Monthly Archive for March, 2007

I’m really enjoying this Spring weather we are having and the extra daylight lately. Although my allergies are kicking my butt since it’s been warmer. My eyes are all itchy and red, my head is killing me from sinus pressure and I can’t stop scratching my eyes. Why isn’t my allergy meds working? Anyone else having bad allergies this Spring? Bugger!

I’m excited to tell you that I’m heading up the Creative Muses’ Challenges over at My Digital Muse. I volunteered to gather up everyone’s thoughts on challenges and will figure out who is doing what. For my friends and family who read this and aren’t familiar with what I’m talking about – I will be involved with figuring out creative scrapbook and photographer challenges to prompt people to create layouts and photos on certain subjects. I’ll even be hosting a challenge too! I think I’m going to organize the “Scrap Outside The Box” Challenge where you scrap hard challenging times and sensitive issues that we go through to help us remember and grow. I think it was a different concept then you would normally see which is refreshing and inspiring. Here’s a layout I recently did about my recent health troubles that gives you an idea of what I am talking.

How cool is this bag that I found online? Love the green dots but alas I don’t need anymore bags for goodness sake! =P

So I’m wearing my Red Inspired Shirt today that I got at The Gap. I really love this shirt..it’s so bold and graphic. The (RED) campaign was created by Bono of U2 and Bobby Shriver, Chairman of Data, to raise awareness and money for the global fund by teaming up with the world’s most iconic brands to produce red-branded products. A percentage of each RED products sold is given to The Global Fund, which helps women and children with HIV/AIDS in Africa. Check out there site and join. Love this ad that features my girl, Jennifer Garner – love her! =)

Speaking of inspired thanks for the comments from yesterday. I hope that my musings, postings and designs have been inspirational to you. I’ll try to keep up with it. Inspirational pieces help me keep designing and more forward. Lately though I feel like I’m stuck in a design rut. I know what is cool, graphic and awesome in design but sometimes have a hard time achieving that in my own work. You know what I mean? I can tell you what I think is a totally awesome design but to make one myself sometimes is somewhat tough but I keep plugging away which is all I can do, right?

Anyways, enough out of me…speak to you later.
Toodles,

Happy Monday. I’m behind today on blogging..so this is going to be short. Worked all day Saturday on a client book and I got half way done. I have the rest of the week to get it done and posted to Shutterfly by Saturday. I have a coupon that I need to use by April 1st, so I’m cutting it close! I have tons more to do this week…work, work & more work!

Yesterday I didn’t do much though. John and I took a walk and enjoyed the nice warm weather. We did swing by Urban Outfitters to check out the things I found online last week. John convinced me I didn’t need an owl lamp although I really liked it. I did however get this owl bank which is cute. I named him Ollie the Owl…he he he! We also picked up the chickie picture I showed you the other day. We saw and fall in love this this too and ending up ordering it online later last night. Not sure where it’s going to go but somewhere in the apartment eventually.

Rounded out the evening with awesome dinner at Veselka, a Ukrainian soul good place. I got the Beef Stroganoff and John got the Bigos – a savory stew of sauerkraut, cabbage and meat. It was so good…YUM-O!

Over at Designer Digitals Blog they have a cool scrap challenge. The challenge is to do a layout featuring your screen name or name. I thought it was a pretty cool name so I decided to do it. For this challenge I really liked the idea of using letters from the world for this. I found some cool pictures online but I want to start taking pictures of type around me to use. So my own challenge to myself is to collect as much “Found Type” as I can to use in layouts. Here’s another cool site that displays Found Type. If you find anything cool that inspires you send it my way and I can post for others. Sound good?

Anyways, I need to get going…more soon. I may not be able to blog every day this week since I have lots to do. So in case I don’t blog have a good week, enjoy the nice warm weather and speak to you soon!

Toodles,