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Printable: Creative Engine Warm-ups
CREATIVE ENGINE WARM-UPSRecharge your creative juices.For the times you feel stuck.For getting your creative mojo flowing.For curing burnout.For starting your day off right.For inspiring you to think...
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What I've been up to
I've joined the rat race again … sort of. I'm freelance art directing full-time for an ad agency where a lot of my friends work. Last time I worked in an office (with other humans) I had a 6-minute...
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I've been drawing things my whole life, but two years ago I became obsessed with doodling on sticky notes. "I need to draw that" even became a normal part of my conversations.I thought it'd be fun to...
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I'm afraid of disappointing my dream client
An email arrives in my inbox and my heart flutters.My "dream client" is interested in hiring me to design for their amazing new business! As I press send on my response, excitement turns to nerves as I...
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I’m afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter
I’ve been a full-time freelancer for 10 months. My friend Chad says that freelancers are modern-day cowboys and I’d like to think it’s true. Partially because it makes me sound badass and partially...
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Hair
Hair collected at my feet as Ryan (my supportive husband) buzzed off the scraggly remains of my ponytail. Maybe I was a bit delirious, but all I could visualize in that moment was ceremoniously...
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Daily Gratitude Moment: A Free Printable
This month I'm sharing a simple way to practice gratitude each day.To receive this free printable, sign up for my newsletter going out on Wed., Nov. 20 at 12 p.m. EST and watch for a new one each...
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I'm afraid of other designers
I'm afraid of other designers. I'm afraid that everyone I know will find out that there are other designers out there in the world who are more qualified, more dynamic, more eloquent, more...
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Passion Printables
Over the past year, you've inspired me to create work that I'm proud of, and for your support I'd like to say THANK YOU.With this monthly printable series, you've invited me into your lives to share my...
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Introducing "My Best Year Yet Calendar + Guide"
I've collaborated with the talented Andrea Genevieve Michnik to create My Best Year Yet Calendar + Guide. Andrea approached me a few months ago because she had an idea that she'd been kicking around to...
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End of Year Reflections: Part 1
I've been thinking about the resolutions that I've made over the years. One year Ryan and I decided to go vegan for the whole month of January. That also happened to be the month that my sister was...
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End of Year Reflections: Part 2
These are a few of my answers to my 2013 End of Year Reflections printable. It's not easy thinking about the challenges that I've faced this year, but I've found that the biggest lessons are stitched...
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Letter to My Future Self
I started writing letters to my future self while I was in middle school. Each letter started with “Dear Krystle” across the top and I’d write these lengthy, second-person pep talks to myself. I was...
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SALE: My Best Year Yet Calendar + Guide
We're having a sale to celebrate My Best Year Yet Calendar + Guide being featured on Brickyard Buffalo's pop-up shop.Pop over to Brickyard Buffalo for our sale, or learn more about this Calendar +...
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My Letter
This is an excerpt from my Letter to My Future Self. I didn't worry about grammar or sentence structure, I just wrote.Dear Krystle,2013 was a year of change, reflection, heartbreak and courage. You...
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I'm Afraid of Barfing
“You asked me once, what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world.”—Nineteen Eighty-FourAnyone...
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I'm afraid of success
I don't know how many of you out there have dealt with this fear of mine (which I recently uncovered). It's actually a fear that I tend to push to the side and pretend doesn't exist. I even started out...
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Tackling the Grocery List
Are you a grocery shopping zen master or do you do the aisle-by-aisle mad dash?Before my husband, Ryan, and I created the grocery list system that we use now, grocery shopping was a big pain in the...
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When I decided to be a designer
I was sitting in 4th-hour AP English class when my brain exploded.Not literally, that’d be gross, but in that moment it felt like five thousand record players were coming to a screeching halt. My...
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Awkward
After buzzing off all my hair in November, I decided to let my locks just do their thing. If they want to poof out in a million directions like Medusa, so be it. No trimming, no sticky products and no...
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A Plant Lover's Garden Plan
I think we can all agree that winter is no longer welcome here. Now that the snow is starting to (finally) melt, I'm anxious to spend more than five minutes outdoors without getting frostbite.In this...
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10 Tips for Overcoming Creative Burnout
Creative people are scrappy. Drop us into a desperate situation and we'll MacGyver a solution out of wire, two hot dogs, a dozen llamas and rain boots.We adapt well to change because we're problem...
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Saying yes to launching a new venture.
A couple of full-time opportunities have come my way over the past two years as a freelance designer. Each offer has tempted me, more than I care to admit.Money buys pretty things!We could do so much...
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