Title	Excerpt	Author	Date	Total Comments	Recent Comment
Lilac Creative Goes HTML5	Things are looking a little different around here! When ExpressionEngine 2.0 beta was released last December, I started planning for a site redesign to be implemented once EE2 was out of beta (which happened last month with the release of ExpressionEngine 2.1). Initially, there were three things I wanted to…	Genevieve	08/29/10	0
Terms & Conditions		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
Do you provide hosting and domain registration?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
Do you build Flash sites?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
I need a website by next week. You can start on it tomorrow, right?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
I love the blog you did for so-and-so! Will you make me one just like it?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
I have a PhotoBiz website. Can you design and install a WordPress photoblog for me?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
Will you customize my Blogger/Blogspot blog? How about TypePad?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
If I switch from Blogger to a self-hosted WordPress blog, won’t I lose all my old blog posts?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
I really love the logo you did for so-and-so! Will you make me one just like it?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
What file types can you provide my final logo in?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
I love all three concepts you designed for me! Can I have them all?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
What if I don’t like any of the initial logo concepts?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
Can I call you to discuss my project?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
How does payment work?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
What types of payment do you accept?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
Can you work without me?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
How long will it take?		Genevieve	08/24/10	0
About Lilac Creative		Genevieve	08/23/10	0
Surviving the Domestic Jungle Blog	Cortney wanted a home on the web where she could share her thoughts on life as a busy wife and mother, and she wanted that home to really feel like "her". She had a jungle theme in mind and specified that she loves zebra print, and she also wanted a…	Genevieve	07/08/10	0
Storybook Playhouse Logo	Storybook Playhouses is a charity project that auctions of beautifully crafted playhouses to raise money for a children's hospital in Portland, Or. They needed a logo design befitting their project that could be used on all their promotional materials. The logo I created for them features a whimsically hand-drawn castle.	Genevieve	07/08/10	0
Pit Daddy Logos	Pit Daddy Pit Bikes needed a logo that would reflect their brand and their hobby with plenty of urban flair. I created a logo for them that was clean, clearly communicated their business' purpose, and that would appeal to their target audience of young men aged 18 to 30.	Genevieve	07/08/10	0
Summer Break	Thanks for stopping by the site! I'm going to be taking a little summer break from July 3rd to July 19th. While I'm gone I'll be without internet access (except via Blackberry) for part of the time, so if you send me an email or an inquiry, please be patient.…	Genevieve	07/02/10	0
April Dual Screen Wallpaper	This month's desktop is dual screen! Pretty spring flowers and colors flow seamlessly across the layout. One side has a linear calendar for April and the other features a stanza from Shelley's "The Sensitive Plant". Use one or the other, or if you have a dual-screen setup like me, use…	Genevieve	04/05/10	4	04/28/10
Angela Herzog Photoblog & Splash	Angela had been using a free blog theme on her photoblog that she customized herself, but she wanted to clean up the look of her blog a bit so that it better matched her branding. I kept the design clean and simple, focusing on the fresh blue and green from…	Genevieve	03/25/10	0
Clock Works Desktop Wallpaper	I've been having lots of fun makin' wallpapers lately! Here's another one for your enjoyment. This one's got a bit of steampunk inspiration to it: a rich and slightly grungy wood panel with a glass pane revealing the inner workings of gear-driven mechanism. Last but not least, some gold-leaf lettering…	Genevieve	03/16/10	0
Lilac Blue Photography Blog	Staci and I started out with her branding, devising a bold and whimsical logo that featured a butterfly. She wanted the blog to be colorful and fun, with flowers and butterflies, so I created a little flower garden at the top of her blog with butterflies flitting from flower to…	Genevieve	03/16/10	0
Miss Me Photoblog	Kelly wanted a fun illustrated floral look for her branding and photoblog that would appeal to her clients, primarily mothers of children. It had to be super girly and super cute with lots of pink. The final design features fun, girly colors, scalloped edges, and lots of illustrated floral elements.	Genevieve	02/24/10	0
Creating a Colorful Watercolor-Textured Background	Well, I was supposed to be on my way home from Michigan today, but a snowstorm moved in and I'm stuck here. So I thought this would be the perfect opportunity for me to share how to make the colorful watercolor-textured background used in my last desktop wallpaper. This tutorial…	Genevieve	02/22/10	0
Colorful Splatter Grunge Wallpaper	I've got a new desktop wallpaper for you! I have a personal project that I've been working on on and off for the past couple months, and it features watercolor-textured splatters in a wash of rainbow colors. I loved the effects I was coming up with so much that I…	Genevieve	02/19/10	0
Stimuli Online Magazine	Maryanne of Urban Life Media wanted to create an online magazine aimed at women in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, that highlighted products, events, fashions and more found in their area.  She wanted to bring daily snippets of culture and fashion to members’ inboxes, as well as making the…	Genevieve	02/17/10	0
The Volunteer Sailor Blog	This blog was a project I did over the 2009 Christmas holiday for my husband, who is a Navy Reservist who was recently recalled to serve an active duty tour in the Middle East. He expressed the desire to blog about his experiences overseas, and I was thrilled when he…	Genevieve	01/11/10	0
Kale IT Solutions Website	Kale IT's original website featured out-of-date code and was in need of an update both visually and technically. I created a three-page site design with a clean, modern and professional look, and translated it into static HTML and CSS, since Kale IT's owner was comfortable updating his content within the…	Genevieve	01/11/10	0
Chez Spud Blog Design	Judith is a brilliantly witty writer and an amazing photographer, and her blog focuses on both of these aspects. Up until she contacted me, she had been using a free theme she had downloaded and modified herself, and she was ready for something custom designed to match her personality and…	Genevieve	01/11/10	0
Creative Pixels Designs Website	Fatima wanted to start her new digital scrapbooking business with a bang, so she came to me for a unique design that fit the feel and personality she wanted her community to have. The design featured clean lines with colorful hand-doodled flowers, and watercolor brush strokes. The resulting site is…	Genevieve	01/11/10	0
Snow in Michigan	I've lived many different places in the eight years since I left Michigan, and though I've finally come to think of where we now live in Tennessee as 'home', the seasonal rhythms of Michigan still run deep in my veins. For instance, though I love Tennessee, the summers there are…	Genevieve	01/08/10	1	04/26/10
Plain Digital Wrapper Redesign	Lisa purchased Plain Digital Wrapper and was ready to give the well-known digital scrapbooking site a much-needed makeover. She wanted the new look to be clean and simple, but engaging and fun. With her chosen color palette of greens, teals and blues, I designed a fun, fresh look starting with…	Genevieve	01/04/10	0
Create Digital Camouflage in Photoshop	I needed a camouflage background for a web project I was working on recently, and after playing around in Photoshop a bit, I came up with a quick and easy way to make a tileable digital camouflage pattern ideal for use as a website background. First I did some Googling…	Genevieve	01/01/10	0
Christmas in the Smokies	Since we've been married, I can't really say that B and I have any set traditions as far as where we spend Christmas or with whose family we spend it. We've moved around so much (seven moves in four states in less than eight years of marriage), that sometimes what…	Genevieve	12/26/09	0
My Moleskine and Prismacolors	Just a short post to show-off the latest from my Moleskine. I got out my Prismacolor pencils the other day and had some fun drawing and coloring at Starbucks. Here's the what I came up with.	Genevieve	12/18/09	0
Vintage Modes of Creation	I project I'm currently working on for a client called for some hand-drawn images of vintage cameras and typewriters, so I got out my Moleskine and had fun doing some sketching. Getting off the computer and taking pencil and paper in hand felt really good, and I realized that I…	Genevieve	12/09/09	4	12/21/09
Creating a Winter Night in Photoshop - Pt 2	In part 1 of Creating a Winter Night in Photoshop, we completed a starry night sky with northern lights and snowy hills. Now we're going to finish the scene up with some snowy pine trees, and some soft light reflections from the Aurora Borealis! Part 2 - Finishing the Scene…	Genevieve	12/07/09	2	12/09/09
First Snow of the Winter!	All week the forecasters were saying we would see snow, possibly even accumulation, today. But I must not have really believed them because I was actually surprised when I woke up and looked out the window to see everything covered in white. It was a beautiful sight! Of course, it…	Genevieve	12/05/09	0
Creating a Winter Night in Photoshop - Pt 1	My December desktop wallpaper features a snowy winter scene against a starry night sky created using Photoshop. In this post, I'll give a step-by-step tutorial of how I did it. This tutorial assumes you have a general knowledge of how to use Photoshop gradients, the polygon tool, and the pen…	Genevieve	12/04/09	1	12/09/09
Free December Wallpaper	I love deep winter nights, when the earth lies still and silent beneath a blanket of pristine white snow, and the stars shine brightly in the clear night sky. And if you live in northern climes, you might even catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights dancing across the sky.…	Genevieve	12/03/09	1	12/07/09
G the Wedding Photographer	Every once in a while I get asked by a friend or family member to do event photography. On even rarer occasions I volunteer for the office, and such was the case for my cousin Cathy's wedding (because I love her to bits and pieces). She called up three weeks…	Genevieve	11/30/09	2	04/26/10
Art and Soul Photoblog	Angel already had a fun logo design that featured circles and a fabulous pink and grey color scheme, and she wanted a blog along the same lines. The design I created focused on mod circles, highlighted by a unique navigation design.	Genevieve	11/18/09	0
My Urban Suburban Redesign	Erin started My Urban Suburban about a year ago, wanting to provide a resource for other "Urban Suburbans" like herself, that would give shop reviews, local event news, etc. to people living in the Fraser Valley. The original blog had a very simple design and function, and a year later…	Genevieve	10/21/09	0
Li’l Me Photoblog	Lisa was looking for a bright and bubbly blog design that matched her logo, and conveyed a sense of playfulness. At the same time, she wanted it to be clean and organized. I worked with the colors of her logo to create a fun photoblog design that was perfect for…	Genevieve	10/21/09	0
How to Eat an Elephant	I normally don't post personal stuff on the Lilac Creative design blog, but some stuff has come up in my personal life that is affecting my work schedule, so I just wanted to give a brief "what's up with me" for anyone who's been wondering.  The week before last, my…	Genevieve	10/20/09	0