Ice Day!

So my parents came up last weekend and we since Minnesota has been especially cold we decided to make saturday "Ice Day", so we had many ice adventures! Here are some shots!

Minnehaha Falls

A very pretty waterfall frozen over. Much more breath taking in person.

Modern Times

A sandwich & coffee break to warm up!

Annual Art Sled Race

A really cool tradition at Powderhorn Park! So many different sleds, sliding down a hill of just ice! Very cool.

Ice Castles

All of this glorious ice is in the Mall of America's parking lot! Kinda hard to believe. We were a little too early for the lights in the ice to go on, but we found the colors beautiful anyway!

We ended the night with a great warm dinner and some snuggles with our animals. 

Have a great day everyone!

-Robin

Where else to find us...

So during these transition/construction times I thought I would point out other places where we update and contribute to daily. So here are some other places to follow us!

Pinterest

Boy do I love Pinterest! Feel free to follow some of my boards! I would love to follow you too!

Facebook

Like us on facebook! We update daily! Let us know if you have a facebook page too!

Tumblr

I tend to use tumblr everyday. I love reblogging inspiration from other blogs and try to add a few of my own. Follow me and I will follow you back! Or message me hello!

Twitter

I really like twitter, follow me I will follow you back and feel free to send me a message! I will also retweet some of your announcements!

Flickr

I love showing my photo's on flickr! I would love to see some of yours!

Dribbble

Dribbble is the best. It's full of designers with great comments and work. Feel free to say hello!

Instagram

Instragram is where I show little snapshots of life. You can follow me with your smartphone: something_nice. Or just visit this website!

Feel free to comment below of places where we can follow you!

Have a wonderful friday everyone!

-Robin

Updates, improvements, and plans

Now I haven't been posting as much as I would like. I felt so good about posting everyday in September and then I got my part-time job and was working 37 hours a week (mainly during daylight hours) and couldn't keep up. Following with hosting for each holiday, even New Years! I didn't even document much of that. I feel like I have pushed my creative thinking to the side these past couple of months. Even my social networking has been absent. I am hoping with some improvements, less time at work, and future plans I will be able to get back to where I was again.

I guess my improvements are just continuing with improvements I established a couple months ago. I will continue to work on my photography skills and my content. I have purchased Red Velvet's Blog (Design) Love e-course. I would just like our blog to go more to the design side. Which makes me want to mention I will posting more illustrations and designs to this blog. As much as I want this to be a lifestyle blog I do want to add a lot more design to it, rather then just documenting and sharing. I want to work with other artists and friends. Have topics we can illustrate/design to. I already have some  projects in mind. I just want to have more unique and interesting overall content. 

In my personal life all I can do is just keep thinking about future plans, making lists, and goals. I even had a "meeting" with my future husband since he is on his last semester of school and I have yet to be in a situation where I make a decent income. We talked about our dream jobs, locations, and a couple of back up plans. I felt pretty good after the discussion and I think this year will be great. 

My overall plan this year is to really build up Something Nice Designs. At the end of the year I would like it to be in a postion where I could live off it. I want to do more freelance jobs, new products, new professional look for our website and products. 

I apologize if this is all boring and too much of a personal log but I just felt like sharing what has been going on and what to expect in the future. At least you have some pretty pictures to look at. :)

Thanks guys! Have a wonderful wednesday! 

-Robin 

Happy Birthday!

January always seems to be the month of Birthdays! Which made me think about that I don't have too many Birthday illustrations, so I made some! I made several different looks just for fun, a pattern too! Enjoy!

And if it's your birthday, well Happy Birthday!

-Robin

Afterglow

So I have recently seen people using the app afterglow all over the place! And I love it! The filters are great, they have great editing adjustments. AND they have cool crops like circles and triangles! It's really fun and addicting so I had to do some of old pictures. Here they are below, enjoy!

Great right? I suggest you check it out if you can! :)

HAPPY SUNDAY EVERYONE!

-Robin

My favorite patterns in my apartment...

So I thought I would do a fun post about some of my favorite patterns in my house.

My bathroom floor, my comforter, a Mike Perry post, and an ikea rug! :) 

Just a quick post :)

Happy Saturday everyone! 

-Robin

October Goals

Here is a fun little list I illustrated real quick about what fun goals I have for October.

Also a fall look on our facbook page. Check it out! 

I am very excited about this month!!! Happy first day of October everyone!

-Robin

September in Instagram

Well October is two days away and I am so excited! But September was pretty great. Here are a couple of my favorites from my instagram to wrap up the month. You can see more of my instagram photos here or follow me something_nice.

Have a great Saturday everyone!

-Robin

Photo Diary: Orange & Red

Some oranges & reds to welcome the fall season!

Happy Friday everyone!!!!

-Robin