Name Suggestions

No, not for a baby. I have been toying around with the idea of opening an Etsy shop to sell my quilts and I cannot for the life of me find a name that I like. I thought of "Fabric Fetish", but it's taken. Shoot. I don't want it to be too dorky and once I pick my name, it's picked forever. I guess unless I open a new shop, but whatever. Any suggestions? I only have one quilt that I could sell for now, so once I make a name, I'll get it listed and we'll see if anyone out there in internet land wants to buy it. Wish me luck, but first help me come up with a name. THANKS!

And I feel like I should make this a huge post to try to move my huge Jayhawk further down the page. What an embarrassment....... :(

March Madness is Upon Us!!!

For those of you who know me well (or even somewhat well), you will know that during the month of March, my heart definitely beats for John, as it always does. We just celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary on Sunday. Time sure flies when you're having fun! John is a wonderful husband and I'm amazed at how he balances his life, staying up late to work on school projects, spending time with me. He's great.

Not to diminish or make my love for John seem less important, but during March, my heart also beats for NCAA March Madness. So far, I have predicted 5 of the 7 games that have finished correctly. We'll see if my "luck" continues. From my years of living in Kansas City, I learned to love one particular basketball team. All I have to say is:

ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK KU!!

The Waiting for Your Bangs to Grow Out Collection

Apparently we've been watching a lot of TV with the Olympics on and such. This is one of my favorites, as it struck so true to every single haircut of my entire life. I always leave, inevitably cry, and hope that it will grow out sooooon. Luckily I've found someone who actually does an amazing job, but I still freak out on day 1 of the haircut, and thus this commercial still rings true.

the Lympics

Jen and I were watching the Olympics today and we saw an ad that I found hilarious. You may not think it is that funny, but I wanted to share it. "Get out of my way Saturn." Happy Lympics everyone.

Sometimes 3 Lbs is Too Much

Haribo Gummy Bears. Arguably the best gummy bears on the planet, minus the random gummies you can buy from bookstores in Portugal. Maybe they're the best easily accessible gummy bears? Usually I can only find these in teeny, weeny bags that are at least $1.50 for the smallest amount of gummy satisfaction, so when John and I were at our favorite, not so close, neighborhood Target (said with the french accent, of course, thanks to my dad) and I found this 3 pound bag, I thought it was one of the best candy finds I've ever seen. We bought it, I actually lasted until we got home to open it, and now I don't know how long it will take for me to get up the desire to eat gummy bears again. I have no self control. John ate a very, very minimal amount of gummy bears. :(

The funny thing about this story is, we were at Target to buy Milka chocolate (also something we learned to love while in Portugal). We've been watching a lot of world cup downhill skiing, as the Olympics and world cup events are my favorite things to watch, and for this one race Milka was the main sponsor. So there were Milka banners ALL over the fences of the course, a giant inflatable purple Milka cow, purple Milka racing helmets, beanies, etc. We went to Target to fulfill one of my cravings and came back with a huge bag of gummy bears as well. Self control, where did you go? Or did I ever even have self control??

And that is why I need this: Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. It's incredible... and it's kicking my rear, especially if I could be more consistent.

Design Contest - January 2010

Every month at work we have a review of the prior month with a design contest. There are 6 different areas in which you can submit a design you had done within the past calendar month and then all of the designers have an internal blind voting. The 6 categories are enclosure logo (eg. NASA), logotype logo (eg. Coca-Cola), iconic logo (eg. Nike), illustrative logo, stationery design (letterhead, envelope and business card, and website design (based on the home page design).

In the design contest on Friday, I won 3 of the categories as voted by my peers at work. This was a really huge accomplishment and a huge honor. I have receive a lot of good help and guidance from some amazing designers and feel very lucky to be where I am and with such a great support team at work and at home.

I thought I would include 2 of the designs in a post and let you see what I have been up to. On the logo design, I created the logo for a re-branding of a hair straightening product. On the stationery design, the logo had already been created by a different designer, but I had applied the logo to a custom stationery, envelope and business card design to accent the company and draw the eye back to the logo. I hope that each of you have a great day.

my portrait project

As some of you know, I am currently in a figure drawing class. This semester, we have had homework assignments like drawing body shapes for 4 hours. Throughout the semester, we will have different assignments drawing different parts of the body and bodies as a whole, each assignment being about 4 hours. That is a lot of drawing. This is where you come in. I would like to ask all of our readers to send me photos of themselves that I can draw. These photos can be photos of your eyes, arms, or ears. Really anything would be appreciated. If you would like, you can tell your friends and families to participate if they would like. I just need a lot of people to draw. So, here is the address: myportraitproject@gmail.com, or you can click on this link. I will be posting the drawings throughout the semester, if you would like to take a look.