Howdy.

Finally I have gotten around to getting some updates on this silly website.

I’ve got four new background patterns for you:

I’ve made a new wallpaper, seen below. This wallpaper is available in six sizes, and also as a tiled background.

For my birthday I got a larger computer monitor. It is awesome on so very many levels, and I’ve learned that Dreamweaver is really a million times easier to use when you can actually see what you’re doing. But sadly there is a down side to all this awesomeness: Not a single one of the nearly 80 wallpapers I’ve created over the years actually fits my screen. So in an effort to get with the times, I’ve updated many of the old papers so that they are available in a variety of wide screen sizes. I’ve uploaded over 60 new images today and dealt with quite a lot of code, so if you find any errors on the wallpaper page please let me know.

I’ve also updated the travel section with some new photos of Los Angeles. I was there for three days in June, which finally gave me some time to see some of the touristy stuff that all Californians are required to know about. I feel like such a bad Californian sometimes; I’ve lived here my whole life but I’ve never been to Disneyland, Alcatraz, or Yosemite.

Remember that if you want to enter to win some bowls from All Modern, this is your last chance! Really, RIGHT NOW. A winner will be chosen on the the 13th.

That’s it for today.

-Sarah

Hiya.

I’ve added six new backgrounds, and here they are:

Also I’ve got four new iPhone wallpapers up.

My internet is touch-and-go lately, or rather touch-and-not-go. If I touch the wireless router, my internet stops working. Earlier today I accidentally nudged it and I got a blue screen of death error. Lousy breakable technology. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE SUMMER OF GEORGE.

-Sarah

Howdy.
I’ve drawn five more backgrounds for your viewing pleasure. These things look completely fabulous as backgrounds on Twitter. Just saying is all…

My first website host, Geocities, announced last month that they are closing down.
I made my first Geocites website in 1998, back when the internet was still new and it was unusual (and slightly unsavory) for middle schoolers to have webpages. My first website was characterized by cluttered galleries of stolen Sanrio images and an inordinate number of exclamation marks and emoticons. Geocites had a reputation for amateurism, and I was certainly no exception. But as my personal website grew (at one time I held ten different Geocities addresses), I started to teach myself HTML and web design. When I learned to use graphic design software in high school, I decided it was finally time to graduate from Geocites and onto bigger, better things.

Geocites was occasionally excruciating to work with. Their PageBuilder software was full of glitches (see below), there was very little bandwidth available, and the support staff bordered on misanthropic. Back then there were no blogs and no easy ways for average people to post their content to the web. If you wanted a basic website, you had to be willing to put in some blood, sweat, and tears.

I’m sad to see Geocities disappear because I still have a soft spot for them. I owe them a lot. But I can’t say I’m surprised that they’re going under. There are better, easier to use alternatives now. I guess the last question remaining is where will all the amateurs go? Someone has to host Sanrio image galleries dripping with exclamation marks and slathered with emoticons.

I guess we still have MySpace.

Yours,
Sarah

It’s been over a month since I’ve added any new backgrounds, so here’s a new batch.

As always, the newest designs can always be found at the bottom of the backgrounds page. I’m really liking the collage one, but good luck finding your icons! There’s also a design with some Sacramento landmarks. Sacramento needs more love. In my fourth grade textbook the city was spelled wrong on the state map. Thanks, Rand McNally.

-Sarah

I’ve added five new backgrounds to the site.

THAT IS ALL.
-Sarah

Good afternoon.

Five new backgrounds have been added to the site.

There’s a new wallpaper. It’s available in six sizes, including wide screen.
I’ve had this woman’s face on my computer for what seems like years now and I could never figure out what to do with her. The graphic is based on a photograph of a Mexican actress that I saw in a book back when I was taking Spanish classes. I have tried my best to identify her, but I’m no expert on classic Mexican cinema. After pouring over pages of old black and white photographs, all the actresses start to look alike; they all have the same hairdo and thin femme fatale eyebrows. If anyone knows who she is, please let me know.

Thanks to Google, I discovered that my wallpapers are only useful to 25% of my visitors because many people now have wide screen monitors. In an effort to keep up with the times, I’ve added a few wide screen versions of some of my older wallpapers. If anyone has any requests for a wallpaper that fits their monitor, just leave a note with your monitor size and I’ll try to get it up soon.

I’ve added 12 new icons, a few of which are below.

There’s also six new iPhone wallpapers over at my Flickr site.

Yours,
Sarah

Hiya.
I’ve just added eight new tiled backgrounds.

This week I was in a bit of a creative slump. I’ve been reading an enormous amount of design blogs lately, and maybe seeing all those other images has overwhelmed my mind with so much information that I’ve forgotten how to design for myself. Not that I’m complaining- I’ve come across some truly fantastic designers and beautiful blogs in my never-ending search for inspiration. I’m always scouring the web for that elusive little spark of imagination to occur.

I’ve only been subscribing to blogs for about a month now, ever since I finally broke down and started using Google like the rest of humanity. Maybe next I’ll have to ditch that Hotmail address I’ve had since the 8th grade. And in a decade or so more, maybe I’ll consider joining Twitter.

-Sarah

Happy Friday the 13th!

I’ve added six new background patterns today, which means that this site now features OVER 100 tiled designs!

One of the new designs is based on the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman called The Yellow Wallpaper. It’s the story of a woman who quietly goes insane after she stares at patterned wallpaper for too long. There but for the grace of God go I.

I’ve gotten more than 2,500 spam comments in the last 10 days from this blog. Spam robots totally love me.

Till later,
Sarah

I’ve added five new backgrounds:

Also a wallpaper:

One of these days I am going to figure out something productive to do with all my designs besides just post them on the internet. I feel like this website is kind of a hole-in-the wall.

Love,
Sarah

Greetings,

I’ve added four new backgrounds to the site, and they can be linked to directly.

There’s a new feature here as well- Free printable address labels. Just type in your address and you’ll instantly have your own custom labels. There’s an assortment of twelve designs, all done in red. Here’s a preview:

Please note that this label maker only works in Firefox or Internet Explorer. I tested it in Safari and Opera, but sadly it doesn’t work, and I am not sure if it works in Google Chrome because for some reason Google Chrome doesn’t have a print preview. I had to write this little tool using the very basic level of Javascript I know, so bugs were inevitable.

Till later,
Sarah