Does this print look familiar? I found this picture on a DIY project on designsponge It would be fun to have stairs like this.

This is my ipod and the cozy I knit for it. Isn't it pretty. It makes me happy.

I just stumbled across amy ruppel's website today. She's an artist from Portland, Or. I first found her unique art on etsy.com. I'm such a fan!

This week has been full of little moments where I discover something so brilliantly simple that I overlook it. Sometimes I wonder why I try to make something more difficult that it has to be. I think it is part of learning.

On Monday, I learned how to recolor a repeat pattern in Illustrator.

Tuesday, I found a shortcut button in Illustrator that helped me with what I was working on. It probably saves me 2 sec. (these add up with as many times as I've been using this) YAY!

If you don't know this about me I am a big fan of new experiences, for the most part. Today I found my new favorite Starbucks. The location is in the middle of this new apartment complex in Irvine. I felt like I was in another country for about fifteen minutes, then I realized I'm still in Irvine. Maybe I was excited because it was morning and that is one of my favorite times being out because it is so quiet and peaceful. I actually wasn't craving coffee this morning but a muffin, Starbucks doesn't have the greatest muffins but I was on my way to work and this Starbucks was on the way. It had so many cozy places to sit and lots of tables, with outlets! I always check at coffee shops so I know if I can bring my computer to do work. They played really good music too, according to my standards of "quality" coffee shop music. I was impressed.

I am enjoying my "little moments" this week.

It has been a while since I've written anything. My apologies. I am currently doing graphic design/production art for a sweet scrapbooking company. http://www.meandmybigideas.com/ I enjoy designing and learning new things about graphic design. It is fun working in a creative environment that expands my creative side as well as expressing it. I'm determined to keep up with writing more often. We'll see how it goes.

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My days are filled with random thoughts, recalled memories or conversations and thoughts of the future. I find that I don't write much on this blog because I feel like I'm just talking to myself. Which if I were doing, I don't have to go to a computer and sign in so that I can talk to myself. I can do that anytime.

Randomest thought of the day: chattin' chitty. I mixed up the phrase chitty chattin' accidentally and then realized that sounds kinda funny. "chattin' chitty". What's a chitty? Why do we say that? What a wierd phrase.

This is my last semester so I'm enjoying it the best I can before the working world sets in. Looking back over my time in college makes me smile and sigh at the things that I've been through. Things that I've put myself through and things that I've learned. This is pretty general but I have been reflecting a lot on God's faithfulness in my life and how he has taken care of my heart and my life more than I ever imagined. Each moment that I see myself trying to control my life or a situation and give it over to the Lord and what His word promises tends to make my life better than I want. I see that His ways are so much higher than my ways. It is not always easy or clear to follow Christ but it is worth everything that we think we are sacrificing. I think one of the hardest things about following Christ is saying no to ourselves and what we want. At least that is what trips me up.....I'm grateful for grace.

On the design side of things. I love school. I am taking all the classes I wished I could've taken instead of the prerequisites that are no fun. I wish as a freshman in college I could've known at least more of what I like and how to do school better. I wish that I had pursued art more in high school or even more in college. Art is intruiging, challenging and fun but I have always believed that it's not logical, at least not when you have to pay the bills. Be logical, get a real job that will pay money. I considered being a business major, even a psychology major! Yikes! I would be so miserable with my life. My dad gave me the best advice that made me certain that I picked the right major. "Just pick something you really like, you never know if you're going to end up using it after you graduate and then you'll be motivated to go to class." Graphic design could not be more fun for me. It combines a little bit of everything I enjoy doing and wraps it all into one. Can it get any better than that? Well, yes, I suppose because I still need to get a job, hahah. I can enjoy all of the hobbies that fill my time but I end up asking myself "how could I turn this into a job because I really like doing this?"