Brownie Logo: Madera Mi Brownie

A couple of months ago, a friend of my sister’s who sells brownies and other baked goods did a little contest for the design of his logo. The winner would get a tray brownies, biscuits, and cookies.

I decided to submit a few designs because my sister kept insisting I did–mostly because she wanted the brownies. And I was surprised to find out that my design was the winner. The brownies were delicious and winning felt good!

Here are some design submissions:

   

This was the winning logo:

And this was my delicious prize!

Madera Mi Brownie’s FACEBOOK PAGE

Madera Mi Brownie’s TWITTER PROFILE

Work Isn’t All About the Money

Photo Credit: pri.org

When we think about the word work, we can’t help but think about money. After all, isn’t work what we do to get money? Yes. But there’s a lot more to work than just money.

I used to have a philosophy towards work—a philosophy that would get me nowhere and that would only feed my ego: If the pay isn’t high enough for what I thought I deserved for my many [read sarcastic] talents, I wasn’t going to take it. That simple. This is a wrong philosophy to live by for many reasons:

1. YOU ARE OVERRATING YOURSELF. You’re probably not as great as you think you are. At least in my case, I thought I had a lot of knowledge in many areas, but I didn’t have the work experience to prove that. I might know that I am capable of doing something, but there must be tangible proof of that for others to believe me [resumé].

2. YOU WON’T GET MANY JOBS. This I-am-so-great attitude won’t get you anywhere unless you’re your own boss or the CEO somewhere. A good employee is teachable and humble and understands well his role in the company. Being stuck up won’t get you many friends.

3. FINDING A GOOD-PAYING JOB IS HARD. A stable job is almost a treasure, specially in this economy. With the cutbacks companies have had to do, you’re lucky if you’re still in. Many people have trouble finding jobs because they are overqualified, and companies can’t pay for their work experience.

4. IT ISN’T ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. Sometimes, money isn’t the best thing you can get out of a job. God showed me this lesson recently.

Intermission: Blog Header

My little sister blogs, and just recently she changed her blog’s theme. So she asked me to do a header for the blog, and this is what came about. She wanted something very simple, black and white. I used the brackets and dashed underline to make reference to the idea of intermission. Best thing of all is that my sister is very happy with the outcome. You can see how the header looks on her blog felizadriana.wordpress.com. Take the time and read some of her blog posts too.

Unthwarted: August Wallpaper

Every month, designers can submit their own wallpapers, and they are made available for free download at challies.com. This is my first time submitting a monthly wallpaper for Tim Challies. You can download my Unthwarted wallpaper here. Feel free to download any other wallpaper you like. Pretty cool designs over there!