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Monday, April 11, 2011

Launch Day - Giveaway

I only ever did two giveaways and both of them were when I still lived in Japan... This Launch Day Celebration is the perfect occasion for a new giveaway! I need to do more giveaways in the future because they're just so much fun.

I'm giving away a completely new kind of product, which I happened to finish developing during the Indie Biz course: my very first pdf pattern. 

Creating this pattern seemed like a never-ending project, but now that I've finished my first, I'm sure the next will be easier and quicker, and the next, and the next... That's right, I'm planning on creating many more pdf patterns of my awkward creatures, but I'm not sure who's up next, to be turned into a pattern...

Which one of my creatures would you nominate for my next pdf pattern?

Answer that question in the comments and you've entered yourself into my giveaway! The giveaway will run for eleven (of course!) days and I will randomly draw a winner after that!

Want to try to win some more awesome stuff? Then visit these blogs: 
A Sign Of Life | Bad Hausfrau | Bonita Rose | The Busy Bean
Design Something Better | Earl-Leigh Designs | eef-ink | Froggy Girl
Green Dandelion | I Like Your Moxie Kid | Janmary | Kait Makes Things
Life With Ike | Lollipops | Nola Love Shop | The Pickled Poppy
Pink Pepper | Pursue Joy | Random Gypsy | Sew Indy
Sew Melly | Some Odd Girl | Wish You Were There Then

All the amazing ladies behind these blogs are giving away something they made! That's 23 extra chances to win something one of a kind and marvelous! Good luck! But don't forget to answer my question before you take off to win all that gorgeous handmade stuff!
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Launch Day - Indie B. the Butterfly

Launch Day is here!!! And as promised in honor of this day I've added a new felt plushie to my store. A little spring butterfly, named Indie B. the Butterfly, to celebrate how my classmates and I, after finishing our Indie Business 3.0 course, are all coming out of our cocoons as beautiful butterflies.
Indie B. the Butterfly
You can buy Indie B. or one of her friends in my Etsy shop with a 22% discount if you use the code "LaunchDay". This coupon code will be valid for eleven days. And I'll be doing a giveaway later today, so don't forget to check back later! 

And of course, I'm not the only Indie Biz graduate launching a new product today, many classmates are doing the same and even more are launching completely new shops and blogs! Check out this impressive list.

I've created a few Etsy treasuries showcasing the beautiful products my fellow Indie Biz grads are selling!
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Launch Day Happenings

Launch Day is almost here and loads of ladies will be participating in the event. You want to know where to go? Here's the full list of participants! On Launch Day (which is tomorrow!), just click the links and you'll be taken to newly launched shops, blogs, products, places where you can win things and other blogs celebrating Launch Day. I really hope you come party with us all tomorrow!



Design Something Better | Earl-Leigh Designs | eef-ink | Froggy Girl
 Green Dandelion | I Like Your Moxie Kid | Janmary | Kait Makes Things
Life With Ike | Lollipops | Nola Love Shop | The Pickled Poppy
Pink Pepper | Pursue Joy | Random Gypsy | Sew Indy
Sew Melly | Some Odd Girl | Wish You Were There Then

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Seven Secrets

I had so much fun playing and seeing others play the Handwriting Game last week, that I'm participating another game of tag this week. Anzouya tagged me for this one, and asked me to share seven secrets with my blog readers. So here we go:

1. I'm a tireless perfectionist. I spend way too much time redoing things, because I can't stand it when things are not 100% consistent and perfect.

2. My favorite way of getting up in the morning is after at least an hour of using the snooze function on my iPhone. It drives my husband crazy because he's one of those lucky people who can wake up at the first buzz of his alarm, and one of those unlucky people who can't go back to sleep once they've awoken.

3. I love mathematics. Wish I had studied that in university instead of getting my MBA.

4. I have no sense of fashion. I never wear make-up and only go shopping for clothes and shoes once or twice a year, and I do not enjoy it.

5. Talking about clothes, I never separate clothes during the wash. I also tumble dry everything and never iron our clothes.

6. I love, love, love organizing but I hate cleaning.

7. My perfect sandwich: buttered untoasted dark Dutch bread with a slice of Dutch Gouda cheese and Nutella.

Now I get to tag seven people to share their secrets: Ashley from Fancy Designs, Brandi from Random Gypsy, Chrissy from Hoot Designs, Jamie from Crafty is Awesome, Kelly from Bad Hausfrau, Kelly from Simply Kelly Designs, and Lisa Lee from Pieces of Me.

I hope you all tell us seven of your (embarrassing) secrets! And anybody else who wants to play, you don't need my tag to tell us your secrets. Share a link in the comments, I will want to read everybody's secrets!
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Friday, March 4, 2011

The Handwriting Game

All you have to do is take out a pen and paper, answer the following questions and post it to your blog. Here are the questions:

1. What’s your name / blogger name?
2. What’s your blogs URL?
3. Write, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”.
4. Favorite quote?
5. Your favorite song?
6. Your favorite band / singers?
7. Anything else you want to say?
8. Tag 3 bloggers to participate. I was tagged by Ashley from Fancy Designs.

This was fun and quick. Try it, even if I didn't tag you! I don't like my own handwriting but I love seeing other people's handwriting. Post a link in the comments, so I can see!
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

bleronk





Bleronk, twin brother of Tonyo in some previous shots. These guys are all smiles all the time. This session was really fun to be out in the water for. End of day, rain, and low tide fast little barrels at 66 beach. The current was so strong out there, though everything looks pretty calm here.

Looking at the camera: when I started on this film, I had this idea that I'd film surfers as they lived their lives, and the camera would be invisible. The surfers wouldn't be looking at the camera. That was my idea. I thought this would make the film feel much more genuine. More like sitting in on someone's life, seeing what its really like.

When you have a camera out though, everyone wants to look at it. So that right there makes my original idea sort of hard to pull off. The more you film with someone, the more comfortable they get with having a noisy camera pointed at them. But guys like Bleronk will look at the camera nearly every time I have it out. Every time they pass me by, even if we've been filming a lot. They have fun with goofing off and getting shots.

Somewhat to my surprise, early on when I started getting footage back I realized I was getting some of my best shots when people looked at the camera. If they were comfortable, and looked at the camera, their real personality just shined through. The shots had feeling and soul. I decided well, with this film, anyone can look at the camera any time and its ok.

The moment you ask someone not to look at the camera, they are acting. They have to consciously pretend you are not there. And therefore, you are no longer getting the real person. You have an actor in front of you then.
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