design lotus

my melonball valentine on minted’s home page!

designlotus — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:53:27 +0000

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!

slap my name on there and ship ‘em to me- my personal picks

designlotus — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:18:38 +0000

Here are just a small sampling of the designs I would use myself from Minted’s Keep in Touch Good Housekeeping Design Challenge.

my designs for the minted stationery design challenge

designlotus — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:42:52 +0000

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

CMYK Personal Stationery

Golden Afternoon Personal Stationery

He Says… She Says… Personal Stationery

hoopla 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

Tea Party Personal Stationery

Two Braids Personal Stationery

Wanna Lick? Personal Stationery

helping other designers – why I do it…

designlotus — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:50:05 +0000

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!

web submission template with clipping mask – minted stationery challenge

designlotus — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:57:34 +0000

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

designlotus — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:30:46 +0000

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…

designlotus — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:47:46 +0000

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

designlotus — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:28:46 +0000

Designer Gang Poster

Okay a little over the top, but still hilarious.

Style Me Pretty displayed my design!!!

designlotus — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:15:07 +0000

My design was on STP!!

The top left one is my design. It’s called midnight vineyard. I was so excited to see this!!

kids stationery designs – today’s design goal

designlotus — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:32:12 +0000

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.