Just because the labels I provided earlier are truly blank slates, I thought it would be fun to throw in a version I quickly modified using patterns (by Sashiko) in Illustrator. One click on the background box, and suddenly the file is truly customized and ready to go!

And here are the [...]

Last year, for our wedding, we decided to prepare “Welcome” bags for all of our out-of-town guests. In doing so, we rounded up bunches of goodies for their weekend stays in Monterey, and stopped by Costco for most of the supplies.

Now since it was a wedding, there was [...]

Yesterday, we had our annual staff picnic over in the east bay, and as a member of the social committee here at work, I took on the task of organizing a couple of activities and games for everyone’s enjoyment.

Inspired by my recent exposure to the tailgate craze of Cornhole (via the Lowe’s Motor Speedway [...]

Thanks to Celestina Carmen, I’ve found a great way to keep my creativity on track: on my desk Wednesdays.

Here’s the first glimpse of weekly craftiness from me, ironically on my work desk. You see, I’m recycling an old idea and putting it to new use. That’s what happens when you need [...]

KEDS have been regaining popularity by bringing in fancy designers to help reinvigorate the classic shoes… but now they’ve gone and let everyone be designers.

They’ve partnered with zazzle.com and now you can use your own artwork (or some of zazzle’s stock) to make your own shoes. I really like the map ones [...]