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Archive for August, 2008

Shinebox Parking Tickets – The Well Designed Way to Give ‘Em the Finger

August 21st, 2008 | Category: Design, Misc.

Parking Tickets

Make no mistake about it; a parking lot is a battlefield. Armed with this bad boy, you can now let your enemies know exactly how you feel about their crappy parking. All without talking to them or keying their cars.

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Check them, and all the Ready Booklets out at Shinebox Print

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WordPress Theme Designer Discovers ThemeDreamer and Rejoices

August 21st, 2008 | Category: Design

I stumbled on this site today while doing some random googling about building WordPress themes and my heart began to sing. As a designer with little background in programing a tool like this could change the way I do business. The next few weeks are going to be crazy for me, and I don’t want to download the free trial until I know I will be able to really sink my teeth into it. However, the second I start to see some time on the horizon this will be my first task. I will let you all know how it goes, and if it does all it promises.

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Words of Wisdom From My Youth

August 17th, 2008 | Category: Design

23b cheshire cat Words of Wisdom From My Youth

Alice came to a fork in the road.  “Which road do I take?” she asked.
“Where do you want to go?” responded the Cheshire cat.
“I don’t know,” Alice answered.
“Then,” said the cat, “it doesn’t matter.”
~Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

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OPI Fall/Winter 2008 nail polish line is all about French Couture

August 11th, 2008 | Category: Color, Misc.

france main4 274x300 OPI Fall/Winter 2008 nail polish line is all about French Couture

By this point we all know I have a kind of fetish when it comes to OPI nail polish. What you might not know is that I am almost equally obsessed with checking out fashion shows. Unlike OPI, you aren’t going to find any Anna Sui in my closet but it isn’t for lack of want. So when I heard that the new OPI line was an homage to the French Couture lines I couldn’t get to the store fast enough. So fast in fact that I bought before I blogged.

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