Tonal Tueday: I dream of...

60s genies in the most fabulous mod perfume bottles. Divine.

"Flourish" by Yellena James

What’s in my lasersights of love this week?

• Homemade green tea lattes. Skim milk + vanilla syrup + green tea= yummy treat.
• The lovely lovely artwork (see left!) from the talented Yellena James. Go check out more visual candy!
• New responsibilities at work! I get to lay out one of the national sections of the paper and I am super pumped about it.
• Marching into March.
• Rock Band on the XBox 360—which we used to play all the time and then sort of stopped but played again recently! It’s still way fun.
• New yarn that I can’t wait to work with. I am cruising through the currently-on-my-needles project just so I can play!

What’s makin’ your heart go bang!bang!bang! this week?

Oooh! A new series!?
Yup: it’s just a little section that will be updates on whatever I’ve been working on lately. It might be design, fine art or crafting. It will just be another little peek into my visual world and a request for a peek into yours! What have you been working on? Post links, pictures, etc in the comments and tell me what you’re up to, what the next steps are? Is it finished? Still in progress? Let’s help keep one another’s creative balls rolling.

Whatcha workin’ on?
For the first installment, I’d love to show you a quick little template that I created for my friend Hillary’s blog (byhillary.com) for her new series: Colour with a u

She wanted to illustrate color palettes (like Tonal Tuesdays!) for her lovely readers and described her design aesthetic as “Bauhaus with bunnies” and here’s what I came up with. She needed something that she could easily edit in photoshop without much mush or fush. So I created a simple black and white design that she would be able to change out super easy. She has a 3 & 5 color template. Go see it in action!

For byhillary.com: Colours with a u: 5 color palette.

For byhillary.com: Colours with a u: 3 color palette.

For byhillary.com: click through to see it in action!

What’re you up to?

Printable March 2010 downloadable calendar

From me to you! Download it.

March 2010 Desktop Wallpaper, 1680×1050

March 2010 Desktop Wallpaper, 1680×1050

From me to you! Download the desktop version!

It’s going to be a bzzy month. Oh. Puns, I love you. Happy March! <3