Yesterday, I told SAJ that I was growing tired of my banner which has existed on this site for a whopping total of 36 days. She offered to design one for me, which came as quite a surprise considering she knows me not only as Whoorl, but as Sarah, the all-smiles-but-deep-down- extremely-hard-to-please-god-she-can-be-SO-PICKY gal that lives in her ‘hood. She clearly must have been on a mission to raise her personal level of annoyance to an all-time high.
We planned on discussing some ideas while hanging out at the park this week with the bambinos. Totally light and breezy.
What I experienced next can only be explained as an outburst of creativity that would put Karim Rashid to shame. While I was sitting on my arse watching American Idol, she was seeking out abstract photographs taken by my husband online (my favorite one- how did she know?) and cranking out banners like a gumball machine. Please focus your attention on this:
This is a snapshot of my inbox. Yep, I think the word “outburst” accurately describes the situation. Not only did she produce several awesome banners, but when my OCD kicked into super-high gear, she continued to tweak and tweak and TWEAK when most would have politely told me to GO DO IT YOURSELF, PSYCHO PIXEL SYMMETRY GIRL.
Thanks SAJ! I love it to pieces!
bitetherabbit
March 15, 2007 at 1:54 pmvery cool!
don't call me ma'am
March 15, 2007 at 2:08 pmI love it! And Wito’s smile makes it all that much better.
It must be “banner uneasiness” month. I’m changing mine soon, and most of the people I read have done so recently as well.
sizzle
March 15, 2007 at 2:12 pmshe’s clearly a genius!
rebecca
March 15, 2007 at 2:14 pmI like it :)
angela
March 15, 2007 at 2:26 pmI’m sure she had nothing better to do anyway, so she’s probably thanking YOU.
Angela – Exactly. Nothing better to do except entertain a toddler, pump out work for her many clients, create original items for her readers, illustrate for her blog…did I mention entertaining a toddler? ;)
Amanda
March 15, 2007 at 2:35 pmNice work, SAJ! It really adds a lot to the site, I say!
Leah
March 15, 2007 at 2:49 pmGreat banner. Super-fantastic-awesome SAJ (as usual).
SAJ
March 15, 2007 at 3:00 pmYeah, I’m embarrassed. Just kidding. Poor Baby Bug though. I’m such a bad mom.
Well, all of those emails were in response to my requests for “tweaking”. MORE TWEAKING! NOW! And yes, I feel the same way about Wito. The past couple of hours have been filled with NEGLECT.
erika
March 15, 2007 at 4:54 pmit looks absolutely awesome! great work guys. :)
BeachMama
March 15, 2007 at 4:04 pmSAJ’s talent shines through again. Looks good!
cocodrie
March 15, 2007 at 4:22 pmI lovvvvvvvve it! It’s GORGEOUS. Bravo, SAJ Whoorl for putting your two creative minds to work.
angela
March 15, 2007 at 4:47 pmDefinitely a saint, I’d say.
Kelly
March 15, 2007 at 5:59 pmVery cool…personal…I like it a lot. Now I need to bug my husband about changing mine…but I am afraid he will toss a brick at my head.
little miss mel
March 15, 2007 at 5:05 pmi dig. i dig!
nila
March 15, 2007 at 6:12 pmYou’re so lucky to have an SAJ original. I love all of her stuff. Especially the illustrations she puts on her blog. She’s a true talent.