This year’s deadlines hurt much much more because of supply chain issues…and then it’s summer so you think you’ve built in all this time but then the days start disappearing and before you know it, you’re up against time. But we can only make the best of the situation. Previously, I would’ve let it eat […]
Author: lillian
Tote Bags
An organic cotton tote needs to be used 20,000 times to offset its overall impact of production, according to a 2018 study by the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark. That equates to daily use for 54 years — for just one bag. According to that metric, if all 25 of her totes were […]
Some packaging challenges during the pandemic
supply chain challenges mean that ice cream pints look more like soup pints. Gracies Ice Cream: You may have heard me or other restaurants talking about how hard it is to get various supplies and ingredients these days, for example I’m waiting on a freezer I ordered end of April and there are no more […]
When the design review goes well…
I was so nervous that none of my design concepts would hit, but they all did so now it’s just a matter of choosing. I feel extra accomplished because I was going through some major creative blocks. But, I kept pulling ideas out and I kept scouring everywhere around me for inspiration. That’s what I […]
Get Your Kern On
Thanks to Tiktok I found a fun kerning game and hell yeah to scoring 100 on this ???? https://type.method.ac/
On Work Emails
I’m pretty casual with my work emails. I’ll throw in emojis, shorten words and start every sentence with a lower case letter if I feel like it. You’re not going to find any corporate talk like “per my last email” or “circle back” or “pivot” because I just can’t and I won’t.
But, of course…
when the final doesn’t match up to the approved sample and the ship date has already been delayed for two months bc of the panorama…
New Work Desk
Slowly unpacking my desk belongings and I’m now reunited with my Gudetama mousepad ????
Packing Up
Drove to the office this morning to pick up my desk belongings. It’s been so long that I had to GPS it. The engineering team helped me pack everything – even placed my Funkos back into their packaging ???? I’d like to state how amazing they are! I opted to get help vs going in […]
Email Marketing
One of my fave email newsletters I’ve received in awhile. Thank you Sticker Mule for the subject line and simple + delightful message.