A few posts back I did a post called Keepin’ It Fresh, where I designed a logo and a website mockup for a bartending service company. Well, I recently took it a step further and decided to code the site.

Premier Bartending Services



I used XHTML, CSS & JavaScript, specifically jQuery for the slider, which I’m pretty pumped about.

As some of you may know I’ve been trying to get more into the web design. Lots of tutorials. Lots of hours of trial an error. I can get around in Flash, so I have been learning CSS and JavaScript. Just trying new things and getting adjusted. So my first real try was with Stevo’s site : With A Pen He needed just a little quickie to get a song up for a contest. Eventually this will be built out more with a blog and stuff, but you can check it out for the time being.
Also I did the logo for him. He didn’t want anything too crazy so here’s just a pic of that:

Here’s another little treat that I did recently. All in photoshop. A wood pattern overlay with some color.

Though, I must say that the majority of my time has been devoted to web design. Learning the ins and outs. CSS, some jQuery and some JaVaScript. Web design, gardening, painting and P90X-ing. The gardening is going well too. Minus something eating all of my sunflowers and green peppers. There are still plenty of squash coming in and tomatoes abound. Should provide fruitful.
And painting. Well, for the past few weeks I have been hitting up Michael’s to get a canvas, brushes and paint. Acrylic at that. I have a 30″x40″ canvas that I’ve been working on. More too come on that when it is finished though. I want to do some cut canvas stuff too. You know with a saw and cut it to the shape that I want. Lots going on in my mind. Just need to get it all out.
As for the P90x, it’s intense. For those of you who don’t know, it’s a crazy work out for 90 days straight. P90X I can’t say that I have been doing them everyday, but I have been doing them. My knee has been hurting a bit so I am trying to be delicate there. I can tell the improvement though. The first time I did my arms I could only do about 5 push ups. Now I’m up to 10 or 15. It’s working!! I’ve run only once since the 5k on 7/11/09. I just didn’t feel like running. It happens. Plus the knee.
The extraordinary thing about the Festival of Races 5k for the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City was a) that it was on my birthday (28) – b) that I ran in my hot dog costume. And c) my friend Ashley ran with me. So here’s a pic. Ashley’s in the pink:

And that’s about it for now.
Kiki