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This blog post is a little off topic, it’s not design or running related, but it does relate to passion. And well passion is something I struggle with from time to time, feeling like I don’t have one or when I think I do, it doesn’t even compare to what some people have and what they do with the drive that comes from their passions. (Maybe running is a passion but lately I feel like I have been fighting with my passion…she’s just been a lot of work lately! haha)
I have a great friend who has a passion for something so amazing and has so much knowledge and strength and all she wants to do is share it with the world and share her humor for her disease with others who may or may not share the same experiences. For twenty years she has lived her life with a busted pancreas, or TOD or as most people know it as Type One Diabetes.
She shares her insights, experiences, new devices to make living with TOD easier, how she handles situations, and so much more. She is thoughtful, cleaver and witty. She is a designer and does a lot of work that allows her to express her feelings living with TOD. I wish I had this drive for…well…ANYTHING. So since I can’t seem to find my own path of passion at the moment, I am supporting her full-heartedly and standing up loud saying “MY FRIEND HAS A BUSTED PANCREAS” let’s find a way to help cure this disease! Or at the very least rid the world of some of the ignorance that comes with the “other” diabetes.
Please check out her blog and store at Busted Pancreas.
Artwork provided by Aimee Howard, Busted Pancreas. Visit BustedPancreas.com.
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So it’s been several months since I’ve posted anything, and it’s not because I haven’t been busy or haven’t wanted to share anything with all of my readers. But I have been contemplating doing a full redesign (again) of my whole website/blog. Something that is less to the point to something that is to the point but fun and creative.
I’m not completely sure what I want to do yet, however there is a good possibility that I will be changing my url to suit my married name or possibly to a more professional name that will suit my freelancing. I have already bought and have a temporary page up for bellarosacreative.com, which is the name I had come up with last fall when I was thinking I really needed to promote my freelance more. But obviously, I haven’t!
I really need to think this over strongly and come up with a plan. I have until November if I want to renew my christinejaworski.com url…so I will keep you all posted. Hopefully I will do so before my November deadline so I can redirect you all to my new home.
If anyone has any ideas, please feel free to share. I am open to all suggestions.
Cheers!
New name…yes, no, maybe? I like this because it’s my initials backwards!
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So the Hot Sauce contest judging was last Thursday at Agave in Hartford (side note, if you have not gone to this restaurant, you should. It’s delicious! I particularly like their weekend brunch menu). Well, unfortunately I was unable to attend the judging because the Ad Club awards were that night also and well myself and few other ladies attended to represent Outthink, we won 4 awards for the night…pretty good.
Because of the conflict of events it took me a few days to find out the results. Although I my labels were good, and fun, evidently they were not the best, as I did not win the grand prize of a case of hot sauce (maybe this is for the best cause I really don’t like hot sauce). It’s ok though, after the initial disappointment, it was time to move on. You can’t win if you don’t play, so with that said I have to finalize a few things before I enter yet another contest. This one will be a t-shirt design for the Army Ten Miler in Washington, DC (and yes I’m running it…cannot wait!) I will be posting that design soon, stay tuned.
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So last minute the other night, I decided to enter a hot sauce label contest. This is the 2nd annual CADC Hot Sauce Label Contest. The 3 sauces that you could design labels for were: Afterlife Ghost Pepper Sauce, Hot Hippo Sauce and Radical Red. I chose to do designs for Afterlife and Hot Hippo as I felt these were the most fun to explore. I was coming off of an inspiring week at work, where I got to work on logo development for a Connecticut Heart Association walk and an all-purpose seasoning label. Both of which I had a lot of fun doing and just wanted to carry that creativity even farther with something fun for myself. I had a good friend of mine (Chris Morth) write some creative copy for me for the sides of the labels and they were just fantastic! Really fun to work on. The judging is Thursday, so we’ll find out then, either way I had a lot of fun, and isn’t that what it’s all about, doing something you enjoy?
When Satan feasts on the souls of the damned, he goes for Afterlife Ghost Pepper Sauce. When you're dining in the fiery pit of the inferno, your grandmother's hot sauce simply won't do. Brutus, Cassius and Judas agree: if you're craving the heat, Afterlife Ghost Pepper Sauce is the only way to go.
In the world of sauces, Afterlife Ghost Pepper Sauce is a metal as groupies, smashing guitars and nailing hotel room furniture to the ceiling. Sure, you could use another brand of hot sauce, but you might as well pop in a Yanni CD and join your grandmother's bridge club. If you want to really bring it to 11, Afterlife Ghost Pepper Sauce is the only choice. Satan rules!
The only thing more smoking hot than a heavenly hippo honey is Hot Hippo Pepper Sauce. Go on, give it a try. And don't worry...she'll be waiting in the river to cool you off afterwards.
See those flames coming out of the hippo's mouth? Those are real. When we fed our Perri Perri Pepper hot sauce to the hippos at the local zoo, that's what happened. They basically turned into dragons. Dragons are freakin' sweet. If you want to be awesome, try Hot Hippo Pepper Sauce.
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