A few months ago I saw some of Stephen Shore’s photography in Aesthetica Magazine. I loved it immediately – the captures of seemingly ordinary moments in time, the still lifes, the feel of a road trip. This shot of his wife Ginger Shore was the first time...
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Last month I decided to move my business away from marketing and focus on graphic design, specifically lookbook and press, media, sales kit design. While the word “lookbook” is common among many fashion and design bloggers and other creatives in these...
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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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I have some things that I can share with you. Finally! At the beginning of the month, I vowed that 2014 was my year to BE the artist. I’ve been diligently working on my creative side project – My Year of Amélie -, working on a big abstract painting for the...
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Today I’m interviewing one of my awesome and talented designer friends, Kimberly Ellen Hall of Nottene. I could have asked her questions forever, but you guys probably don’t have that kind of time. Be sure to explore her site and her work. She creates...
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I’ve always been a documenter. I got my first diary when I was seven and my first camera by the time I turned ten. When I look through my first diary now, I can already see myself going against the “rules.” I tried using those pre-dated pages in...
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You guys, I’m so excited to interview one of my favorite creative women today. Tammie Bennett is a talented artist, surface pattern designer, and illustrator. She shares amazing resources and behind-the-scenes creative process posts on her lovely blog....
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Last week Sandra and I hosted our first mini-project for We Are The Contributors. We asked participants to take one selfie a day and post it on Instagram. The response was amazing! There are so many creative people out there and it was so much fun to see their work....
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This month I’ve been participating in the awesome Tiffany Han’s celebration of fun program, More Shenanigans, Please. Friday’s suggestion was proposed by Guest Shenanigan-ator Erin Loechner of Design for Mankind, Design for Minikind, and Executive...
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My friends at Equals asked me to contribute an essay to their gratitude issue this week, and this is something that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. It’s weird to say that I’m grateful that my first pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage, but if...
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