Posts Tagged ‘designers’

birthday week: thursday

Thursday, October 4th, 2012

Party people! It’s Thursday! Today is extra special for a few reasons. It’s Day 1 of my Project Real Life class. Totally did not to expect to wake up with butterflies in my stomach. What the heck? And holy kindness from so many of you! Thank you for the comments I see floating around on facebook, twitter, and instagram about what you think so far. I’m so grateful that you feel good about your decision to sign up. Anyone else still interested can still totally register HERE. We haven’t closed that door yet.

But there is so much else going on today. We want to celebrate our 3rd birthday with a gift for YOU! And not just a few select winners. We want ALL of you to enjoy a little something from our team.

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{ free stuff }

We have given our FREE STUFF section a face lift, and we hope you enjoy the ease of browsing through and finding a few fun things that you can enjoy. Head on over and be sure to click refresh to be sure you’re seeing the latest update.

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{ mobile backgrounds }

Some of you know that we have offered Project Life mobile backgrounds for a while. Well guess what? We just added MORE options! Remember our Big Week of Reveals (Aug. 20 – 24 on the blog)? We have now added designs from each of those upcoming Project Life editions in our collection of mobile backgrounds! Yep. Your cell phone, iPad, whatever … can now sport a cool design that you love from any one of our Project Life editions – including the 3 Baby editions, 3 Childhood editions, the Olive Edition, and Seafoam Edition. Head on over to Free Stuff. Scroll down to the Technology section. Take your pick. Update your background. And enjoy!

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{ binder labels }

While you’re in the Free Stuff section of our website, be sure to notice that we do have Binder Labels for each Project Life edition. We have just added one to go with the Cherry Edition that was not there before. When all the new editions are released over the course of the next couple months, we’ll add those coordinating labels as well!

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{ life quote cards }

You’ll notice that we have a shiny new featured freebie on the Free Stuff page; it’s the first thing you see on that page. Our amazing designers have pulled together a collection of Project Life cards that you can print at home – or you can have outsourced with your favorite printer (our favorite is Persnickety Prints) – and place the card in your Project Life album … or use it as part of a gift tag … or stick it on the fridge … or pass it along to a friend or …

The designers of these cards are from our Creative Team, our pool of product designers, and even our own marketing director (and resident techie guru) – Kari Holt. There are several designs to choose from, a variety of generic/life quotes, and they’re all available in both vertical and horizontal format, as well as 3×4 and 4×6 sizes. Take your pick, or grab them all! They’re free. They’re fun. They’re yours.

Image from Cathy Zielske’s blog. This is the card she designed.

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{ more chances to win cool stuff }

Speaking of the awesome-sauce Creative Team … the birthday celebration continues with more, more, more! You guys KNOW how much I love our Creative Team – collectively and individually. I love them. These are not folks I contacted and said, “Will you please use my products and share them with your readers?” No. It didn’t work that way. They already loved and used Project Life. They already had a passion for documenting life. They have a knack for solid photography, and a unique style – each with her own flavor.

Right now, each member of our Creative Team has a brand-new blog post that features thoughts & tips that you’ll enjoy. Plus – they each share a couple of their favorite add-on products. AND … we are giving those products away! Do you know what this means? Each of the 13 blogs will have a different giveaway opportunity! That’s crazy fun! So be sure to check out each one.

Ali Edwards

Cathy Zielske

Deb Duty

Jennifer Woodbury

Jessica Sprague

Kelly Purkey

Lindsay Teague Moreno

Liz Tamanaha

Marcy Penner

MaryAnn Perry

Michelle Wooderson

Monica McNeill

Sheri Horton

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{ 3 random testimonials }

I used to be a traditional scrapbooker. Over the years I spent so much money on all the fun papers and embellishments that I ended up in terrible debt. This year, I finally faced my debt head-on. Starting January 1st, I decided not to buy any unnecessary items for an entire year. I called it my “Stopping Spree.” Of course I ordered my Project Life in December, so I could continue documenting my memories all year. I just feel that Project Life is such an economical way to preserve everyday life! -Kate

It’s been said that pictures are worth a thousand words. Then how much is a picture with words worth? In my opinion, it’s worth every minute that you spend putting it all together, because for every minute you spend making a scrapbook, you get the rest of your life and your kids’ lives to enjoy it. Project Life makes it all so easy, so clean and fast, and so fun. -Kathrine

Today I celebrated my grandmother’s 96th birthday with my family. NINETY SIX. It was such a special day for my family. My grandma was SO happy, and really looked like she was on top of the world this afternoon. When I got home, I grabbed a journaling card and wrote down how special today was, and how I will never forget the look of my Grandma’s face when we were all singing ‘happy birthday’ to her. She was BEAMING. I was so thankful to have an outlet for that memory. It makes me so happy I could cry to have that down on paper. Thanks again for all the wonderful work that you guys do. I already know that I am going to cherish my 2012 album forever. -Molly

FREE holiday card templates

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Today is a “YAY DAY!”

Yay for brand-new and beautiful holiday card templates! <<< CLICK HERE >>>

Yay that they are FREE.

Yay that if you choose to use one of these for your own holiday greeting card, you have just saved yourself a lot of time and hassle trying to figure out what you’re going to do.

Yay for these 5 lovely ladies who won the design contest. Congrats to each of them!

Yay for the many, many more entries that came in. Choosing was sooo hard. I so appreciate the talent, the time, and the willingness to share.

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I’m pleased to announce the 5 featured designers and am pleased to have them introduce themselves here today.

{ Joanna Polling }

I call Sun City, Arizona home. I am a graphic-designer-turned-photographer and a graduate of Arizona State University. For six years I did graphic design work for my church until I had my twins and decided to stay home. I’ve since turned to children’s photography as my main job (well, #2 to being a mom to my three kids). It started out as a hobby. Like every other mom I just wanted great pictures of my kids. It has since turned to a business and I’ve enjoyed it more than any other work I have done.

Web |  Blog |  Facebook

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{ Kimberly Lund } Picture was taken by Shawna Taylor Photography.

I live in a small town just outside Wichita, Kansas and I grew up in an even smaller town in central Kansas. During the school year, I teach special education in a transition classroom for three year olds. Some days I can’t believe I get paid to do something I love so much. I started scrapbooking in 2000, switched to digital in 2004, and now I dabble in hybrid art journals as well as digital layouts.

I also love to read and many weekends, you’ll find me with my laptop turned off and a good book in my hands. My family also loves to go on vacation and our two favorite spots are Branson, MO, and Walt Disney World. I’ve been blogging since 2005 at document life now. Sometimes my teenage son helps me out there. I turned 40 this past summer, and I’m raising teenagers. I’ve never been happier.

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{ Nisha Morton }

Home is in South Australia along with my husband and our 3 young children. I work part-time as an architectural drafter but have taken time off work to care for my 4-month-old baby. Actually work seems like a pleasant and somewhat distant memory now compared to the constant demands of this little guy!

I started out initially paper scrapping a few years back now. One day about 5 years ago I was editing some photos on the computer when it occurred to me that I could add some text and just print it out. This worked well and I was feeling quite pleased with this new approach I had figured out … only to find within days that there was a whole digital scrapbooking industry already out there.

I turned my hand to designing for digital scrapbooking about a year ago at Two Little Pixels. It started off as a hobby but I am enjoying the design process so much that I hope to branch into card or surface designs. My label is called Jot and Scribble and my personal style is more towards the crisp and simple side.

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{ Lauralee Lemon }

My name is Lauralee Lemon and I live in the Cleveland, Ohio suburbs with my husband and two children ages 3 years and 3 months. I’m a stay-at-home mom and love it! It’s wonderful to be home for all the little moments. But when I do need a break and a little creative me time I like to craft, sew, make cards, design on the computer, and dream about painting (it’s not realistic with a 2 bedroom apartment and young kids).

In 2006, I worked a short nine months at DCWV, a scrapbooking company, designing papers, stickers, etc. It opened my eyes to the possibilities of Illustrator. Most of my computer design is for my kids, my house, or projects for friends. I started an etsy shop a year ago called YellowMums where I sell printable birthday and learning paperie. I also have a craft blog by the same name [yellowmums.blogspot.com] where I post a free printable weekly.

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{ Anna Milot }

I live in the quite Northeast corner of Connecticut.  I enjoy reading, going to concerts, wine tasting, laughing, entertaining, and spending time with my family and friends and newborn son Graham. I began my love affair with graphic design in college where I was studying advertising and took a class in graphic design. And the rest is history.

I now work in higher education as a Graphic Designer and Marketing Manager for Student Activities. The atmosphere is awesome and the students are wonderful. I tried my hand at designing my wedding invitations 4 years ago and found a new design niche that I loved. What was once a small hobby has now turned into a very big hobby. I enjoy designing all sorts of invitations, announcements or thank you cards for friends, family and people I get to know through word of mouth.

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