Week #40

This past week I learned that I could be quite emotional about someone I never knew personally. And how I have to work on clarity in my life.

Instead of boring you with my experience with Apple all these years or how Steve Jobs has affected me, I'd like to direct you to: Steve Jobs didn't by Horace Dediu.

Shop Update: 2011 Poladoodles Calendar

Say hello to my first ever Poladoodles calendar! It's been done for about a week but I wanted to spend more time finalizing the packaging details. And I'm very happy with how it all came together. So please check it out at my Etsy shop! It even comes gift-wrapped for the holidays. You know how much I like wrapping.. I couldn't resist. ^^




Total of 6 different images, two months per sheet.


If you cut along the dotted line on the back..


You get Polaroid prints that are the same size as the original Polaroid Spectras.


I chose to use Hahnemuehle 308 for its nice, thick weight. See how stiff that is!


Packaged in a glassine bag and sealed with a sticker that's hand-stamped in champagne ink (I had to incorporate rubber stamping somewhere, right?)


Finally, everything goes into this envelope, ready to go to a new home. Voilà!

I'm glad I finally made a calendar, which I've always thought about. It made a very indecisive person like me make millions of decisions along the way (like, to perforate or not? That is the question) but I think it was better to have made it than to not even have attempted at all. I learned a ton along the way and this will not be the last time I make a calendar.

Anyway.
Now, go check it out! (:

A New Year

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! The year 2009 went so incredibly fast for me. Where did it go?


Into my stomach? If it did, it tasted pretty good.

Goodbye 2009 and hello 2010!

Looking back

Yesterday, I spent a good amount of time sorting through my boxes of Polaroids and pulled out some to use on a decorating project (which I'll share soon). While going through them all, I realized, I really love Polaroids!

Duh.. of course. It's just that, I was reminded how much I am not enjoying Polaroids lately.. Going through all 1023 of them (yes! 629 Spectras + 394 600s) renewed my love for them, I guess.

Looking back, I also realized, I've made a lot of mistakes! Probably, only 15% of them are any good. You'd think that after all these years, I'd be an expert but nope. I still can't predict how each image will turn out. But you know, I don't think I'll look back years from now and regret that I made all those mistakes (and spent so much money). I'm certainly not now. Darn it, I'm going to keep shooting, and every single shot will be AWESOME.


;)

Yesterday..

This is how my desk looked like yesterday. I spent a big chunk of the day finalizing a couple Valentine's Day card designs and getting used to Gocco all over again. The heart design in the picture won't make it to the store update, I don't think. It fails the ultimate test: "Would I buy this myself?" The answer was no, unfortunately, and I already gocco-ed a handful of them, too. :( It's not ugly, and I learned a lot while working on it (like, doing digital mock-ups is really helpful). But I just don't feel it!! Do you??

Well, at least the other design didn't tank. It coordinates nicely with the Poladoodle print I will have in the shop soon. It won't be a big update, by the way.. just a teeny weeny one. :)