Hello, Everyone! The following video briefly introduces 'Silver Lining' which is a wonderful, beneficial service that you may want to partake of/participate in!

"Silver Lining was formed by a group of caring industry professionals in Atlanta to provide a forum for our colleagues to meet, learn, and share with each other during these difficult economic times. The program strives to offer an ongoing wide variety of courses, networking, skill honing, and CEU's. Feel free to invite your friends and colleagues as well. Keep your chins up...there's a silver lining in everything. * PLEASE JOIN THIS GROUP IF YOU'D LIKE TO RECEIVE EMAIL INVITATIONS TO FUTURE EVENTS." ~ Laura Howell

Mark Strauss talks with Laura Howell and Jim Keane of Steelcase about their new program, 'Silver Lining'.

Hello, Everyone! I want to remind you that Adobe Max 2009 happens October 4-7, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Many of you are familiar with Adobe software because you've utilized it as I have and like me, you love all of it, too! Imagine four unforgettable days this October, MAX 2009 will bring together thousands of designers, developers, and decision-makers to shape the future. Adobe Max 2009 is a great opportunity for you (us) to:

• participate in exchanging ideas and building relationships with leading designers and developers, industry experts, and Adobe product teams,
• choose from hundreds of sessions and labs about best practices and emerging technologies. presented by industry leaders and Adobe experts, and
• you don't want to miss joining the inspiring conversations that unfold when thousands of the most creative, innovative minds gather in one place.

~ via Adobe Max

Want to save $400.00? You can purchase qualifying products and save $400 on an Adobe MAX 2009 full conference pass when you enter Promotion Code: AST922. Perhaps, we will see many of you there!

Also, be sure to view the sleek Adobe Max 2009 widget!

Good afternoon, Everyone! Today, I'm sharing the following presentation, '60+ Must-see Web 2.0 Resources - Applications to Make Your Life Easier'. This presentation features a variety of Web 2.0 applications, some you're familiar with and perhaps, several that are new to you. Enjoy!

Good morning, Everyone! Web design is another love of mine. Today, I'm sharing the following presentation, 'Designing the Social Web'. It presents beneficial and wonderfully detailed data about Web 2.0 design.

Hello, Everyone! I have a tremendous appreciation for beautiful design in the variety of people, careers, items, software & etc, that it is expressed in. Today, I'm sharing a photographic presentation, 'Bridges Architecture' of beautiful bridge design. Enjoy!

"Alice T. Chan, the Staged Home Lifestyle Expert takes you to one of her favorite retail stores, TJ Maxx, to shop for inexpensive home staging props. As Alice walks you through the store, she offers tips on what you can do with some of the items she finds and how you can use it to stage your own home." ~ A.T. Chan

Featuring Alice T. Chan, the Staged Home Lifestyle Expert

In the following video, Alice shows you how ANY new or seasoned Home Staging entrepreneur can learn simple steps to create a Home Staging business that earns a consistent income in ANY economy. "The entire plan is all laid out for you, step-by-step, in my new and improved v2.0 Ultimate Staging Success Blueprint® System!" ~ A. T. Chan

I am interested in home staging, professionally, and like Alice I began home staging for my own spaces long before I knew the official name for what I was doing. I've found the information Alice shares on her blogsite very helpful. Also, just as one of the ladies commenting on one of her videos stated, "Alice is very giving, with the information she shares". I am very grateful I literally, stumbled upon her site today! I'm looking forward to obtaining the *Ultimate Blueprint to Home Staging Business Success*!

Hello, Everyone. Blogger is an outstanding blogging platform for many reasons. One reason Blogger is such a wonderful platform to blog from is the level of customization you can achieve for your templates, with it, even though the choice of templates from Blogger is small in comparison to what's actually available. For a huge selection you can type 'Blogger templates' or 'templates for Blogger' in your search engines search box and find numerous websites offering wonderful templates and many are f-r-e-e. Some of the wonderful Blogger template designers I'm familiar with are:

• Pyzam


• Ourblogtemplates.com


• eblog Templates


• blogcrowds


• Free Blogger Template and


• Falcon Hive

Once you've downloaded a template you like to your system, and then uploaded it to Blogger, you can customize it by clicking on 'Layout' and then 'Page Elements' and/or 'Edit HTML'. I appreciate the skill-set of each of these template designers and I'm grateful to each of them for sharing the templates I'm utilizing.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Taniya Nayak's design work on HGTV's "Designed to Sell" is among my favorites. Here's a brief video displaying some of her design ability:

Ballard Designs is another company that offers beautifully designed items that I admire. I enjoy reading their lovely catalog (I receive in the US postal mail) that compliments their website.

Below is an HSN video featuring a Ballard Designs Beverage Tub. Enjoy!

Hello! Being design-oriented I'm a fan of other designers great work. So, one of my favorite sources for viewing designers' work is Home & Garden Television, better known as HGTV. I find HGTV to be refreshing, educational, and entertaining and watch the various shows below when I can. Some of my favorite HGTV programs ( in no particular order) are:

• House Hunters
• House Hunters International
• My First Place
• Spice Up My Kitchen
• Myles of Style
• Ground Breakers
• Designed to Sell (w/ Lisa LaPorta, & her teams, and Taniya Nayak, & her teams. The other hosts and teams are great, too.)
• Over Your Head
• Carter Can
• Curb Appeal
• The Property Shop
• The Unsellables
• Divine Design
• Bang for Your Buck
• Color Correction
• Deserving Design
• Designer's Challenge
• Dream House
• Find Your Style
• Gardening by the Yard
• My Parent's House
• Good Buy, Bad Buy
• Haulin' House
• Landscaper's Challenge
• Man Land
• Mission: Organization
• My Big Amazing Renovation
• Outer Spaces
• Sleep On It
• Superscapes
• Yard Crashers

Check out the programs; you may find that they become some of your favorites, too!

Good looks and eco-sensitivity merge at AC Martin's Caltrans headquarters in Marysville by Edie Cohen -- Interior Design.

Exceprt: "It was a toss-up. Winning the design-build competition for the California Department of Transportation District 3 headquarters in Marysville, David Martin of AC Martin Partners wasn't quite sure which was tighter, the state's $65.7 million budget or a program shoehorning more than 700 people into 208,000 square feet. The architect was also going to be following in some pretty big footsteps." Read entire article at: Green-Lighting Green Design

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