In shades of chocolate, flickering candlelight, warm reds and frosty greens, all borrowed from the palette of the Winter Goal Setting Kit, this set of folder icons extends the popular series of  Vintage Folder Icons with nine new icons.

The series of Vintage Folder Icons is inspired by vintage textures, retro textiles and Technicolor films and bring a hint of nostalgia and glamour to your digital environment. Vintage Folder Icons go perfectly together with the popular series, Luminous Folder Icons and help you get stuff done by color coding your projects.

Vintage Winter Folder Icons

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Tags: brown, color code, desktop art, ease, green, icons, productivity, red, retro, texture, vintage, Vintage Folder Icons

The Digital Gem for January is a tool for developing your personal power through relaxation and rejuvenation.

Unlike most digital resources, there’s absolutely nothing to learn, and no charge whatsoever. All you need is a computer and a six minutes to enjoy this free guided meditation by Sally Canning, who is a catalyst for personal growth.

This is an easy way to snag a few minutes to your self and indulge in some self care. Perfect for beating the winter blues. Ideal for strengthening your personal power and confidence! Give it a go and let me know what you think?!

Extreme Self Care

A guide to owning your personal power. A lovely grounding few minutes of relaxation and recharging time to yourself.

Tags: Digital Gems, ease, growth, meditation, recharge, relax, simplicity, winter

Digital Gems features ideas for enjoying your digital life and brightening your digital landscape. The series showcases suggestions that connect with the energy of the season and focus is on bringing more ease and simplicity to your digital life.

Winter      inner life and restoration
Spring       planning and renewal
Summer   activity and completion
Autumn    harvest and gratitude

Feel free to share your thoughts! What are your biggest challenges in your digital life? Which are your suggestions for a simple, easy digital life?

Tags: apps, Digital Gems, ease, hardware, simplicity, software, tools

My diary 2012

The year is new, fresh, almost untouched, like the crisp, white snow that didn’t fall this year. So far. I’ve been inaugurating my diary for 2012. The feeling of leather, paper, pen, ink. Birthdays. Holidays. Thoughts. Dreams. Travel plans? Not quite yet. And even though I have some ideas for what I’d like to do in 2012, I’m enjoying watching the new year unfold, listening to my possibilities, my dreams and ideas. 

Although the light’s returning, it’s still dark and drab. Grey days. Not quite the right time for New Year’s resolutions, is it? Perhaps it isn’t surprising that most people have forgotten about the mango smoothies come the end of January, and put their jogging shoes in the wardrobe by the end of February (who can jog on ice anyway?).

I’ve been digging into my inner landscape with the Winter Shift, to connect deeply with my inner life. Intuition. And the funny thing is that I’ve been doing a lot of typical resolution things, but with ease… naturally… not planned… not forced. Not thinking of these changes as resolutions. And I’m a New Year’s resolution rebel! Interesting to observe.

How is your New Year unfolding so far?  Are you a New Year’s resolution rebel too, or do you find the commitment works well for you? 

Tags: ease, New Year's resolutions, planning, winter

iPhone photography: Christmas Rose

2011

As the old year fades out and the champagne is on the cooler getting ready to welcome the new year, I find myself looking back and looking forward. Here are my favourite highlights from 2011:

In 2011 my digital life was simplified and made easier through the use of Buffer (a tool that helps you optimize your social media updates by cutting down the noise and sharing more consistently), Evernote (a digital scrapbook) and Dropbox (a storage utility that allows you to access your files from anywhere).

Creatively, this was the year that I resumed my life drawing and figure studies while my iPhone photography took took a bit of a dip, but gained momentum towards the second half of the year.

2011 was the year of the Life Compass. A tool to help people easily make a deep change to their lives by going with the flow of the seasons.

I would like to acknowledge two amazing and talented women, who were very helpful and supportive. My brilliant mother, who brought me up to seize the day, to live with the seasons, to find joy in the small things and beauty everywhere. The Life Compass is inspired by her! I’m also deeply grateful to my wonderful friend Wini who was an excellent help throughout the whole process, with her great expertise and kindness. Thank you, ladies!

2012

In 2012, you’ll find more tips and apps for iPhone photography at Marmalade Moon. Ideas for how you can simplify your digital life and how to get going with life drawing if you don’t have access to models. I’m going to develop a daily propellor, to accompany the Life Compass series and help you gain momentum on a daily basis. And of course there will be more free desktop goodies, both wallpapers and more folder icons. But first I’m going to take my own advice and burrow into my inner landscape with the Winter Shift, to find illuminating light in the darkness of long winter’s nights.

Many thanks to you who visit Marmalade Moon! Thank you for your continued support of Marmalade Moon and everything I do. Happy New Year! 

Tags: celebration, creative business, goals, gratitude, momentum, productivity