April 2010

Font Friday - April 30

Font Friday – April 30

by cassie on April 30, 2010

As I said last week, there as SO MANY choices out there for a nice wedding script font. I’m starting on a new wedding invite design project for my friend Kelly so searching for these great fonts at the same Read more...

Meal Menagerie

Meal Menagerie

by cassie on April 28, 2010

Going out for meals with young kids can be a challenge. Trying to get them to sit still and be quiet is an impossible feat without some distractions. Most kids like to doodle on napkins but when I was wee, Read more...

Flat Pack Fabulous

Flat Pack Fabulous

by cassie on April 26, 2010

I started my new job last week as a User Experience Designer. Huh? you might say. Well, the best way to describe what it is, is to tell you what user experience design isn’t. It’s a totally new role for Read more...

Font Friday - April 23

Font Friday – April 23

by cassie on April 23, 2010

I get that not everyone puts as much thought into wedding invites as I do. I’m an admitted wedding invite snob. I do understand that for budget reasons, many brides want to design it themselves. But please, for the love Read more...

Haute Cutture

Haute Cutture

by christine on April 21, 2010

Many brides want their wedding to be unique. They may not be as obsessed with their invites as I was, but they do to some extent want it to be presentable and nice. For those willing to spend a bit Read more...

Death of the Bookmark

Death of the Bookmark

by christine on April 19, 2010

Derrick’s dad is a former 3M employee, so it’s no wonder we haven’t used a bookmark in ages. I live by Post-It Notes and so when I saw these super cute page tabs from Poketo, I just wanna snap them Read more...

Font Friday - April 16

Font Friday – April 16

by cassie on April 16, 2010

I came across a great article in February’s Computer Arts magazine which listed 10 font pairings that always work well together. This is a great resource for any designer and while you may have come across some of these pairings Read more...

Clearing Your Own UPS Package

Clearing Your Own UPS Package

by cassie on April 13, 2010

If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve been stuck with an unbelievable bill for customs brokerage from a shipper like UPS. For a while I figured it was par for the course and that shipping goods from the US would Read more...

Patterned and Personal

Patterned and Personal

by christine on April 12, 2010

I love my Blackberry. Derrick wants an iPad. We both own iPods and take our laptop home for work. You can call us slaves to our personal electronic devices, but we love ‘em. I was browsing etsy and came across Read more...

Font Friday - April 9

Font Friday – April 9

by cassie on April 9, 2010

Choosing a font can be like choosing ice cream when there are hundreds of flavoursĀ  on offer. You see your favourites, some you’d never try and others that can be tasty on the right day. In the end, you choose Read more...