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Jennifer Jeffrey
San Francisco, California
I'm a freelance writer + editor who loves laughter, good chocolate, and lazy Sunday mornings.
Interests: Art, apples, black ink, Converse, elephants, France, greyhounds, the New York Times, pencils, photography, Portland, typography, yoga
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Mar 15, 2010
This is beautiful, Fatemeh. I'm so glad you were able to find that resolution. Thank you for sharing...
Best of 2009, Day 8: Solitude with Dad
After my dad passed away last year, I didn't dream about him for a long time. It made me angry that he wouldn't "visit" me in my sleep, and tell me that we had done right by him. That letting him go was what he wanted, and that he was at peace. I missed him terribly and spoke to him every night b...
Aww, he looks tuckered out... welcome to the world, little one. Congrats to you & Alethea.
It's a Boy!
Apparently miracles also take patience. Alethea and baby are healthy and happy. Thanks for all the well wishes.
YAY!!! This is going to rock! So excited for you.
Even Miracles Have a Start Time
Getting ready for an amazing day and looking forward to meeting a new friend.
Tiffany - You're the best! Thank you.
Jennifer - Hello to you too! Yes, I would recommend Crowdspring - it's worth it if you have the time to really engage with the process and give feedback throughout.
Mark - That means a lot, coming from you! Many thanks.
The Big Reveal
How long ago was it that I blogged about needing a new website? Wait. How long ago was it that I blogged at ALL? Yeah. So. It's been a while. But that site I told you about - the one that began with a few ideas tossed out on CrowdSPRING? It finally turned into a brand new website. It's up now...
Jaden - Hee! Glad you like the site. Isn't this online playground fun? :)
Kristina - Thanks so much! I'm really glad you like it.
The Big Reveal
How long ago was it that I blogged about needing a new website? Wait. How long ago was it that I blogged at ALL? Yeah. So. It's been a while. But that site I told you about - the one that began with a few ideas tossed out on CrowdSPRING? It finally turned into a brand new website. It's up now...
Wow. What a great shot. I'm envious of your time with Marcus... what wonderful things you've learned. Wish I could share tea with you and hear some of your stories. xox
Kashmir, India: Marcus Bleasdale and a tale of beginnings & endings
The photography course with Marcus Bleasdale in Kashmir India is over. Marcus is not only an inspired photographer, he is also a generous and patient teacher. I learned so much about the photo essay. I also learned how much I don't know and how far I have to go to be the kind of photographer ...
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May 3, 2009
It was well worth the wait, wasn't it? So extraordinary in every way...
Contigo
(Photo by Anita of Married ...with Dinner) We have a new favorite restaurant. Full disclosure: Chef-owner Brett Emerson is a personal friend and fellow blogger. And his restaurant is two blocks from our home, in an area where there is a relative dearth of good restaurants. So, we have a veste...
This issue has flummoxed me for a while.
GREAT tip - thanks, Andy!
Removing Your Banner's Margin
In our pilot class on building a site with TypePad, I made my own online tea shop as an example of taking your business online with just a few clicks. I created a custom banner and uploaded it to my blog. How wide should a banner be? To get my banner width, I added the width of my columns togeth...
Jen - yes, it's quite an interesting experiment. Not entirely sure how I feel about it yet, but it's been a good learning experience.
Genie - cool! It seems like smaller projects are ideal for something like this.
Courtney - thanks for weighing in with your thoughts! I'm preparing more focused feedback for the designers that seem to be "getting it" - so this really helps. Merci!
Mama Needs a New Website
I know you're all waiting with bated breath for my follow-up to the last post, in which I tell you what my life is REALLY like (just this morning, I ate FOUR Hershey's kisses in a row! Try not to be jealous). But before we get around to that, I desperately need your input on something: my new...
Aw, Sean - you're the best! Thanks!
Tea - that's about as glamorous as my office being in the same room with a broken washing machine; I step over stray wires to get to my desk. Just call me Fancy.
Lydia - yay! So glad.
Courtney - you're in, baby.
A Day in the Life of a Writer
I realize that my last post probably got you closer to understanding what I do every day, but that it still didn’t get you all the way there. I plan to eventually tell you a bit more about my day-to-day routine, but I thought it would be MUCH more fun to tell you what I used to think life wou...
Ah, the moodiness of the Sonoma Coast... you're right, it's simply magical.
Thanks for the reminder, Sean. I have a hankering for oysters right about now...
Sonoma coast, my love
Have you ever felt you were meant -- truly meant -- to be someplace? I have often said that my hometown of Schenectady, NY, is a lovely place to be from. I mean, it's a much underrated part of the country, rich with charm and history, but I spent my adolescent years pining for the great big w...
Tea - you're so right - bits and pieces of the fantasy do pop up from time to time. And so we keep writing.
I would LOVE IT if you wrote a record of your day. Maybe we could create a meme (PURELY opt-in, of course) for any writers who might want to participate...?
Keep up the word-wrestling - you're so good at it, you simply must.
xox
A Day in the Life of a Writer
I realize that my last post probably got you closer to understanding what I do every day, but that it still didn’t get you all the way there. I plan to eventually tell you a bit more about my day-to-day routine, but I thought it would be MUCH more fun to tell you what I used to think life wou...
I like that this packaging not only tells a story, but that it tells a somewhat dark story.
It's brave, I think, for a wine brand to go beyond the standard "dreamy wine lifestyle" message to convey a far more compelling tale...
What a fabulous conversation starter at a dinner party!
Francis Ford Coppola's "Carmine"
Sfaustina designed this jug for Francis Ford Coppola presents. Here's the story that inspired it: “When I was four years old, I played in the basement of our home where my father, Carmine, kept jugs of wine. In my attempt to carry a jug across the room, I slid a pencil through the glass loop ...
Tea: well, I'm glad at least that we have ice cream forays. That's pretty cool...
Genie: yeah, I'd like this life too. Sigh.
Sam: well - have a parachute handy when you read the real deal; it's quite a fall - ;-)
A Day in the Life of a Writer
I realize that my last post probably got you closer to understanding what I do every day, but that it still didn’t get you all the way there. I plan to eventually tell you a bit more about my day-to-day routine, but I thought it would be MUCH more fun to tell you what I used to think life wou...
Hey - AWESOME theme!
This might be my favorite TypePad theme EVER. Seriously.
Great job, Jim.
New Theme!
We've added a new theme that I really like. It's in 5 colorways: black, grey, green, red and orange. It's called Journal, and it's available in the "New Themes" section in your design area. Here's a screenshot:
I ADORE Stumptown. It is entirely worth a trip to Portland just for its own sake.
I have to say that this design doesn't "wow" me - the "plain brown paper" package has been done many times, but the pocket concept is very cool. And in any case, I'd buy their coffee even if it came in a Ziploc. ;-)
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Fritz Mesenbrink, a freelance designer in Portland came up with this packaging for Stumptown. "Duane Sorenson, Stumptown Coffee Roaster’s founder, came to me with this bag redesign project. He had the idea for a bag with a slit in the front of it and wanted a way to display a ton of inform...
Tiffany - "different, not dead" - I like it!
Courtney - a writing exercise! Yay!
Nicole - I know, it's so fun to see what other writers are doing.
Elizabeth - thank you so much, and thanks for reading!
Decoding the Word “Writer”
A couple of years ago, I realized that most people had no idea what I meant when I said: “I’m a writer.” Do you write poems? They asked. Children’s books? An advice column? I couldn’t fault them for being confused; “writer" is a very broad term. With so many different kinds of writers writin...
I absolutely adore this. (Use of the screw-caps as pupils: fabulous)
Quite possibly my favorite carton design EVER.
Mama Quilla by Camille Forget
Designed by student Camille Forget: "The Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos in Spanish) is a holiday celebrated mainly in Latin America and by Latinos (and others) living in the United States and Canada. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friend...
Tea - oh, but you make a marvelous YOU, and I think most of us would trade our scrappy-ness for your published-author-ness. ;-)
Tiffany - you are such a great example of kick-butt freelancer! And it's good to be back.
Kevin - you're right on all counts - paying for health insurance IS a drag. And I totally understand your loathing of the endless effort to sell - it's no fun. But I much prefer the sense of control over my own destiny, and not having to ask Cindy in HR for permission to take Friday off...
To Those About to Lose Their Jobs
Oh, relax. You’re not about to lose your job. I just needed a catchy headline. You: you’re going to wear the seat out of the chair in your cubicle. You're going to watch your boss go grey. You're going to make a fool of yourself at more than one company holiday party in the years to come. Tru...
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