So here is the “thing”. I adore what I do. But, at the same time, the elements of the job have this ability to make me miserable. So that moment when you are feeling both at the same time… is simply “odd”. Regardless, I wouldn’t trade my circumstances for anything. Life is about chasing the… Read More →
I have had the opportunity to be solo for the past week. My husband has taken our two girls to visit his family, while I opted to change my plans because of work deadlines. I had tried the work remote “on vacation” last year and the fact is, I felt like a killjoy and guilty… Read More →
Layers of Success One of the inspirations for this project was by watching Janine Vangool make her mark in the publishing industry all on her own! She has been my role model throughout this process and it only seemed right that she be featured in the first issue of Creatives’ Cupboard Issue No. 1…. Read More →
After so much “talk” about getting my first self-funded issue of Creatives’ Cupboard using the myNote product line (from my Crystal Ink Creative business) is now printed and in hand. The first print run is 100 books, 50 of which will be sold at PICA in Edmonton this next week (May 7 -10, 2014). For… Read More →
Yeah, this is a post Oscars thought. The one thing that I have come to realize over the years is no matter one’s status in the world, the value of who we are is ultimately the same. We all have an amazing opportunity to make our life experience into one of our own making. There… Read More →
How the power of iconography helped revive the bingo industry. Bingo is a game that used to be thought of as nothing more than a retirement home staple. However, thanks to the power of mascot appeal – along with the wide distribution channel of the Internet – interest in the game was rejuvenated. The bingo… Read More →
Things have started to return to routine around the Reynolds’ household. Kids back in school and my own business has amped up with clients getting back into the groove as well. I don’t know about you, but I always have this impression that the two weeks over the December holiday I will have ‘time’ to… Read More →
I had an epiphany last night. It was the final 6 month check in with the Designers Round Table group. The goal of the group was well, to create a goal and work to meet it. I had the pleasure of chiming in first and I humbly admitted that when it came to my original… Read More →
In response to my last blog post, the last couple of days I have had a couple requests on where people can purchase their own copy of the newly released book, “Lucy Tries Luge”. It seems online searches about winter olympics has brought up my last post about the book launch, my friend and illustrator,… Read More →
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