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I'm a lifelong resident of beautiful Portland, Oregon. I began designing pages at age six, making little booklets patterned after my brother's high school yearbooks. After graduating with a BA in Communications, and taking a career detour or two, I began a fun and rewarding career as a freelance graphic designer. I have a deep belief in the power of personal photography to enrich life and increase joy. I also love modern design ... thus my Design Studio was born. I am an incurable optimist with the belief that everything in our lives works together for our ultimate good. I am crazy about my family, reading, dogs, road trips, the natural world, fashion bargains, and smokehouse almonds. |
October 11, 2010October giveaway: My favorite 8 X 8 albumI love squares! You might notice this from my logo, which features four of them. As a designer, when I came up needing a logo design that was solid, graceful and elegant ... I started with a square as a jumping-off point. And although my first photo albums were oversized rectangles, I was happy to see the scrapbooking world go toward the 12 X 12 square as the industry standard. Yet, the 12 X 12 does present some challenges ... including printing, once digital scrapbooking entered the scene. Digital made it easy to print multiple pages for gift albums, but 12 X 12's are usually impractical for gifts. Enter the 8 X 8 album. Now you can keep the lovely square shape and print your pages on your HOME printer and just trim them, and all the commercial photo printers that print 12 X 12 also offer 8 X 8 as well. This month I'm giving you a chance to try out this delightful alternative. I'll be giving away one of my favorite albums, an 8 X 8 American Crafts album in Chestnut cloth, including 20 page protectors. To enter, just send me an email with the re:line "October Giveaway." Good luck! Filed under Design Trends Comments |
