Monday, October 20, 2008

Yay! Front Page Again

Last week I was lucky enough to have another treasury I made (second time) make it to the front page of Etsy. It's such an honor and great exposure. Congrats to all that have their items on the front page!

Friday, October 10, 2008

Calling All Designers and Creative Types!

We Want You To Design The Next Midcoast Magnet Logo!
Calling All Designers and Creative Minds!

Mid-Mag Logo Redesign Contest

It's time for Midcoast Magnet to develop a new logo and fresh look. We want you to design it and profit from it!

The Prize:

The winner will receive $750 in cash, donated by Christina Sidoti of Paolina's Way, a great new Organic Italian Restaurant featuring wood fired pizza in Camden, Maine. The winner will also be featured in a news article and will receive credit on our website.

Here's what we are looking for:

1) We need a fresh logo that embodies the key elements of our mission: 'Midcoast Magnet brings people together to develop innovative projects that support creativity, livability and economic sustainability. We are dedicated to vibrant culture, entrepreneurship, and social and professional networking.'
2) We want a look and feel that ties the design image more closely to our statewide program, the Juice Conference (www.juiceconference.org), but still allows Midcoast Magnet to be an individual entity. Juice is a program of the Midcoast Magnet.

3) We want the logo to feel new, fresh, innovative, snappy, trendy, welcoming and symbolic of the times.

You design it, we'll flaunt it. Show us what you've got!
Contest Rules:

1) Submissions must be received by November 10, 2008
2) Email a jpeg no larger than 1 MB to info [!at] midcoastmagnet.com
3) Submissions will be presented in a pollto the 1,300 Midcoast Magnet subscribers to determine the top four contributions. The Midcoast Magnet Board of Directors will determine the ultimate winner.
4) Participants must be 18 or older.
5) All submissions become the property of Midcoast Magnet.
6) Participants must agree to two rounds of editing to finalize designs, as well as making sure the design is compatible for 2 color, 4 color and b+w, as well as identify the CMYK and RGB colors.
7) Contest is not limited to Maine residents, just those that love Maine.

www.midcoastmagnet.com

Friday, October 3, 2008

Our Trip To Mass

Kelsey and I had a nice trip to Massachusetts last week. I unfortunately and predictably I didn't take any pictures until the last leg. We left on Friday the 26th and headed down to Katie's to spend Friday night and Saturday with Katie and Emily in Marblehead. Friday afternoon we ventured out in the rain and went to Whole Foods. They have the best salad bar ever and it made for a great dinner!

Saturday morning I caught up with an old friend from high school, Steph Doiron and we had breakfast. Then I headed to Reece's baby shower and got to see some of my favorite ladies from the WV.

Sunday Kelsey and I packed up and headed down to JP to stay with my beloved friend Ashley and her daughter Temple and fiance Finn. We had a nice time. It was so nice to be back in JP and I lovede walking around the pond. Ash made a really yummy dinner too. I was so impressed with Miss Kelsey as well.. she fell asleep listening to ash and I chit chatting.. I think because she couldn't see me.

Monday we drove into Boston and met up with Shelagh. We had a great day in Boston. Walking through the Common, shopping in Down Town Crossing. And we discovered the coolest restaurant. We knew we'd both heard of it.. But I just got in the mood to venture to China Town and have Dim Sum for the first time. China Pearl is a restraunt in the heart of China Town on the 2nd floor. We definitely had some challenges with the language barrier, but we made it through ok. You sit at your table and waitstaff push carts through the restaurant and stop at each table asking them if they want anything off their cart. It was a little bit challenging figuring out exactly what they had and most of the dishes had these tiny little shrimp, which kelsey shouldn't eat yet. It was really good! and SO cheap. We had 6 different plates of food and there's a lot of food on each one and the whole bill was $20. What a find!

We then all drove up to Chelmsford and stayed at Shea's house. It was a fun sleepover and Kelsey slept awesome.

It was a great trip and I LOVE the fact that I got to see 5 of my girlfriends!!!! How great is that~!

Origami Lights by whimsidoodle.etsy.com