Ch… Ch… Ch… Changes (in store)
| Date: May 18, 2011 | Categories: Encouragement, Goals, Graphic Design | Comments: No Comments | Share: |
Freshly Cut Cards will soon become… Freshly Cut Designs! With a new, freshly cut logo! And new, fresh offerings! I like to think the change in my name as sort of like an umbrella. Underneath it are my lovely cards, my business branding offerings, and print design products (among other things). The change has left me feeling a bit reflective, [...]
Continue Reading →It’s all pixels and paper these days
| Date: April 13, 2011 | Categories: Graphic Design, Logos | Comments: No Comments | Share: |
Lately I’ve noticed a shift in my business. I’m mixing pixels more with my paper. I suppose it’s nothing new. Printing out sentiments and pictures and photographs for cards has always been a part of my business, but I find now that I’m doing more graphic design than card making. And I like the shift. A lot. So, what [...]
Continue Reading →I loaf you
| Date: January 17, 2011 | Categories: Graphic Design, Valentine's Cards | Comments: No Comments | Share: |
I’ve been working with Adobe Photoshop for nearly 11 years now, but I have yet to master Illustrator. And that’s just silly. It’s an incredibly powerful drawing too and makes me feel like an artist (cuz I can “undo” like crazy!) So – I made learning that tool like the back of my hand part of my 2011 business [...]
Continue Reading →All is as it should be
| Date: September 26, 2010 | Categories: Card Packs, Freshly Cut Design, Graphic Design | Comments: 2 Comments | Share: |
I have no idea what to make for dinner. I know I must feed my family. After all, it is 5:28 on a Sunday evening. And yet, here I sit. I’m not in ‘work’ mode. I’m not feeling particularly creative. I don’t really have the desire to: take all the toys upstairs to the playroom, fold laundry, collect my oldest son [...]
Continue Reading →Public Speaking
| Date: July 22, 2010 | Categories: Graphic Design | Comments: No Comments | Share: |
It’s no secret that I like the limelight. A lot. I kinda thrive in it. Maybe that’s because I’m the 4th child of 4 and by the time my parents got to me, they were spent and left me to my own devices. Or maybe it’s because I was once Dorothy in my 8th grade production of the Wizard of Oz & never quite got over the [...]
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