Friday, September 30, 2011

My Apologies

For everyone on the waiting list, I want to apologize for being slow the past few weeks.  For the last few years, I have had chronic problems with my kidneys.  Sometimes the problems are predictable.  For instance, if I eat too much sodium, I'll have kidney stones for a week.  Sometimes they're not.  That is, sometimes I get the stones for no reason whatsoever.  I've been stuck in the no reason zone for the last two weeks.  On a bad day I have felt like an elephant had kicked me in my kidneys, especially the right one.  On a good day, the pain was more like a donkey kick. I don't have insurance so all I can do is take handfuls of Tylenol, drink a lot of cranberry juice, and try to make it through the day.  Yesterday was the first day in two weeks that I didn't have to take handfuls, only two.

Hopefully that means this weekend I can make some progress catching up on designs.  I am sorry my health problems had me moving at a snail's pace.  It wasn't something I had planned, and hopefully I've filled my quota of painful episodes for the year.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

The Portfolio is Finally Update

I finally have the portfolio up to date.  I even divided it up into categories so please you use the drop down menu to see.

Don't forget, too, you can still save 10% through tomorrow on all of my prices.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

New Blogger & Wordpress Designs

Don't forget I'm having a Post Labor Day sale this week on new orders.  As for screenshots, I'm sorry that I'm quite a bit behind in posting these. I'm scared I missed some. If I did, I will post them later. If I haven't posted your shot yet, please email me and let me know.

New Wordpress Design: Storybook Science

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Theme used: Sight.  This design is made from some of the client's photos, free photos from SXC.hu & Dreamstime, some scrapbooking elements, and Photoshop patterns.

To see the matching Twitter page, visit @storybkscience

New Blogger Design: Kira Kira Journal

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I forgot to take an after shot, and the blog is now set to private, so all I have is the screenshot of the test site. Sorry about that.  The design is made mostly from scrapbooking papers and patterns/textures in Photoshop.

To see the matching Twitter page, visit @kira_kira_life.

New Blogger Design:  Will Write for Cookies

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To see the matching Twitter page, visit @PeggyEddleman.  The Twitter and blog designs are  handdrawn.

New Blogger Design:  Frog Spot

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To see the matching Facebook page, visit From the Pond and click on the Welcome tab.  Most of the graphics used in this desgin are from Scrappindoodles.com, although I drew a few of the extra details, like the cattails, in the same style as the Scrappindoodle graphics.

New Seasonal Header: The Unread Reader


This design was handdrawn.

New Logo:  Monice's Boutique

This design was also handdrawn.


This design was created in Photoshop with a combo of images from Fotolia and SXC.hu.

New Button: Books with Bite Book Shelf Tours



This design was handdrawn.


Tuesday, September 6, 2011

I Still Have This Ratings System for Sale


$15 normally.  This week you get 10% off because of the sale.  Sale ends Sunday.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Labor Day Sale

I'm late in posting this, but at least it's still Labor Day. Between today and Sunday, you can get 10% off all new orders. All design services are included. If you don't see the service you're looking for, please fill out the contact form. I may be able to help.

I have several new screenshots of new designs I need to post, and I'm about 20 designs behind in updating the portfolio so if you want to see the newest designs before ordering, please scroll through the posts.  I'll let you know when the portfolio section is updated.