Quick Update

August has been a crazy month. I just got back from a fun filled week in San Diego. It was a much needed break for me. I just made a new header the the blog due to the fact of wanting a change an a chance to be creative.

So BIG news. Next friday will be my last day at Rusty Pickle. This totally came out of nowhere for most of you  but its time for me to move on to bigger and better things. I have loved working at Rusty Pickle, but for several reasons I decided to seek other employment. Don't worry, i'll still be a busy designer. I interviewed 2 weeks ago at a place and they loved my portfolio and hired me! So in September I will be working for Making Memories. Its also a scrapbooking company. I will be doing packaging design which is a part of design that I enjoy. Yay for a great change with opportunity!

Oh and tomorrow 08.29.08 is my birthday! I love birthdays. 

who doesn't love signage?

Parking Garages always make me nervous. Im always scared that Im going to hit the ceiling no matter how small the car is that I'm driving. You can never figure them out either. I always feel like I'm driving around in circles, but some how I always manage to get out of the garages fine. 

Now to the good part. I was using Googles Stumble and I came across this coolness.  

A-Z (thanks Hillary)

A-Attached or Single? Attached

B-Best Friend? Josh is my bestest 

C- Cake or Pie? Razzleberry Pie from Marie Calenders

D- Day of choice? Saturday, its the fun day

E- Essentail Item? My purse, it has almost everything I need in it besides my iMac 

F-Favorite Color? Purple

G- Gummy bears or Worms? Both but the worms have to be sour

H-Hometown? Chula Vista, CA

I- Favorite Indulgence? Ice Cream and Reality TV (you know, the good stuff Project Runway, Flipping Out, The Hills, Runs House, Rob & Big, Tori and Dean...)

J- January or July? Depends on my mood, but I would usually say July if I wasn't snowboarding

K- Kids? One day... in the future

L- Life isn't complete without? Family and awesome friends

M- Marriage Date? April 29, 2006

N- Number of Brothers and Sisters? Michelle who is 20 months younger 

P- Phobia and Fears? I don't like being out and about alone at night. Oh and dying because I was in a small room that was 107 degrees with no windows. 

Q- Quote? "Michael, I'm an Illusionist" -Arrested Development and anything from the Office. Im really into quotes that make me or others laugh. They are like Pop culture inside jokes. 

R- Reasons to smile? Josh always makes me smile, when summer comes, good memories 

S- Season? Its always going to be summer. But since living in Idaho and UT summer isn't really enjoyable for me unless i am inside in air conditioning or in water. I have no tolerance for heat above 80 degrees. I totally freak out when I get super hot and I shut down. Summer in San Diego is the only way to spend a summer. 

T-Tag 3 people. I tag anyone who reads this!!!

U- Unknown Fact about me? I've been to OzzFest. Ozzy was really good at singing, but not so much at speaking.  

V- Vegetable? Artichoke

W- Worst habit? I am easily annoyed

X- Ray or Ultra Sound? I have had many a X-ray because I had some messed up teeth. Braces saved me! Never had an Ultra Sound.

Y- Your favorite food? Spaghetti, Ice Cream, French Fries and California Burritos. I'm healthy.

Z- Zodiac sign? Virgo 

Cephalopod Chandeliers

Even though this isn't Cephalo-Blog I had to post these images in here also. 

I found these photos the other day and I had to post them. I love the pink one. It would look really cool in a girly bathroom. 

Birdies

I kinda have a design crush thing for plain simple birds. I found these as I was traveling around the web this afternoon and I found a new website called Spool. Spool is a website which has sewing related things.

This is going to be my new project. I'm going to hunt for some cute fabrics this week for my birdies. I'm going use only one branch and i'll hang it by a window. I can't wait!

I might even name them as well. Or not, that might be too much. As you can tell I am suffering deeply because I don't have a cat. 

My New Lines

To see all of my cute new lines click HERE, it will take you to the Rusty Pickle Chef Blog. Ok then click on the link that will allow you to download the Catalog. Please download the catalog. The images on their post really don't do the lines justice. Plus you can see all of my other embellishments which go along with the lines. I created all of the lines except Candy Land.  

I am seriously so excited about this! A year ago I was graduating (almost to the day) and had NO idea where Graphic Design would take me. I wasn't sure if I would even be hired. School makes you think that your work sucks and that you will never be good enough most of the time. I now realize it was a good thing that "nothing was ever good enough." It pushed me to work harder and do great work. I never thought I would have my dream job 6 months after graduating. AND have people purchase the products I make and really love them and be excited about it. Dream come true. 

My Amazing Activity Book

This is the coolest activity book EVER made. I'm not even kidding. Its also completely nerdy. You would have to be a designer to think it is rad. Veer is so great. I got it in the mail on Saturday and I haven't put it down in my spare time. My favorite parts of it are, picking the correct font, matching a color swatch to their correct CMYK match, matching the shadow to the picture, matching the correct Photoshop filter and everything else. Its so cool!

I was really glad I had it yesterday. I was at the press all day doing press checks for all of my new lines(yes I'm excited about that!). The book kept me occupied. It even has Sud0ku and I'm pretty sure I spent a few hours on one game. I'm really not good with numbers beyond measuring. I felt very designerish yesterday with my book and doing press checks.

Any day now I'll post some images from my new lines! I have been working really hard on them and can't wait for the (scrapbooking) world to see them starting Friday at CHA. I can't wait for peoples reactions and responses. That is the one reason why I wish I was going to the show this week. But ill have to hear from my fellow coworkers on how it went. I get to work on the new website while everyone is at the show. It will be nice to have a drama free couple of days. 

I love design!