2013 Calendars and the Year of the Black Water Snake

I'm always late to buy a calendar and here we are in the first week of January, and I consider this to be an improvement. So, I did some searching around town the internet, and found these. I really enjoy a nice tactile calendar, one with soul, one that can speak to the year. Which is also noteworthy as the year of the snake. And, as long as we're on that subject, perhaps I'm not late to the calendar buying game as I thought - the Chinese new year rolls over on February 4th (celebrated on the 10th) this year, so, actually, I'm early.
Here are some attributes associated with the year of the black water snake:

• Steadfast progress
• Snake is Yin (female)
• Snake is fire and thus as a water year it is Fire under Water - it has a calming effect on the animal's nature
• If you're sign is Monkey or Goat, take advantage of the year, for you are in favorable territory with the Snake
• Don't make commitments that are overreaching
• Be weary of spending outside of your means
• Supposed year of peace - fingers crossed

The Facts of Love (Infographic)

An infographic about everyone's favorite holiday (at least it's mine). Compiled by Joe Faux and myself. Design by Joe.

Receipt Migration

iDye Packaging Love

I just want to keep a collection of these dyes on hand because of how kickass they look.

Patterns

I found this link via Bits & Bobbins; it's a post from a great site that shows you how to do all sorts of cool things, Design Sponge.

Anyway, this post, in particular, Julia Rothman shows you how to make a repeating pattern with a drawing. Super cool and easy.
This is the pattern created in the tutorial: