If you subscribe to The Creative Brief, you know that I’m moving away from self-employment and searching for career opportunities that require more commitment than a one-off project. Basically, I’m looking for a creative home. Here’s the letter in...
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Note: All of the stolen posts, including the one above (here’s the original on my blog), have been removed. A couple of weeks ago late into the evening, I received an email that a blogger, coach, or content creator never wants to get. “I just saw one of...
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Our third We Are The Contributors project has been published! The contributions for our Alter Ego theme include collages, illustration, photo essays, a mini-magazine, a dance, essays, mixed media, and hand lettering. There are some amazing projects by some super...
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I feel like it’s been a bit since I’ve checked in and shared what I’ve been working on, thinking about, and some of the changes I’m making to this blog. It seems like a good way to start the week. Last week, after experiencing a bummer of a...
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Things That Are Inspiring Me Now | iPhone Photography and Styling by Melanie Biehle Newsletter Inspiration: Raincoast Creative Salon and Leslie Fandrich Creative Place Inspiration: I’m feeling California. Behavior Inspiration: What do creatives do differently?...
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Sharing moments of my day on Instagram is nothing new for me, but actually thinking of each image as part of my daily story as a whole is something I only thought of yesterday during a morning walk. That seems crazy to me, since I specialize in storytelling, but...
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Last summer Jessica Amos invited me to share a story on her lovely and thoughtful site Stay With Yourself. While we often see and hear the awesome things about living life as a freelance creative, choosing this path isn’t without its pitfalls. It can be...
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One of the things that I’m doing this year to improve my design skills and further build my graphic design portfolio is taking the Lilla Rogers Studio Assignment Bootcamp Class. The first assignment was to design an iPhone case that included a cuckoo clock...
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Sandra and I published our second We Are The Contributors project last week. The theme for this round was Beginnings. I dusted off my acrylic paints and created an abstract painting on a 2′ x 3′ canvas I’d been lugging around since 2007. Now you can...
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Yesterday my “baby” (that’s older than my actual “baby” and my marriage) turned five. I can’t believe that I’ve been blogging in this space for five years now! And woah…have things changed. The first time I clicked...
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