Happy T(urkey) (hanksgiving) Day

Happy T Day!!!

Whether you're celebrating with family, friends, or just using this national holiday as an excuse to be low key and not do anything (that was a tempting thought I had) I hope you enjoy your day!

I'm at the airport right now and it's nice and quiet. No major lines during security check out, no lines for checking my bag, and plenty of seats at the bar :). I think I want to fly out more often on Thanksgiving, it's a nice change from the hectic chaos that ensues the day before.

I'm on my way to Cabo San Lucas to enjoy the holiday with my family. We are also celebrating my dad's birthday (it was the 18th) and my sister's 30th on the 30th (her golden bday). We are staying at Casa Dorada and it looks stunning. The weather will be in the high 70's, so I am hoping to come back to rainy, cold, and blustery with a tan :).

Hello Cabo, Goodbye Seattle.

Corporate Identity and Personal Design: Thank You Cards

I've designed a couple of thank you cards in the last couple of months. I'll be writing thank you notes after Christmas, so I thought it would be an appropriate time to post them.

This is a corporate design for Mercent. The CEO wanted it be clean and minimal as to match the overall corporate brand. Here's the winner:

I decided for my personal thank you cards I wanted a look that combined modernity with antiquity. Usually, floral patterns and prints don't do it for me but I really loved the finished result:

I'm Extra Special Today

I'm a klutz. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a little accident prone.

Whether I'm sober, sleepy, unfocused or drunk tipsy, I run into things, hit various body parts in awkward places, etc. But today is proving to be extra special. Not only did I take the last bite of my yummy Cherry St. feta sandwich only to have chunks of feta fall out of the pita and land everywhere, but I just spilled Coke all over me.

And I'm wearing a white shirt.

YAY!

Charmed

I haven't had much luck with guys lately.

The only ones I seem to meet and actually like don't live in Seattle. Those that wink/favorite/email me online I don't find them attractive or an actual date never comes to fruition.I was having fun with a couple of guys for a few months but that got old as well. Overall, it's okay with because I have faith that I will meet the right guy. I don't know where or how but I will. I want to get married and have babies and I'll find someone who wants to do all of that with me just as I will with him. But I forget that sometimes it's still nice to be charmed and be paid a little attention.

Last night I saw someone who I've previously had fun with and while having fun wasn't necessarily on my mind, he charmed me right into a little make out sesh. He actually salsa danced with me last night to no music and it was completely disarming and charming.

Above all it was nice.

My Life Would Suck Without Kelly Clarkson

Last night I went to WaMu Theater with Cait to see Kelly Clarkson's All I ever wanted tour. First things first: she totally rocked her show, as per usual. She truly sounds amazing live, way better than on any studio recording. Her range and vocal depth are so much more apparent live.

While I really enjoyed the show, I liked her previous performance for the My December Tour better. She was personal in that performance. Told stories for almost every song she sang, dished on her love life a little, and it felt more intimate. This time around she still talk a bit about the songs but the information she shared was quite as personal as before. She had a bigger band which was cool to see. There was a horn, trumpet, saxophone, dj, the usual guitars, and a couple of back up singers.

Cait and I decided that we would try to avoid WaMu Theater as a venue from here on out. It's a bizarre wannabe stadium/large concert venue. The acoustics weren't great and it lacked personality. My favorite venue is Showbox at the Market because it has character and is fairly intimate without feeling cramped like Nuemo's can.

Playlist (to the best of my memory)

I Do Not Hook Up

Miss Independent

Since U Been Gone

Behind These Hazel Eyes (played acoustically)

Alanis Morisette/Kings of Leon Mash Up

Breakaway

If I Can't Have You

My Life Would Suck Without You