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Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

Photo Restoration

Monday, June 16th, 2008

There's photo restoration: And then there's photo restoration: This is a picture of the dining room in a 1890's house that my husband and I are wanting to buy and restore. I got a little anxious and started early in photoshop. Now if only I could just hit print and see the results in the real life ...

25 Reasons for Updating My Website’s Design

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Today is my birthday, and I am now 25 years old. I am on the downward spiral into full-fledged adult hood and I am not all that excited. I do love birthdays for the presents and parties, but I haven't been excited about being another year older since my 18th birthday. I waited all my life to be 18, and then it only lasted a year! One of my gifts to myself (I already bought the ...

Photoshop is a verb

Monday, March 24th, 2008

I use Photoshop nearly every single day of my life with the work I do. But rarely do I ever use it for what it was originally created for: editing photos. But recently I've been playing around with it a bit, and it's really a lot of fun to create and collage things together. Here are some pictures I took today. Before: After: Before: After:

Step One, Two, Nine

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

The past two months have been such a roller coaster! January, I just barely made it through. Personal problems were hurting my work ethic and reputation, which hurt my wallet, which made more personal problems. But I somehow managed to get through. Lots of thanks and love goes out to my wonderful friends that I work for. It really does prove that having lasting business relationships are what makes one successful. February has given me a kick ...

Swimming in the Pond

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

I've always wanted to be really good at logo design. There's just something about that perfect graphical reflection of a company and what they provide that get's me excited. I've long been envious of the talent and skill out there. I still am, nothing's changed. But I am standing in their midst tonight, and it makes me all giggly to think of it. I added the logo for HaloChurchSites.com to LogoPond months ago, ...

T-Shirt Design

Friday, January 4th, 2008

I'm going to try my hand at doing a few corny t-shirt designs for fun, my own collection, and maybe even get a few dollars now and then. Here's my first one: make custom gifts at Zazzle

The Silky Smooth Way to Roll

Friday, November 30th, 2007

I just had to check out Dell's new advertising campaign, Star Power. It is so cute! You can customize it, then import your email addresses from Gmail or whatever you use, and then when your friends get the message, they can donate to your PayPal fund. Here's mine: The Silky Smooth Way to Roll - Help me buy a new desktop computer