It's your business. Dream it up, and do it, in style.

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Iridia Creative Production has launched a new marketing campaign and doing it in style! The tagline here is "dream it up, and do it, in style." More than anything else, small businesses and community organizations are manifestations of someone's visions and dreams. Entrepreneurs literally "dream up" -- envision, innovate and create -- and set the world of the future in motion. In this difficult time it is a common temptation to cut down on what one may perceive as "non-essentials." As a result businesses become too boring and sterile for owners, employees and customers alike (remember that it is the experience that counts in all aspect of turning up the profit), innovations are stymied, and customer communications suffer. I believe that the time has come to do it -- and get it done -- all in style. Even if heaven forbid some people were to fail, I'd like to see them fail in style, not just fail like a roadkill.

For the rest, I am here to help you achieve what you dream up -- in style.

Free for all download: Task list

Here is a colourful PDF task list for you and even your kids. It is another way to help you plan and accomplish, all in style. Enjoy!

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June specials from Iridia Creative Productions

Custom promotional publication design package for $400

Economic recovery is in the air and it's a time for a new beginning. Doesn't your business or community organization deserve an injection of new energies with a redesigned brand/logo and/or promotional materials?

During the month of June, get a custom design package for only $400. This includes a print-ready electronic file (press-quality PDF) of a business card (this can be up to three different names with the identical design), a promotional postcard or poster/flier, and a 1-sheet brochure.

The price includes up to 5 hours of consultation in Portland. The price does not include printing costs, I provide you with digital files that a typical printing company can use.

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Window Painting 20% off (area limited)

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Summer creative IT crash course series, 6/23-7/28

This six-week series of free workshops will focus on practical application of intermediate computer skills for career development and personal advancement.

When: Mondays, June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28; 1:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Where: Julia West House Workshops (www.juliawest.org), 2nd Floor Computer Lab, 522 SW 13th Ave, Portland 97205 (TriMet #15, #20; Portland Streetcar; MAX) -- The location is not wheelchair accessible; there is a steep and narrow staircase.

Instructor: Sarah A. Morrigan (Iridia Creative Productions, www.iridiacreative.summerhost.info)

Course outlines
Weeks 1-3: Basic website building and maintenance, with focus on HTML 4.01 and new HTML 5.0; how to use File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to upload contents; online privacy; search engine optimization (SEO); integration of website with weblogs and social networking applications.

Week 4: Experience the world, expand the horizons - finding multicultural resources and non-mainstream media from around the world; making use of no-cost educational opportunities such as Open Courseware (OCW) offered by many universities; free classic literature and reference materials on the web.

Week 5: Digital Creativity - Introductory, hands-on exploration on open-source creativity software such as Inkscape (vector drawing), Scribus (desktop publishing), Audacity (MP3 editing/podcasting), Skencil (image drawing), GIMP (graphic image manipulation/photograph editing), etc.

Week 6: Mindful, meaningful social networking - How to use popular social networking sites for career advancement and community building.

All six sessions are free. Due to limited space available pre-registration is highly encouraged. Contact Patty Warman at 503-222-6564.

Free public domain clip art by Sarah

Check out Sarah's new clip art... and best of all it is free for you to use. These pictures are all drawn with Inkscape 0.46 on ASUS Eee PC 900 running on Easy Peasy.

You are invited to an art fair this weekend.

The Episcopal Church has been in recent years very supportive of arts. Long before the emergent church movement rediscovered the value of arts in spirituality and communal worship, many Anglican parishes established art programs to connect children to art in the context of spiritual formation, to provide forum for emerging artists, and to better incorporate fine arts, music and performance arts in the life of the church.

In this spirit, Portland's Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (147 NW 19th Avenue) will be host to its ninth annual art festival. This year the show features over 95 artists.

This is also a good opportunity to personally meet many local artists and artisan crafters including Sarah.

Event details: http://www.trinity-episcopal.org/08TrinitySite/sections/music_arts/artists_among_us.html

Saturday-Sunday, May 9-10.

Iridia Creative Productions, the "corner store" of graphic communications: Strength in underserved markets

In a Google search alone there are literally thousands of graphic design firms in Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. Some are quite small, while there are a number of well-established firms in large Pearl District office spaces with many employees.

So why choose Iridia Creative Productions?

ICP primarily serves local and -- thanks to the power of the Internet -- global small or home business and community nonprofit markets. ICP is equipped to handle the necessary flexibility inherent in a human-sized business enterprise, in a way no big corporation can. ICP has a better capacity to spend more devoted time on each client -- where our clients are not merely "accounts" but actual human beings an artist relate on a ground level.

Here at ICP, I openly admit that this is not a "big-box store" of graphic design and visual communication. This is more like a corner convenience store -- so when a small business owner or local nonprofit executive needs a small project done quickly and done right, Iridia Creative Productions is the right place to contact.