Archive for the ‘ Swap-bot ’ Category
When we ventured out to Soho on Saturday, one of my intended stops was the Kate Spade flagship store on Broome St. I had heard about a cool neon tape art installation by Rebecca Ward and wanted to check it out in person. Rebecca Ward is an installation artist who creates colorful, site-specific environments using [...][ READ MORE ]
So… I missed my thing-a-day yesterday. To be honest, I was having a bad day. I was trying to work on Swap-bot, but I came down with a bad case of cabin fever. Plus, the Superbowl really gets on my nerves. Finally, Travis broke down and took my out to dinner at Miriam, an Israeli [...][ READ MORE ]
Already done with my thing-a-day creation for today! I had been planning to make downloadable Swap-bot Valentines this year and I am so happy that I actually made the time to do it. I designed two cute Valentine cards – one with Ernie, the Swap-bot logo/mascot, and one with Crusher – and a little matching [...][ READ MORE ]
Well, I have done it. I have dived into the world of Artist Trading Cards. I have always wanted to start making ATCs, but I always imagined painting them with acrylic paints… and I never wanted to get out all of my painting supplies, so I never signed up for any ATC swaps. Finally, I [...][ READ MORE ]
Quick post today: For my thing-a-day today, I am counting the graphics I made for Craft Critique (the one above is an example). But, I also wrote a nice write-up of last night’s Craft Night on the Swap-bot blog and I put together this photo matchbox tutorial on the Etsy blog. It was a busy [...][ READ MORE ]
Above is the matchbox I made at tonight’s Etsy Craft Night. Even though it is a bit boring, I am counting it as my creative thing for today. I had a great time hosting the Craft NIght tonight. We had about 30-40 people attend during the four-hour event and everyone made amazing matchboxes. It was [...][ READ MORE ]
Well, today was gone before I even got started! How can 9+ hours disappear so fast? Travis is home sick today (he was terribly sick yesterday – sickest he has ever been probably) and we both just worked on our computers straight through the whole day. I had a few design jobs and emails to get [...][ READ MORE ]
[ READ MORE ]
New year, same work. Productivity is my goal, but my mind keeps flitting around between all off my different projects and duties. I like to have variety, but sometimes I wish I was better at staying on task! Today I fit in some design work for Swap-bot and set up an email newsletter system for [...][ READ MORE ]
It is hard not to feel a little overwhelmed by the end of one decade and the beginning of another. I feel the need to do something spectacular to mark the occasion, but this blog post will have to do. I got the idea of a top ten list from a friend on Swap-bot, and [...][ READ MORE ]