DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD I’m not hiding anything cow. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head. This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in

Pilot Point, Texas.

I’M NOT HIDING ANYTHING COW. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in the western area of Ivan, Texas. We still occupy the land his grandmother and then mother were raised on, as well as a couple other ancestry properties. This allows us to rotate grazing and

be

CREATE SOMETHING EVERYDAY. Create something that wasn’t there before. Just do it. It’s what’s been in my head for a long time. I’m letting that thought out now. Sunrise, sunset — By me CONTACT - DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Contact. Feel free to email me anytime – holly.tarquinio@icloud.com. Add the note “Found you on WordPress” to the subject.

ADOBE SKETCH

My theory is that mindless social media scrolling isn’t doing it for me. So, I’m trying to make the time I do spend on my phone purposeful. My minds desire to create something might hopefully be released by simply trying something new. The image below is basically me playing in Adobe Sketch. There’s all kinds of art out there. CREATE – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Visit the post for more. hollytarquinio. Graphic designer, ranch hand, dog walker, parrot nerd and art fancier. BLOGGING – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in EXPRESSION – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD As much as I battle with wrapping my head around contemporary art sometimes. I sure don’t have any trouble creating it. Colored landscape - by me “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.” —Georgia O’Keefe I’ve never been

GENERAL CHATTER

My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

ALL-STAR STATUS

The magazine I design is very niche and built very much on templates. I do break into those templates some, however we publish twice a month so the templates help keep us on track and consistent in look and readability. A few times a year we get content that warrants a DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD I’m not hiding anything cow. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head. This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in

Pilot Point, Texas.

I’M NOT HIDING ANYTHING COW. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in the western area of Ivan, Texas. We still occupy the land his grandmother and then mother were raised on, as well as a couple other ancestry properties. This allows us to rotate grazing and

be

CREATE SOMETHING EVERYDAY. Create something that wasn’t there before. Just do it. It’s what’s been in my head for a long time. I’m letting that thought out now. Sunrise, sunset — By me CONTACT - DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Contact. Feel free to email me anytime – holly.tarquinio@icloud.com. Add the note “Found you on WordPress” to the subject.

ADOBE SKETCH

My theory is that mindless social media scrolling isn’t doing it for me. So, I’m trying to make the time I do spend on my phone purposeful. My minds desire to create something might hopefully be released by simply trying something new. The image below is basically me playing in Adobe Sketch. There’s all kinds of art out there. CREATE – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Visit the post for more. hollytarquinio. Graphic designer, ranch hand, dog walker, parrot nerd and art fancier. BLOGGING – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in EXPRESSION – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD As much as I battle with wrapping my head around contemporary art sometimes. I sure don’t have any trouble creating it. Colored landscape - by me “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.” —Georgia O’Keefe I’ve never been

GENERAL CHATTER

My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

ALL-STAR STATUS

The magazine I design is very niche and built very much on templates. I do break into those templates some, however we publish twice a month so the templates help keep us on track and consistent in look and readability. A few times a year we get content that warrants a ART, BULLET JOURNALS AND PARROTS! OH MY! Oh my! – Design Around My World. Art, bullet journals and parrots! Oh my! I’m Holly. I have 20 years of experience as a mostly in-house graphic designer. I’ve worked in screen-printing, packaging and P.O.P., and now publishing. I love art and learning about how artists do what they do. I also love bullet journaling and parrots, so you may ART – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Posts about Art written by hollytarquinio. A couple of weeks ago The Bullet Journal & Kim at Tiny Ray of Sunshine started the Self-Care

Bullet Journal

TAG: ART - ART

Posts about Art written by hollytarquinio. Every year I look forward to Fort Worth’s Main Street Arts Festival. Over the years, I’ve collected my share of BLOGGING – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in MARCH 2021 – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD 7 posts published by hollytarquinio during March 2021. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

GENERAL CHATTER

My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

LANDSCAPE CHALLENGE

As seen from my parent’s back deck in central Pennsylvania. It’s funny I find myself less on Facebook than usual during this time of quarantine. I am partaking in some of the fun that’s happening. The landscape challenge is one. Post a photo of a place BIG TREES – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD We built a house. It’s been two years in the planning and building. The neighborhood we built in is older and established and slowly being renewed. The community was built in and around what used to be a pecan orchard. Many of them are tall and gnarly and old. Our property has

one old large

TINY DESIGN

In January, I attended the annual Parrot Festival in Houston, Texas. If you've read any of my previous blogs you'll know I'm a self identified "Bird Nerd." It was a good time, though I was still in a bit of a slump from losing my 16 year old parrot suddenly a few weeks

before. It

CATCHING UP

It's been a busy year. I feel like it's been ages since my last post. Not that I have any readers to apologize to at this point but I should apologize to myself for not keeping up with the blogging. So much has happened. I have a list of happenings I want to share. So DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD I’m not hiding anything cow. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head. This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in

Pilot Point, Texas.

ART, BULLET JOURNALS AND PARROTS! OH MY! Oh my! – Design Around My World. Art, bullet journals and parrots! Oh my! I’m Holly. I have 20 years of experience as a mostly in-house graphic designer. I’ve worked in screen-printing, packaging and P.O.P., and now publishing. I love art and learning about how artists do what they do. I also love bullet journaling and parrots, so you may I’M NOT HIDING ANYTHING COW. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in the western area of Ivan, Texas. We still occupy the land his grandmother and then mother were raised on, as well as a couple other ancestry properties. This allows us to rotate grazing and

be

CREATE SOMETHING EVERYDAY. Create something that wasn’t there before. Just do it. It’s what’s been in my head for a long time. I’m letting that thought out now. Sunrise, sunset — By me

ADOBE SKETCH

My theory is that mindless social media scrolling isn’t doing it for me. So, I’m trying to make the time I do spend on my phone purposeful. My minds desire to create something might hopefully be released by simply trying something new. The image below is basically me playing in Adobe Sketch. There’s all kinds of art out there. CREATE – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Visit the post for more. hollytarquinio. Graphic designer, ranch hand, dog walker, parrot nerd and art fancier. EXPRESSION – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD As much as I battle with wrapping my head around contemporary art sometimes. I sure don’t have any trouble creating it. Colored landscape - by me “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.” —Georgia O’Keefe I’ve never been TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS The tulips were pretty well picked over. They’d apparently had a mass of people the day before. And the week before was spring break. There were many tulips yet to bloom but not quite ready for us. The wind was also a bit of a nuisance. (Hello March, in like a

DEKE’S TECHNIQUES

Deke’s Techniques. May 31, 2017. by hollytarquinio Graphic Design. Screen capture of Deke McClelland’s webpage. Today, as I was catching up on my blog reading I watched this video by Deke McClleand, on all the shortcuts in Photoshop CC. I’ve followed Deke for years.

MOVING ALONG

I think I found a theme I like. Now, I just need to start writing. I'm not really a writer. But my editor at work says I can hold my own. I don't know that anyone really cares about what I'll say, but I think it will be fun to send a few thoughts out DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD I’m not hiding anything cow. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head. This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in

Pilot Point, Texas.

ART, BULLET JOURNALS AND PARROTS! OH MY! Oh my! – Design Around My World. Art, bullet journals and parrots! Oh my! I’m Holly. I have 20 years of experience as a mostly in-house graphic designer. I’ve worked in screen-printing, packaging and P.O.P., and now publishing. I love art and learning about how artists do what they do. I also love bullet journaling and parrots, so you may I’M NOT HIDING ANYTHING COW. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in the western area of Ivan, Texas. We still occupy the land his grandmother and then mother were raised on, as well as a couple other ancestry properties. This allows us to rotate grazing and

be

CREATE SOMETHING EVERYDAY. Create something that wasn’t there before. Just do it. It’s what’s been in my head for a long time. I’m letting that thought out now. Sunrise, sunset — By me

ADOBE SKETCH

My theory is that mindless social media scrolling isn’t doing it for me. So, I’m trying to make the time I do spend on my phone purposeful. My minds desire to create something might hopefully be released by simply trying something new. The image below is basically me playing in Adobe Sketch. There’s all kinds of art out there. CREATE – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Visit the post for more. hollytarquinio. Graphic designer, ranch hand, dog walker, parrot nerd and art fancier. EXPRESSION – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD As much as I battle with wrapping my head around contemporary art sometimes. I sure don’t have any trouble creating it. Colored landscape - by me “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.” —Georgia O’Keefe I’ve never been TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS The tulips were pretty well picked over. They’d apparently had a mass of people the day before. And the week before was spring break. There were many tulips yet to bloom but not quite ready for us. The wind was also a bit of a nuisance. (Hello March, in like a

DEKE’S TECHNIQUES

Deke’s Techniques. May 31, 2017. by hollytarquinio Graphic Design. Screen capture of Deke McClelland’s webpage. Today, as I was catching up on my blog reading I watched this video by Deke McClleand, on all the shortcuts in Photoshop CC. I’ve followed Deke for years.

MOVING ALONG

I think I found a theme I like. Now, I just need to start writing. I'm not really a writer. But my editor at work says I can hold my own. I don't know that anyone really cares about what I'll say, but I think it will be fun to send a few thoughts out CONTACT - DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Contact. Feel free to email me anytime – holly.tarquinio@icloud.com. Add the note “Found you on WordPress” to the subject.

TAG: ART - ART

Posts about Art written by hollytarquinio. Every year I look forward to Fort Worth’s Main Street Arts Festival. Over the years, I’ve collected my share of

AGRICULTURE

Posts about agriculture written by hollytarquinio. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

BULLET JOURNALING

Posts about Bullet Journaling written by hollytarquinio. These last few weeks of the Bullet Journal Self-Care Challenge seem to have blended together for me. FAMILY – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Posts about family written by hollytarquinio. Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in Pilot

Point, Texas.

UNCATEGORIZED

My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

LANDSCAPE CHALLENGE

As seen from my parent’s back deck in central Pennsylvania. It’s funny I find myself less on Facebook than usual during this time of quarantine. I am partaking in some of the fun that’s happening. The landscape challenge is one. Post a photo of a place

IPHONEOGRAPHY

Posts about iPhoneography written by hollytarquinio. Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in Pilot Point, Texas.

MOVING ALONG

I think I found a theme I like. Now, I just need to start writing. I'm not really a writer. But my editor at work says I can hold my own. I don't know that anyone really cares about what I'll say, but I think it will be fun to send a few thoughts out

DEKE’S TECHNIQUES

Deke’s Techniques. May 31, 2017. by hollytarquinio Graphic Design. Screen capture of Deke McClelland’s webpage. Today, as I was catching up on my blog reading I watched this video by Deke McClleand, on all the shortcuts in Photoshop CC. I’ve followed Deke for years. DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD I’m not hiding anything cow. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head. This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in

Pilot Point, Texas.

ART, BULLET JOURNALS AND PARROTS! OH MY! Oh my! – Design Around My World. Art, bullet journals and parrots! Oh my! I’m Holly. I have 20 years of experience as a mostly in-house graphic designer. I’ve worked in screen-printing, packaging and P.O.P., and now publishing. I love art and learning about how artists do what they do. I also love bullet journaling and parrots, so you may I’M NOT HIDING ANYTHING COW. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in the western area of Ivan, Texas. We still occupy the land his grandmother and then mother were raised on, as well as a couple other ancestry properties. This allows us to rotate grazing and

be

CREATE SOMETHING EVERYDAY. Create something that wasn’t there before. Just do it. It’s what’s been in my head for a long time. I’m letting that thought out now. Sunrise, sunset — By me

ADOBE SKETCH

My theory is that mindless social media scrolling isn’t doing it for me. So, I’m trying to make the time I do spend on my phone purposeful. My minds desire to create something might hopefully be released by simply trying something new. The image below is basically me playing in Adobe Sketch. There’s all kinds of art out there. CREATE – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Visit the post for more. hollytarquinio. Graphic designer, ranch hand, dog walker, parrot nerd and art fancier. EXPRESSION – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD As much as I battle with wrapping my head around contemporary art sometimes. I sure don’t have any trouble creating it. Colored landscape - by me “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.” —Georgia O’Keefe I’ve never been TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS The tulips were pretty well picked over. They’d apparently had a mass of people the day before. And the week before was spring break. There were many tulips yet to bloom but not quite ready for us. The wind was also a bit of a nuisance. (Hello March, in like a

DEKE’S TECHNIQUES

Deke’s Techniques. May 31, 2017. by hollytarquinio Graphic Design. Screen capture of Deke McClelland’s webpage. Today, as I was catching up on my blog reading I watched this video by Deke McClleand, on all the shortcuts in Photoshop CC. I’ve followed Deke for years.

MOVING ALONG

I think I found a theme I like. Now, I just need to start writing. I'm not really a writer. But my editor at work says I can hold my own. I don't know that anyone really cares about what I'll say, but I think it will be fun to send a few thoughts out DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD I’m not hiding anything cow. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head. This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in

Pilot Point, Texas.

ART, BULLET JOURNALS AND PARROTS! OH MY! Oh my! – Design Around My World. Art, bullet journals and parrots! Oh my! I’m Holly. I have 20 years of experience as a mostly in-house graphic designer. I’ve worked in screen-printing, packaging and P.O.P., and now publishing. I love art and learning about how artists do what they do. I also love bullet journaling and parrots, so you may I’M NOT HIDING ANYTHING COW. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in the western area of Ivan, Texas. We still occupy the land his grandmother and then mother were raised on, as well as a couple other ancestry properties. This allows us to rotate grazing and

be

CREATE SOMETHING EVERYDAY. Create something that wasn’t there before. Just do it. It’s what’s been in my head for a long time. I’m letting that thought out now. Sunrise, sunset — By me

ADOBE SKETCH

My theory is that mindless social media scrolling isn’t doing it for me. So, I’m trying to make the time I do spend on my phone purposeful. My minds desire to create something might hopefully be released by simply trying something new. The image below is basically me playing in Adobe Sketch. There’s all kinds of art out there. CREATE – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Visit the post for more. hollytarquinio. Graphic designer, ranch hand, dog walker, parrot nerd and art fancier. EXPRESSION – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD As much as I battle with wrapping my head around contemporary art sometimes. I sure don’t have any trouble creating it. Colored landscape - by me “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.” —Georgia O’Keefe I’ve never been TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS The tulips were pretty well picked over. They’d apparently had a mass of people the day before. And the week before was spring break. There were many tulips yet to bloom but not quite ready for us. The wind was also a bit of a nuisance. (Hello March, in like a

DEKE’S TECHNIQUES

Deke’s Techniques. May 31, 2017. by hollytarquinio Graphic Design. Screen capture of Deke McClelland’s webpage. Today, as I was catching up on my blog reading I watched this video by Deke McClleand, on all the shortcuts in Photoshop CC. I’ve followed Deke for years.

MOVING ALONG

I think I found a theme I like. Now, I just need to start writing. I'm not really a writer. But my editor at work says I can hold my own. I don't know that anyone really cares about what I'll say, but I think it will be fun to send a few thoughts out CONTACT - DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Contact. Feel free to email me anytime – holly.tarquinio@icloud.com. Add the note “Found you on WordPress” to the subject.

TAG: ART - ART

Posts about Art written by hollytarquinio. Every year I look forward to Fort Worth’s Main Street Arts Festival. Over the years, I’ve collected my share of

AGRICULTURE

Posts about agriculture written by hollytarquinio. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

BULLET JOURNALING

Posts about Bullet Journaling written by hollytarquinio. These last few weeks of the Bullet Journal Self-Care Challenge seem to have blended together for me. FAMILY – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Posts about family written by hollytarquinio. Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in Pilot

Point, Texas.

UNCATEGORIZED

My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

LANDSCAPE CHALLENGE

As seen from my parent’s back deck in central Pennsylvania. It’s funny I find myself less on Facebook than usual during this time of quarantine. I am partaking in some of the fun that’s happening. The landscape challenge is one. Post a photo of a place

IPHONEOGRAPHY

Posts about iPhoneography written by hollytarquinio. Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in Pilot Point, Texas.

MOVING ALONG

I think I found a theme I like. Now, I just need to start writing. I'm not really a writer. But my editor at work says I can hold my own. I don't know that anyone really cares about what I'll say, but I think it will be fun to send a few thoughts out

DEKE’S TECHNIQUES

Deke’s Techniques. May 31, 2017. by hollytarquinio Graphic Design. Screen capture of Deke McClelland’s webpage. Today, as I was catching up on my blog reading I watched this video by Deke McClleand, on all the shortcuts in Photoshop CC. I’ve followed Deke for years. DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD I’m not hiding anything cow. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head. This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in

Pilot Point, Texas.

I’M NOT HIDING ANYTHING COW. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in the western area of Ivan, Texas. We still occupy the land his grandmother and then mother were raised on, as well as a couple other ancestry properties. This allows us to rotate grazing and

be

AGRICULTURE

Posts about agriculture written by hollytarquinio. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

CATTLE RAISING

Posts about cattle raising written by hollytarquinio. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

ADOBE SKETCH

My theory is that mindless social media scrolling isn’t doing it for me. So, I’m trying to make the time I do spend on my phone purposeful. My minds desire to create something might hopefully be released by simply trying something new. The image below is basically me playing in Adobe Sketch. There’s all kinds of art out there. EXPRESSION – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD As much as I battle with wrapping my head around contemporary art sometimes. I sure don’t have any trouble creating it. Colored landscape - by me “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.” —Georgia O’Keefe I’ve never been CREATE – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Visit the post for more. hollytarquinio. Graphic designer, ranch hand, dog walker, parrot nerd and art fancier. TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS The tulips were pretty well picked over. They’d apparently had a mass of people the day before. And the week before was spring break. There were many tulips yet to bloom but not quite ready for us. The wind was also a bit of a nuisance. (Hello March, in like a

GENERAL CHATTER

My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

IPHONEOGRAPHY

Posts about iPhoneography written by hollytarquinio. Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in Pilot Point, Texas. DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD I’m not hiding anything cow. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head. This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in

Pilot Point, Texas.

I’M NOT HIDING ANYTHING COW. I’m not hiding anything cow. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in the western area of Ivan, Texas. We still occupy the land his grandmother and then mother were raised on, as well as a couple other ancestry properties. This allows us to rotate grazing and

be

AGRICULTURE

Posts about agriculture written by hollytarquinio. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

CATTLE RAISING

Posts about cattle raising written by hollytarquinio. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

ADOBE SKETCH

My theory is that mindless social media scrolling isn’t doing it for me. So, I’m trying to make the time I do spend on my phone purposeful. My minds desire to create something might hopefully be released by simply trying something new. The image below is basically me playing in Adobe Sketch. There’s all kinds of art out there. EXPRESSION – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD As much as I battle with wrapping my head around contemporary art sometimes. I sure don’t have any trouble creating it. Colored landscape - by me “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.” —Georgia O’Keefe I’ve never been CREATE – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Visit the post for more. hollytarquinio. Graphic designer, ranch hand, dog walker, parrot nerd and art fancier. TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS The tulips were pretty well picked over. They’d apparently had a mass of people the day before. And the week before was spring break. There were many tulips yet to bloom but not quite ready for us. The wind was also a bit of a nuisance. (Hello March, in like a

GENERAL CHATTER

My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

IPHONEOGRAPHY

Posts about iPhoneography written by hollytarquinio. Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in Pilot Point, Texas. ART – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Posts about Art written by hollytarquinio. A couple of weeks ago The Bullet Journal & Kim at Tiny Ray of Sunshine started the Self-Care

Bullet Journal

CONTACT - DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Contact. Feel free to email me anytime – holly.tarquinio@icloud.com. Add the note “Found you on WordPress” to the subject.

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Posts about Graphic Design written by hollytarquinio. A couple of weeks ago The Bullet Journal & Kim at Tiny Ray of Sunshine started the Self-Care Bullet Journal BLOGGING – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

IPHONEOGRAPHY

Posts about iPhoneography written by hollytarquinio. Week three of the Self-Care Bullet Journal Challenge focused on psychological care. CREATE SOMETHING EVERYDAY. Create something that wasn’t there before. Just do it. It’s what’s been in my head for a long time. I’m letting that thought out now. Sunrise, sunset — By me CATTLE – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Posts about cattle written by hollytarquinio. My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in

GENERAL CHATTER

My husband is a 7th generation Texas cattle raiser. His great-great grand parents were apart of the settling community in FAMILY – DESIGN AROUND MY WORLD Posts about family written by hollytarquinio. Now that I’ve got that song stuck in your head This weekend we visited Texas-Tulips in Pilot

Point, Texas.

LANDSCAPE CHALLENGE

As seen from my parent’s back deck in central Pennsylvania. It’s funny I find myself less on Facebook than usual during this time of quarantine. I am partaking in some of the fun that’s happening. The landscape challenge is one. Post a photo of a place

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Nature’s design

March 19, 2019

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NATURE’S DESIGN

Microgreen arugula. Nature provides lush design inspiration. This easy starter comes from True Leaf Market.

Tiny Design

February 27, 2019

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TINY DESIGN

In January, I attended the annual Parrot Festival in Houston, Texas. If you’ve read any of my previous blogs you’ll

All-Star Status

February 7, 2019

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& Design

ALL-STAR STATUS

The magazine I design is very niche and built very much on templates. I do break into those templates some,

Back in the Saddle

January 19, 2019 2

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Art & Design

BACK IN THE SADDLE

This headline is funny for two reasons. One, because I work for a horse magazine. Two, because I really have

Merry Christmas

December 21, 2018

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

The last 4 months have been a bit of a roller coaster. So much to blog

about but I just

Creative Boom, New Bujo & Good Reads

August 25, 2018

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by hollytarquinio

Art & Design

CREATIVE BOOM, NEW BUJO & GOOD READS Well, again it’s been a while. I kind of decided unless I have something I really want to share there’s In Pursuit of Greatness

July 19, 2018

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hollytarquinio Art

& Design

IN PURSUIT OF GREATNESS (the opening photo is a screen capture from the video linked to farther down) When I was in junior high

Independence Day

July 4, 2018

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hollytarquinio

General Chatter

INDEPENDENCE DAY

Here in the United States it is Independence Day. Our country is at another arena of obvious separation but, here’s

Adobe Spark

June 15, 2018 by

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ADOBE SPARK

So in a previous post I made mention of Adobe Spark, the template driven image and story telling applications. I’ve

Getting past it.

June 9, 2018

by hollytarquinio

Art

GETTING PAST IT.

I was supposed to be in Virginia Beach watching a friend get married today. But American Airlines couldn’t get us

A little art

June 5, 2018 3

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A LITTLE ART

Every year I look forward to Fort Worth’s Main Street Arts Festival. Over the years, I’ve collected my share of

3 Day Weekends

May 26, 2018

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hollytarquinio

Blogging

3 DAY WEEKENDS

Well, clearly I’ve lost track of my blogging ambitions, but I can’t be the first or the last. It’s not It’s gonna be May

April 30, 2018

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hollytarquinio

Bullet Journaling

IT’S GONNA BE MAY Been busy. But I’ve still got some blogging in me. Just need to make time to type it out! Stop and look at the Irises

April 5, 2018

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General Chatter

STOP AND LOOK AT THE IRISES It’s been a crazy week and it’s not nearly over yet. I’m making time to walk to the back of Bullet Journal Challenge Week 6: Social Care

March 29, 2018

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by hollytarquinio

Blogging

BULLET JOURNAL CHALLENGE WEEK 6: SOCIAL CARE These last few weeks of the Bullet Journal Self-Care Challenge seem to have blended together for me. I should be Lost in my To Do list

March 22, 2018

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hollytarquinio

Bird-Nerd Alert

LOST IN MY TO DO LIST So I had a few amazing weeks keeping up with my blogging and then things slowed down. I clearly still

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