Round Just Got Rounder

The pregnancy thing has become sort of an epidemic around here—everyone seems to be coming down with child. It was only a matter of time before it infected my doodle population...
{This gift tag for my friend Lisa was colored pencil on cereal box cardboard, a combination of media which was surprisingly excellent.}

Cerulean is Obsessed With the Toilet: A Brief Documentary

I'm not very much into video—it seems to make my poor old computer want to curl up and die—but I couldn't resist this quickie:




Also, I discovered that though my all black kitty, Rubelet, does not photograph well, she looks great in videos. Here is a screengrab of her that I love:

Help!

AIGA NY recently hosted a lecture by Richard Fine, one of the masterminds behind some of my favorite packaging design. He's one of the founders of Help Remedies, a line of products bent on making health care a bit more simple & fun. He's also a great presenter.

Here are my notes from the evening—you can click on any of these to enlarge them:

Adorable & Unusual Punishment

On the Boardwalk

Have point-and-shoot, will travel!
I've not had much luck in the past with my camera when lots of sun and sky are around {fortunately not conditions I encounter much as a city-dweller}. The pseudo-manual mode presents not a lot of options to battle my arch enemy, overexposure. Also, because I have no viewfinder and a screen that's pretty useless when it's bright out, photography becomes point-guess-and-shoot. But after some trial and much error, I seem to have found a go-to range of shutter speeds for outside outside-of-the-city. Woo.
These photos I snapped on a recent funtimes-trip to Ocean City, NJ, around noon on a very beautiful sunny day.

Cause for Celebration in the Cube 'Hood

My next-door cube-neighbor at work is getting married this weekend. She is a great producer & cube-neighbor. So whilest I was fetching my free monthly truffle at Godiva (mmmm...), I also purchased some celebratory chocolate for her. Then I made this to wrap it in.