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Posting from my iPod

Maddie — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:45:07 +0000

I just upgraded to the new iPod touch and I’m officially in love. I’m posting to the blog from it right now :) Gotta love apps!

Captain Obvious

Maddie — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:41:42 +0000

Did a little sprucing up and brightened up the colors a bit. Been bored for a while with the layout, but since I don’t have time to do an overhaul right now, this will have to do!

scatterbrain-ness

Maddie — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:12:46 +0000

I have a few launches to post about and I just can’t wait to share them with you, it’s hard to keep quiet! Unfortunately, there’s still a bit more testing to do before I can link to them. Bummer.

This month has been a busy one! The girls are back to school and my favorite time of year approacheth. Helloooo Jack Skellington! Every year I look forward to October because it’s when I whip out my copy of The Nightmare Before Christmas (now in 3D!) and pretty much play it all through Christmas. Yes, yes I know…I’m kooky like that, lol.

Oh! I’m not sure if I mentioned it, but we are in the middle of selling our house and actively looking for a new place. (I know that sounds backwards, trust me) Anyways, so hard as I try, it’s been tough to keep focused on things when I’ve got :::new kitchen::: :::new office::: :::big soaker tub::: on my mind! Today’s horoscope totally illustrates perfectly what I’m feeling:

You can be a bit unreliable today with your time. It’s not that you can’t finish what you start; it’s simply that your daydreams can get in the way of what needs to happen now. Push yourself by setting up a few appointments in advance, and don’t cancel them after you have made a commitment. Once you have completed your work, give yourself permission to also schedule time for your dreams.

So, I forced myself to send out a ton of follow up emails and reply to many new emails that came in the past couple of days. I tend to get a bit overwhelmed with the volume of emails that come in daily and when I dare to put off replying ONE DAY (stupid germs!) they become this big project that eats up my whole day. Then I walk around with this big old cloud of doom all day. I hate making people wait! I’m glad I did it though because I always feel better in the end when I stop putting things off :)

Anywhoo, it’s been a while since I just had a chance to talk about what’s going on so I’m glad to have had the chance to do that today. Have a great weekend everyone!

Portfolio Updates, and a quick hello

Maddie — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:06:44 +0000

Some site updates… I put up a bunch of new completed projects on the portfolio pages- namely the identity section. I’ve been so busy working that my poor little site has been neglected. Again, I’d like to thank all of my fabulous clients for your continued support and for always keeping me on my toes. Just tonight I had a client tell me that a design concept I worked on for them looked a little like puff paint. LOL! Well, after she mentioned that I looked at it again and totally saw what she saw! Back to the drawing board I went and we finally came up with a design concept we are both pleased with :)

I love the collaboration process so much so. It’s so great to work with another creative person and come up with something that is truly special and unique. That happens so often in this business and for that I’m so grateful… I truly love what I do!

That’s all for now my friends, I hope you are all enjoying your summer as I am :)

Help Wanted :)

Maddie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:51:14 +0000

I’ve been really slacking with the freebies lately. I know, I suck. But, I do have a few scrapped design concepts that would make cute freebies. Anyone want to take a stab at creating some freemade blogger templates / WP Themes out of them? I’d be glad to collaborate with you! Just drop me an email or fill out the contact form and I’ll get back to you asap.

{more} Inspired by:

Maddie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:15:09 +0000

Here is another artist I found via IStock -Chuwy. I love the curves and bold colors Chuwy uses in many of these illustrations. I seriously would be broke if I picked up every illustration I’ve bookmarked! You will definitely see some of these bold colors in my upcoming work, that’s for sure!

Inspired by:

Maddie — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:25:36 +0000

I’m always finding inspiration from numerous sources… images, photography, typefaces, color schemes, etc. I thought I’d start a new section on the blog to talk about some of the things that i’m digging at the moment. Below are two talented artists that I found via Istock. The first is Little Lion. I am always in awe of the attention to detail in each of the seamless tiles and I could honestly close my eyes and chose any of them because they are all amazing. I love the simple line drawn images as well as the gorgeous colors used in all of her illustrations. Just pure eye candy!

The second is David Foreman. These hand drawn illustrations are so sweet and simple and I just love the colors he uses.

If you have any eye candy links feel free to leave them in the comments, I’d love to see what inspires you!

News to me

Maddie — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:26:14 +0000

This might be something everyone on earth has talked about already for all I know, but I’m just coming across this website for the very first time and I gotta say, it’s pretty friggin’ awesome. It’s called The Way Back Machine and it allows you to view websites the way they originally appeared back in the day. I spent way too much time looking through google’s archives. You should check it out if you haven’t done so already :)

Props

Maddie — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:54 +0000

Looking over my web stats today and noticed a bunch of people coming to Better in Pink through this link… turns out someone gave this site a little props over at CSS Divine :) Coolness!

Might be R.I.P.ing my work computer

Maddie — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:11:46 +0000

As of right now my work computer is either dead or doing a very, very good impression of a dead computer. Thankfully, I regularly back up my client files so I have everything, I just don’t have access to my programs (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc) I used my serial number to activate the second copy of photoshop on this new computer after my old laptop spazzed out on me and now I have no way of installing photoshop on another computer unless I purchase the program again. Which I planned on doing, but didn’t think it would be this way :( Anywhoo, what this means is that for the next few days (hopefully not more than a week!) I won’t be on chat as often (I’m currently using my daughter’s laptop) because I have to send out my computer to be diagnosed and hopefully repaired. If you’re a client of mine and you break the internet or something and need immediate access to me please feel free to call my work number (585)542-4872.