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PRETTY TECH: you fancy huh? Free desktop wallpaper download
Hey there July! I hope all my Canadian friends had a great extra long weekend celebrating Canada’s 147th birthday. You just keep getting better with age Canada, keep it up. My favourite way to welcome a new month is with a fancy new wallpaper for my tech. Literally. You fancy huh? How about one of these…
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DESIGN & BRANDING: getting ready for BlogPodium
If you’re a long die hard fan of this blog (I love you!) please forgive some of this recycled content but I think it’s totally relevant and worth bringing up again. This is specifically about bloggers and blog networking events but really applies to anyone who uses networking in their business or career. I just…
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{DESIGN: hump day motivational goods}
Until someone comes up with a better term I’m going to go ahead and say Happy Hump Day people! I know it’s wrong to be so excited about a Wednesday but it’s a sunny, perfect temperature day, I’m staring out of a window full of lilac trees and I’m listening to the uber talented Sam…
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MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY: work hard & Society6 sale
It’s Monday y’all. Time to werk. I’ve had such positive feedback from my Hustle Harder desktop wallpaper and Society6 product that I thought I would start a little series. So now that you’ve been hustling, it’s time to work hard. PS: That’s just another way to say hustle. Here’s your Monday motivation to kick start…
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{PAPER PARTY: art for your walls + minted giveaway}
Another day older, another giveaway for you peeps. By now I’m sure you’ve heard of minted and their beautiful invitations, paper goods and party decor? They are one of my favourites for sure. The quality of their product is just amazing – both the paper and the designs, which are all submitted by independent designers.…
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{PAPER PARTY: One of a Kind paper goods + ticket giveaway}
It’s here! The Spring One of a Kind Show is always a good sign that the weather is turning (hopefully) and the need to shop is in the air. I’ll be there today checking out all the new spring vendors as well as some old favourites. If you’ve never been to the show before, brace yourself because…
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{DESIGN: The Sweet Escape on Society 6}
So guess who got their act together and decided to pool a bunch of original artwork and make it available on Society6? I’m not sure what took me so long to do this but I got on a roll this weekend and couldn’t stop. I’ve really been enjoying designing the free desktop wallpapers for you…
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PRETTY TECH: not so sweet valentine free desktop wallpaper download
And let the lovefest begin! You’re going to see a bunch of Valentine stuff coming up in the next few weeks but don’t worry, I’m going to (try to) lay off the cheese-factor. I have a love/hate relationship with Valentines day. In fact it’s the only relationship I have. Period. It’s not necessarily my favourite…
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{Alt Summit Part 1: The business cards}
Here we are folks, Part 1 of my Alt Summit review. I know there’s lots of people who really want me to share this amazing experience but I also know that not everyone wants to relive every moment so I’m going to try really hard to keep it to three parts, the biz cards, what…
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{MONDAY MOTIVATION: art that motivates}
How are those resolutions coming along? Even though it may be a bit cliché, resolutions or not you have to admit that January automatically brings with it a feeling to get with the program, get your sh!t together and work it. Now, the hope is that the feeling will last longer than the line…
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{LOVE: Be Mine, Be Minted $100 Valentines GIVEAWAY}
Love it or hate it, it’s that time to wear your heart on your sleeve. Now I’ve been single longer than I would ever admit publicly so for the record this message of love is brought to you by a party of one. I think we should take Valentine’s Day away from the lovers and…
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{DESIGN: free 2014 printable calendar roundup}
I’m a bad blogger. Not only am I sharing 2014 calendars with you three days into the new year, but my head is hanging low because as graphic designer I don’t even have a Sweet Escape original calendar design. Tisk tisk. Ok, enough self pity. If this was a party I would just be fashionably…
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PRETTY TECH: free desktop wallpaper download to motivate
New year, new free desktop wallpaper download. A new year is definitely a fresh start and clean slate but sometimes we can use a little help to get the fire lit and remember not to dwell on the past but to concentrate on moving forward and take some risks. Here’s some motivation that may help…
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{DESIGN: wedding invites to get you Minted}
I wrote a post last week about some of my favourite Minted holiday cards. BTW, I got mine in the mail (super fast delivery!) and I love them. I hope you had a chance to check out the site if you aren’t familiar. Another huge product area that Minted is known for is their great…
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MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY: on fire
Pretty awesome right? You go (get it here) girl!