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Aerin, Claire, Motherhood, Personal, Reviews, Science

Claire’s First Trip to the Liberty Science Center

Feb 01. 2012

First children are bound to feel neglected and resentful at times when a younger sibling comes along. So far, Claire has been doing splendidly with the addition of Aerin into our lives, but there are moments here and there where I can see the sadness in her eyes when we are preoccupied with Aerin. :-( To help her know that we will never stop loving her, this past Sunday, we decided to give Claire some "alone" time with mommy and daddy by taking her to the Liberty Science Center. (J's parents graciously agreed to watch Aerin while we were out.) We actually live just 15 minutes away from this wonderful, interactive science museum and I had been dying to take Claire...

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Art/Design, Books

Noma Bar’s Guess Who?

Jan 31. 2012

I recently came across some minimalist portraits of cultural icons by Israeli illustrator Noma Bar. I was immediately drawn to these pieces for their brilliant use of negative space, elegant subtlety, as well as Bar's use of an object or symbol embedded in the design that helps identify the subject. (I especially love Bill Murray's!) Can you guess them all?   All these illustrations, and many more, can be found in the book Guess Who?: The Many Faces of Noma Bar. Via Brain Pickings....

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Art/Design, Cool Tool Tuesdays, Facebook, Photography, Web

Cool Tool Tuesdays: MCP Free Facebook Fix Photoshop Actions

Jan 31. 2012

Welcome to today's installment of Cool Tool Tuesdays, where I feature a favorite item from my life and spotlight it so that others who are not familiar with the product may also benefit from it. A cool tool can be any book, gadget, software, hardware, material, or website that I have personally tried and love. Do you have any questions about today's cool tool? Would you like an item featured in the future? Please leave a comment to this post, or send me a message via my contact form. Enjoy! If you are a regular Photoshop user, you are probably familiar with Photoshop Actions. If you have no idea what Photoshop Actions are, go read "What Are Photoshop Actions?" over at the MCP Photography...

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Art/Design, Giveaways, Marketing/Advertising

Win a Set of 500 Business Cards from Next Day Flyers! [Giveaway]

Jan 30. 2012

Are you suffering from a case of the Mondays? Well, I've got good news for you, because this week I'm offering an exciting giveaway from Next Day Flyers! Next Day Flyers is an online printing company that delivers top-quality printed marketing materials with one of the fastest turnaround times in the industry. Their printing procedure is environmentally friendly with the use of recycled materials and waste-reducing processes. All print jobs are subjected to a 33 quality checkpoints before being shipped, and their Online Design Center ensures that designing, and ordering print jobs are as easy and painless as possible. Next Day Flyers has operated out of Los Angeles for the past 13 years, but they recently opened a new printing facility in...

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