Shaw Audio is a custom amp service located here in Nashville, Tn. They were recently featured in Vintage Guitar Magazine. I designed a custom web site with XHTML, CSS and Wordpress.

See the site live: http://www.shawaudio.com

Quick update.
Hey there. I know its been awhile but I am doing some major work here lately. I am trying to start my shop, continue my design projects, spend precious time with my babies, make memories with the hubby, and keep a clean house. And that does not include the various day-to-day activities. So whew! Mama is tired. My Riles will be starting school in a couple of weeks and she is beyond excited. She is so organized and loves learning that I know she will adjust with great ease. I just pray she can remain quiet when appropriate. My Jett is training to be a fighter apparently because all he does it beat things up… yes this has been influenced by his daddy. Every time we eat he makes us “notice” how big his muscles have gotten. Then at bed we must ask “where did you get those big muscles?”. He is a boy 100%. So lots going on with our family. Many new changes which I feel are leading to something powerful. God has been doing a lot of work in our lives and I have a peace about things because I know that He is in control. Well for now, thats it about us. Here are a few faves!

1. Stonyfield Organic Yogurt | Simply the best yogurt ever. I am not a fan of Yoplait and all the other yogurt brands but this tastes incredible. Cream top and the fruit on the bottom brands are my fave.

2. Whole Foods Sushi

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Lovely Birdy!! – get this little birdy here

My man is back! I am sooo glad. I love routine and it is impossible to continue life as it was when he is gone. He is a vital part in our day to day life. This morning I have enjoyed waking up with him beside me and eating cheerios together before he leaves to do errands. I headed out to the gym to get in a quick run before he made it back home.

Now we are about to go to the grocery store. I have been eating a lot of junk in his absence due to convenience. So I am looking forward to stocking up on some fruits and veggies. Lately I have been loving dried pineapple, raisins, and banana chips. For veggies I like to snack on baby carrots, cucumber slices, and tomato sandwiches… (no mayo with wheat bread of course). My guilty pleasure here lately has been “Monster Mix” from target. Its a trail mix with raisins, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, m&ms, and peanuts. Oh I love this! I made the mistake of leaving it in the car during the movie the other day and it melted into a big clump. I found it much easier to eat after putting it in the freezer for a while. It was like a monster mix candy bar… yuummmy.

Oh something else that is rather interesting is that I went running last Thursday for the first time in my new running shoes my hubby got me. They are the ones thay are supposed to make your butt tight and whatnot. Well I woke up the next morning not able to walk my legs were so sore! So I am assuming that means they are working… I have worn them everyday since and no more soreness! But I can tell a huge difference in the definition of my legs. They are called “Reebok Runtone” if you are interested…

I am sure you noticed some layout changes of the site! Well I am getting ready to create a shop on here! I am beyond excited! I have wanted to to this for quite a while. I plan to sell art prints and canvas’. 

<3 Til’ Later. April

Hello there. Its been a while since I have offered some great inspiration so I decided today should be the day! I love all of my finds today. Its got me ready to go make something! I hope it does the same for you…. <3

This amazing jewelry display from Good Crafternoon.
She had quite a time making this but I think that it was well worth it. Now to get my hubby to make me some!

This Sweet Strawberry Party featured on Little Sooti.

Recycled Shoe Boxes found a Chic Mother and Baby

This is the greatest! I am doing this for my Jetty! He loves cars and he has the little car rugs. I think this would just complete the experience. And when he is not playing with them they would make awesome storage! I also have all the materials to make these at the house already which is a big plus for me..

Dog Mansions for your four legged friends! Well lately the kids and I have been wanting a doggy! Unfortunately since we are renting our landlord disapproves. So we must wait… (sad face) But for those of you who do have a doggy check out these awesome little houses!

Tabitha Emma designs! Oh so lovely!

Have a great weekend!! Much love – April

Decided I should share some of my ministry designs in my portfolio. There are soo many I didn’t want to list them all individually so I created a gallery for you below. 

naNANNYbooboo is an online nanny network that is still in the planning phase. Here is the logo that I designed for them.

Hey guys! So recently I got to help a friend out by designing him a wordpress template! He is a talented singer/songwriter that needed to be able to blog, post tour dates, and share his music. Just thought I would share his design with you and add it to the portfolio before I forget.

Check it out here. http://www.jasonnixmusic.com

The design consists of a custom logo I designed for Jason and a watermark in the background of his symbol that he had branding him. This is layered on a dark grungy textured background.

The features on the homepage are his  pages, upcoming shows, and the latest news post before the fold of the site. Then scroll down to find his latest blog entries, flickr photo gallery, and site credits.

Above is a picture of the home page before the fold line. (The logo, pages, upcoming shows, and featured news) The picture below is on the latest blog posts on the home page.

The site is integrated on Wordpress of course. So Jason can edit all of his pages, create blog posts, create news posts, edit his tour dates, control his photo gallery, and receive comments.

The site has a blog page that lists all his blog posts and a news page that lists the news posts. He has a static page layout such as his about page that features a sidebar that has his recent tour dates and its also widget ready. The site also has the option of a full-width static page such as the tour dates and photos, that fills up the page with his content without the sidebar. The tour page automatically updates itself when Jason adds/deletes dates. The music page uses an audio player to make listening to mp3s more convenient. Booking has a contact form that contacts Jason through his email.

Here are some more photos below….

So the picture above is Jason’s tattoo which I used to create the watermark I mentioned above.

Happy Tuesday! Only 4 more days til I see my man again. He is currently out on the road playing his tunes for the world and the kids and I are missing him dearly. He will only be home for 2 days before heading out again for another week but when thats over he will stick around for a bit. I have accomplished quite a lot in his absense. The kids rooms have been “de-cluttered”. I tend to do that once every couple of months. I take a couple trash bags and fill them up with the misfit toys. It’s amazing how much the kids enjoy playing in there rooms after this. And it makes mommy happy too! I managed to clean out my closet as well. Which is still slammed full! I have trouble parting with items that have potential. It’s organized somewhat at least, just very full. I have done tons of work. Still no where near done with my deadlines but I can see a light. I have noticed that I do most of this unnessary tasking to keep me distracted and make time go a little quicker. So far its working! And it’s left me feeling very accomplished in the meantime.

I have a lunch date with the lovely Mrs. Hawk tomorrow and I am super excited. I am so thankful to have the Hawks in our lives. They are expecting in the fall and I cannot wait to buy some baby clothes!

Riles and Jett are crashing in my room this week while daddy is away. The plan was to put them both on the floor, but Riles has made her way into our bed. So I am going to bed before she starts wiggling too much!

Hope you enjoyed my ramblings,
LOVE APRIL

So I recently saw this video and loved it! It’s soo sassy. I wanted to share it with you because you just need to like this song! haha not really but was thinking you might! Enjoy.