04/04/2017

Learn to DIY a party in Just 10 Steps! If you ever thought that throwing together a fabulous party was hard work then this post is for you. Let me show you how easy it is to throw your own custom party.

03/17/2017

A Rant, A Recipe & A Freebie I need to talk about the "Work From Home Mom", share a delicious meal and then you can have your FREEBIE! So as I said, I need to talk.  Actually I need to rant.  Sorry guys, just bear with me.  I'll be making some excellent points along the way and really it will be worth it all to get your freebie in the end...(I'm choosing to ignore the fact that you can just scroll down and get it while skipping over my meaningful words). I'm sure we all know someone who works

02/12/2017

A $0.48 Last Minute Valentine Do your kids share valentines at school?  Here's a easy and totally inexpensive last minute idea for you! It comes with a Free Printable.   So this is an adorable little valentine that I created after being hit in the head with the reminder that Valentines is on TUESDAY! WHAT? Where has this new year gone already?! I was making it my goal to be on top of everything, to get projects done, to blog ahead of schedule and so far I'm failing miserably.  I thought I would

01/19/2017

Beatrice and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day! Yup, I had one of "those" days! But, don't worry ... I made it into a FREEBIE for you! So have you ever had one of "those" days?  What a silly question! Of course you have! Everyone has.  Well earlier this week, I had one of "those" days. I was feeling like my 7 year old sometimes does when he proclaims "This is the worst day ever"!  Which reminded me of something from my childhood, a book entitled "Alexander and the Terrible,

01/12/2017

Claim 2017! There's a great freebie for you so keep reading! So it's a new year.  I hear and see all sorts of people talking and posting on all types of Social Media about how this is 2017 and 'it's gonna be my year!'  I love the hype.   If everyone thought that way, or felt that way, or was motivated to make that statement come true for their lives....imagine what we could accomplish for society as a whole!   Some critics might say that claiming 2017 for themselves is being selfish or

05/19/2016

A Evening of Healing and Hope United With Fort McMurray in Prayer    Recently my province of Alberta suffered a devastating fire.  One of our beloved cites, Fort McMurray, was taken over by a huge fire.  It forced the entire city to evacuate, all 80,000 people.  Some communities suffered a complete loss, others are damaged, but no one can return home until June.  Most recently the fire has grown to 505,000 hectares and crossed the provincial border into Saskatchewan. You can see the latest news

05/16/2016

Cross Your Sea What is your sea? What is keeping you from your goals? Are you ready to cross it?

04/08/2016

We must not design for our client, but for our client’s clients...sometimes a client will come and ask me to create a logo, and you can bet that 99% of the time he'll want his logo to please him first. This is a mistake.  What Mistakes Are You Making With Your Logo? Logo Design Basics For Bloggers One of my favourite places for fantastic new creative resources, new and tips is Creative Market.  So many designer under one "roof" make for a great 'one-stop-shop'.  Today I was browsing their blog

02/28/2016

Sometimes a great company with years in their field needs a bit of an update.  While great at their profession, they need help in presenting themselves to their clients in an attractive new way.  It can be a challenge to bring a company like that into a modern version of themselves without losing their originality.   I was asked to design a new business card for Euroco Painting & Decorating Ltd. and from there stemmed the idea that they need a website address