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Author: Karen Spies
Owning Up Online Website
I love this client! They work with middle schoolers to promote social competency and prevent bullying in schools! I collaborated with the staff on the design, and helped with copywriting & editing. [metaslider id=1804]
Knarled Tree Mandala
I find that the oddest and most un-aesthetic photos give me some of the best mandalas. I was hiking one day at NCAR and found this poor shell of a tree. It looked like a floppy banana peel that had hardened. Here is the pic I took with my iPhone. Several weeks later I got…
MJ Startup Branding
A few years ago, when MJ first became legal in Colorado, I connected with some people that wanted to do a startup. They wanted a design that conveyed information about particular strains while still being visually cohesive and attractive. I was inspired by a friend who was in the business who wore a necklace that…
Can 10,000 of practice make you a master of anything you choose?
I heard about this book a few years ago from my friend Lester Pardoe, who was a cycling coach at the time. Based on research done by Herb Simon in the 1970’s, Malcom Gladwell asserted in his book “Outliers” that 10,000 of practice was the standard amount of time it took to master a skill.…