@itravelRox 14 March 2022

I was 22 with my First Home Business - Personalized Mugs, Digital Printing, and many more Looking at these photos, I remember how inspired I was to have my first business. I went into Digital Printing, Creations, and Designs. Previously, I wrote about my Work From Home Setup in Cebu and my Home Improvements in Cebu. And here was the next project is to invest my online earnings in a home business. https://read.cash/@itravelRox/my-previous-work-from-home-setup-in-cebu-237eef5c https://read.cash/@itravelRox/i-did-some-home-improvements-in-cebu-cbb917e7 I invested in some printers and a compressed mug machine so that I can do personalized mugs. The Fotografi Rox was my photography blog slash business website where I showcased my services in photography, printings, and designs.

This is my personalized mug. I designed the logo using Adobe Photoshop. I just followed a photoshop tutorial on how to create a digital camera.

Another personalized mug is a vector art of myself. It's me on the photo, I also searched for a tutorial on how to create a vector art of yourself. I also bought a graphic pen and tablet.

A personalized mug design for a friend when she got her first baby.

Another personalized mug using a magic mug. At first, it's color black, just plain. But when you put hot water, the design will reveal itself. Yes, magic!

I also designed business notepads. I cut a ream of bond papers and created notepads manually.

Here's another mini-notepad with a personalized design by me.

Here's what my business office looks like beside our sari-sari store. I used our old TV rack to put my printers, bond papers, compressed mug machine, and other stuff.

My office table with the printed mugs. I also bought a laminating machine so that I could accept laminated documents and laminated ID as well. Yes, I can also design and print IDs for schools and businesses.

Here's a tumbler, I could also print photos with photographic paper. I accepted photo printing as well.

I did some little renovation in my office corner. I rearranged the TV rack to its proper place. Ah, it looked so neat. Our sari-sari store was so full of stocks.

I also put up a glass in front so that buyers of our sari-sari store could see what service am I offering.

Not on the photo but I also accepted t-shirt printing and t-shirt painting. The t-shirt printing was manual printing using Tulco paints, not digital printing t-shirt because the heat press machine is expensive. Because of my website before, a client from Singapore asked me to do painted t-shirts for her. For the 30 t-shirts that I painted, I earned 12,000 pesos.

So, this was my business when I was younger. It was successful but I was also busy with my online job. Yes, I was kind of a hustler when I was younger. Hahaha! Too bad, I stopped the business because I got busy with travel. I wasn't able to sell the machines before. Check out my previous posts about Digital Nomad and my previous jobs: **Why did I quit my office job in 2010?** https://read.cash/@itravelRox/why-did-i-quit-my-office-job-in-2010-944f39d7 **My previous work from home setup in Cebu** https://read.cash/@itravelRox/my-previous-work-from-home-setup-in-cebu-237eef5c **10 months working in the office, 10+ Years working online** https://read.cash/@itravelRox/10-months-working-in-the-office-10-years-working-online-while-traveling-753f36a9 **Unboxing my super delayed gift and birthday gift** https://read.cash/@itravelRox/unboxing-my-super-delayed-birthday-gift-and-birthing-gift-abe01dd0 **Why Thailand is the best place for digital nomads?** https://read.cash/@itravelRox/why-thailand-is-the-best-place-for-digital-nomads-78849307 **What were your previous jobs?** https://read.cash/@itravelRox/what-were-your-previous-jobs-a-challenge-73e5ce50 **What is a digital nomad?** https://read.cash/@itravelRox/what-is-a-digital-nomad-57a50cb6 **From a digital nomad to a plain housewife** https://read.cash/@itravelRox/from-a-digital-nomad-to-a-plain-housewife-f72ac6ec **How do you measure success?** https://read.cash/@itravelRox/how-do-you-measure-success-60378a56