HAPPYFISH DESIGN

01/24/2025

Started a new channel about creativity and all the hills and valleys this journey entails! Interview chats, book reviews, techniques and practical application exercises... will see where it leads?! :)
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10/11/2024

Seriously... more stuff that we need to worry about! ;D If you're on LinkedIn - or frankly, any social media, check your settings to see if you can opt-out of this AI garbage. Rant over. Thanks!

06/13/2024

Sorry social media, I don't have very much extra time to attend to you! But, I can't help but share one of my favorite branding projects ... with one of my favorite people - Little Bakery! Nostalgic American Sweets - in Australia! Christina's joy for caring for people in her community and the pure JOY that she gets when she bakes and delivers these goodies around town... is priceless!

10/24/2023

Always fun to have a client send you photos from a project, in real life! A year ago I worked with a gentleman with a rare coins, art, and antiques business, to create from scratch a custom album that would hold rare coins. It was interesting because I designed fine hand-crafted albums for photographers (well, still do today), for photography BUT this was for coins of various sizes... a very unique challenge. This first coin collectors album is selling like crazy he told me!! Next up - CANADA!! Awww, my home and native land. If you like coins... check this out! https://www.ifobjects.com/?page=world_coin_albums

07/04/2023

Happy Independence Day from the blazing HOT Sonoran Desert! (yes, AI. The temptation got away from me to see what would happen. "Life is like a box of chocolates." -Forrest Gump.)

12/07/2022

new WINTER banners are designed and up! Decanthouse.com - fantastic owner, perfect sample-sized niche, and designer fragrances for the loves in your life! Decants let you enjoy many different fragrances without committing to one $$$ bottle! Did you know that different fragrances are worn best in different seasons?

08/24/2022

Had the pleasure of designing the cover for Melissa 'Honey Bee' Baker's new book "Conscious Adulting: In the Digital Age". Went live on Amazon! If you or anyone you know struggles with a healthy balance with digital media, check it out! She's very passionate about this topic and it shows throughout her book.

Conscious Adulting: In the Digital Age

08/17/2022

The latest letter in the book! Meet the ECSTATIC ECHIDNA! Why so ecstatic? Baby puggle has arrived!!! :D Visit karendahlquist.com to get a FREE capricious chameleon coloring page!

08/04/2022

If you own your own website, check out its 'mobile friendly' factor with Google: https://search.google.com/test/mobile-friendly I'm taking an SEO mini-course to learn more about this as I build out more websites for myself and others... and did you know that Google will not bother to rank or list you if your site isn't mobile friendly in their eyes?! (Thankfully the ones I tested so far... have passed the test!)

07/28/2022

LETTER A complete! This was my first illustration for the project, but I had to redo it completely because I learned that only one species of armadillo can physically roll into a ball!!