Sony Bravia from Laurent MAKOWSKI on Vimeo.
Love this commercial. They actually did this for real!! You can see the ‘Making of Sony Bravia Commercial‘ on Google Videos.
Pantones are always the rage with designers. Check out this cute mug for your morning joe or tea. These are from Graham & Green a UK company but you can google for ‘pantone mug’ for other options.
www.lynda.com – I hope that you’ve already heard about this great training resource. I found Lynda Weinman’s training books over 10 years ago and have been going back for more ever since. Anything and everything you need to learn as a designer (aside from real world experiences) can be found on this site. And most importantly it’s affordable and always up to date on the latest softwares/technologies. It also makes a great reference tool- for all those times you forget how to use a certain tool or other in the Adobe Suite. It has been a priceless resource in my career and growth as a designer. I am currently trying to ‘LEARN’ Adobe Illustrator and WordPress blogging. I’ve worked in illustrator before but I’m not strong in it. Plus I’m a bit rusty after my 18 month baby sabbatical.
Do yourself a favor and check it out. I guarantee you’ll find something of interest. Don’t get ahead of yourself like me… Today – designer, tomorrow blogger, the next day photographer… FOCUS! Amy! FOCUS! Keep your skills sharp and you’ll never regret it.
Lookie. Lookie. Who’s design is on minted’s homepage? I know I’m a dork, but still exciting…. yea!
That’s all folks. Here are all my entries for Minted’s The Keep in Touch Good Housekeeping Design Challenge. Get get ready to scroll down for a while… With so many fantastic entries this time. It’s really anybody’s game. Vote for my designs by clicking on the images below. You don’t have to give me 5s. Just vote! =P
Modern Tron Personal Stationery
as the year goes by Personal Stationery
Bling Bling Personal Stationery
Buttercup Charm Personal Stationery
Chef’s Notes Personal Stationery
Golden Afternoon Personal Stationery
He Says… She Says… Personal Stationery
i HatE Typing Personal Stationery
I love garlic Personal Stationery
just darling Personal Stationery
let’s ketchup! Personal Stationery
my two cents Personal Stationery
short outline Personal Stationery
sweet nothings Personal Stationery
Some of you make be wondering why I am so darn vocal on the minted challenges and why I bother to help other design improve their craft. It’s actually something I learned from my husband and his geek culture. He’s a hardcore programmer and loves this ‘open source’ world out there. The general idea is you put some code or an idea out there to a community of people who love the same thing you love. You say here take it, use it, make it better and give it back to the community. You’d be amazed at what can happen when people start thinking this way. I’m not into the whole programming thing, but I really like the concept of their community. As a 10 year novice to the design world. There are so many hurdles and hoops I had to figure out to get to where I am. I just figure why let all that information I gathered go to waste when someone else can use it and not have to waste their time like me. So that’s where I found the goal of my blog. It is to help designers find answers and resources to common problems so that they can freely go and design something. I’m no expert, nor will i ever claim be one. So take what you can from this and well if it helps you, great! My job is done.
Something you should probably know about me is that I’m highly competitive. Yes, the thought of ‘Do I really want to help someone else win?’ has crossed my mind every time I see a fantastic design pop-up on my monitor. Because of my competitive nature, I strive for the best and if I don’t compete against the best I will never achieve my goal. The best boss I had, I hated, because he was real critical of my work and I wasn’t use to people giving me an honest critique. But looking back, I now realize I grew so much as a designer during that time. So don’t be afraid of negative comments. Learn from them.
Enough of this. I have to check for more designs. Hurry! Go design something!

Here you go Minties! Hopes this helps you. Please excuse my terrible handwriting. Feel free to ask any questions if something isn’t clear. FYI – sometimes when you place your file into Photoshop it automatically scales your image disproportionally. So check to make sure it’s at 100% for both width and height. Only a couple days left. GET BACK to designing stuff!
Download Zip File with both Portrait and Landscape psd files.
At some point in every blogger’s life they will eventually ask these questions – Is anyone reading this thing? Does anyone care what I have to say? Well thanks to designer Leslie Hamer of Unless Someone Like You, this blog will continue at least another week… Sorry I’m a commitment phobe, now that I have three kids. She says my blog is “fantastic”. My first thought was – is she talking about me? Did she post the comment to the wrong person? Well I’m going to happily assume she meant it for me.
Go check out unlesssomeonelikeyou.com, D.I.Y. Union and her Etsy store.
She’s a fantastic designer. And I’m not just saying that…
Trees, buildings, mermaid and whatever…
Lady Antebellum – “I Run To You” on repeat. I never thought I’d become a country fan. But it’s the only music I can understand anymore. =P
What I should be working on…
Uh. My logo redesign. My website. Photo books for the grandmothers.






