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I'm a graphic designer! I'm always posting photos of my cooking or my adorable dogs, but never really showing you what gets done in my studio and helps buy all that food I cook. So here are some invitations I finished up last week for a new client, the San Diego Junior League. The invites are for a fabulous day at the Del Mar Races. I just spent some time updating my portfolio, so go take a look!

Lola and her baby

Never in a million years did I think that a 50¢ toy from IKEA could outlast any dog toy on earth. We buy these little stuffed animals for Lola every time we cruise through that crazy Swedish madhouse. They don't have a squeaker or any rope or "tuff" rubber. They're just little bite-sized creatures, and Lola loves to carry them around with her. She licks them, and nudges them and sniffs them, they are her babies. Well, that is until about 10 at night when she decides to shove it in Henry's face and they wrestle over it for the next hour. Call this the calm before the storm:

Should I or shouldn't I?

During her regularly scheduled bird and bug watching session, Lola took a quick break to evaluate if I was being interesting enough to bother getting up and following me. But she noticed I wasn't holding a side of prime rib.

Mystery solved

I woke up this morning wishing I could have a giant chocolate chip cookie with my cup of tea. There were no cookies of any kind, lemon, sugar or chocolate, none. So I decided I'd make waffles for breakfast this fine Tuesday morning. But waffles for me aren't a box of Eggos quickly grabbed from the freezer. Waffles are flour, butter, baking soda, eggs and more. While I'm up to my eyeballs in mixing bowls and milk, I call my sister for a quick chat. I recount my morning to which she just replies, "No wonder your kitchen is always a mess!"

A distinct silhouette