely. Therein lies our confusion and the fact that we’re sitting here whispering “the audacity” to ourselves over and over, while rocking in nonexistent rocking chairs in our own corners. It’s like the opposite of dining and dashing, you know? Oh, did we forget to tell you why we’re here today? We had the chance to chat with Marke Johnson of @the.made.shop, so naturally we went on a tangent about ghosting and nonexistent rocking chairs. Are you with us? Marke shared insight and wisdom on all of the things: about partnering and working with family, generalizing versus specializing as a freelancer, the time his team worked on a famous murder mystery annnnnd a really weird ghosting story that’ll have you muttering “oh the irony” under your breath while you search for your own invisible rocking chair corner. Oh yeah, and then he also tells us all about his time working with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and his thoughts about drawing inspiration without copying. We probably should’ve prefaced this summary with that fact, but the truth is that we went on a ghosting and rocking chair tangent, and lacked the wherewithal to bring it all back. ANYWAYS! As we all know, any time family is involved in the business, things get just a little bit interesting. Are you ready to hear it all for yourself? Send your GIFs, memes, stories, thoughts and fantastical tales to perourlastemail.com! The greater the ability to induce anxiety and heart palpitations, the better. Follow Marke on IG at @the.made.shop and check out his design studio at themadeshop.comWatch his Adobe Livestreams here: Day 1 and Day 2Shop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchJoin our FB group: Per Our Last Email PodcastFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

So, today’s a stories episode, right? Like, it’s an episode where we read your stories and cringe and laugh and cry along with you? Well, plot twist - today’s stories episode happens to include a majority of stories from the two of us… oops. Hear us out: it’s been a wild start to the year. We’ve seen some stuff. We’ve heard some stuff. We’ve said even more stuff. SO PARDON OUR NEED TO SHARE WITH YOU IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU SHARE WITH US. *ugly cries* In today’s episode, if you’re kind enough to listen, you’ll hear us discuss our own copyright story and drama (yes, someone else copied us yet AGAIN), beating the bush (thanks Arabela), and “money-oriented conversations.” If you had to guess on a scale of 1 (murmuring) to 5 (screeching), how loud do you think we get? Just wondering 💅👀 As the cherry on top, we’re also reading some of your recent story submissions that had enough juicy drama and detail to make us gasp and laugh, all at the same time. It’s a good episode. C’mon guys, don’t beat the bush. It’s time to listen in. Send your GIFs, memes, stories, thoughts and fantastical tales to perourlastemail.com! The greater the ability to induce anxiety and heart palpitations, the better. Read our blog post: Creating Original Work: How To Avoid Copying OthersShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchJoin our FB group: Per Our Last Email PodcastFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

The name of today’s drink is Growing Pains. Remember that, because it’ll make sense later. Emphasis: pain. When you combine snow shoveling, driving without a GPS, tax fraud and the FBI, it only makes sense to assume that it’s just another Per Our Last Email episode, right? But this time, we’re chatting with the incredible duo of Little Drill, aka Shelby Edwards and James Whitney.  *Screeching record* Listen people, they know things. They know way more things than we do, and they also know what it feels like to be FBI informants. Now, if you have the audacity to ask if this has anything to do with freelancing, we’re here to disrespectfully and emphatically scream that it has EVERYTHING TO DO WITH FREELANCING. Because it does. Because everything does, right? And also, we because we said so. (That worked for our moms, so it should work for us here) If you want to hear us chat with Little Drill about their entrepreneurial journey, and also listen to a story that sounds like it should be the plot of the next National Treasure movie, you’ve come to the right place. Skippers, this one’s for you. 💅 Follow Little Drill on IG at @littledrill and check out their site at littledrill.comShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchJoin our FB group: Per Our Last Email PodcastFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

What happens when you pair the two of us with cocktails and an Australian guest, you ask? Well, there’s the required questions about 🐨, and the comments on the guest’s gorgeous accent. And then the general fangirling. Now when you add all of that on TOP of our guest being Helen Koker, we basically lose our minds. Rightfully so. Helen graced us with her presence to not only talk about offering passive income streams, being a multi-disciplinary creative, fighting scope creep AND handling reimbursements, but she blessed us with one of the lengthiest and most dramatic stories we’ve heard yet. *cue Chris Harrison* For the sake of your enjoyment of the episode, we won’t give too much away. But if you want to hear Helen singlehandedly triumph over a nasty client AND THEIR LEGAL TEAM, you should probably just listen in. 👏 Send your GIFs, memes, stories, thoughts and fantastical tales to perourlastemail.com! The lengthier, the better 👀 Follow Helen Koker on IG at @helenkoker and check out her site at helenkoker.comShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Listen, we’re stressed. We’re stressed because of our stress, and because of your stress. We’re stressed that our stress will turn into your stress and your stress will manifest into client stress, and it’s stressception. But that’s okay. Because as Elle aptly put it: that’s just running a business. Fittingly, today’s Stories Episode features a drink called the Power Suit. So put on your power suit, and then grab your Power Suit. And if your power suit happens to be a matching lounge set, all the better. TBH, you’re going to need your niftiest and spiffiest outfit for this one, because again, these stories have us stressed. We’ve got a client shouting “NEEXT!” (okay, maybe not shouting but it’s so offensive, they might as well have), someone firing a client in two sentences (impressive), and someone else chasing a payment for an entire year. Yes, a year. 365 days. Are you seeing why we’re sweating through our HRC-esque pantsuits? We said what we said. Send your GIFs, memes, stories, thoughts and fantastical tales to perourlastemail.com!Watch our latest obsession: Turning Random Internet Drama into Songs Part 1 and Part 2 Rent our Creative Studio in the South Bay Area: Little Sunday StudioFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Quick little riddle for ya: what includes hatchets, GUNS(!!!), corsets & suitcases AND has the audacity to underpay? If you answered, “a photoshoot with Christina from Fresh Print Media?” you are (miraculously and suspiciously) correct. So yeah, Christina shared a story with us that any normal person would shout whaaAAAT??? at. Because she officially worked with one of the oddest clients of all time. Anywho, as if her story wasn’t enough, Christina ALSO happens to be a wizard with cocktails, and created the drink we’re having today: OOO (Out of Office) Which is something we wish we were. To be completely honest, we probably didn’t even need to write this entire summary. We probably could’ve said, “Christina’s client brought a gun,” and you would’ve listened immediately. But in the words of Creed, “If I can’t scuba, what’s this all been about?” Alright, the train, which was never on rails, has officially derailed. LISTEN TO THE EPISODE NOW, PEOPLE 👏 Send your GIFs, memes, stories and thoughts to perourlastemail.com!Follow Christina's agency on IG at @freshprintmedia and check out their site at freshprintmedia.comShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Okay, so two things: 1. Take this as your reminder to charge more, and use a contract.2. Through this episode, we’ve coined our The Audacity, 2.0: “You know what? LET ME TELL YOU” and it should probably be a shirt. Actually, everything you send us and everything we scream should probably be a shirt. And a cute little trendy mug. Maybe even a pin? Tell us if you agree. If you can’t tell from our squirrel brains, it’s a stories episode. Which contributes to A) our slogan screaming and B) our stress. But hey, that’s showbiz baby. Today’s stories included: ❓A client who questioned the final colors of a project, after they specifically approved them👊Things being “too punchy” 👻Clients no-showing a call they requested 👀AN INFLUENCER WHO ASKED TO STAY IN THEIR PHOTOGRAPHER’S (THE STORY SUBMITTER’S) HOTEL ROOM🌲Traveling the world and forest for just $35🙃And the term “usable photos” (just wait until you hear Elle’s feelings on this) Now, we will leave you with one final thought - prepaid cell phones for all client interactions. Yay or nay? Send your GIFs, memes, stories, thoughts and fantastical tales to perourlastemail.com! Celebrity and influencer stories v welcome 👀 Shop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchJoin our Facebook group: Per Our Last Email PodcastFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Imagine a world where your client’s OWN photography is so horrendous, they forget they even took it themselves and instead blamed you for it? Imagine that. IMAGINE THAT. Why aren’t any of us even flinching at this point? Likely because we collectively have TCSA (traumatic client stress ambivalence), tbh. That’s right, we just made up a new term. Coin it, and send us the royalties. We had the absolute pleasure of commiserating with Alexis Jesup from Colors Collective, and let’s just say she didn’t disappoint. To hear her stories about a PayPal nightmare, a client who wouldn’t pay, but kept apologizing (?), and Alexis’ tips on copyright, pricing and charging your worth, just grab a chair (you’ll need it), and listen in. Send your GIFs, memes, stories and thoughts to perourlastemail.com! Follow Alexis' creative content agency on IG at @colorscollective and check out their site at colorscollective.comShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Stories episodes have quickly become everyone’s favorite. Like, who wouldn’t want to hear about someone else’s nightmare client while chuckling to themselves? So naturally, we brought our own story to today’s episode. And it’s not… it’s not what you think. Today’s drink is called Make it Work, and it’s fitting, for many reasons. It’s almost as if we’re psychic, tbh 💁 To hear us discuss… *Why we got into a verbal sparring match with Home Depot AND Comcast *When clients try to educate you on how to bUiLD rELaTiOnSHipS (but still won’t pay your invoice) *The times where you SHOULD let the client watch *Standing up for yourself You’ll want to listen to today’s episode.👂🎙️ Send your GIFs, memes, stories and thoughts to perourlastemail.com! Read our blog post: Creating Original Work: How To Avoid Copying OthersChat one-on-one with us: Coaching CallsShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchJoin our Facebook group: Per Our Last Email PodcastFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Collectively, you all have outdone yourselves. It’s almost as if you specifically worked with horribly weird clients, with the intention of someday sharing your story on Per Our Last Email. In fact, we’re 99% sure it was all fully planned. We salute you for your dedication to this podcast’s success. And by that v serious intro, we mean: welcome to yet another stories episode, full of your cringeworthy, laughably awkward moments. This one has a story about butts. (we should probably fire our copywriter now, but as you know, we can’t do that) If you want to hear stories about derrieres, contracts, more red flags, and our thoughts on the phrase “your work is easy” [[and subsequently, our thoughts on murder]], just listen in. Right now. You know you want to. Send your GIFs, memes, stories and thoughts to perourlastemail.com. Oh and Happy New Year! Shop our downloads and resources: Weekend Creative ShopRead our blog post: Client Red FlagsShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchJoin our Facebook group: Per Our Last Email PodcastFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

*Gray rocking *Gaslighting *“I think they’re a criminal”ing There’s a lot of “ings” happening in today’s episode with Nicole from Sprout Law, we can tell you that much. Without spilling too much of the burning hot lava that we like to politely call tea, we’ll give you just a taste: Nicole jumped on with us to share her worst client stories, and also tell us how she got started in the freelancing world after leaving her career as an attorney. She walked us through trademarks, copyrights and patents, and even had the audacity to make us laugh while she did it. She’s a special one, that Nicole. If you’re curious, or nosy, or curious and nosy and also needing some inspiration, you’ll want to listen in. PS we want your GIFs, memes, stories, questions and thoughts! Unless they’re weird thoughts. In that case, probably best to keep them to yourself. Send your non-weird (but also kind of weird) thoughts in to perourlastemail.com. We promise to stumble through them as clumsily as possible. Follow Nicole's law firm on IG at @sproutlaw and check out their site at sproutlaw.com Listen to her podcast: Cash Is QueenRead her post on AB5: All About AB5Shop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Once upon a time… there was a fraudulent check that led to the creation of one of the most famous freelancing Facebook groups on earth. And by once upon a time, we mean that it happened, not all that long ago. To Tia Meyers of Freelancing Females. It’s a good thing that happy endings really do exist, right? Today’s episode is with the ever so inspiring Tia Meyers, Founder of Freelancing Females! Tia took the time to shed light on her professional career as a social media consultant, her pathway to creating Freelancing Females (and all of the crazy client stories that got her there), why she charges for calls and texts, and how she overcame imposter syndrome. Important stuff, people. Important stuff. If you’re curious, or nosy, or curious and nosy and also needing some inspiration, you’ll want to listen in. PS we want your GIFs, memes, stories, questions and thoughts! Unless they’re weird thoughts. In that case, probably best to keep them to yourself. Send your non-weird (but also kind of weird) thoughts in to perourlastemail.com. We promise to stumble through them as clumsily as possible. Follow Freelancing Females on IG at @freelancingfemales and check out their site at freelancingfemales.com for all of their resources, conference updates, and more.Join their FB Group: Freelancing FemalesSet your business goals for 2021: Goal Setting WorksheetShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

How do we put this without offending someone? It was today when we realized that some clients are immutably... difficult. Cemented in their difficulty, really. And we’re choosing to use the word “difficult” in order to abstain from offending anyone else through our more powerful choice of descriptors. So yeah, clients? They’re difficult. And we (and you) are NOT alone in that. We’ll put it like this: if you’ve ever read an email and rolled your eyes and fallen so far back in your chair that you flipped over backwards, this episode is probably for you. If you’ve ever wanted to fling yourself from a metaphorical freelancing cliff, this episode is very likely for you. And if you’ve ever had to justify HOW GOOD YOUR WORK IS because your client thinks it’s “too high quality looking,” this episode is definitely for you. Sigh. PLZZ help. Grab your drink of choice and join us in today’s stories episode! PS we want your GIFs, memes, stories, questions and thoughts. Unless they’re weird thoughts. In that case, probably best to keep them to yourself. Send your non-weird (but also kind of weird) thoughts in to perourlastemail.com. We promise to stumble through them as clumsily as possible. Read our blog post: Creating Original Work (How To Avoid Copying Others)Shop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchJoin our Facebook group: Per Our Last Email PodcastFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Evil minions. Crazy DMs. Awkward emails. Justin Bieber. The Office. THE AUDACITY. When you add all of those up, there’s only one possible outcome - it’s another Per Our Last Email episode. As for today, we’re chatting with Kirsten Lawler from Alway Services! And look, other than the evil minions, crazy DMs, awkward emails, thoughts on Justin Bieber and all of our “THE AUDACITY!” moments, Kirsten’s joined us to share some really helpful business and marketing insight, too. So, grab a ginormous hot chocolate with enough marshmallows to last you through armageddon, a furry animal and a comfy seat. We know it’s a lengthy one (that’s what she said), but that’s what the pause button is for. Really, we’re just here to see you through an entire week of editing. You’re welcome. Send your stories, questions and thoughts to perourlastemail.com. We promise to read through them as cryptically (and judgmentally) as we’re asked. Follow Kirsten on IG at @alwayservices and check out her site at alwayservices.com for all she has to offer including her consultation calls. Read her blog post: How To Professionally Reach Out To a Service-Based Business and Why Is Photography So Freaking Expensive? Purchase our photography course: Set Design for Product PhotographyShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Remember that time you went on vacation, and sent a scream-text and email to your colleagues and clients that said, “CALL ME -  NO MATTER WHERE I AM”? No? Oh, apologies. We forgot you’re a perfectly normal and balanced human being. We digress. Today’s Stories episode was a good one, as always. We have 10-foot wide studios, hateful DMs, copying accusations, and even some helpful tips to share. Wanna join? If so, pull up a comfy chair, grab an unhealthy snack and your drink of choice, and listen in.  Send your stories, questions and thoughts to perourlastemail.com. We promise to read through them as cryptically (and judgmentally) as we’re asked. Purchase our photography course: Set Design for Product PhotographyShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Salad dressing labels, hunting banners, 8th grade Illustrator tutorials and 3-month long ghosting sessions. You might be wondering, “Guys, what on earth do any of these things have to do with each other?” and that should probably tell you exactly what this is: it’s another Per Our Last Email episode. With none other than our guest Do-Hee Kim from Shoppe Theory. (In other words, you’ll hear about all of those things in today’s convo with Do-Hee) We had the privilege of chatting with Do-Hee about her self-taught design career, and learned a bit more about her top tips for working with potential clients, developing a client vetting process, annnnd being ghosted. Because we freelancers are nothing if not balanced, are we right? Send your stories, questions, memes, GIFs and thoughts to perourlastemail.com. We promise to read through them as cryptically (and judgmentally) as we’re asked. Follow Do-Hee on IG at @schmohee and check out her design studio at shoppetheory.comWatch her Adobe Live streams: Day 1 and Day 2Check out her personal project: 100 Days of FontsShop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

You know those really cool, helpful, insightful, meaningful, intelligent and chill people you meet who make you realize just how… inept you are? Yeah, that’s Hank for us. Kidding. About the inept part. Kind of. Long story short, we had the best time chatting with Hank about all things fuzzy, business, finance and creative. You’re going to want to grab a notepad, pen, sweatpants AND cocktail for this one, friends. Oh, and don’t worry, this episode still has its fair share of HORRIFIC client experiences, too. Because what would a Per Our Last Email episode be without one? We also mentioned pie a lot. Send your stories, questions and thoughts to perourlastemail.com. We promise to read through them as cryptically (and judgmentally) as we’re asked. Follow Hank on IG at @iam_hank and check out his site and shop at hankdesigns.comWatch all three of his Adobe Live streams: Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3Shop our merch: Per Our Last Email Merch Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Beanie baby sandbags. Tilt shifts. Avocado farms. Celebrity clients. It’s all happening right here, in today’s episode of Per Our Last Email. *Chris Harrison voice* It goes without saying that this episode is full of stories that’ll make you laugh and possibly even cry. It’s all really bizarre, TBH. Grab your drink of choice, choose a comfy place to sit, and listen in. Don’t forget to send us your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com! … see? We can write a semi-professional podcast summary. Doesn’t mean we had to like it, though. Shop our merch: Per Our Last Email Merch Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Really, this episode needed to be named, “I didn’t run for the hills, but I should’ve.” Or maybe, “I was a crafting goblin in a crafting bunker,” or maybe, just MAYBE, “literal blood, sweat and tears.” If you can’t tell, we had the hilarious Kitiya Palaskas join us for today’s episode, and we’re pretty sure you could hear a collective gasp for the entire length of Kitiya’s story. So yeah, she’s got some good stuff. If you’ve ever thought, “I wonder if someone else has made these same mistakes?” or, “I CANNOT be the only one to have ever experienced this, right?” the answer is yes. And just in case you don’t believe us, we’ll prove it to you in today’s episode. Grab your cocktail (today’s is masterfully called Don’t Take Me for Pome-granted), plop down in a comfy chair, and listen in. We still want your crazy, meaningful, heartfelt and educational stories. Even if you’re just wanting some advice, send your questions our way as well - we’d love to help. Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible. Follow Kitiya on IG at @kitiyapalaskas and check out her site at kitiyapalaskas.comCheck out Kitiya's monthly craft workshop: Craft Club with KitFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

You know those creatives whose accounts you’ve always drooled over? The ones who have inspired you to be a better business owner and artist in general? Yeah, that’s Andrea for us. And we’re SO excited to have her on the show today! Now don’t worry, we don’t spend *too* long fangirling over Andrea - we got a ton of super thoughtful, educational and helpful conversation in, too. For example, we discussed: techno-challenged bullies, getting reported to Squarespace, deciding whether or not someone has actually lost their mind, and mistaking Lorem Ipsum filler font for Spanish. See? Very elevated and classy conversation. (Hopefully you can hear the sarcasm - we’re actually wondering if one of these clients is the same one from Diane’s story in Episode 11) You know what to do - grab your cocktail and listen in! P.S. We still want your crazy, meaningful, heartfelt and educational stories. Even if you’re just wanting some advice, send your questions our way as well - we’d love to help. Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible. Follow Andrea (and her sister) on IG at @studiolinear and check out their site at studiolinear.comWatch her Adobe Live stream: Day 1 and Day 2Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Once again, we’ve proven that when left unattended, we’re a force to be reckoned with. A scary force. A talkative one, too. Today’s episode is everyone’s favorite: stories! And by “stories,” we mean YOUR stories about shooting raw meat, losing shiba inus, being hungover on set, gift card compensation, indecisive clients and refunds. We say all that to mean that if you’ve ever received the, “We love it, but can you just change… everything?” email from a client before, you’re going to enjoy this episode. It’s time to grab your drink (named ever so appropriately, “The B****ing Hour”), scootch on up to your phone, and listen and laugh. Oh and by the way, we STILL want your crazy, meaningful, heartfelt and educational stories. Even if you’re just wanting some advice, send your questions our way as well - we’d love to help. Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible. Check out the following freelancers mentioned in this episode: Kelly Ngos, Elle Pollock, and Abbey McGrew of Wayfarer Design Studio. Shop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

You know we love to make you laugh, right? Well, while we always aim to put a smile on your face, today’s podcast is filled with a few different things. For starters, we had the pleasure of having Kia Fay join us to talk about her incredible freelancing career. We covered everything from crazy clients and baby-free algorithms, to trusting your gut, turning down work, and inclusivity. It’s a good one. Grab a drink, a furry animal and a blanket and come join us as we listen, learn and laugh! Oh and by the way, we STILL want your crazy, meaningful, heartfelt and educational stories. Or, if you’re wanting some advice, send your questions our way as well - we’d love to help. Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible. Follow Kia on IG at @heymisskia, @kiathecurlconsultant, @ghost_andthecity, and @griefmonster. Shop our merch: Per Our Last Email MerchFollow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Honestly, we asked you to share your most *interesting* freelancing stories, and we’re not going to say that you didn’t deliver, because you did. But we will say that we had no idea that things could get so… weird (?) so fast. And we love it. Today’s stories episode covers all of the things, like someone who moved in with their client (yes, it happened), payment disputes and stolen photos, weird bodysuit snafus, how and why you should raise your rates, and the importance of a good contract. So basically, it’s a little bit of education, a little bit of nonoNOstopwhy, and a lot of sass. The perfect concoction 💁 Grab your drink, get comfy and join us, yeah? Oh and by the way, we STILL want your crazy, meaningful, heartfelt and educational stories. Or, if you’re wanting some advice, send your questions our way as well - we’d love to help. Submit your stories and questions at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible. Check out our blog post: How To Raise Your Prices Join our community: The Weekend ClubShop our merch: Per Our Last Email Merch Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Did you hear that? That was the sound of us scraping our jaws off the floor. Because Diane Villadsen joined us today, and essentially won the award for most confusingly shocking, disgusting, terrifying yet humorous freelancing story of all time. And naturally, we’re feeeeelin’ hot, hot, hot. Oh sorry, that’s the name of today’s drink. Rightfully so. In today’s episode, you’ll hear us gasp about pretty much everything, and without giving too much away, you should probably listen to this one by yourself, with your headphones on. It’s about time you join us for today’s episode. Oh, and we want YOUR crazy, meaningful, insightful and educational freelancing stories, too. Submit them at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible. Follow Diane on IG at @dianewithonen and check out her site at dvilladsenphotography.com Watch her Adobe Live stream: Day 1 and Day 2 Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Look, we thought the story about the 80-year old wannabe influencer was the blockbuster moment of our 2020 podcasting year. Alas, it was only the beginning. You might be thinking, “how bad could it really get, guys?” Well, without spoiling any details, today’s episode includes selling to celebrities, (nearly) burning a house down, dying on hills, and why you shouldn’t wish someone well. ...so yeah, tequila month is shaping up pretty well. It’s about time you join us for today’s episode. Oh, and we want YOUR crazy, meaningful, insightful and educational freelancing stories, too. Submit them at perourlastemail.com, and we’ll do our best to read them as ridiculously as possible. Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Well, it’s time for us to break out the tequila, call out all the BS (it’s punny because that’s what we named our tequila shot), and share some receipts for this heavy hitter episode.  And here you are, wondering why the episode is an hour and a half long. Aren’t you? Well… you know what to do. Break out your shot glass, pour some tequila, and listen in. Just make sure your shot glass is actually plastic and you aren’t near anything breakable or valuable. Trust us. And of course, if you’ve got a crazy freelancing story to share, submit it at perourlastemail.com. We promise to read it as dramatically as possible. 💁 Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

Part of us wanted to just leave the summary blank, because with a title like that, you really don’t need a summary. HOWEVER, for the sake of professionalism and our inherent need to type our angst into words, you’re going to get a summary. In today’s episode, we had a visit with Aundre Larrow, who filled us in on some of his worst freelancing stories. They of course include danger, sexual harassment, and wasted time. Not that anyone asked. We’ll also cover the topics of choosing when to book a client, and when to pass. Because your time is valuable, sweetie. If you’re ready to hear us pick on each other, it’s probably time for you to mix up a drink and listen in! And of course, if you’ve got a crazy freelancing story to share, submit it at perourlastemail.com. We promise to read it as dramatically as possible. Follow Aundre on IG at @aundre and check out his site at aundrelarrow.com Watch his Adobe Live stream at bit.ly/adobeliveaundre and if you'd like to see Aundre fall asleep for 5 seconds on his day 2 stream, check it out here and skip through to 1:39:50. You're welcome. Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative

There’s a lot happening in today’s episode. A lot. First and foremost, Anna left us unattended with alcohol, and we’re a mess. Lots of things happened, and we chose to leave them in. We’re talking about freelancing fairies, “grooroos” (as Elle said), barking dogs, flying phones, face planting, demanding respect from employers and clients and the woes of event photography. Oh, and then we’re going to discuss how annoying and unacceptable it is when clients and employers question our authority. All good things, all good things. If you want to hear us giggle, gaggle and gossip (only a little), you should probably mix up a drink and listen in. And of course, if you’ve got a crazy freelancing story to share, submit it at perourlastemail.com. We promise to read it as dramatically as possible. 💁 Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative @annamcnaughty

Had we known we could excuse ourselves from responsibilities, irritating clients and bills to pay with, “I’m sorry, I’m cranky today,” we’d be different women. In fact, let’s try it. Hey, electric bill? We’re cranky today. In case you didn’t catch it, we have a juicy little story to share from none other than our beloved Anna McNaught (or as some of you might call her in the DMs - Amanda McNaughty). Oh, and then you’ll get to hear us read off an internal email conversation from our Weekend Creative team inbox, because, well, we’re cranky today. Look, this episode is such a struggle that we had to drink a CELERY AND DESIST. Do we love celery? No. It tastes like the inside of a blade of grass. Did we choke it down, because of the title of the drink? Why yes, yes we did. Mix up your celery cocktail (and pretend you’re juicing), because you’re going to need it. Then, come listen and laugh along with us. Got a crazy freelancing story to share? Submit it at perourlastemail.com. Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative @annamcnaughty

In today’s episode, we spent some time with Billy Green of Wit & Vinegar… and let’s just say the tea (or vinegar?) that he had to share? It burned. Not only will you get a chance to learn about Billy’s long-standing wordsmithery, but he also shares some insight to his entrepreneurial journey. Then, we covered a few things like introing colors, clients who approve, then disapprove their own approvals (can anyone hear our screams for help?), keeping creative control as the photographer, OH and clients who sneakily use photos they say they won’t. Oops. Mix up a cocktail, because you’re going to need it. Then, come listen and laugh along with us. Got a crazy freelancing story to share? Submit it at perourlastemail.com. Follow Billy on IG at @witandvinegar and check out his site at witandvinegar.com Watch his Adobe Live stream at bit.ly/adobelivebilly Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative @annamcnaughty

We’ve got another episode packed to the rim (get it? Because drinks) with stories you’re going to want to hear. That’s right - the stories you sent in like… months ago? Yeah, we’re finally getting around to them. In this episode, you’ll hear about a snarky email, and an 80 year old wannabe influencer. You’ll also hear us rant about how the cheapest clients are the most difficult ones (ALWAYS AND WITHOUT ARGUMENT), and then you’ll hear us read the hate letter we’ve alllll wanted to send. Mix up a cocktail, because you’re going to need it. Then, come listen and laugh along with us. Got a crazy freelancing story to share? Submit it at perourlastemail.com. Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative @annamcnaughty

You guys! It's our first stories episode. That's right, we asked for your stories and you sent them in. In this episode, you'll hear a few stories including a client kerfuffle and how one freelancer got hit on at work with the world's worst pick up line. Mix up a cocktail (you're going to need it), listen, and laugh along with us. Got a crazy freelancing story to share? Submit it at perourlastemail.com Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative @annamcnaughty

Our first ever guest episode. Can you believe? Joining us is Lizzie Darden, creative director and pun extraordinaire. Get to know her as she shares some of her freelancing stories including the time she bought a clawfoot bathtub from Craigslist. Mix up a cocktail (you're going to need it), listen, and laugh along with us. Got a crazy freelancing story to share? Submit it at perourlastemail.com Follow Lizzie on IG at @lizzie_darden and check out her site at lizziedarden.comWatch her Adobe Live stream at bit.ly/adobelivelizzie Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative @annamcnaughty

Welcome to the first episode of Per Our Last Email, your new favorite freelancing comedy podcast. Get to know your hosts (Elle Mitchell, Arabela Espinoza, and Anna McNaught) as they share some of their very own freelancing horror stories. Mix up a cocktail (you're going to need it), listen, and laugh along with us. Got a crazy freelancing story to share? Submit it at perourlastemail.com Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative @littlesundaystudio @annamcnaughty @leavethemap Watch Anna's Adobe Live at bit.ly/adobeliveanna Want to join our online photographer community? Head to the Weekend Club.

Join Elle Mitchell, Arabela Espinoza, and Anna McNaught as they take you behind-the-scenes of their new freelancing comedy podcast, Per Our Last Email, happening every Monday starting on August 3rd, 2020. Mix up a cocktail (you're going to need it), listen, and laugh along with us. Got a crazy freelancing story to share? Submit it at perourlastemail.com Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative @annamcnaughty Artwork by Good Vibes Type and Podcast Intro by SLVMM and Sara Witsch.