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post No.115 Giveaway Winners « parcel post — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:49:51 +0000

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By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:44:26 +0000

This month I would like to finally put my home recording space together for my voiceover work, learn Pro Tools ( not such the tech savvy gal, so this will be quite an accomplishment!) and to decorate my office with photos I’ve taken on my travels.–next stop? Puerto Rico!

As for my home, I’m on the way to renovate what needs to be renovated…next on the list for spring is a painting party with friends. Swatches of wall colours blanket my walls in all rooms at the moment. Then it’s refinishing the floors. And on to the backyard to really give life to a mango tree my auntie gave me along with the other flowers, plants, fruit trees that are growing too! My boyfriend, Michael is also growing Olive trees, so hopefully we will have olive oil to share with everybody soon. =)

Hope to have a warm, cozy and inviting space by the summer to launch off a fun social atmosphere for our friends, family and our doggie, Moose, and parrot, Ra.

Throughout the year, I would also like to create my own necklace, a simple knitting project perhaps create something for my niece, Kennady, and complete a set of handmade Thank You cards to have at the ready!

Thank you, Audrey for this blog, truly inspiring! (btw, my girlfriend LOVED the gift wrap paper Celia used for her birthday pressie! We are so fortunate to have such a fabulous paper boutique on the Westside!)

By: janean

janean — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:40:55 +0000

it has been said about me many times (mostly from my mom) that i always have at least 10 projects going on at one time. so here’s my current list just to prove her right:

1. published journal – i’m making a fat little book with my writings, thoughts, scribbles, snapshots and more. current stage: typing my poems off napkins and receipts

2. wall colors – i’m picking out wall colors for the new house. current selections: tangerine for the bathroom and plum in the bedroom… though i’ll probably change my mind (again.)

3. bff’s wedding – i will be a bridesmaid for the first time in my best friend’s wedding. this involves too many projects to list but i’m sure you know the drill. current stage: getting her to settle on invites. (she needs Urbanic!)

4. new logo – a wonderful landscaping company is updating their logo… i love branding! current phase: late night brainstorming

5. art teacher to europe – mr. grills was my art teacher in high school and his current students are raising money to send him to europe for the first time. i’m coming up with a t-shirt design to help. current design ideas: mr. grills as munch’s the scream.

okay… so it isn’t exactly 10 but i’m already half way there!
thanks for making this blog. it is so much fun to see what everyone is up to these days. happy creating!

By: margaret haas

margaret haas — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:32:05 +0000

I have been very busy working on some bachelorette party invitations. Because I know some people would not be able to come I wanted each separate event to have its own card. There are four post cards and on the back is an image cut out from paper. The four images are: an outline of a girl, a high heeled pump, a pool and umbrella, and a champagne glass. After all the images were affected to the back of the post card I put glitter details on them such as on the girl, i gave her glitter blue underwear. The party is in vegas so using illustrator I made address labels to look like the “Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas” sign. There are 13 sets in all and it has taken me about 3 weeks to finish but I think everyone will be very excited about the party when they get them in the mail. Thanks for always having such great giveaways Audrey!

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:07:55 +0000

A project that was near and dear to my heart is one that involved our family and friends. Last year, we had come together to create handmade holiday greeting cards for children with cancer (The Emmanuel Cancer Foundation). We also had our own children make these cards and write words of encouragement as well as holiday wishes for these children and their families battling cancer. I enjoyed the project thoroughly, seeing everyone use their creativity with purpose and teaching our children the true meaning of the holiday season – giving to and helping others from the heart.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:51:11 +0000

My project is to grow a vegetable garden… All out of containers, since we live in an apartment. We have 2 Balconies, with good light, and I think that I can push past my brown thumb and get some good things growing.

That and finish all of the Thank You cards from our wedding!

By: Celia

Celia — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:42:05 +0000

OK, this may prove to be too ambitious but what I would like to do this year is:

1) complete my second album of original songs

2) just for fun, compose some music inspired by Czeslaw Milosz poetry and hopefully coax it into a song cycle.

Thanks for the motivation and encouragement Audrey!
Urbanic has the most creative customers around!

By: Alexis

Alexis — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:46:00 +0000

My goal for the coming year is to teach myself HTML in order to finally design my own website to show off my graphic design work!

By: Kate @ Kids and Cocktails

Kate @ Kids and Cocktails — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:10:28 +0000

I’m hoping to DIY a bunch of stuff for my daughter’s 5th birthday this summer. We’re having a huge party, so making the decorations and favors will save some money and make it more personal.

By: stephanie

stephanie — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:51:20 +0000

To save this holiday season, I too made a lot of gifts. For my family I designed a “Family Birthday Calendar” with a colorful design and calendar showing all of our birthdays. I had it printed on fabric and sewed the edges…it ended up like a teatowel…or some have hung with bulldog clips. It was a personal gift-but very inexpensive!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:43:28 +0000

It took me about 3 years of living in my apartment to get frames on the walls and now (6 months later) the frames are still empty! It’s pretty ridiculous. The ones in our bedroom have the photos that come in the frame still in them, and my husband has started calling them our “fake family.”