First photo is courtesy of larry&flo (Larry Miller) on Flickr, the other two are courtesy of pictoscibe (Peter Prehn) on Flickr. Northwest Folklife Festival starts on Friday at Seattle Center! Folklife is a pleasant reminder that the world is bigger than Seattle, and Seattle is bigger than it seems. —Andrew Matson, The Seattle Times. Riley … Continued
Author: Mindi Raker
Enhance Your Online Presence
Freelancers and business owners are consistently trying to make a name for themselves. We are all on the Internet to some capacity, but are we using our online tools to their highest potential? Here are some recommendations we can all do to enhance our presence on the Internet. Some tips are quick and easy. Other … Continued
Time & Tide: The Waterways of Puget Sound
A solo exhibition and discussion with the artist Emma Jane Levitt opens today Friday, May 21st at The Center for Wooden Boats. Time & Tide examines how each of us experience and develop a sense of place. It explores how water interacts with land, with people, and with itself. Emma describes the Puget Sound body … Continued
Music that adapts to you!
I just discovered StereoMood and I am loving it! When there is no time to create the perfect playlist to fit your mood or event there is StereoMood. They have created a way to suggest songs that follow your feelings. Stereomood is the new internet radio with free playlists to suit you! Just click on … Continued
Virginia Inn Print Ads
This is a series of print ads we create for the Virginia Inn Restaurant & Bar that were published in the Seattle Metropolitan magazine. I hear their patio calling my name on the next sunny Seattle day! Oh, how I love eating at the Virginia Inn…
These adorable snails are getting hitched!
Our good friends Phil and Lauren are getting married this summer. Lauren loves snails and gave us a drawing with snails and ferns. Riley transformed the drawing into a playful wedding invitation. They were silk screened with three colors on Pop Tone Lemon Drop from French Paper. I think they turned out incredibly cute and … Continued
PaperCutWorks
I love maps. I dig unique paper projects. I have a thing for anything cut with an exacto knife. Since I also love Seattle it seems PaperCutWorks was made for me. I heart homemade, a great blog about all things homemade, is doing a special PaperCutWorks givaway. (Deadline for entry in May 19th.) Each of … Continued
Giant Whale Sculptures in the City!
I was walking down Broad Street in Philadelphia when I turned and saw these life size gray whales. Amazing. The artist Shay Church thinks about the long daunting migrations gray whales must survive each year. He describes his wet clay installations as migrations interrupted. Just when you think you have seen everything you come across … Continued
Sarvey Rescues Owls and other Wildlife
Sarvey Wildlife Center led a captivating educational presentation about birds at the NW National Park Family Day event. Sarvey rescues and rehabilitates orphaned, injured, and sick wild animals from the Puget Sound area, ensuring they get the best medical treatment and care possible, with the ultimate goal of releasing them back in to their natural … Continued
Light Language Art—Irene Turner’s Studio
We are creating a new website for Irene Turner and her Light Language Art. Last week Riley and I had the pleasure of meeting with Irene in her studio in Ballard. Visit Irene’s existing website or read her blog, Light Alchemy Art.