You're listening to The Lively Show, episode number 8.

Welcome to the Lively Show. I'm your host Jess Lively,

and this blogcast is designed to uplift, inspire, and add a little extra intention to your everyday.

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Today's episode we are talking with Kim Vargo of Yellow Brick Home.

com.

Kim is a good friend of mine here in Chicago

but she also happens to be a pet portrait artist

and DIY blogger with her husband Scott Vargo through Yellow Brickome.

Kim has sold over 700 pet portraits over the last several years

and has transitioned from a regular day job

to becoming a full-time self-employed artist.

In our episode we're going to be talking about how Kim got started with blogging and how she

began selling pet portraits, which is a really interesting story that pretty

much begins by accident. We're also going to talk about how Kim wisely transitioned

from her day job to becoming a full-time artist. I have used her technique to transition to

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