Design Rangers Camp Blog

I’ve been feeling pretty guilty about something lately.

I know we (as in all of us) are not supposed to be spending money right now. “We” should be stockpiling it, eating ramen for every meal and by no means drinking Starbucks or eating amazing Thai Food. So when Chris and I decided that we (as in our family) were going to take a 12 day vacation to the Hawaiian Islands in October I felt like a really bad person. I was actually nauseous for a few days after buying the plane tickets – millions of terrible thoughts running through my head… “What if all our clients decide they hate us and take their design jobs elsewhere?” “What if one of the kids comes down with the Swine Flu the day before we are supposed to leave and we have to cancel our trip and lose all that money?”

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On Saturday the Design Rangers attended the ADDY awards ceremony at the Antlers Hilton in downtown Colorado Springs. We submitted 6 designs to the Pikes Peak Advertising Federation, won awards for 5 of those designs (not a bad ratio). All the entrants were treated to a cocktail hour and fabulous buffet before the awards presentation. The emcee was our favorite local weather guy from KOAA, Craig Elliot. He helped to make the evening a lot of fun and kept things moving at a great pace!

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