by heather | creative tips
I bet you have run into this problem before – painting a room in your house, choosing a wedding color scheme, designing a logo – heck, even deciding what outfit to wear. Sometimes it’s an easy decision, and sometimes not so much.
As a graphic designer, I run into this dilemma all of the time. It is always best to think about the meaning of your project and what message you are trying to send. Below are some tools and tips to help!
Useful Tools For Choosing The Right Color:
Color Scheme Designer – A designer tool for creating color combinations that work together well. Really simple to use.
COLOURlovers – A creative community where people from around the world create and share colors, palettes and patterns, discuss the latest trends and explore colorful articles. All things color!
Color Blender – Generates a six color blend based on the color you choose. From there you can tweak each individual color. Quickly find a great color combo.
I love my job, but if I wasn’t a graphic designer I would want to be the person that got to choose the names of Crayola Crayons. How fun!
by heather | fun finds
These funky utensils make cooking even more fun! Pizza Scissors – genius, why didn’t I think of this first? MixStix – a perfect gift for a young chef or drummer. Salad Plant Servers – this would look great sitting in your kitchen window. Head Chef Utensils – a great cooking gift for kids, or grown-ups that still act like kids. Twirling Spaghetti Fork – I want to try this! Finger Sporks – well, this is just funny. Can you imagine surprising your dinner guests with these crazy kitchen gadgets?
- Pizza Scissors Spatula via ThisIsWhyImBroke
- MixStix via Perpetual Kid
- Salad Plant via Uncommon Goods
- Head Chef Utensils via Amazon
- Twirling Spaghetti Fork via Kitchen Kapers
- Finger Sporks via Think Geek
Now for a fun recipe. Finger Food Sushi – Perfect for people like me who do not like actual sushi and a great party appetizer for a baby shower since pregnant women can’t eat sushi. Guaranteed to impress your guests!
Trim the crusts off Pumpernickel Bread . Flatten with a rolling pin and spread with Cream Cheese . Add sliced Turkey Breast , sliced cucumber and slicedavocado . Roll up. Slice into one-inch segments.
Have fun and enjoy!
by heather | weekly specials
My favorite channel on SiriusXM is 90s on 9. Not that I believe this it the most impressive music out there, but because this is the music I grew up with in my teenage years. It was there for me while I was going through those growing pains of figuring out who I was and who I wanted to be when I grew up. Love songs to smile to when thinking of a crush and love songs to cry to through a break up. The best thing was blaring the radio in your car full of friends and belting out the words to your favorite tunes. I won’t embarrass myself and tell you who my favorite bands were, but I will confess that just the other day I was singing Wilson Phillips at the top of my lungs. “Hold on for one more day…”
Where would we be without music? How could life exist without music? Talk about BORING. I love this quote below. It really sums up what music is…
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” – Plato
