As I have mentioned many times before, twitter is great for creative ideas. Today was no different. Thanks to one of my newest followers, Chuck Swanson, I was led to find an incredible collection of advertisements that are over-the-top creative, and one can only assume, effective as well! Below are my favorite two: Honestly, I could not stop laughing when I saw this one. Although...
Although a bit tongue in cheek, this list (Pointed out to me via Twitter, can be found at nheerdesign, and originally put together by someone on facebook) is the ultimate list of ‘ways to know you are a graphic designer. Although my career is not 100% a graphic designer, I definitely had to shake my head at a few of these. Oh, and I...
No one cares about your stupid product as much as you. It’s about them feeling badass when they use it. – Chris Brogan at the SoCal Action Meetup So then – how do you market your product without shoving it at people? Don’t I wish I had the answer! From what I know from being a consumer, and my experience with marketing, the best way to market...
This morning I was reading a post about spring cleaning your website from my friend Kyle Reddoch. He is currently helping me to code the new design of my website and it got me thinking back to when I first started this site. Initially, I started it for 3 main reasons:I was frustrated with having to stifle my gorgeousness and creative spirit to design simple...
WOOO HOOO!!!!! Yup, I am just a little bit excited! And why shouldn’t I be? But, why keep that excitement to myself? I want to know what YOU are excited about too! Sharing excitement with others is natural and healthy. Being excited gives you endorphins, and makes your day better. But, it doesn’t always have to be just the big things. So shout from the hilltops and write...
We’re sunk. Going down. Headed for disaster. Immediate thoughts when an event, a phone call, a date, an anything, goes completely wrong. We’ve all been there. The feeling of dread, mixed with embarrassment and worry. Even worse if people were counting on you and you are going to have to let them down. But who says that failure is the only option when problems arise? “The...
How many times have you just felt like today is just a little too serious? Today, I was reading through some of my favorite blogs, a strong mix of business and humor, and ran across an image that I couldn’t help but share:Although I know that creativity and math smarts are not always ‘have one or the other’, but for me, they were. I was...
Creativity can come in so many forms and ways of expression. I have talked before about creativity in home design, but this takes the cake (or should I say feather?). Created by Shawn Lovell Metalworks, I can only imagine the thoughts and dreams that one could have in this bed. Add a few brightly colored fake birds (unless you want to wake up with a surprise!)...
Creativity is not to be taken for granted, it is not something you ‘have’ it is something that you must work at, and practice, to keep strong. I practice my creativity daily, by writing, twittering, designing and researching. I am always trying to find new, unique ways to practice my creativity. One of my favorite ways is to pick a photo from flickr, and create...
Today at work, I got a card in the mail that blew my mind. One of the people that followed me, @Enthusem, sent me this card instead of a silly auto-dm. Not only was it delivered in a pretty cool envelope, it definitely caught my attention. I honestly hadn’t realized I was even following @enthusem (sorry Steve) but once I got this card, I took...
