toblerone's Profile

Bio

I'm an American mom living overseas with my little family in an urban high-rise apartment. My background is in graphic design, and I was a freelancer before my first child was born. I always knew I'd be a stay-at-home mom, but I just couldn't get designing out my system.

Chickpea Designs was born in November 2007 as a way to make side money while living overseas.

I started off exclusively selling holiday photo cards, but have since designed birth announcements, party and shower invites, save-the-date engagement announcements, change of address cards, and more.

Holiday cards remain my best sellers, so my busy season is November and December. If you already know you'll be ordering your holiday cards from Chickpea Designs, go ahead and place your order! I offer a discount to the early birds.

You can find me blogging about life hacks for home managers at SimpleMom.net, and about expat life at BetterThingsAhead.com. I'm also the editor of Digital Bliss, the web 2.0 channel for BlissfullyDomestic.com. And I'm a proud member of the LifeSkillsNetwork.net, and of 9Rules.com.

Follow me on Twitter: @simplemom
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For fun, I dig reading, writing, traveling, hanging out with my family, drinking coffee, and talking with friends. I hate wearing socks.

Favorite Materials

MacBook, Adobe photoshop, Flickr, ColourLovers, AbstractFonts