I've moved to lagrantcreative.com

After 10 years of good intentions, I'm finally launching my graphic design portfolio website. For years, I've been trying to find the best online platform to showcase my work. I settled on squarespace.com in October and it's been a lot of fun to customize.

Stop by lagrantcreative.com and have a look! While I'm currently working through a busy season with one of my favorite clients, I am always happy to discuss new projects. I appreciate referrals and encourage you to share my site with your friends. 

In order to maximize use and increase content on my portfolio site, I've moved my blog there. It's a beautiful template, but the blog is a work in progress. Please re-direct your bookmarks to www.lagrantcreative.com/notes.

Thanks so much!

November desktop from Ann Meer

It's just lovely. Visit Ann Meer's blog to view more of her work.

Encouraging & beautiful Wallpaper

iPhone wallpaper. Had to share. You can check out Lizzy Lee's backgrounds on her flicker site (they're all the ones with scripture). She has a lot of sizes and very neat image options. These are all at original size, so they should be okay to save out and use.

From Eat Drink Chic

From Eat Drink Chic

From Quinn Luu

Working tricks

Let's learn from this highly effective gal

I've found a few tricks to getting more work done at home.

First, one must have a desk the size of a door. Then one must plan to work at their computer through meal times. The larger the desk, the more food and drinks you can fit, the less you have to get up and stop working.

Second, don't start a blog. Don't get a Facebook account or sign-up for Pinterest. Ah, and don't follow other blogs and certainly don't read articles on the Gospel Coalition website. If you don't start these things, then they won't compete with your working at home. If you have already started them... well sometimes they get you through the hard times while working from home.

Third, and final trick, strategically ration all children's movie and tv watching to the exact times that you sense you'll need to honker down and crank some work out. Make sure they're among the 'favorites' if you're anticipating a client call.

January slipping by

2013 is coming and going to quickly. Judah just pasted the 6 month mark and his milestones are consuming so much time! I will have to record in detail soon so as to keep the details from slipping by like this month is.

Updating the desktop wallpaper from August to January from Smashing Magazine this morning... oy! I think when time slows down I should try to enter the contest for one of these.

Definitely sporting this one sans calendar so I can forget about
updating until the Summer

Hello and Goodbye Summer Wallpaper

I've been distracted so much so that this has been my desktop wallpaper...

Time to make the switch to something beautiful and appropriate for August. Check out these beauties from SmashingMagazine.com and go grab one! I landed on the Black Eyed Susan's since I have fond memories of my mom loving them in fancy gardens and in our own growing up.

"Will work for Starbucks"

I finally finished a recent blog styling for Derek & Anlee Fekkes. Anlee was kind enough to thank me for my services via a Starbucks gift card, and I carry that thing around in my purse like a magic $100. Thank you Anlee!

Thought I would spread the word that I will work for Starbucks gift cards!

November Wallpaper

People, Smashing Magazine's November wallpapers are gorgeous this month! It gets me excited to think about what snowy beauties may be awaiting next month!

Fall wallpaper

image from poolga.com

First, let me say that these iphone backgrounds are gorgeous (I've posted about these before) but check out poolga.com if you haven't already. Before you say to yourself, 'I don't have an iphone, I can't use these!' think again!! Got a printer? The ipad version of the images is high enough resolution to print and keep in a small frame. I would say if you don't have a printer you could send the image to print at wallgreens, but I think they have reservations about printing artwork (sometimes). Otherwise, there's always the $1 color prints at kinkos.

Per usual, I'm getting around to changing my desktop background for the next month's calendar just before months end. However! I discovered that smashing magazine's desktops come without the calendar! So, so need to change 1/mo., just 1/season which is much more fitting! If you're looking for a fun October wallpaper, go here and peruse. Lots of spooky options, so most are definitely seasonal. Having a halloween gathering? Get one of these spooky beauties up on your screen for a little decor ambiance.

example of wallpaper option without calendar, great right?!

September wallpaper

September 12 and I'm sporting the first wallpaper here, love it. Bring on the fall! Go to smashingmagazine to get you some wallpaper.

June wallpaper

Oh so sunny... get a june desktop at smashing magazine

Coffee and Pinning

I was just introduced to a new form of 'collecting images of things I love' on a site called pinterest. It takes web browsing to the next level and for this visual artist, it's just my kind of thing. So long daytime TV breaks, I'm going to take pinterest breaks.

Today, I came across this adorable coffee poster that is available on etsy! It's 11x17 and I'm going to ask for it for my b-day... coming up soon! Then, I think I may buy it in bulk for all the other coffee lovers I know!

Pics of the new place are coming soon. With working during the day and a sound baby sleeping at night, it's as bit challenging to bang around here!

May wallpaper

Not sure if you've changed it up, but I'm looking forward to warm weather with the 'summer' desktop! Get u a hip desktop here at smashing magazine.

iphone wallpapers so cute...

it almost makes me want to fork over the $ to get one... These wallpapers on Poolga are so creative, I want to print and frame them.

April Wallpaper

Definitely some fun ones this month on smashing magazine's desktop wallpaper for April! Alright... can you guess which wallpaper I'm staring at?