Cards for a Cause

I created a special dachshund card for this Christmas season - the percentage I would earn from the sale of the card will be donated to the MidWest Dachshund Rescue. They are a great organization, we've adopted our dogs from them. Lanie and Morgan are sporting their pretty sweaters from WienerWraps, they donate 100% of the sale of the sweaters to MWDR.

2012 Card Designs for Ruva Cards

Here are some brand new designs, by yours truly, for RuvaCards for this holiday season. A few of my favorites, each one of these has at least one other color variation. Click on the images to check them out on the site. RuvaCards is a great Wisconsin small business, we do have some other designers out of the state, but our printing is done here in Wisco. So please support our small & local business this year if you can!

 I'm hoping to get some New Years cards designed soon as well. Visit my page for even more designs. All my cards come with back as well, some are even customizable. Enjoy!

Oh Dear

Well it's happened again. Too much going on in life and total lack of posting. My quick and dirty "creative" activity as of late is snapping instagram photos with my newly acquired android phone, welcome to 2012! (And a big thank you TING for offering data plans that don't break the freakin'  bank! As much as I would love an iPhone, Ting doesn't offer them...only amazing pricing that's to hard for this cheap-o to pass by)

Instagram is a simple quick and fun activity to artistically document day to day life. Lots of train related photos either on the train or at the stations and featuring of course my favorite fuzzy children, Lanie and Morgan. So for some visual fun here are the last three I've snapped.



I plan on posting more soon, because I've been rocking out some cool stuff for ruvacards.com and we are getting a new holiday site up soon. So exciting, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the site design gets impletment soon and looks good (cause I did it!)

On a more personal note it's been an interesting 2012, I hurt my back in February and it's been life lesson after life lesson since. I'm on the road to getting better and feeling  better. Someday I'll figure out this whole life work balance thing and actually get things posted on this barren excuse of a blog. LOL!

Lake Valley Camp Presentation..it's for the Teens YO!

A couple weeks ago my friend Jamie asked me to be part of a panel discussion on careers for their teens for Lake Valley Camp. (Which is a super cool organization by the way so check out the link.) So I whipped together this digital portfolio of my "regular" full time work, my freelance card design for RuvaCards, and my rubbishREMADE art/craft.

The other panelists came from totally different walks of life and everyone had a different story to tell. The teens were really nice, but pretty quiet overall. I imagine it's pretty overwhelming to hear all the information that was presented. It made me think back to the time I was that age and how much I really didn't know about what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, about going on to college and general adult stuff that wasn't really on my mind yet!

It turned out to be really fun experience and less nerve racking then I expected it to be. I've always been a bit shy of public speaking, but as I grow older and more knowledgeable and confident in my skills and abilities talking about stuff I actually do is really not all that bad at all. I'm out for now, but hope to be back sooner than a month!

Progress.

I've been quietly working on my new side project mentioned in the previous post but I've also had some time for making rubbish! Three new individual bowls (1, 2, 3), One Bowl Set and a lite beer blossom ornament.



ALSO worth mentioning if you're looking for some cool download-able Valentines go check out these bad boys I designed them for RUVA Cards. Free is good right?! Enjoy.

Fresh Start

I can't begin to express the absolute serenity I've been feeling since the weekend. I took about a week and a half off for Christmas and New Years and I feel so much more centered and focused than I have in a long time. Jon and I were able to spend time with family and friends over the holidays and it was fantastic. The peace in my heart in my mind because of this is astounding. It's been a wonderful year and I hope to make this new one even better.

I hope to make this a year of serenity. To keep an attitude of thankfulness and heightened awareness of all that is awesome in life. To savor my life, because to be honest it's a beautiful one. I married the man I'm crazy about and he's crazy about me, our beautiful amazing and loving families, and the friendships that have only gotten stronger with time. I am truly blessed and I need to acknowledge this on a daily basis to keep the little things in perspective, to not get to wrapped up in the daily grind. I hope to be a little more Zen than I have in the past.

So with that best wishes for a beautiful beginning of the year! Sorry to those of you who did not our card - we ran out of them - next year I will be getting more printed up!

To those Family and Friends we did not see over the holiday we hope to see you sooner than later - PEACE!

New Holiday Card Design for ruvacards.com

I always get a little excited when Cindy from RuvaCards blogs about cards I designed. So I'm sharing it with you! We are working on a series of city and state cards, any suggestions for other cities? What would you want to purchase? RuvaCards