I don’t know if it’s the start of school or the upcoming change of season, but I jumped right into tweaking my website. I hope to be done today, but here are the subtle differences… Looks similar, but much more functional and clean. Once I get it set, I can add my new goods: Halloween…
Category Archives: Design
BIG Mistakes
I made one, and yeah, it was a doozy! It was one of those mistakes that make you stop dead in your tracks and rethink quite a few things you thought you had under control. I’m writing about it here because it’s important to not let it slide by even if it seems to resolved….
Blog Love Week – Smart Bakery
Mmmmm… a bakery. Do you know anyone who doesn’t like a bakery? And would you want to know them if they didn’t? Chocolate croissants aside, Bakery is all business. Jaime Derringer and Erin Loechner are the collaborators behind Bakery. They are bright women, both with rich and varied backgrounds in all types of media. And…
New Packaging for Greeting Cards
Yea me! New packaging is one of my goals for the month of June and I just got it in under the wire. I chose a kraft box with a classic stitched grosgrain ribbon in black & white. The tags are two cardstock circles. The smaller circle is in white linen with the RiverDog Prints…
Favorite Book Covers
Appreciating books is a daily occurrence here, but I wanted to share a few of my favorite covers. My very favorite cover and book is To Kill a Mockingbird. I’m drawn to it, not only for the cover design by Shirley Smith, but the memory of sheer pleasure that comes from reading a book that…
Studio Crushes
Someday, I will have the home studio of my dreams. For now, imagine me tucked into the corner of what is known as the playroom, wedged next to the big plastic playhouse. Maybe I could go in there for my getaway studio, eh? Photo credits: 1. Scrapbook Room, 2. Papermaking studio, 3. Painters studio, 4….
What Did You Draw Today?
I recently had a post about drawing (which you can read here) and thought what a great idea it would be to put a call out for more of us to draw, by hand, for the whole world to see. Or at least the small following of this blog :) So, besides the header above…
Introducing Font Love
Fonts are one of my first loves. As a child, I would be drawn to certain kinds of type on books or toys. It didn’t surprise me then, as it does now, the feelings that fonts could evoke. Letters are an art form we all take for granted everyday. I will try on a weekly…
Drawing
My six-year-old son loves to draw. He has to get his fix at least once a day or he gets kinda grumpy about missing it. I admire his dedication and enthusiasm to his art and hope he keeps it for a lifetime. I’ve discovered that in making most of my designs, I use my computer…
National Stationery Show 2009 – Part Two
Spending just one day at the National Stationery Show was many things to this newcomer: inspiring, exhausting, overwhelming, gratifying and many other “ings” that made it a very pleasurable experience. Thoughts of having my own booth next year do swirl in my head, but for now, I will concentrate on some of the great designers…
Category Archives: Design
Tweaking RiverDog Prints dot com Again
I don’t know if it’s the start of school or the upcoming change of season, but I jumped right into tweaking my website. I hope to be done today, but here are the subtle differences… Looks similar, but much more functional and clean. Once I get it set, I can add my new goods: Halloween…
BIG Mistakes
I made one, and yeah, it was a doozy! It was one of those mistakes that make you stop dead in your tracks and rethink quite a few things you thought you had under control. I’m writing about it here because it’s important to not let it slide by even if it seems to resolved….
Blog Love Week – Smart Bakery
Mmmmm… a bakery. Do you know anyone who doesn’t like a bakery? And would you want to know them if they didn’t? Chocolate croissants aside, Bakery is all business. Jaime Derringer and Erin Loechner are the collaborators behind Bakery. They are bright women, both with rich and varied backgrounds in all types of media. And…
New Packaging for Greeting Cards
Yea me! New packaging is one of my goals for the month of June and I just got it in under the wire. I chose a kraft box with a classic stitched grosgrain ribbon in black & white. The tags are two cardstock circles. The smaller circle is in white linen with the RiverDog Prints…
Favorite Book Covers
Appreciating books is a daily occurrence here, but I wanted to share a few of my favorite covers. My very favorite cover and book is To Kill a Mockingbird. I’m drawn to it, not only for the cover design by Shirley Smith, but the memory of sheer pleasure that comes from reading a book that…
Studio Crushes
Someday, I will have the home studio of my dreams. For now, imagine me tucked into the corner of what is known as the playroom, wedged next to the big plastic playhouse. Maybe I could go in there for my getaway studio, eh? Photo credits: 1. Scrapbook Room, 2. Papermaking studio, 3. Painters studio, 4….
What Did You Draw Today?
I recently had a post about drawing (which you can read here) and thought what a great idea it would be to put a call out for more of us to draw, by hand, for the whole world to see. Or at least the small following of this blog :) So, besides the header above…
Introducing Font Love
Fonts are one of my first loves. As a child, I would be drawn to certain kinds of type on books or toys. It didn’t surprise me then, as it does now, the feelings that fonts could evoke. Letters are an art form we all take for granted everyday. I will try on a weekly…
Drawing
My six-year-old son loves to draw. He has to get his fix at least once a day or he gets kinda grumpy about missing it. I admire his dedication and enthusiasm to his art and hope he keeps it for a lifetime. I’ve discovered that in making most of my designs, I use my computer…
National Stationery Show 2009 – Part Two
Spending just one day at the National Stationery Show was many things to this newcomer: inspiring, exhausting, overwhelming, gratifying and many other “ings” that made it a very pleasurable experience. Thoughts of having my own booth next year do swirl in my head, but for now, I will concentrate on some of the great designers…
