Just wanted to stop by and say that Completely Unfinished has a new look! The old layout has been up since June, and was definitely in need of a refresh & more organization. I’m still tweaking a couple things–mostly in the sidebar. Jump out of your reader and check it out :)
I’m always super stoked about the first of the month! I designed a wallpaper back in the fall and wanted to share another one after the idea of argyle + hearts popped into my head. Right click & open in a new window to save the image.
Here’s a sneak peek of what I have planned for my birthday month:
- Graphic design book review
- Giveaway!
- Thrift finds
- Inspired by Modcloth DIY
- A printable
- January Photo-a-day part 2
This year I designed my own simple holiday cards..I wanted to share :) These I made for my brother and parents. I wanted my brother’s to say ‘Happy Christmas’ because of this song by John Lennon we play on guitar together every year. He and my dad gave me a good idea for next years card based on the song, too!
I was set on wrapping my gifts differently this year, and I really wanted to use brown wrapping paper after seeing so many pretty wrapped gifts on the internet. Plus, last year I used newspaper & I thought i’d do something a bit more classy ;) I used two different stamps, and made a couple pompoms. I really wanted to use green yarn but I used what I had–black & green/yellow/red/orange.
I also made and printed my gift tags..my mom loved them!
Another thing I included on the gifts were a couple marble magnets I whipped up. I put them in a tiny baggie, folded & stapled some cardstock over the top, and punched a hole through all the layers. I really like how it turned out!
How did you wrap your gifts this year? Did you do something different? ♥
I’ve been pretty busy designing away! My friend Nicki asked if I could make some graphics for a musician’s street team she’s in charge of. This is one of the shirt designs I came up with:
Jessica wanted something soft, non-girly, and with subtle hints at faith and what her blog is about [which I totally agreed with.] It was a bit out of my style, but I love branching out. I used hanging photos to represent the topics of her blog, and we worked together to create something she loved. I absolutely could not have asked for a better client! Jessica was a joy to work with and was totally enthusiastic, thorough, and all around just great.
I haven’t really made it known on my blog yet but if you need a custom design feel free to contact me! Since this is a pretty new venture for me i’m offering really affordable rates right now for a limited time :]
I made a quick little desktop background that i’m sharing for download. I used my favorite pumpkin carving photo to keep the theme going into November…I just can’t get enough of pumpkins :]
Putting together the graphic made me think about the goals I have for the fresh new month..I have a feeling this is going to be a good one.
Goals for November:
-Get rid of 1/2 of my stuff
-Finish my personal zine
-Keep off the weight that I lost
♥ Get rid of 1/2 of my stuff. This is probably going to be the hardest goal. Im planning on a move in the near future, but I can’t do that with the mass amount of *stuff* that I have! Also another aim of mine is to ‘rebuild’ my wardrobe with more things I love & feel great in, but I can’t with everything I don’t wear & hang on to. I’m drowning in stuff and I keep saying that i’m going to do a huge ebay selling overhaul, but I always procrastinate it. This is the month!
♥ Finish my personal zine. I’ve been working on a personal zine for quite some time now..maybe a year? I still haven’t finished it/printed it out/or thought of a name yet. I have a feeling part of the reason is because I tell myself i’m not a good writer & that i’m not writing anything unique. I need to stop caring & cut to the chase and finish this thing!
♥ Keep off the lost weight. Last week I did a 3 day raw food/smoothie cleanse and I dropped a bit of weight. It feels so good but I have this sinking feeling that it’s all going to creep back (like it usually does)..I’m afraid to weight myself now! So instead of a goal like ‘exercise more’ or ‘eat better’ I’m just going to shoot for doing both and keeping the weight off.
Do you have any big goals for this month?
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