Redford Design

Atomic Salon Biz and Helpful Hint Cards

I was recently given the opportunity to work on some new branding and print work for Atomic Salon on Vista Ave. They were running short on their old biz cards and had hired some new girls. Not only did they need some more cost effective cards made (they give them out to every customer as “next appointment” cards also) but they needed a design that was better representative of the salon, it’s colors, attitude, etc. We also made some “Helpful Hints” cards to match the look and feel of the biz cards and you may even start seeing some print ads soon if you haven’t already. Is there a web site in the works? You’ll just have to wait and find out.

Gigs Music Store Business Cards

So my buddy Andy A. owner of Gigs Music Store on Orchard St. in Boise saw my own personal business cards and wanted me to make him some just like them. Only for Andy would I use similar designs from my own personal brand. Of course the cards turned out awesome!

New Website Launched – TraegerWorld.com

For those of you who haven’t heard yet, TraegerWorld.com was recently launched. It is a great ecommerce site which I designed and was developed by Brian Cohen of Intercarve Networks. The website obviously sells Traeger Grills, but also includes other cool accessories. If you are looking for a Traeger Grill, these are the guys to buy one from since they will beat any other online price! We had a great time working with Ian and Trevor from TraegerWorld and are obviously quite excited to be launching this new site! Hope you like it!

Movin’ On Up!

For those of you who haven’t heard already, I was recently laid off.  With the economy as it is, I know most everyone is thinking “Oh, lame. Sorry dude. That sucks.”  But I’m actually excited to be going out looking for bigger and better opportunities. This just means there is a more perfect job match out there for me somewhere. And I am going to find it.

So I have also had the chance to finally update my portfolio and resume. Please browse around and check it out. Let me know if there is anything you’d like to see more of. I think I have this site working pretty slick now, so there is no reason for me to keep content updated often.

I am also currently going to be doing the “freelance” thing, so if you have a project I can help you with, please email me!

Moving and Shaking.

Let me warn you in advance, this is partly a “test” post for myself, but partly a little blurb to let you know what’s going on here. Sorta. Read the rest of this entry »

Gravatars!

What is a Gravatar? Simple, it’s an avatar that can be shown on enabled blog sites when you comment on a blog.

According to the Gravatar.com website, Gravatars are Globally Recognized Avatars, or an “avatar image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on gravatar enabled sites.” You register with the Gravatar server, and upload an image which you will use as your avatar. The gravatar image is keyed to your email address, so that it is unique to you.

Do you want a gravatar that will automatically be shown when you leave a comment? Get one here.

So you’ll notice I just added the gravatar function to my own blog comments.  I believe that most newer Wordpress themes already have this built in. However if you are using an older theme, it’s very simple to add.

Check out this site for how to add Gravatars to your own blog.

Or you can try this plugin that I just found. It is probably easier if you don’t know anything about PHP. I haven’t tried it since I already did it the hard way first. Please leave me a comment if you try this plugin or have tried this lugin and let us know what you think.

This plugin will display gravatars for the people who comment on your posts. You do not need to modify any of your template files — just activate the plugin, and it will add gravatars to your comments template automatically.

Have fun!