Melonball Valentine featured on minted's home page
Lookie. Lookie. Who’s design is on minted’s homepage? I know I’m a dork, but still exciting…. yea!
Here are just a small sampling of the designs I would use myself from Minted’s Keep in Touch Good Housekeeping Design Challenge.
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
helping other designers – why I do it…
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.
unless someone like you – thank you
custom wedding day agendas by unlesssomeonelikeyou.com
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…
what am i working on? – take a look…
working in illustrator...
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.
join the designer gang
Designer Gang Poster
Okay a little over the top, but still hilarious.
Style Me Pretty displayed my design!!!
My design was on STP!!
The top left one is my design. It’s called midnight vineyard. I was so excited to see this!!
Mom's Spit the original "green" cleaner
I’ve got about 20 loads of laundry to do today. Ughh… So between load and feedings I will try to stay focused on kids stationery and not let my mind wander too much.
Here’s what’s on my mind – feel free to use whatever ideas…
- Tire swing
- My little hero – superhero theme
- popcicles as a bg
- looking down on the tops of umbrellas
- baby shoes
- mittens
- lemon and orange slices
- cowboys and indians
- baby’s spoon – open up…
- ants on a boat – celery+peanut butter+ raisins
- the classic magnet letters
- pipe cleaners
Go design something.
