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I’m the Martha Stewart Doer of the Week!

This week I had the honor of being selected the Doer of the Week at Martha Stewart’s “Dreamers into Doers” website.  I talked about how and where I work, and how I got here, and what inspires my design approach. Above is only a snippet — but you can read the whole thing here.

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Small Business Saturday 11/27 – Supporting Entreprenuers When Holiday Shopping

This interview of me, in recognition of Small Business Saturday, and to illustrate one person behind a small business, is gratefully reprinted from MommyBlogExpert:

Thanks to American Express for sponsoring my writing today about small businesses.  American Express is presenting Small Business Saturday, a way to honor the local merchants who are the backbone [...]

Neighbors, the Moon and Some Figs

It was later than I usually go for an evening walk. The sun was low enough that trees were more silhouette than foliage, and the air gentle after the day’s heat.

I turned the corner. An elderly man was picking green figs from a laden tree. I complimented the tree and its bounty. He [...]

I’m Today’s Featured Artist at ImageKind

This was an unexpected but lovely thing to wake up to.  I am one of the Featured Artists of the Day at ImageKind!  ImageKind is a site for buying artwork by a huge range of artists, from  masters to small independent designers.

I am sharing the spotlight with professional Canadian photographer Chris Gallow, whose [...]

Meerkat Sighting!

Apparently I have to give meerkats their own blog category., as meerkats have been coming at me from different directions.

This is one of the cutest, funniest things I’ve seen on esty in a long time. It’s already sold out so I’ve linked to the shop::

The crafter behind this shop in fact [...]

It’s New! It’s Fresh! It’s My Design Studio Website!

Not everyone who comes to the Rotem Gear shop knows that I am also a graphic designer beyond t-shirts and artisan scarves.  In fact, I have done freelance design work for universities and colleges, governments, media companies, architecture studios, and have the pleasure these days of doing ad design for the Edible Communities network [...]

Making a Logo, Not a “No Go”

I thought I’d share  an example of a design process for a corporate logo I did a few years ago for Amritt Ventures. I began with a sit-down meeting (over a yummy Indian lunch) with the head of the company, Gunjan Bagla, who was just launching his business at the time.  In between dowsing [...]