When I was laid off a couple of months ago, there were about 14 people who lost their job during that round of layoffs. After commiserating over coffee for a bit, we immediately started sharing resources. There’s nothing like hard times to bring people together. For my part, I offered to create business cards free […]
Entries from April 2009
New Work: Business Cards for a Good Cause
April 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Design · Design Life · New Work
AIGA KC Launches Weekly Blog Series
April 24th, 2009 · No Comments
Well, I feel horrible for neglecting my blogs of late: both here and my entries over at Stickers and Donuts. (Sorry, Maria!!) To tell you the truth, between blogging, starting a personal twitter, and keeping up AIGA KC’s twitter, Facebook, and Linked-In pages, I’ve just gotten a bit overwhelmed on the social media front. So […]
Tags: Design Life
Wednesday’s Weekly Reader: Busy, Busy, Busy!
April 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Whew! What a marathon 2 weeks again. I have been hard at work on both a freelance project (an annual report) and on getting AIGA KC’s blog ready to launch a new series of interviews and articles. Unfortunately, the combo of the two have zapped all of my time the past couple of weeks: hence, […]
Tags: Animation · Design Life · Illustration
In Love with Martha Stewart’s DIY
April 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Over on Stickers & Donuts today, I blogged about my “current obsession” with all things Martha Stewart. I’m particularly in love with these:
Aren’t these Pom Poms cute? I’m really tempted to buy the aqua pom pom craft kits to decorate with…but then I saw that she has the instructions right there on her website. It has […]
Tags: Design Life · Think Green
Recycled Business Cards Featured on The Design Cubicle
April 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments
I just saw that my recycled business cards I posted about last week are currently featured on The Design Cubicle! Brian held a call for entries for his post on 50 Creative Business Cards of 50 Graphic Designers, and mine was chosen as one of them! I’m in excellent company too: among them is former […]
Tags: Design · Design Life · Inspiration · New Work · Think Green
BBC Book Meme
April 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments
I don’t usually post memes, but I saw this on Celestina Carmen and haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Mainly because I’m adding more books to my book list now that I have more time to catch up on reading: it looks like a great list of books to choose new titles from. […]
Tags: Design Life
Wednesday’s Weekly Reader: April Fool’s Day Edition
April 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
For the longest time, April Fool’s Day has been my favorite holiday. (Much to the dismay of those around me…) When I was little, I used to plot months in advance just how I could trick everyone in my family. This year, for some reason, I don’t really have any pranks ready to pull. Not […]
Tags: Design Life · Inspiration
