Mind Dump Miscelania

Another Unique WordPress Site

Laura — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:46:47 +0000

I’ve spent a lot of time searching for WordPress themes, but I’ve never come across this site before. It has some really unique designs I haven’t seen elsewhere.

WordPress Themes

Laura — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:23:21 +0000

I thought I’d blogged this before or at least saved it somewhere in my bookmarks etc. but failed to find it anywhere in my records. So I’m doing it now! Here is a great resource for free WordPress themes. Has a great easy way to search for what you are looking for too.

Fireplace Project

Laura — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:52:02 +0000

It is my dream to drywall in front of our existing living room fireplace wall, recess a flatscreen and install a sleek, modern fireplace. Maybe someday. But for now, I wanted to update our wood burning fireplace and make it more usable for us. We never burn a fire – too messy, smelly, and too much work. Instead, I burn candles in the fireplace. I wanted to use some left over tile we had to create a new envelope for the firebox. Now our fireplace is clean and easy!

Fireplace Before

Yuck!

Fireplace After!

Closeup

Free Fonts

Laura — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:56:52 +0000

Always useful, here is a list of great sites to find free fonts:

Dining Room Renovation

Laura — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:53:13 +0000

I am so happy and so proud to post that our dining room renovation is complete. It has been a work-in-progress really from the day we moved in. It was painted but left essentially empty for a long time. I had been painstakingly searching for a dining room table & chairs for about the last year or so and I finally found the set I wanted last Thanksgiving. We bought the table then and then bought all of the chairs with the money/gift cards from our wedding in March. Since the arrival of the furniture, I ordered a custom rug through Masland, created the wine display panels, installed the pendant fixture, and bought all new accessory items.

I’m not sure what my favorite part is. I love the table – it is absolutely gorgeous, and the chairs are so comfortable – truly worth waiting for. The rug is even more beautiful than I thought it was going to be, but the wine display panels are my own personal creation which may take the cake. Overall, everything turned out very nice and I love this room!!! I can’t wait to entertain all of our family and friends here now.

Dining Room during our walk-thru 2 years ago.

Our Dining Room now! See slideshow below for more.

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Mycroburst

Laura — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:22:58 +0000

Mycroburst.com is a new website I just read about. It allows designers to browse various design challenges, submit their work, and potentially win a “prize”. Right now they are only accepting designer’s registrations, but hopefully they will soon open the contest postings so I can check them out. Might be a good way to practice designing things like logos, business cards, posters, etc. and I might even win some cash which wouldn’t hurt either! I think it would also be interesting to see how other designers solve the challenge – wonder if you will be able to view all of the entries or not…

Photoshop Plug-In Collection

Laura — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:49:57 +0000

Here is a really amazing blog with many, many free Photoshop plug-in downloads that can make life a lot easier and faster.

Photos Galore

Laura — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:45:44 +0000

Great ways to find images!

Flickr Search Engines:

FlickrStorm

LiteFlick

Flickriver

18 Free Stock Photo Sites:

(originally posted by Matt Keeler on Lunarpages)

Grunge Fonts

Laura — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:16:37 +0000

I really like this website for its free grunge style fonts.Very unique and they also have some cool script style grunge fonts too.

Girly Blog Templates

Laura — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:14:37 +0000

I love this website for its simple, cute, girly wordpress themes. She really only has a couple of layouts that have just been designed in different ways. I also really like her logo – very nice.