regarding moselle

"Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward" -Robert Frost

The man behind the desk asked her a simple question and yet her mind raced and stumbled and she wondered where to begin.

"Yes,and what is your personal sense of style Miss?"

"Well, I...I am, I mean I like, which is to say, I gravitate towards things, or rather, items, that say, well not "say" in a literal way but in a figurative way, that say well...this."

And she laid her well loved album gingerly on the desk and turned it to face the man.

"Miss Moselle?" he asked bewildered by this strange answer to his stock question.

"This is me, well not me, but everything I love. Photos and things I've collected over the years..." Her voice trailed off.

The man looked down at the album and tentatively opened the first page to a new world.

1. Untitled, 2. yellow, 3. if wishes were horses, 4. LULALAND, 5. books, 6. Untitled, 7. Swedish "slagbaenk", 8. WINDMILL, 9. version II, 10. Untitled, 11. 1800s Lettering Sketchbook, image 14, 12. vintagebird02, 13. Yale Joel for LIFE, 14. Untitled, 15. one letter - M, 16. card letter o, 17. Door detail, 18. E, 19. L, 20. L on a door, 21. E & ivy, 22. whidbey., 23. untitled, 24. untitled, 25. tim walker dip, 26. suitcases, 27. flapper - Ziegfeld Girl 4, 28. isabelle, 29. yellow door "Moss Norway", 30. knitted dress, 31. made some boxes, 32. undeniably, she felt cornered., 33. Untitled, 34. photo3, 35. art wall

Moselle Design

hello, my name is moselle

There something I haven't told you yet.

It's been a quasi secret for the last few months.

It's nearly killed me to keep my mouth shut. You know how excitable I am over all my creative ventures.

Introducing Moselle.

She's a little website design company that we just launched this past weekend at the Casual Blogger Conference. And speaking of that, if you missed it this year, I'm so very sorry for your loss. Hopefully you will make it next year. My condolences.

What's that you ask? Who's the "we" that did this launching? Lemme tell ya.

We are a pastiche*. We are a group of artists and designers and geeky computer geniuses that came together with a big idea.

We want to beautify the world of web design. We want to put individual personality into web sites and blogs. We want to hear about you and what you are all about. And then we want to create you, in website form.

Oh, and we want really good snacks at our company meetings.

Lately people have been personally contacting me about doing custom illustrations for a web based business or blog. After I get over the shock that someone out there actually wants to do something cool with my doodles, I do the macaraina in my living room which in turn causes the Boy to say, "You're weird Mom."

If you are one of these very kindhearted, if not somewhat crazy, people who want me to illustrate for you, please know that if you hire Moselle to beautify your place on the web you will have me at your beck and call, sketching away. You want a scottie dog- done. A fat lady with a pie- done. A naked mud flap girl? Um, just who do you think I am anyway? I do have standards, contrary to popular belief. For shame.

I created a new flickr group called, of course, "Pastiche". I want it to be a place of reference for inspiration and collaboration. A spring board for ideas. Please click on over and upload photos of your personal style. I personally want to see who you are.

Okay here's the deal. We want to help you, yeah you, reading this. If you dream of a blog or website that represents you and your personality we want to hear from you. Like, we really want to hear from you.


Contact us. You won't be disappointed.

* Pastiche: noun 1. a literary, artistic, or musical composition made up of bits from various sources; potpourri 2. a jumbled mixture; hodgepodge 3. the coolest freakin' word in the English language

the winner and a freakin' awesome offer

Okay, do you see why Ebsi and the Brothers Record are AWESOME? Sorry to shout but, THEY ROCK!

This is a seriously amazing offer and if you don't do it, quite frankly, you're a silly fool.

So go. Go now my little friends. Scurry away to claim your piece of the Ebsi magic.

And then come back to me.

Oh and spread the love, spread the word. To sweeten the deal, if you refer a friend and they buy a package from the brothers, I'll hook you up with fifteen dollars off any Secondsister product.

Were givers, us Carlsbad people.

rogue writing

Hi. I'm feeling a bit shy. A bit naked without my blue blankie.

As you can tell, things are moving around a bit here. The blue is gone. So long, Blue. You were good to me.

The fact of the matter is, there are big changes in the works. Suaviloquy is undergoing a major renovation. I'm one of those lucky people who has a graphic designer as a friend. Don't you just hate people like me? I did. Until I met Shawn, and then his brother Adam. What can I say? Sometimes Lady Luck takes a shine to me. Don't hate me too much. It's a rare occurrence.

For now, I'm vagabonding it. I'm just parked here under my homemade header, eating canned beans, until my little masterminds come up with something AMAZING. You hear that Shawn? AMAZING. Cuz I know what you're capable of.

As for the rest of you, pull up a plastic chair and hang out. You're not going to believe this story I have to tell you. . .