So I've been super busy with my somewhat new job and other things going on. Sometimes you have dreams and want to make plans after plans and have a list of things to do. But sometimes life just happens.
However, I look at the Month ahead and have quite a few projects and deadlines set up. Going to finish my Calendar design finally, A Collage I will complete.. for March 17th I am going to make LOTS of sugar cookies with logos on them for St. Patty's day for a local business, and March 25th I have 2 cakes to design. I also have a logo to create for my brother for a Microbrewery idea and a cake for April 1st. So along with my design job that keeps me quite busy, I have some fun projects on the side to really look forward to this month! I've been starting to rework my calendar - editing photos, etc, and hope to maybe redo some cake typography work for the first few pages of it. Then I plan to bind them with ribbon and then make an envelope/pouch to put each one in. I need to buy some good paper! It seems I have a good amount of things lined up this month. This is the time things picked up last year! March must be cake month with school year coming to an end, birthdays, exams, professors leaving, etc! Lets hope this year.. it picks up and stays up. Or better yet, continues to go up up UP!
A few goals:
1. To get back into experimenting with vegan and allergy friendly goods again.
2. Experiment MORE with my large selection of flours and see what goes well with what - Quinoa, Spelt, Buckwheat, Sorghum, Tapioca, Arrowroot, Brown Rice, etc.
3. More sugar alternatives - Brown Rice Syrup, Zsweet, Agave..
4. Work more with wood (finish "Bite My Cupcake" project first)
5. More Collages and mixed media
6. Yoga/ Develop a more healthy relaxed routine with exercise and better diet
7. Write more
8. Read before bed
9. Extend my research. Spend more time at the library. Learn more complicated things.
10. Pics for blog of creation in the process - baking, mixing, design, etc. And posting steps and techniques/tips. Maybe even document my logo work - sketches/thumbprints in the process and being reworks.
10. Give myself a break
My job is going well. I have learned a lot and been having fun. It is fun to learn about the news media business and how things are gone about.. and meeting deadlines are thrilling. It is really great that I continue to learn more and more about programs. Over time you continue to learn even more you can do in photoshop, It is good to be told to create a certain ad and have to go out of your boundery lines to figure out how to create something a certain way. I've always enjoyed design but have enjoyed working more with illustrator and Indesign, and was never one to mess around in photoshop and be more edgy. I've alway been really clean and neat with my design. But it is good to be getting more into photoshop and learning more about masking, and how really I can put things MORE together in photoshop then I used to. One create a full ad in photoshop, cut/paste, etc. etc. . However, unless doing something with a mask.. I still would never care to throw type into photshop. and dang, I actually seem to love Quark way better than design. It is also good that working with programs and deadlines, I have learned how to work faster and quicker and I continue to do so. Quick keys are very important along with just knowing how to see things and work at a faster pace. My work environment is full of really great - friendly and interesting people. I love them! I want to learn to manage my time a little bit better though. It is hard to do with the news business, especially my area, not knowing when ads or copy will come in .. But I can figure things out a little better and figure out how to be extra great at my job and also do projects that I want on the side with a schedule and comfortable (somewhat) of a routine. SIMPLIFY. but be very productive. Simple and effective. and enjoying every day.
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