Starbucks Happy Hour, Business Cards and Entrepreneurial Dreaming

Anyone who knows me will be surprised to find out that I have not yet taken advantage of this amazing offer yet. But I am making a date with Starbucks this weekend. While I would usually consider myself more of an iced latte or black coffee kinda gal, something tells me a little Frappuccino boost will get me into a web designing frenzy!
Speaking of which, I’ve been working on a new personal portfolio website. I can’t wait to delete that disgusting “coming soon” placeholder on my homepage once and for all! Along with creating a branded website, I’ve been brainstorming ideas for business cards. I stumbled upon a really cool business card design last week and I thought it was …

Fun Stuff I Discovered Today: Nerdiest Business Cards Ever, Fun Way To Celebrate Your Mom, and Coffee

TXT File Business Card
This has to be the nerdiest business card design I’ve ever seen, but I love it! Very creative way to incorporate one’s business into a visual design!

To Mama, With Love

A unique way to honor your mom this mother’s day – make a donation on her behalf to help provide education and shelter to children in Tanzania. https://tomamawithlove.org
“To Mama With Love is a collaborative online art project that honors moms across the globe and raises funds to invest in one remarkable Mama who dreams of building a home for children in her village.  Funds raised will be invested in support of Mama Lucy Kamptoni, a remarkable grassroots changemaker in Tanzania who once sold chickens …

Fun Stuff I Discovered Today: tUnE-YaRdS, Wasted Tape, Micmacs

tUnE-YaRdS: BiRd-BrAiNs
Was researching cool record labels and bands in Portland and this album from Marriage Records caught my eye. Then the song caught my ear. listen to “Sunlight”.

Wasted Tape
This track from is awesome: “In The Nottingham”. Much to my dismay, the rest of the songs on the album don’t sound anything like it!

Micmacs
New movie from Jean-Pierre Jeunet!! (which reminds me I still need to watch City of Lost Children which has been on my netflix queue forever).

And a not-so-fun thing I discovered today:

International Star Wars Day

I’ve been excited for two major events this week…the return of LOST THE FINAL SEASON after a *gasp* one-week hiatus and Cinco De Mayo (excuse to pig out on taquitos and drink an ungodly amount of margaritas). However, I just discovered yet another exciting event to celebrate…International Star Wars Day. Yes, you heard correctly. A few simple google searches  delivered an array of delightful past-times which I thought I’d share:

Wookepedia which has entirely way too much information for any one person to possibly know, or want to know.
50 Great Star Wars Band Names – versions of real band names with a star wars twist.
Bands that actually are named after Star …

Fun Things I Discovered Today

This has to be the nerdiest business card design I’ve ever seen, but I love it! Very creative way to incorporate one’s business into a visual design! A unique way to honor your mom this mother’s day – make a donation on her behalf to help provide education and shelter to children in Tanzania. https://tomamawithlove.org