Hello, hello!  This is just a quick note to remind you that our schedules will be opening for project review two weeks from today, beginning December 2nd.  We will begin contacting anyone who wished to remain on our list from the Fall review first and then move on to those who submitted their requests for Winter 2009.  Please don’t let the waiting list discourage you!  We’ll follow up on every single request we receive up until 11:59pm December 1st starting December 2nd and hopefully, that will include you.

So! If you are interested in working with either myself or Kathy in the first quarter of 2009, January - March, please make sure to submit your thoroughly completed Request for Proposal form as soon as possible. The sooner you get it in, the higher you are on the list. 

Please be as thorough and realistic as possible.  We are only able to take a limited number of project per quarter and incomplete forms only delay the process.  Help us help you! 

Kathy and I are excited about the coming year and look forward to working with you!

As some of you may know, we are both avid supporters of various causes and charities.  One of my chosen recipients of charitable goodness is AIDS Walk.  For the last 4 years, I’ve participated in the 3k AIDS Walk San Diego and through donations from friends, family and people like you fine folks, along with fundraising events, I’ve raised close to $7000 since 2004 for this cause. 

For those who aren’t familiar with AIDS Walk, here’s a bit from their website:

AIDS Walk San Diego is San Diego’s largest one-day HIV/AIDS fundraiser and the biggest non-governmental financial provider for HIV/AIDS in San Diego County. Dozens of agencies — serving thousands of clients — rely on funds raised at the annual AIDS Walk to help provide essential prevention and care programs to thousands of men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS.

I don’t need to wax poetic about all the reasons why we need to provide support and services for those living with HIV/AIDS all over the U.S.  What I can do is ask if you could throw a dollar into my kitty, or whatever you’re willing to donate. I’m about half-way to my modest goal of $500 this year and with only a couple more weeks until the walk, any donation would be appreciated.  I’m walking whether I’ve got a three dollars or three thousand, but every little bit helps.  If you’re unable to or don’t feel like kicking cash my way, consider walking with me, if you’re in the area. Or, if you have an AIDS Walk in your city, sign up and hustle your

own tuchus for donations or volunteer at the event.

There are so many way in which you can help. I hope you will.

p.s. Burn your bras!  Boobie-thon is coming!

Hello!  We’re back in action today, pumped full of coffee and ready to tackle our Fall schedule (October - November). We have begun reviewing all the wonderful inquiries we have received (thank you!) so if you submitted a Request for Proposal (RFP) over the Summer you will be hearing from us shortly as we set up phone consultations and/or ask questions regarding your project.  We’ve received lots of faaaaaaaabulous inquiries and we’re excited to get started on some fresh new projects! 

We will continue to accept requests for projects

beginning Winter 2009 (January - March). Any requests that came in after September 1st will be eligible for our schedule in January. We will begin reviewing requests for our Winter schedule December 2, 2008.

Thanks so much for your patience over the Summer. We’re looking forward to speaking with you and learning more about your vision for your web project.

Is it time for spiked cider yet?

We recently resent our email blast from yesterday (the one about Femmeplates™), so we apologize if you received two versions.  That’s not normally our M.O., but we were told last night that our emails haven’t been arriving with any content for those who view them text-only, so we wanted to try to remedy that. If you happen to get a funky email or one that is missing content or anything, please drop us a note and let us know.  We’d appreciate it!

A final reminder that we will be out of the office Wednesday, August 20 through Tuesday, August 26th. We’ll be back in the office Wednesday, August 27th to respond to any emails we may have received. This is the one time of year that we give ourselves a much-needed break, so we won’t be responding to any email until we get back.  However, if it is an emergency (like the Internet is being taken over by an army of Lolcats or Melrose Place returns to prime time), we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.  If it’s

truly urgent (like your site is inaccessible or you’re getting a database error) please contact your host directly for a more timely and effective response.

And, finally… it’s time for cocktails!  Don’t forget to join us on Saturday, August 23rd from 5pm - 7pm for some casual cocktails at the Lei Lounge. It’s nothing blown-out, just us girls having some tropical $4 signature cocktails, like Chinese Cosmopolitans and Hawaiian Mojitos on a beautiful Saturday evening in a cabana with some delicious snacks and attractive people serving us. What’s not to like?  If you’re in the area, please consider swinging by to join us for a drink — we’d love to meet you!

Ok ladies… no pushing, no shoving, no line cutting and no hair pulling.  Femmeplates™ are finally available for purchase!  We know, we promised these on August 11th but an unfortunate run in with some stubborn code set us back some.  Not to mention, I was out of town while Joelle hammered away at the set-up so that didn’t help move things along any faster.  How helpful of me!  However now, we have it all pulled together and working smoother than Kenny G covered in cream cheese.  Now, don’t go throwing darts at us if you run into anything hinky on checkout.  We’ll get any kinks ironed out I’m sure.

Femmeplates™ came from our desire to do some less restrictive creative work without the usual rules and regulations set forth with bigger projects.  We love designing pretty much anything but sometimes it’s fun just to do whatever hits our artsy fartsy button.  So we’ve unleashed a handful of premium cute stylish templates to choose from with a variety of price and license options to fit your needs.  We’ll be adding more new designs as the year goes on so the stash will get larger but for our premier Femmeplates™, we though this grouping would strike some of your girly chords. 

So go ahead and head over to our new Femmeplates™ selection and browse around. Viva la Femmeplates™!