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Add Your Logo from Jennifer at Whobaloo on Vimeo.

Whobaloo makes it quick and easy to add your logo to any design

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Great birthday card ideas!

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Let's disrupt Hallmark by designing Birthday cards online but still being able to send a card in the mail.

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A mad lib for your Oscar party this weekend.  http://whobaloo.com/create/mkBpvbGMbwN5

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"Underverse"

It’s contest time! I’m giving away two copies of this 13”x19” print… FOR FREE! Here is how you get one.

Copy 1: LIKE my Facebook page. I will randomly pick one new Liker on 3/4/2014 and ship you a copy.

Copy 2: Reblog this post. I will randomly pick one reblogger on 3/4/2014 and ship you a copy.

Or… if you don’t want to mess around with all this nonsense, just buy one right now at my Etsy shop!

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Whobaloo @ Spare Room Radio

This week we had an amazing opportunity to be interviewed by Ben Kittrell at SpareRoomRadio.com.  It was great fun to talk with Ben, an entrepreneur as well with DoodleKit, about everything we are doing with Whoblaoo and the excitement of having a startup.  

Have a listen at

http://spareroomradio.com/blog/entry/3720821/episode-4-jennifer-chris-nickols-whobaloo

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Creative Inspiration with Lawrence Kids Calendar Founder Beth McKeon

Moving to a new town is always a difficult change especially with children.    Seven months ago we moved our entire family to Lawrence, KS.  The Lawrence Kids Calendar was an instrumental part of finding some fun activities for my kids.  My kids are huge chess players so finding a farmer's market with a lots of chess games was a great way to get them involved in the community.

Beth McKeon is the founder of Lawrence Kids Calendar.  She is also a driving force behind the startup scene in Lawrence.  I had the opportunity to connect with her and ask her a couple of questions about what inspires her.

Q.  What’s the most creative thing you’ve done in the past week?

A.  Recently, I completed an online class to learn Ruby on Rails. I know learning to code doesn't sound particularly creative! But learning to use my brain in a new way and getting to think about possibilities I can create with that code gives me that same spark and crackle that I expect when I'm at the art studio. 

  Q.  What inspires you to be creative?

A.  I love seeing colors organized - a display of art markers or paints all collected into blues, greens, yellows, reds. I visited a yarn shop once where the whole store was organized by color. I wanted to buy all of the yarn just because it was such a delight to be surrounded by color like that! The big box of Crayola crayons will do it, too.  Q.  Who is your favorite artist and why?

A.  I really love Angie Pickman's work, a local Lawrence artist. She creates these very meticulous cut paper pieces of birds, flowers, and buildings. I like the bold graphic yet whimsical quality of her work. Also, I'm just so impressed with what she can create with just black paper and an exacto knife.

  Beth McKeon is the founder and chief curator of fun at the Kids Calendar, a platform that makes it easy for parents to find local activities for kids. Started in Lawrence KS, the Kids Calendar has now grown to five more cities. She's hoping to make it easier for moms everywhere to find the fun in their communities.

www.lawrencekids.net

fb.com/lawrencekidscalendar

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Create the best Valentines at Whobaloo.com instead of buying boring store Valentines.

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Creative Inspiration with Team Ship and Dip

We've come across a new company based out of Kansas City with a very adventurous box for your palette .  Ship and Dip is a monthly box of condiments shipped directly to your front door.  If you are a connoisseur of tangy bar be que sauces or spicy hot wing sauce then this is the company for you.  We had some amazing hot pepper jelly from the first box and were completely blown away by sweet jelly the has a spiciness that creeps up on you.  We knew we wanted to sit down with these two ladies and see what gives them creative inspiration.

Q.  What’s the most creative thing you’ve done in the past week? 

A.  Developed a new yoga routine to do at home!

Q.  What inspires you to be creative? 

A.  The outdoors - there's such beauty in nature.  Also, a glass of wine on the patio always gets the creative wheels spinning.

Q.  Who is your favorite artist and why? 

A.  Our great friend and former roommate Gwen Hutchens!  She isn't afraid to be a bit quirky and she puts her personality into everything she creates.

Ship and Dip are two sisters from Lawrence, Kansas who founded this company in October of 2013 who have both been long-time lovers of condiments — always looking to try new products and finding ourselves unsatisfied with what our local grocer could offer.

www.shipanddip.com

https://www.facebook.com/ShipandDip

http://instagram.com/shipanddip

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Want to play mad libs?  We've got a great Valentine mad lib.

Email a friend all of the words you need:

verb,verb, noun, adjective, noun, body part, noun, noun, adjective, body part, noun, adjective, verb, adjective, noun, verb

Click this link to add your words http://whobaloo.com/create/oWEBzLlK2M5G

Use the text tool to add the words

Drag the words to the right space.

Once done, use the send now button to send it to you friend.

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Creative Inspiration with Emmalee Schaumburg

The excitement of the holidays are over and at our office we are discussing the amazing opportunities coming for 2014.  One thing we are committed to in the new year is inspiring creativity in those around us.  We had an opportunity over Christmas to work with a photography studio, Schaumburg Photography, that captures those special moments of a newborn or the funny moments between family members.  We were able to take a little bit of Emmalee's time and see exactly what inspires her. Q:  What's the most creative thing you've done in the past week? A:  This past week I pursued a personal photography project and photographed Day of the Dead models. Q:  What inspires you to be creative? A:  Seeing the work of more experienced photographers inspires me to push myself harder to become better at what I do. Looking through fashion magazines inspires me to try different lighting techniques. Listening to leaders in my industry speak at conferences or online is also inspirational. Q:  Who is your favorite artist and why? A:  My favorite artist growing up was Salvador Dali and my favorite photographer was Ansel Adams. Today I have several, but those were the ones that inspired me at a young age. Emmalee Schaumburg is the owner and photographer of Schaumburg Photography & Bombshell in Lawrence, KS. schaumburgphotography.com facebook.com/schauburgphotography facebook.com/bombshelllawrence 

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No more limitations on the colors you can use for your cards at whobaloo.com

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Many years ago when I was a little girl an amazing box of Christmas cookies would show up at my grandparents house.  It was always a plain white box lined with tissue paper, but inside were angels and reindeers and santas all iced and sprinkled.  Such a wonderful homemade gift filled with love.  I enjoyed looking at all the cookies and picking out the best one.  So delicious.

The woman, Peggy Scofield, who spent so much time crafting these cookies not only gave these to my grandparents but to many other families as well.   Her cookies were so yummy that when she published them in the church cookbook my mother took up the tradition of making the recipe every year.  Every time I helped her measure out the the flour and pour in the vanilla, I always thought of those wonderful cookie creations in that plain white box.  

Having my own family now, every Christmas I break out that church cookbook and create the recipe for Peggy's sugar cookies.  I can never make them quite the same.  I never have fun Christmas shapes but they are the best cookies I've ever had.  I'm so grateful that Peggy took the time so many years ago to make and decorate sugar cookies to share with her friends.  Her recipe is now part of my family traditions.

I would love to share her recipe with you.  Email me at jenn(at)whobaloo.com and I would love to send you the recipe.  Or if you are in the Lawrence, KS area, let me know and I will deliver some delicious cookies to your door this Christmas.

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This could be your holiday card this year.  Just click the link to get started

http://whobaloo.com/create/BdZ9oQ6Mbt5F

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Holiday Cards with Panache

The holiday season create a one-of-a-kind holiday card.  Whobaloo.com allows you to create your holiday cards from scotch.  Choose all the art, photos, and text.  Make the holidays special by creating cards to give to family and friends.

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Send friends and family a digital holiday card this year.  Use the Staching Through The Snow card.

http://whobaloo.com/create/KBn1MOj2V7lN

FREE unlimited digital cards through the end of the year.

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Enter our Holiday Card Contest by this Thursday....hurry it's not too late to get free holiday cards.

Head over to whobaloo.com

Create a digital card with a winter, holiday, or Christmas design

Send that card to....

Christmas Contest

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