{ kimbro designs. }

{ for the price of a cup of tea. }

2011-05-06T15:09:00.000-07:00

my "soundtrack for the day" is "For the price of a cup of tea" by Belle and Sebastian...it's from The Life Pursuit. So far today I've eaten ice cream and worked on design, tea design--no less. The idea of business cards intrigues me...even that ever-controversial scene in American Psycho paints business cards as important, worth-while objects. After considering this...I decided to make a business card of something unusual and also funny, but something I love...for my letterpress class. I know what you are probably thinking...is it still edible?...how did she do that?...and yes, I did have to disassemble and reassemble every teabag before I letter-pressed it...and no, they really aren't able to be used as real tea bags. Questions about how to press them?...let me know.

this proposes a question...what would you make your business card of???...I'd love to hear some truthful responses.

see The Life Pursuit.

see American Psycho business card scene.

{ paper? oh boy! }

2011-05-05T21:00:00.000-07:00

today is a day for celebration...because it's cinco de mayo (according to these tamales I'm eating, thanks for saving those for me, dad)! And really, Who doesn't love a reason to get a little tipsy, or not tipsy, I have it on good authority the virgin coconut margaritas are still very tasty.

In other news, I got an email from Sara at "Paper Boy," an awesome shop on Belmont near Schubas in Chicago, after submitting my work earlier in the week they decided they will be selling some of my work at the shop!...just have to choose some pieces...and of course make more stuff...always more things to be made. If you have some cool ideas for new greeting cards or other things I should design to have at this peach of a store...give me a shout...

Sidenote: if you haven't been to Schubas and had their Mac n' Cheese you have not lived...and anyone that knows anything about me knows I am a mac n' cheese connoisseur, and rightly so, it's a tasty dish.

see Paper Boy.

{ new résumé, perhaps?? }

2011-05-04T21:13:00.000-07:00

wondering if this new design is fitting for my résumé...comments are greatly appreciated...I need all hands on deck here to make an informed decision!!!

I used Quark to design it...I know, I know...but the devil made me do it on an older machine...without InDesign nearby. InDesign will never forgive me :(

{ stolen flowers smell nice. }

2011-05-04T20:13:00.000-07:00

who doesn't love the idea of waking up to sun lately? I was so bored with Mr. Cloud...he was annoying me...
So today on my wonderful day off I decided to leave the house and cut some of the lovely flowers off my neighbor's tree and sketch them...don't worry, they didn't see. But imagine if they did...how might they react? Ponder it a bit...how mightn't your neighbors react....and this brings me to another point. They will never really know i did, because they are probably way too 'po dunk' to know what a blog even is.

Anyhew, I sketched this little steal after eating some wonderful ice cream from the town dairy queen...and that was a whole different adventure altogether...but not really worth sharing.

Please post with comments on how your neighbors might react to the scandalousness of you maiming their flower tree...I would love to ponder that 'good fences make good neighbors' scenario a little further.

In other news: Thanks to my wonderful friend Abby, I now have a Google Reader addiction...if you don't know what I mean you can...a'hem...google it.

c ya.