It’s a couple of weeks into the New Year and it feels as if the busy from Christmas never really ended. I’m hankering to slow down, and with my little sis in town and my own health a little down, I’m planning to get a little more rest over the weekend.
I’m sure you’ve noticed that we had a much needed makeover here at the .com. I’m sighing with relief that it is mostly finished although there are still a couple of formatting things that are bugging me. But for the most part, the site is making me happy, it’s easier than ever to find stuff, and it absolutely feels like a fresh new year!
So here’s what we’ve been up to:
– Siri turned 8 (Just writing the number made me feel my age!). The pic to the left is her with all her wild-woman hair. That little face makes my heart smile! I haven’t even pulled all the pics off my camera to show you the party we threw. Soon…
– I’ve been preparing for Designer Workshop like mad! I’ve been happy that we have an even portion of seasoned designers with new designers. It’s going to be awesome!
– We have been shipping the new sewing patterns for a week now. If I thought that we had a lot of patterns before, well, I’ve probably reached my sewing pattern limit at the moment as my basement is currently overflowing. My very good husband got all of those patterns in and organized—no small task.
– I’ve had comments on whether I’ll be spilling the beans of my secret paper project at CHA. The sad answer is no. I will be attending CHA though for a couple of short days. And really, there are only a few months left before I will be opening up about my goings ons. I think you will enjoy! It’s taken me a long time to figure out my path in paper, and I’m excited to be able to open up in a few short months about what I will be doing.
– I have a new mentoring program available at JessicaSprague.com. It’s call Designer’s One-on-One Workshop. I thought it would be the next best step for those who are seeking to work more on their fabric, paper, marketing, and digital scrapbooking designs. It’s also a great intermediary step between Art of Digital Design 2 and whatever else I may decide to teach.
Hope your New Year was full of fun new resolutions and plenty of happiness!
Carina
So what is a PHD in design anyhow?
That’s a good question! It was like any Ph.D. in that the dissertation was research NOT a huge design project. My work dealt with short-term memory and its effects on naturally and unnaturally colored objects (which pertains to logo work and marketing-frequency). I ran the study on about 300 participants. My Ph.D. is from the University of Minnesota, which is also where I taught. It was a great experience and should you decide that academics is the place for you (which was my initial intention), than the MFA or the PhD are the terminal degrees in the design field. You can check out more of the classes I taught on the “about” portion of the website.
Carina
Yeah! A new class, can’t wait to try that out. So jealous of those who get to go to the workshop next month. I know it is going to be awesome! I still say it would be awesome to tape it I would love to see the workshop even if I couldn’t get the one on one feedback, but i digress 🙂 So will you have a table at CHA or are you just going to be roaming the show?
I’ll just be wandering at CHA:). I have too many meetings during the show to have a booth. I doubt we’ll be taping the workshops, but I’ll let you guys know if we decide differently.