Vampire Kiss

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz.Vodka, chilled
• 1.5 oz Champagne
• .75 oz Black Raspberry Liqueur (like Chambord)

Directions:
Pour vodka and half of the raspberry liqueur in a martini glass, top with Champagne and pour the remaining raspberry liqueur over the back of a spoon to make it float.

Photo courtesy of Simple Stated. For more info on how to create the “blood drip” rim, check out this post on Hostess with the Mostess.

Moxie on the Move!

What happens in Vegas… is Moxie, baby. Who’s the big winner? I’m the big winner! That’s right, yours truly is moving to Las Vegas in the next few weeks. I’m so money.

Ok, I’m done with my Swingers references.

So this is just a brief update of my schedule:

I’ll be in n’ out the first week of November (11/1 through 11/7) making the mad scramble to pack and get my ducks in a row before the movers get here. I’ll be around and will check in on email and do whatever work I possibly can, but please bear with me.

I’m going to be out of the office the 2nd week of November (11/8 through 11/14) actually

, complete with moving truck, boxes and bunny. As soon as my internet is turned on, I’ll be online checking email and will get back to you as soon as humanly possible.

Looking forward to wrapping up the year and launching the new one with some awesome projects on deck… if you’re interested in working with me in 2011, please get your requests in ASAP. I’m accepting inquiries right now, booking for January 2011, so please put your requests in soon so we can get started on your estimates.

Thank you and I’ll catch you in Sin City!

Look! Clients Full of Awesome!

Greetings!  It’s about time we updated around here and let everyone in on what’s going on in Moxieville.

You may have noticed we’ve not updated the portfolio in a while. Not because we’ve not done anything new – on the contrary, we’ve been super busy! – just too busy focusing on our clients to dedicate time to our own website.  That is all going to change by our 8th anniversary, though, so keep following and by Valentine’s Day, you should see a whole new Moxie Design Studios—complete with a fresh, totally awesome portfolio, some new features and if everything goes according to plan, new services.

We have, however, done some lovely work in the past several months, which we’d like to highlight for you right now!

• Annette McCleave, Paranormal Romance Author
  site redesign, rebranding from historical romance to paranormal romance, migration from Expression Engine CMS to Wordpress, development
• Brand-Girl.com, the Branding Blog of Barbara Kwasnicki
  site design, development and extensive customization in Wordpress.
• Brevidia.com, Online Workforce Learning
  site design based on existing client logo, development in Expression Engine CMS, extensive customization, SEO optimization
• Diaries of a Fruitcake, a Community for Half Baked World Ministries
  site design, development in Wordpress. character illustrations by Cynthia Frenette
• EagleDawg.net, the Winner of 2009’s Boobiethon/Moxie Design Studios giveaway!
  site design only, development by Emtwo Web Studios, illustration by Cynthia Frenette
• FibreSpace.com, a fabulous knitting boutique and online store from my peeps in Alexandria, VA
  site design, development in Wordpress, extensive customization, XSilva e-commerce design/development
• FlipThisWholesaler.net, a house-flipping blog
  dual site design (changes on refresh), development in Wordpress
• Handcrafted Alexandria, a collective of Alexandria, VA businesses providing handcrafted goods
  site design based on existing client brand, extensive customized development in Expression Engine CMS
• Inkspiration Station, a rubber stamp, scrapbooking and craft blog
  site design, development in Wordpress. Illustrations by Cynthia Frenette
• iSugarCoated.com, a dating advice blog
  site design, development in Wordpress
• Looped Yarn Works, another fantastic knitting shop in Washington, D.C.
  logo touch-up, site design, development in Expression Engine CMS, e-commerce
• Matilda444.com, a personal blog from a lovely, long-time client
  site redesign, migration from Expression Engine CMS to Wordpress, development
• Off Your Plate, design and project management
  logo design, site design, development in Expression Engine CMS
• Photobooth Rentals of New Mexico, a photobooth rental company (NEW!)
  rebranding, logo design, site re-design, development in Expression Engine CMS. Illustrations by Cynthia Frenette
• RidesAlaska.org, the Central Area Rural Transit System
  redesign and development in Expression Engine CMS
• StickyGooeyCreamyChewy.com, an incredibly delicious food blog
  site redesign, logo design, migration from Blogger to Wordpress, development
• TasteWithTheEyes.com, another yummy food blog
  re-brand, redesign, migration from Blogger to Wordpress, development
• The Desert Lily Inn, a beautiful B&B and Cabin Rental property in the Joshua Tree Highlands
  redesign, development in Expression Engine CMS, SEO optimization
• The DIL Society, an exclusive community for daughters-in-law (NEW!)
  branding, logo design, site design, development in Expression Engine CMS. illustrations by Cynthia Frenette
• The Gay Love Coach, a gay relationship therapist
  rebrand, site design, logo design, development in Wordpress

There are more, actually… but I didn’t want to bore you. And these are just some I’ve done — we’ve not even scratched the surface of Kathy’s list yet.  So even though our portfolio hasn’t been formally updated, as you can see… we’ve been busy betties!

We’re really looking forward to displaying our clients more robustly on our new site and featuring them even more prominently. We just need to find a moment to schedule ourselves as our own client, which I’m sure is something to which you can probably relate.

Want to work with us in 2011? We highly recommend filling out our Request for Proposal ASAP, as our schedules do fill up and we’re already booking for January. Drop us a line—no project goes unnoticed, so we welcome your inquiries. We want to hear about your great ideas and help make them happen for you.

More Moxie is on the horizon, so stay up to date with us by subscribing to our RSS feed, following us on Twitter or adding us on Facebook. See you around!

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LAST CHANCE! Donate to Boobiethon and Enter to WIN a FREE Custom Illustration and Blog Design!

We should have posted on here about this sooner—but we tweeted and facebooked it a bunch!  If you didn’t know, the 9th Annual Boobie-thon is on right now and today is the LAST DAY. 

We’re sponsoring a giveaway just like last year’s: submit a minimum donation of $25 to Komen Foundation and get an entry into the drawing to win a custom illustration by the fabulous Cynthia Frenette of Green Couch Designs, a custom blog design using that illustration by yours truly of Moxie Design Studios and development by the talented team at Emtwo Web Studios. Here are the details, but you can read the full post about it on the Boobie-thon website.

How to Enter:

• Donate $25.00 to Komen (tax deductible!) and add the note “Get Moxie” when submitting our pledge form.
• Remember, you MUST include “Get Moxie” when filling out the pledge form or we will not be able to count your entry.
• You can donate more than once, but each donation has to be at least $25.00

Extra Entry:

• Blog and/or Tweet about this giveaway!!
• Make sure you use hashtag #boobiethon #getmoxie in your tweet!
• You also must return here and leave a linking comment to earn your extra entry. (only one extra entry per donation)

We hope you’ll dig deep and donate for this amazing cause.  Boobie-thon has raised over $64,000 in the past 8 years for breast cancer research and are up to $7425 this year as of this post.  Please help Boobie-thon reach $10k this year!  I know we can do it!