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Free Tim Gunn Printables!

amy — Thu, 26 May 2011 00:03:33 +0000

Here's a very silly freebie for you on this beautiful, 70-degree Wednesday!

The story behind this one is that I have a little problem when I sew: I get very, VERY frustrated. And that's an understatement. So I got to thinking the other day that I needed a little Tim Gunn sagacity in my craft room to keep me calm and cool while I hack my way through sewing with patterns. Thus, these free Tim Gunn printables/posters.

Just click on either image to download the pdf! They're both 8.5"x11" and should be high-res for printing.

Maybe you're cool as a cucumber when you sew, but if you're anything like me, these will be a welcome addition to the chaos of the craftroom. Enjoy!

welcome to the new a is for &

amy — Mon, 02 May 2011 00:45:09 +0000

Happy Sunday. If you're visiting for the first time today, you might notice things are looking a little different around here. That's because lovely, lovely Mitchell of web dev guru fame has so kindly and lovingly built the design I came up with a little bit ago for your reading enjoyment.

So--what do you think?! I'm thinking it's A LOT better than the old one. I'm also thinking that this new design calls for some exciting new posts in May, so be sure to stick around.

Of course, a new design calls for some new buttons, so here are two widgets for you to use if you'd like.

I hope you like the new design, and thanks for following this here blog. I've got quite the migraine today, so I think I'm off to watch 30 Rock reruns and sleep it off. Happy Sunday!

new blog design sneak peek…

amy — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:15:01 +0000

Alright, kids. I've got an exciting blog redesign in the works. You'd think as a graphic designer I'd be all up in my own blog's bidness making it beautiful and such, but honestly, I never want to work on it. When I do design 8 hours a day as a day job, the last thing I want to do when I get home is design some more, know what I'm sayin? But no more of that nonsense!

Want a little sneak peek?

Eeee! That's all you get! Fingers crossed that sweet baby Mitchell can have this baby up and running come Monday or Tuesday. Stay tuned!

a penny for your designerly thoughts

amy — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:54:39 +0000

My loveliest of all lovelies sister-in-law told me about this design competition Steamcream is throwing down, and I thought I might as well try my designerly hand at it. It would be pretty sweet to have my design be on a tin of delicious vegan lotion, you know?

I did some rough drafts tonight, but I have too many ideas swimming around in my head, and I need your votes as to which I should submit. The tins look like this:

They're kind of funky with just some patterns on them, so I tried to come up with a few patterns that I'm digging lately. What tin, if any, would you buy?

They're all pretty simple..I think I dig 3 and 5 myself. Although I wonder if 5 needs a different color combo...What do you think? Should I can them all and start over?

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

ps....the title of this post reminds me of this...any Corky St. Clair lovers out there?)

my place of bidness

amy — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:48:38 +0000

so the new simplymac.com site is up and running. i designed it, mitchell and his place of bidness built it, and you should check it out.

the reason i say you should check it out is that i put a little giveaway game on the blog, which you should all play. play it because it's fun, and because you have a chance to win! huzzah!

designerly up in hizzere

amy — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:33:52 +0000

i'm hard at work tonight working on a secret logo.

secret secret. i have a secret. (kinda like a mr. roboto secret.)

perhaps i'll share a sneak peek soon. in the meantime, here's a photo and two of my all-time fav fonts that are inspiring me tonight.

(if you're wondering if i'm a font whore, the answer is a resounding yes. i have no shame.)

logos are scary! eee! wish me luck!

makeup by lar bar

amy — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:47:28 +0000

checkity check out this website mitch and i just finished. well, mostly mitch. but i designed it. here's a crappy screenshot of it. but visit the real website so you can check out her portfolio and such.

it's laura friggin kramer, and she's basically the best. not even just at makeup. at most things. and i love her guts. check her out. love her like i do. call her for your makeup needs.

much love, lar. hope you love it!