Halloween Tee

Just designed a fun tee for my t-shirt line at Martini Sweeties. There are two versions - you can see them here and here. They have lots of cute shirts with sassy sayings with more to come. If you live in the Santa Clarita Valley, you can purchase shirts from Just Us Girls boutique. Otherwise order your shirt online! If there are any sizes or colors that you want and don't see be sure to email the owner of the company, Jen. She'll be happy to try and get you what you want.

If you haven't seen it yet - the Digital Scrapbooking Day Official Tee is at Martini Sweeties too. I got to design that shirt and Jennafer Martin, Editor in Chief of Simple Scrapbooks and Digital Scrapbooking said about it, "this is so gorgeous and cool". Get yours now, before Digital Scrapbooking Day on November 3. Non-digital scrapbookers will have a shirt too - so stay tuned. When it's available I'll let you know!

Official Digital Scrapbooking Day Tee shirt!

Did you know that digital scrapbooking will have it's very own day to celebrate coming in November? Check it out at the Digital Scrapbooking Day website to see what events and other fun things are happening.

Digital Scrapbooking Day even has an official tee! And I got to design it! The finish is vintage and the design was inspired by creativity and inspiration. Get yours to celebrate and commemorate this special day just for digital scrapbookers! The cost is a bargain and all profits are going to be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. OH! Forgot to mention that the shirt will be silkscreened (not Cafepress'ed) and it's gonna ROCK~ The shirts are being sold at Martini Sweeties (official retailer) and pre-orders are being taken now - shirts ship around the 3rd week of October and you'll get it in time for Digital Scrapbooking Day. Order here. The shirts come in black, white, brown and a long sleeve option.

Barter, anyone?

Bartering is a great way to get stuff you want. Here's a list of things that I want and will trade graphic design, chick caricature art (chick graphics), and business card products for. If you have what I want and want what I have post a note here and also use my contact form at my youlovecool.com website to contact me.

The holidays are coming up soon! Time to think of cool gifts!!

Okay here's some stuff I want (if you have stuff not listed, by all means post!)

• Stamps/stamp paraphernelia (I don't know how to stamp, but want to learn and need supplies! like the glittery stuff, cool swirly stamps/designs)
• Ribbons - I have a project I am working on and need all kinds of neat/pretty ribbons to decorate it with. If you have a good stash and want to trade some of it, contact me!
• Jewelry - do you sell jewelry or make lampwork beads? I'm looking for some Christmas presents.....
• Arbonne - there are a gazillion Arbonne reps around here, but I don't want to pay for something I can barter for! I need the RE9 serum and lotion....
• Flowers - the scrapbooking/papercraft embellishments kind. Whatcha got???
  
• Cardstock - like Bazzill cardstock. I want to find some cheaper than retail....anyone have a hookup?

Now that I started this list, I am wondering what kind of stuff people out there have that they would want to barter that I haven't even thought about?

Hope to get some bites!! :)

Got it going on! Do You Love Cool?

Hey there! Sorry - been super busy all around. After some thought, I have developed the rest of the chick graphics site under a new domain name - one that hopefully appeals to both guys and gals...if you want to purchase a chick graphic or some of the cool business cards/calling cards check it out! It's called YouLoveCool.com.

I have awesome business card products and can do custom designing too, like if you have a business and want a business card that is super eye-catching! I say the business cards are awesome - when you order and get them you'll love the nice thick paper they are printed on. If you aren't proud to hand out your current business card, then you need a new one!

Of course, I'm still making my chick graphics too! In fact, I recently made a couple for two mompreneurs. It turns out they were so excited about their art that they invited me to design tees for their online store Martini Sweeties. I've got a few designs there now including one that I did for Digital Scrapbooking Day, coming up Nov. 3. Check out the playgroup dropout design too.

Thanks for your support!

My Chick Graphics site - almost there

It's another late late night working on my Chick Graphics website. Since coding and HTML is definitely not my thing, it's quite tedious a job. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to make a contact form but I'm giving up because it's 1am. If you want me to make a chick graphic for you, or a business card design, just post a comment or subscribe to this blog so you can be updated when I get the order buttons put into the code.

Thanks!

Tutorial - Definition tag

I've been using my computer to scrapbook since 2002 and this Definition Tag tutorial by Angela Cable is one I remember liking a lot. Yes, it's for PSP (Paint Shop Pro) but you can read the tutorial and get ideas on how you can apply the techniques to PS/PSE. Angela also includes a really nice canvas texture download that you can save and use it in the TEXTURIZER filter in PS/E. I'll post how when I get a chance.

Kodak Scan Van

Here's me and Vergie at the Kodak Scan Van. It was cool - I had to drive about 45 min. to the Scan Van which stopped at the Carlsbad Company Stores. I brought a box of vintage photos from when my parents were first married and some of when my oldest was young and there were no digital cameras (seriously - haha). Anyway, for $24.95 they scan up to 200 photos on their cool little high speed scanner. Twenty-four hours later, my photos are in my Kodak gallery account. Very cool - you can buy a premier membership (worth it) and get access to your digital photos at their original resolution. You can also get a CD archive of your scanned photos. This little trip to the Scan Van saved me tons of time and frustration (I hate scanning). Right now the Scan Van is in limited locations - Southern California and South Florida.

Take a look at the lady in the white hoodie to the right of me and Vergie - see the large suitcase at her feet? She had that thing packed full of photos! WOW!