I’m blogging late today after running errands again for my dad & mom. My dad got the green light to drive himself on short trips from the cardiologist this morning. So yay! A bit of freedom for both of us. In looking for inspiration, I came across the We Scout Wednesday post from ScoutieGirl’s Tara…
Category Archives: Design
Admitting Your Problem is the First Step
I can’t help myself… I’ve done another redesign of my site. Could this be a problem? It’s almost compulsive and when I start to tweak, I can’t stop. I’m happy with the end result though. So, how much of a problem can it be? Last night, my dad went into the hospital by ambulance with…
Bowling Party
I love working on custom designs – something good always comes out of it. I recently did a set of cards for a math teacher friend of mine, who wanted to send each of her students a hand written note. I asked her some questions about her class, some of the lessons and what her…
Color Palette
It’s been a rough morning with some technical issues on my site. (Hackers are mean people and you know what the bumper sticker says, right?) Anyway, it has held up what I was originally going to post. I’ve been furiously working on the Specialty Shops on RDP and it’s very close to how I want…
Umbrellas
There’s something romantic about umbrellas. The shape, open or closed, is so definitive. I really could look at them endlessly. I’ve always owned an umbrella with some style. I came close to crying when my Chagall design broke a few years ago. Those deep blues… sigh. So, today I’ll do some designing from the sketches…
Office Area to Studio Space
One of my dreams is to have a studio with room to create whatever I can imagine. As with many of you crafty people out there, I’m sure you make due with whatever space is available. I have been slowly taking over “the playroom,” which was briefly an office B.K. (Before Kids.) Now that these…
Yearning to Design
Running a small, online paper goods store and being the sole owner, designer and the everything else-er, makes time seem to tick quickly. Mostly, I enjoy all the aspects of the business, but when it’s tax time in particular, my mind is yearning to design. We were recently on vacation and I was able to…
MN Week – Clean and Simple Design from the Humorous Cathy Zielske
Preamble to the profile MN Week was born out of the discovery of people I admired online. If I dug them enough, I would click on the About and find a Minnesotan. A few of these discoveries happened in quick succession and I didn’t have to be hit with a snowball to see a pattern….
Out with the Old
Hello out there! Seems like it’s been awhile… how do you like the new look? I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Still tweaking here and there, but have begun the big renovation of the main site. Thank you to all that have supported me and my business in one way or another this…
Kid Paper
My boys are learning to ice skate in this nifty program through our town hockey group. It’s three sessions in three days with equipment included. Which gave me time in the cold rink to sketch some designs. I’ve been meaning to add ore designs to my children’s stationery “line” and here are a couple I’ve…
