new colors as promised

One more color scheme to go and then onto more pattern design scheming for me. Christmas is fun.

tis the season

... to design a series of wrapping papers. I like the mod quality of it. I think I'll try at least two more color ways in this pattern. Hopefully a whole family of designs will follow this one.

a girl can dream...

How nice it would be to do some custom wrapping paper and a lovely little sticker... I think I favor this concept. I guess it's time to cross my fingers and hope the client feels the same.

la vida logo

I've been living in the land of logos lately. Blog post ideas have been pushed aside in favor of getting through this glut of work. But I guess that a good problem. Hopefully this post will restart the blogging, in spite of the fact I'm crazy busy.

my aquarium boys

Our hero the sting ray flying overhead. Another great facet to the San Fran trip. Watching sting rays is still my son's all time favorite thing to do for 2 years running.

the exploratorium

It takes a pretty great museum to revive a nap deprived three year old late in the afternoon after a day full of enough sites and sounds to fill a week in normal life mode. The Exploratorium is that kind of museum. Hands-on doesn't begin to describe the extent to which children and adults alike can immerse themselves in science. Some of the exhibits were so simple yet so absorbing. Like this beach ball/safety cone/air blower contraption. The museum was absolutely a highpoint on our San Francisco trip chock full of high points.

walking in san francisco

I have only just begun to mine the riches from our recent trip. These are from just one morning walk. So much color, texture and wonderful sunlight. With sweet little front porches and potted gardens seemingly around every corner.

one seahorse done... one to go

red trees

I think I'm ready to print this one. To me it feels like a very loose interpretation of Japanese fabric design. I wonder if my forest of red trees needs a little white outline of a stream running through it to pull it altogether... or maybe I should just stop tweaking and print already.

views of yosemite

Three days in Yosemite provides enough natural beauty to just about make your eyes glaze over from over-stimulation. With a three almost four year old, it's not about the strenuous hikes or roughing it on the Muir Trail, but maybe it's the beginning of all that... maybe we're a future family of committed outdoor enthusiasts. It feels like we're forging that path.

Highpoint: watching the debut of Ken Burns, The National Parks outdoors on the floor of Yosemite Valley with the projector's light illuminating the high granite wall behind the screen... faint as mist. Sitting with a hushed crowd of park visitors of all stripes, it felt monumental.

cool collection found

When you've worked in the same office for 8+ years every so often one has to do a little purging. It's amazing the things you unearth. I kept some favorite concepts for future reference but my favorite discovery of the day was this little gem: a collection of found letterforms I started way back when and forgot. I think I am going to resume the exercise, get a good collection going and digitize them all. Sorry for the pesky scrawly stuff on top. It's my new personal mark. However if you squint at it, it kind of works with the black background and the supersaturated colors. This may be a pattern idea in the making. (Hence the pesky watermark) Only two days until the most excellent vacation ever. San Francisco here we come.

tree in need of a cool swing

I have a great giant tree in our back yard that just screams for a cool swing. These are going on the short list: from shiver me splinters. The top one is covered in vintage fabric. The bottom is covered in fabric from Joel Dewberry's Deer Valley collection. Very lovely stuff. Now if only the back yard were not so soggy and mosquito infested.

Found via aesthetic outburst