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Design Mom — The Intersection of Design & Motherhood

Design Mom — The Intersection of Design & Motherhood
By Gabrielle. This post is brought to you by Office Depot’s #TeachersChangeLives program. Register your child’s classroom, so the students have the school supplies they need to succeed. Can we talk some more about public schools today? They’re on my mind. Last month a vacuum was unexpectedly delivered to my house (long story, I’ll tell you about it another time).

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Best of Design 2010 As 2010 is wrapping up, it is about time do a sum up of the best sites that I've featured on Best Web Gallery. Again I've selected 50 sites from different categories: personal blog, commercial, agency, portfolio, and software. In 2010, CSS design is getting more interactive. School’s a Hoot! « Last night, we took my oldest son to Meet the Teacher. Summer flew by, and we are feeling a bit nostalgic about how quickly our not-so-little boy is growing! This year, he not only moves up a grade-level, but on to a whole other wing on his campus!

Logo A logo (abbr. of logotype,[1] from Greek: λόγος logos - word, idea + Greek: τύπος typos - imprint, picture) is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition. Logos are either purely graphic (symbols/icons) or are composed of the name of the organization (a logotype or wordmark). History[edit]

How to Create Your Own Printables Using Picnik After I made you those free printables a lot of you have asked about them and how they were made. So, today I'm going to give you the low down. It's not super hard, but sometimes it does take a little time to get it just the way you want it. Let's get started. I use Picnik for all of this.

List of symbols This is a list of graphical signs, icons, and symbols. Languages[edit] Many (but not all) graphemes that are part of a writing system that encodes a full spoken language are included in the Unicode standard, which also includes graphical symbols. See: The remainder of this list focuses on graphemes not part of spoken language-encoding systems. Favorite Quotes Calendar - Write. Click. Scrapbook. Hi there, it's Celeste sporting a new 'do! Calendars make great gifts for friends and family. This year I put together a printable calendar base for you that you can display in an empty CD case. Please download the file at this link.

Olympic symbols The Olympic symbols are icons, flags and symbols used by the International Olympic Committee to promote the Olympic Games. Some - such as the flame, fanfare, and theme - are more common during Olympic competition, but others, such as the flag, can be seen throughout the year. Motto[edit] i love it all: calendar cuties NOTE | This calendar download is for the year 2011. I hope you're all as excited about the New Year as I am...fresh start, new ideas, renewed spirit. And calendars. I do love a cute calendar and a planner that makes me smile. Last year's subway art calendars were a hit and were download lots and lots and lots...glad you liked them. This year's collection of calendar downloads are sized to 4x6 with January through March now available.

Some examples of information design Designing information can help us see data in ways that help us achieve specific goals. Well designed data ends up having little text yet the information is delivered through a variety of visual means. That’s how we learned in kindergarten, using pictures and picture books. We process images way faster than we process words. The Vignet Labs blog posted a great article that show some great examples of information design. For more information on the subject here are some of my fav books: How to Make a Personal Fire Pit For Cheap! My name is Karen and I haven’t lit anything on fire in 5 months. I’m sure I deserve some sort of a chip or something for that. You see … I’m a bit of a pyromaniac. Technically I’m not a *real* pyromaniac I guess. I mean, I only light things on fire that should be lit on fire. Like kindling and hardwood and pretty much anything with Hello Kitty on it.

IndigoSkyDesign Based in the city of York, indigo sky design is a bit different from other graphic designers. You see we've not always been graphic designers. Having extensive experience in IT project management and business analysis in a variety of industry sectors, we know what its like to be on the other side of the fence too. Make Oversized Faux Cupcakes Home » $10 and Beyond, Decor, From Our Readers, Headline 13 August 2009 15,567 views 2 Comments by heather Who doesn't need a giant faux cupcake? Gail at Can't Stop Making Things made this one for a silent auction, but there are lots of occasions that call for giant cupcakes - I'm sure you'll think of a few!

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