Hi! Hope you all are well! Thank you for reading today's post! I have a few things I'd love your thoughts on:
1. I'm working on making a March menu for homemade lattes and tea lattes! Are there any certain flavors or colors speaking to you lately?!
2. I am not currently selling any prints of my artwork, but have thought about making them available digitally, exclusively for Substack. Have you ever bought a digital print? Do you like the process? Or was something about it frustrating?
3. Seeking recommendations for fictional reads that feel like spring. Emphasis on classics/light-hearted.
A coffee shop in my town does an orange blossom white mocha for spring and it’s amazing. My goal is to recreate this season, inspired by your monthly menus!
So for number 3, I bought a copy of Pride and Prejudice back in like August and have had it sitting on my bookshelf because it feels like it should be a spring read. I’ve never read it so I can’t confirm, but I have been waiting for months to take it out.
(Also I still have the Joann Fabrics app on my phone because I refuse to believe it’s really gone 💔)
Very part time barista here and full time brand designer, so I have some very specific things for you:
--I make a bourbon vanilla syrup for at-home lattes. It's a simple sugar made with brown sugar and a cheap bourbon and vanilla extract! (1 overflowing packed cup BS, 1 cup water, boil and stir to make simple syrup, reduce to simmer, add 2 tbsp bourbon, 1 tbsp vanilla extract, stir and cool)
--Digital prints are so fun! The best thing you can do is show them mocked up in a space and then also in other ways you see people using it (desktop wallpaper, tiny framed on their desk, collaged onto a journal, etc. (most people struggle with visualizing)).
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Hi! Hope you all are well! Thank you for reading today's post! I have a few things I'd love your thoughts on:
1. I'm working on making a March menu for homemade lattes and tea lattes! Are there any certain flavors or colors speaking to you lately?!
2. I am not currently selling any prints of my artwork, but have thought about making them available digitally, exclusively for Substack. Have you ever bought a digital print? Do you like the process? Or was something about it frustrating?
3. Seeking recommendations for fictional reads that feel like spring. Emphasis on classics/light-hearted.
Roots & Sky by Christie Purifoy is an excellent read for transitioning into a new season! Non-fiction, but full of inspiring and thoughtful prose.
A coffee shop in my town does an orange blossom white mocha for spring and it’s amazing. My goal is to recreate this season, inspired by your monthly menus!
So for number 3, I bought a copy of Pride and Prejudice back in like August and have had it sitting on my bookshelf because it feels like it should be a spring read. I’ve never read it so I can’t confirm, but I have been waiting for months to take it out.
(Also I still have the Joann Fabrics app on my phone because I refuse to believe it’s really gone 💔)
Very part time barista here and full time brand designer, so I have some very specific things for you:
--I make a bourbon vanilla syrup for at-home lattes. It's a simple sugar made with brown sugar and a cheap bourbon and vanilla extract! (1 overflowing packed cup BS, 1 cup water, boil and stir to make simple syrup, reduce to simmer, add 2 tbsp bourbon, 1 tbsp vanilla extract, stir and cool)
--Digital prints are so fun! The best thing you can do is show them mocked up in a space and then also in other ways you see people using it (desktop wallpaper, tiny framed on their desk, collaged onto a journal, etc. (most people struggle with visualizing)).
Good luck!
I always love a chai tea latte or a London Fog latte.
Lots of great stuff here, but the most intriguing is this:
Here are some color palette ideas for an upcoming project you have (or a Google Calendar refresh)!
How do you do a Google Calendar refresh?!??
Are we able to get a playlist of all of our favorite songs that we love to come back to? Would love to hear everyone's tunes they can't get enough of.
In the spirit of lists, here are some of my favs.
For any one that loves love:
- I Will by The Beatles
- Honeybee by The Head and the Heart
- The Day That I Met You by Matilda Mann (my favorite love song of all time)
- Lovin' Is Easy (Acoustic) by Carsie Blanton
For anyone that loves a banger:
- Mr. Brightside by The Killers
- All Star by Smash Mouth
- Move Along by The All-American Rejects
- Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne
Hi! I love your good things list and I like digital prints, but prefer paper! I sent you a dm asking a question about making color palettes! :)
Layle at Layle by Mail has been doing what she calls "creative listing" since the pandemic. She does live listing sessions on YouTube most Saturdays.
Oh, that sounds lovely!