I haven’t been myself lately. I haven’t been doing much web design. I’ve been very overwhelmed with my home and family life and it has been reflecting poorly on my work ethic. Since the holidays are coming up and basically everything is halting, I feel some relief and I’m working on a new project. I’ll be working on this, and all my other sites, quite a bit in the next week or so. It should be nice to put up some new photos and stories on my personal blog. I even found that one of my old domains that I had lost is available again, so I intend to purchase it as soon as I can think of something to do with it. Being that it’s a $50 domain, I think it’s important to have plans for it first.

I’m sorry I haven’t been available lately, but I’ve had a few content ideas and I’m going to finish the portfolio and order sections of the website in the coming days. I’m looking forward to taking on some new work and working with some fresh faces. If you know me, or would like to get to know me, please friend me on Facebook. At the bottom of the sidebar there’s a section to follow this blog on Facebook, too, so please check it out.

I was watching a commercial recently for a school where students were gaining inspiration from eachother. The fashion student was inspired by spring and the art student was inspired by the fashion students clothing, etc. Recently I got a shirt I was completely in love with and I decided I wanted to make a website design just like it. At that point a realized it’s a great suggestion for my readers.

I found a brand of clothing, Lucky Brand, that has quite a few inspirational pieces. They’re not just great clothes, but their retro style gave me some great ideas for new designs. They’re an American brand with a strong influence from rock ‘n roll music. Personally I have to say that’s my perfect style.

Clothing isn’t the only spark of inspiration I’ve gotten from them. Accessories also give me some great ideas for layout accessories. The current design on Radkitten has a ‘necklace’ of its own with the stars at the top linking to my sites (color coded to match the designs on those sites).

I’ve grown up loving vintage, hippie-style clothing and I really wish I’d found this company sooner. I’ve got a real soft spot for the great design style they’ve produced and I like to reflect that part of my personal on my sites and in my designs as well.

Have you ever been inspired by clothing (without actually using the clothing in your creation) in your own creative designs, ideas, etc? Tell me about it in the comments.

The boys just left for the week because spring break started for them yesterday. They’re going to spend half the week with Jay’s mother, and the other half of the week with his aunt (who is like a 2nd mother to him). I packed them all up and met my mother in law half way for breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Lately eating out for breakfast  has really made me appreciate a home cooked breakfast. It’s one of those meals with very few foods and that can be done wrong too easily. I stopped going to IHOP altogether because I was waiting an hour for food that wasn’t as good as what I could make at home, then spending $30 on it.

Anyway, so they’re gone for the week and I have a lot of work ahead of me. I have a lot of house work to get to, and a lot of computer work I’d love to get done. The entire  house needs work, inside and out, and I always work best alone. If I can avoid getting so lonely that I start leaving the house to spend time with other people, I can accomplish a lot. I want to start with Michael’s room because it’s completely out of hand. The boys used to share a room, but I split them up, giving Corey the ‘play room’. Most of the stuff ended up in Michael’s room making it a huge mess. I don’t blame him for it. Corey’s room has been neglected lately, but I want to try to rearrange it, too.

I’ve also had a lot of ideas for a lot of sites come to me lately and I want to utilize them all. One of them being this site, which is why you see it up again. I really have a lot of ideas but I’m having a little trouble putting them to use. I’m hoping I can do all the things I want to do. I guess this week I’ll find out if the boys really do hinder my productivity, or if it’s just me. I’m such a procrastinator.