My Little Green Blog

So last night I was in the elevator with RACHAEL RAY!!!! I work in the same building as The Food Network and last night we had to share the main elevator. I was in there and then she came on with her peeps and I was like, “Holy crap, it’s Rachael Ray!”. We are huge RR fans and I wanted to yell at her, “You’re Rachael Ray and tell her “My husband loves you!” but I figured 1 - she knows she’s Rachael Ray and 2 - I didn’t want to sound like a total freak. So I just stared at her (I was behind her to the side) and that was enough. She did look at me though..he he he. Once I got off the elevator I called John and he was sad he didn’t get to see her even though we’ve seen her at book signings before, but it’s not the same.

I find it funny that Rachael and I got married one week apart both to grooms named John. And yesterday was the first time I did a scrap layout from our wedding. Ironic, huh? LOL! Anyways, here’s the layout =)

Network issues again at home..so annoying!!! I can’t take it. Drives me crazy not to have email and internet access. I know I’m addicted but oh well!

I did find some cool sites for you to check out though. With so many blogs out there it’s easy to go from one to another and find so many cool sites. First off is Print Pattern which has some great and fun illustrations & graphics. It’s very hip and modern with it’s illustrations and bold colors. The patterns are pretty cool. This site then took me to a brownandblue. blueandbrown is a small design studio applying graphic design to a range of mediums such as artwork for commercial projects, furniture, woven textiles and stationery. I love this one painting they have which is shown above. They have lots of cool paintings that would look awesome in our apartment…someday! =)

I hope to have a free element tomorrow…all depends on the silly network connection at home. My super cute IT guy is on it though..he he he!

Be sure to keep the comments coming in order to have a chance to win a designer Paul Smith notebook. Drawing is on Saturday!

So I knew this nice warm weather was too good to be true! It’s going to get cold again here and even SNOW! Bugger!

Until manana..toodles.

Burrr!!! Can I just say that I’m ready for Spring?!!! So sick of winter and it hasn’t even been that bad but I’m just over it already!

So the other day I found a huge hole in a pair of pants that I had from Old Navy. I didn’t even notice it was there, which is the weird part. But it’s a total bummer and makes me sad. It’s so hard for me to find pants that fit since I’m vertically challenged without having to take them up. And in the most recent times hard to fint pants that fit my ever growing waist (no, I’m NOT pregnant either)! Since getting married I’ve packed on like 20-30 pounds. Yikes! Before the wedding I lost 30 pounds on Weight Watchers for the big day but now that it’s over I find it very hard to stay on track and be good. I’m hoping to get on track soon since my goal before 30 is to lose 30 pounds. I only have 9 months, not sure it’s going to happen but I need to start to try. Or start to try to try..LOL! Wish me luck and I’ll keep you posted. Ugh!

Got this email from Daily Candy yesterday that featured these cute kids wall decorations from Jeeto. Too cute and very graphic! Love some of those color combinations and cute illustrations. And in case you aren’t familiar Daily Candy is according to them “a free daily e-mail newsletter and website which is the ultimate insider’s guide to what’s hot, new, and undiscovered — from fashion and style to gadgets and travel. As useful as it is entertaining, it’s like getting an e-mail from your clever, unpredictable, and totally in-the-know best friend. The one who knows about secret beauty treatments, must-have jeans, hot new restaurants — and always shares the scoop.”

I came across this site today and thought it was cool. It’s not quiet final and everything isn’t available but I think it’s great looking. I really like the main page. It’s so clean and simple but very graphic at the same time. Found this site too which has an AWESOME main page! Both of these pages give me some things to consider when designing my main page, which I totally need to do. Since I’m a print designer I get alittle nervous about doing web design. I know I need to over come my fear and jump in…I’m trying. I’m just happy to be scrappin more, blogging regularly and making element freebies. Baby steps. =)

Finally, we watch the movie Crank the other night. I didn’t expect anything great since I didn’t know much about it. It far exceeded my expectations and was pretty good. A bit voilent and gory but pretty fun in a messed up way. Definitely a movie for adults! The graphic treatments were interesting and different. This movie poster I found from it I though rocked! It’s really graphic and in your face, which is basically how the movie is. I just love posters like this that are graphically clever. Makes me want to be a better designer. Again, baby steps..I’m not going to sell myself short!

Still waiting for my owl stuff from ebay. Where is it?!! I want to see that little statue..he he he. That’s about it for now…more tomorrow I hope.