I am officially back from vacation and spending this lovely Monday catching up on all my work. Ever feel like you need a vacation from your vacation? Fortunately when we arrived home we found that the weather in Minnesota was far nicer than that in Nevada, go figure. Yes, we were there for the SNOW IN LAS VEGAS!

My husband and I spent the week in Las Vegas, neither of us had been there before. Wowee, there is a lot to see! If you like to sight see its a great place to visit. We both loved the visual aspects of Vegas, the lights, the architecture, just everything. My husband has just picked up photography and was constantly stopping for pictures and learning how to use his Cannon SLR. I, on the other hand, stick to my point and shoot camera which I find does amazingly well for such a tiny camera. Aren’t those umbrellas neat?

We did find it funny how work and simply life follow us on vacation though. When taking pictures I was constantly looking at composition and layout in the way I would for web or graphic designing. When going back over our pictures you can tell which one of us (between my husband and I) had studied more in terms of layout. His excuse? “Oh honey, you can crop that for me”. Haha. I can tell you that on more than one occasion my husband stopped and said “Kristine, why are you taking a picture of THAT?” Can you tell by the look on his face in the above picture? That has got to be one of my favorites.

I love to grab images that I see around me to stick away for future inspiration. I find myself commenting on colors or the pattern or simply the layout of things around me. When you work in design its easy to fall into a pattern of doing the same stuff over and over, therefor I make a effort to watch for new things around me in my every day life. I think this is important for creative woman and is true for a lot of my clients. When was the last time you noticed a billboard’s unique use of color or how the reflection of a fountain dances on the water. I dare you to find one new thing that is inspiring to you the next time you are out running errands, or something that just looks neat. You just might be surprised at what you find!