Embrace Your Geekiness
I feel like John and I have been planning our wedding for years. We have less than a month to go now, so we’re starting to wrap up small details. My family is full of Instagrammers, so I’m hoping everyone can share their photos from the day. I couldn’t decide on a layout, so I …
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My dad always told me that you can’t rely on others for your happiness. Now that I’m becoming more familiar with Buddhist teachings, I find that this is something that is reiterated over and over. Your feelings are generated from within, not without. One thing I find that helps create a happy mood is to …
I’m feeling under the weather, so all I can think about is tea. I’m also in the middle of two books and just started a third (I have ADD sometimes when it comes to books). A Storm of Swords, Dragons of Autumn Twilight and I just started Stormdancer. Anyone else reading those? Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76124444@N08/8037482361/ …
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I’m not sure how long ago I learned how to knit – maybe 3 years? I feel like I’ve been doing it forever. I feel insanely guilty when I’m not producing something and I could be – knitting can be done (unless it’s a complicated pattern) while watching TV, sitting in the car, at my …
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…But you did and I thank you! This matches the Save the Dates and invitation I designed for John’s and my upcoming wedding. Jessy coordinated a bachelorette party for me last night and it was awesome! Sushi, improv at SAK, followed by karaoke and then of course the obligatory late-night IHOP run. It’s been a …
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Another quote from the land of Skyrim. The whole story of the game revolves around these dragons that are trying to take back the earth and ultimately just end everything. Paarthurnax, an old dragon, made the choice to be good and struggled through his own instincts to make it happen.
I’ve managed to get through seven whole days of designing something every day. I’m honestly not sure if I’ll be able to keep this up, but I’ll try. I found this image on http://unsplash.com/ and saw the quote somewhere. The combination reminds me of when I used to really take my time to set up my tea, …
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As a web designer, I’m often challenged with tasks such as creating About pages and Staff pages for companies. I thought I’d try a Doctor Who themed staff page, where the company (TARDIS) is selling companions for time/space travel trips. I’m staying within my 800×800 square design challenge space, so I just cut off the …
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Tried to do something different from the illustrations today. Reading Cosmos really changed the way I thought about the world and what lies beyond it. It made me feel small in that good way that you feel small standing next to the Grand Canyon. “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you …
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Tried something different today and I’m not sure it works but I’m putting it out there anyway because I want to go to sleep. 🙂 Used the Paper app on the iPad then moved over to Photoshop to rearrange what I sketched. I tried to simplify each luxury as much as possible. Can you still …