Artbeat in the Heat

August 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I will be a vendor at Artbeat in the Heat Saturday in Bay View at the Historic Hide House, located at 2625 S. Greeley St.

The event starts at noon and runs until 10 p.m. There will be live performances all day plus artist vendors like myself selling all sorts of amazing stuff.

Here’s a little sample of what I’ll be offering:

Artbeat also did an artist profile on me. You can see it on their Facebook page. Here’s an excerpt:

#1 Please give us a brief bio, where you are from and how you started in this field?

I am a crafty, nerdy artist living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By day, I am a web producer and social media manager. By night, I am a freelance designer, artist and writer.
I have always been a creative person. I often made gifts for family and friends. Then they started paying me to make things for them, and after much prodding I began selling my art at fairs and online in 2008.

#2 When did you first discover your creative talents?

My parents raised us in a home that fostered creativity. Some of my earliest memories are of working on craft projects with my siblings. We did everything from finger painting to ironing grated crayons between wax paper. My mom is still amazed by the things I create, and sometimes she feels like her work pales in comparison to mine. I have to remind her that it’s because of her I’m the creative person I am today. So in a way, all of my work is inspired by her.

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The Ava Wallet Accordion 2012 Calendar Template

June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Ava Wallet Accordion 2012 Calendar is a set of four layered .psd files that offers you 100% creative control in creating a one-of-a-kind calendar for your clients. Every element is in its own layer, sorted into groups by panel for complete customization to suit your needs. This item is designed for printing at WHCC. Great add-on for Seniors, Families and Children photographers. Easily adjust the calendar months to suit your needs.

Fonts used are Script MT Bold and Prestige Elite Std. and are not included due to copyright laws.

Photos courtesy Carrie Ann Photography.

Head on over to Pink Ink Studios to purchase this template today! Don’t miss out on the introductory price of $25 – a $10 savings!

This weekend only – Amy Kant Designs is offering a FREE exclusive download with the purchase of The Ava Wallet Accordion 2012 Calendar of the Plum Ava Color Story (seen in the preview above). You will receive the special download link directly from the designer within 48 hours of purchase. Offer good on purchases completed before 8 a.m. CDT 6/27/11. No refunds or exchanges. No exceptions.

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Those pesky Facebook page alerts and notifications

May 30, 2011 By 2 Comments

Last Wednesday, my TV news web producing colleagues and I noticed a Facebook bug. When we realized it wasn’t just our news station’s account, we reached out to our comrades across the country, in addition to our own social networks. We quickly learned we were not alone.

The problem?

Whenever we would post a link, photo or status on a Facebook page we were an administrator for, we started getting email notifications, in addition to notifications within Facebook’s toolbar.

As an administrator for more than two dozen Facebook pages, including one with more than 75,000 fans, this created a major annoyance. Post a link about a breaking news situation? Get ready for dozens, if not hundreds of emails and notifications.

It didn’t matter that I had turned off notifications for the account. A colleague reached out on a Facebook developer forum and was told, “There is a bug that essentially thinks you’re still you when you’re commenting on a Page you admin.”

So, basically, even if you chose the setting “Always comment/post on abcd page as abcd,” Facebook thought you were posting as yourself. Hence, a bazillion notifications.

Since I haven’t been able to find any solutions in my online searching, I decided to try to find a workaround myself. Friday afternoon, I found my answer.

While logged in as yourself, before posting on your page, click the account button on the upper right and select “use Facebook as page” and select your fan page. Make your post, then switch back to posting as yourself and you won’t get those pesky notifications.

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Wedding Invitation Design: Rachel and Anthony

May 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I was so excited when my friend Rachel asked me to design her wedding invitations. Rachel and her fiancée, Tony, wanted something modern using a blue and orange color palate.

After our initial round of mock-ups, here’s what we went with. I just love how pretty and yet simple these are!

Congrats, Rachel and Tony! I hope your day is as special as you two are!

(click on the image to enlarge)

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Now contributing to Inside The Locker!

April 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I am now a contributing writer for my friend Holly McCaig’s new senior portrait artist inspiration website, Inside The Locker. Most of my articles will be social media, website and geek-related. If you have a special request for a post, let me know! Here’s a little sneak at my first post, about using Facebook to market your photography business to high school seniors:

‘Liking’ products, brands, personalities and businesses on Facebook has become just another normal part of daily life for your clients.  A Pew Internet study shows 82 percent of teens age 14-17 report using  social networking sites. If you’re not in the game, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity.

This is the era of texting, Twitter, Foursquare, YouTube and Facebook and countless other social media platforms. But how can you best  utilize social media marketing in your senior portrait photography business?

I’m also sponsoring the Inside The Locker launch giveaway (which starts tomorrow). Head on over to find out what goodies I’ll be giving away to one lucky winner! (Hint, think templates).

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