Turkey 911?

Raise your hand if you knew Butterball turkey had a hot line. My hand is down. I was even more surprised to find out that this has been going on for twenty-seven years, and the first year they received 11,000 calls (from who I don't know). Since then they have opened a Butterball University, (I'm not joking), and every year from October to December you can contact the University trained experts with all of your turkey preparation questions, or emergencies. So; if you've opted to fore go your traditional holiday roast, and go for the gusto, and prepare a beautiful turkey (or maybe Turducken), help is just a call, text, email, or web-chat away (all this for a turkey, yes). You can contact them at 1-800-Butterball, or find out easy tips at Butterball.com. I also found out, they have some pretty hilarious stories of people who either lost there turkey in the morning snow (it's possible), or their Chihuahua got stuck inside of the turkey. I'm keeping Chloe away.

Type is my Boyfriend

If I had a boyfriend, he'd be a lot like a good typeface. Strong, structured, stylish.  He'd offer a lot of variety, and bring personality to the blandest situations. He'd be so perfect, that when I saw him, my heart would go pity-pat. I don't have a boyfriend (the reasons are obvious), but I do have some great typefaces (hey you can't have it all). Earlier this month Smashing Magazine posted 40+ Excellent Freefonts for Professional Design, they are absolutely beautiful, and did I mention the free! Find me a man whom can do that. Check them out. The site is also a great resource for other free downloads (usually typefaces), printing & design techniques, and designer showcases. Enjoy!

Q-Tip | Gettin' Up

Q-Tip's Gettin' Up has been a nice way to welcome the winter. If you've gotten tired of the synthesized voices and song's encouraging you to umm..."Show Out", this will be a nice departure. I love his style, very Davey Crocket, taking me back to the days of "Bonita Applebaum",putting me on. Also it's the free video download of the week on iTunes, score!

The Obama Brand

Obama logo | created by Sender LLC

The icing on the campaign trail cake, had to be the smart, and energetic design of the Obama logo. Funny thing, it's ironically reminiscent of the State of Ohio Seal, but better thought, "educated" (like it went to college, Columbia or Harvard even). Designer's and bloggers have been so invigorated by it, that you can now create your own. Logobama.com now gives you the chance, I did it, you can too! Even the presidential typeface Gotham has got me all excited about "Change".

Gotham | by: Hoefler & Frere-Jones

Mybama | Created on Logobama.com

Creators of the Obama "O" from Sender LLC speak about the mark's creation. 

A little history on how the Gotham typeface was developed