Lookin’ for a freebie?

A product that I made showed up in the Agenda of the October 2009 issue of Digital Artist Magazine [available here].  (That should probably read available “intermittently” here because the server crashes gets overloaded quickly whenever a new issue is released – so when I went to get the link, the store was actually down. It’s there though, under those “Page Not Found” errors.)

Anyway, it’s a project I was really happy about because my good, dear, fabulous friend Christine (a.k.a. listgirl of Adventures of Listgirl) has been making freebie templates for Project 365ers this year, and recently set her mind to creating a cozy storefront for herself so that she can create and sell more templates. Christine comes up with designs I’d never come up with – partly because I’m what they call a “whitespacer” – but mostly because my brain just isn’t wired that way.  When I see a square, it’s a square. When Christine sees a square, she’ll cut it up into a bunch of triangles, stitch it all together, flip it around a few times and leave you wondering why you’re so dense.

So when she decided she wanted to open her store on November 1st, I wanted to find some sort of way to lend my support to her new endeavor. Then she left me alone for a few days while she visited family in Ohio, and I found myself having this insane idea to make some free papers!  So I did that, and sprung the idea on her when she returned home all like “SUHPRIZE!!! I made theez 4 ur grand opening!” like some sort of demented freak. Then over the next couple of days I wanted to throw some other odds and ends in there to make it into a mini kit – and when I was done messin’ with it I sent it off to her because she has considerably more bandwidth than I do.

I wanted to find some way to show my support for a great friend in her new endeavor (which may propel her into a mental breakdown .. haha), and because I’m so optimistic about her prospects as a shop owner, I called it “Optimist” … because that’s how I roll.

On November 1st it will be available as a free download in her store – and I’ll pop back in here and post a link once I have one.