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Happy Holidays! I think that one of the weirdest things about getting older is how fast the years pass by. When I was younger, I remember fantasizing about being old enough to drive, and it seemed to take forever to get there. Now, 2014 feels like it has come and …
My husband Rob is a phenomenal guitarist, singer, and song writer and has been playing music since he was young. I learned to play the piano, flute, and some guitar, but really took to playing drums when I was a teenager. I have been playing drums on and off now for …
I’m thankful for all my friends, family, clients, and patrons. Thanks for your love and support in helping me do what I love to do!
Want to paint your own shirt or make your own Day of the Dead shirt? Here’s an art life hack that I learned from a job I had where I had to paint t-shirts: Here’s what you will need: t-shirt fabric paint in a squeezable bottle with a fine tip …
It all started back in 1996 when I was waaaaay into surfing. Being the determined Aries that I am, I was president of the Association of Women Surfers (AWS), a non-profit organization of over 170 female surfers as part of WISA (Women’s International Surfing Association). (Oh, and did I mention …
One thing I am grateful for is how my parents nurtured me and my brother to be our creative selves. Last weekend I had the incredible opportunity to see my brother star as the lead in a Portland Broadway play called Parade. Besides being brought to tears by his exceptional …
One of the things that I have been having a blast creating is visual content for clients. Visual content is an image that has a quote, infographic, or photo that has a watermark or a client’s URL on it that is easy to share on social networks. The thing I …
Get your hand away from that Word doc… and no, don’t you dare put any clip art on that. Yes, do-it-yourself can sometimes save you money. But at what cost? Your branding is what people see and connect with; it’s the first impression that people have of your business, your …
Perfectionists strive not only to make things perfect in their life, but also for those around them. For perfectionists, a mistake feels like a death-sentence because it feels like everything that they’ve worked for has failed. “How do you know this?” you ask. Well, let’s just say that I’m something …
The use of stock imagery in graphic design items or website design beats having no imagery at all. But why go with “blah” when you can stand out? I had the fantastic opportunity to create some hand-drawn illustration for the financial marketing crew over at Shoe Fitts Marketing. The result is …