Tuesday, March 25, 2014

social media buttons: clean & simple.

weeeeee!!!  
So along with my new simpler, redesign… I am smiling ear to ear about my new, colorful social media buttons!  I know!  fun stuff.  Changing my layout and widening the right column allowed me to squeeze them together, so they could all be one big happy family!  And with just a little bit of Photoshop and HTML knowledge, you can customize them to your heart's content!  

which of course means my little share buttons needed some updating as well… 
a big thanks to the blog decorator for her great little tutorial on the subject!


we go together...

like frank & beans.
except, well… I'm nelou.  wink wink.


Thursday, March 6, 2014

moving forward.

Pretty new and exciting things have been happening over at {little.green.bird}…
Starting with a brand new name!

» n e l o u G R A C E «

plus a clean & simple new look:
I am so grateful that {little.green.bird} got me started on the world wide web, and has taken me as far as it has, however after realizing the web presence I wanted would not be achievable, I began turning my gears in search of something new I could love a little bit more.  I've always felt a very personal pull in my work & have always had the desire to somehow tie my name to my brand.  So in true college-style fashion, I began brainstorming with a few close friends (there may have been a few bubble diagrams in there somewhere).  One of which has an WONDERFUL talent for hand lettering!  Yeah… I'm pretty sure she doodled this on a napkin during one of our many phone chats- and in that moment, I knew I had a name.
Obviously, »nelou is my first name, but did you also know this?  As for the grace«, you can read a little of the backstory here.  Of course until the handwritten version is ready… I needed to come up with something similar so that I could keep moving forward with the rebrand.
I love the simplicity.

Perfect timing, really… fresh, just in time for spring.  I've had a year to settle, adjust to life back home, and tend to a few personal matters which required a bit of my time.

So a few things have changed (and a few more things are still in the works)… in the meantime, take a moment and have a look around, and as always… I hope you enjoy what you see!

Monday, February 10, 2014

fail better...

Did I SERIOUSLY only blog three times last year?? 
Three. 
Fail.
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."
~Samuel Beckett

Okay. Moving on.

We have been getting some actual winter weather here in the Heartland… not just the wind and cold, but a little bit of the pretty stuff (lots more snow than usual & these little ice crystals too)… so of course I forced my grandma outside to grab a handful of the cold stuff (what!!? Gracie doesn't have thumbs!).
and then she let me snap her picture before she froze her little buns off... 
thanks G! for being my pretty little hand model :)