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A song by Scott McKenzie

15 January 2008 by kristarella

If you’re going to San Francisco Uh huh? Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair Really, that sounds a bit retro doesn’t it? If you’re going to San Francisco Yes? You’re gonna meet some gentle people there Oh well, that reassuring. What else am I going to do there?

Filed Under: My life & thoughts Tagged With: quotations

Designing decisions: width

14 January 2008 by kristarella

What’s the measure? In my previous post I wrote about my musings on heading hierarchy. The next issue I’m contemplating is width (or measure as it is sometime called). People use a range of monitors with different screen resolutions. Users hate scrolling sideways on a page that’s too large, especially if it’s to see important […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Design, WordPress

Designing decisions: hierarchy

11 January 2008 by kristarella

I’ve been reading so much about typography and layout lately; I’ve been inspired to design a WordPress theme. I’ve also been wanting to do it from scratch so that I’m completely familiar with all the code. I’m no PHP whiz, but so far things are working and I know what everything is doing in my […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Design, WordPress

Blogging in 2008

8 January 2008 by kristarella

What do I blog for? Well, it’s a new year. It seems like everyone has been summing up their achievements from 2007 and making goals for 2008. All good things. I’ve been thinking about the things that I want to achieve with this blog this year. Keeping this blog and my photoblog has been excellent, […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: websites

8 random facts

7 January 2008 by kristarella

A little while ago the Foo tagged me to write 8 random things about myself. Since I wrote 7 things about me recently I hoped it would be too much of cop-out to add one more. 8. I love the French language. I learnt a bit of it in high school and uni, but I’d […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: memes

Color Picker in Mac OS X

6 January 2008 by kristarella

I had no idea that Color Picker was so useful! Colour software and websites LaurenMarie from Creative Curio wrote a great article about color inspiration. After that I had a look around for a good website or program that could store your colour1 palettes and inspiration images.

Filed Under: Design, Graphics Tagged With: free, Free Software, tools, websites

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A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying t A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying to paint ❤️💚💙

#watercolor #watercolour #christmas
I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! S I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! So glad my friend asked me to make some cards for our church helpers, because it set me on a roll!
#watercolor #watercolour #christmas #christmascards #watercolorcards
Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Title Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Titles! I was a sub for @jamesxuereb.me in the Blue Flame Dragons thanks to his sprained ankle; we won first round and came fourth overall!
I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

#gkrkarate #karate
More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
#wicked #lego #afol #sydney
A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
#watercolours
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