Work Project: The C&T Publishing Spring 2010 Catalog

As much as the twice yearly catalog projects I manage at C&T Publishing tend to take over for my life for weeks at a time, it sure is great to have something tangible, beautiful even, to show for my team’s efforts. I am more proud of the new Spring 2010 Catalog than of any other catalog C&T has published since I began my employment there.

As with every project, not everything went exactly as I wanted and there are a few things I would change about it if I ruled the world. But considering how many people the catalog has to please, I’m extremely happy with how it turned out. Every time I look at it I smile and do a little victory dance in my head for the beautiful pink rhino on the cover. YES!

The pink rhino quilt on the cover is from Serendipity Quilts by Susan Carlson (page 29) and the quilt at the top is from City Quilts by Cherri House (page 26). You can download the entire catalog here on the C&T Publishing website.

catalog front cover

One of a Kind Barbies by Lavonne Sallee

Even though there is trash all over the streets, a boarded up or burned down house on every block, and crackheads and prostitutes roaming the streets at night, it is Lavonne Sallee’s art gallery on downtown Virginia Street that is causing an uproar in Bay Area locality forums on Topix. The pieces displayed in her gallery windows have been called “gross,” “pornographic,” “occultish,”  “sick,” and “x-rated shit” and Sallee herself has been the target of  very stinging insults. The funny thing is that Sallee is very possibly the most classy and gentle-looking woman I have ever seen in Vallejo; she often takes walks downtown, wearing long, flowy skirts with her adorable Yorkie lapdog by her side. It’s very hard to imagine anybody being able to say such things to her face. When she got wind of the virtual cat fight going on in the Topix forum, she was far from shy about taking part in the discussion herself.

Jump Start Your Intro to Twitter


Have you ever sent a crafty pal of yours a link to some cool crafty thing you came across on the internet and just had to share? Do you agree that if your co-worker or employee was telling you about an awesome quilted car snuggy, for instance, you’d be very intrigued if not somewhat frustrated until you actually got to see it for yourself? Twitter is the perfect platform for trading links and sharing inspiration, so for that reason alone you should join the party. And you’ll remain in Tweetdom, because at some point not to far into the future you’ll realize the potential Twitter has as an integral part of your business marketing strategy.