trust your swing

Starting a new project- be it for a client or your own craft urges can almost be too much if you don't have "rails". Take this swatch book for instance, where do you start choosing a color? Most people think creatives do better when you let them have free reign- well maybe some do, but I like to have some sort of parameter, that way my thoughts can go flipping nuts inside a set of cans and cant's- and I end up with something my client can understand and use appropriately. This is one of the reasons I love re-design and re-purposing,
you can see where something has been.

I'm not a golfer, but have this "swing" sign in my office- usually your instincts are right on- don't over think, trust your swing!

Here's a fun website that will give you a spark when starting a new project...
visit color blender

little things that spark

Most days I come across something that "makes" my day-{usually while putting my work on hold and perusing the web or a great magazine or an e-mail forward from a friend}. Mostly it's little things that inspire bigger things later.

As a designer { maybe more of a re-purposer, because I still haven't reinvented the wheel}, I have a box of inspiration- things that maybe, just maybe, will make sense or spark something when the time is right. This blog is just that- An online box of happiness, madness, color and whatever. Check back often - and comments are welcome.

Is anyone out there still thrifting? I was speaking to my friend and client Chick Meek (fabulous handbags and great website) in Minneapolis the other day and we were chatting about thrifting and collecting. We both started collecting vintage pottery- mostly McCoy and Bauer because of the influence and good taste of our mutual friend David Marks. I told her I hadn't been out for a "pottery score" for quite some time, because my house is going to burst with the four color stories I have going on. Don't know what do with it but I still am in love with the glossy color, hefty weight in hand, and shape-

I posted a pic of some of my favorite Bauer- two gigantic McCoys and some LuRay madness. I'm thrifting tomorrow so I'll let you know what I "score" during my morning venture in the best of Billings Montana's thrift spots.