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		<title>Favorite Free Font Sites</title>
		<link>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2010/02/17/favorite-free-font-sites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kehlers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital Scrapbooking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking a moment away from more serious pursuits to note my favorite places to find free fonts. These are great for personal use: cards, brochures, scrapbooking, etc. You have to take care when using any of these for commercial purposes &#8211; sometimes it&#8217;s not allowed and sometimes you just need to get explicit permission and/or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting what you pay for in web design</title>
		<link>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2010/02/15/getting-what-you-pay-for-in-web-design/</link>
		<comments>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2010/02/15/getting-what-you-pay-for-in-web-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kehlers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following quote is often attributed to John Ruskin, but that is currently in dispute. However, it&#8217;s tough to dispute the meaning of these words &#8211; a more elegant way of saying that you get what you pay for. What does this mean for web design? It means that saving money is about trade-offs, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save money on printer ink &amp; supplies</title>
		<link>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2010/02/13/save-money-on-printer-ink-supplies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2010/02/13/save-money-on-printer-ink-supplies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kehlers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get pretty excited about saving money, and thanks to the recent economic downturn, everyone else seems to be in the same boat. These tips will help your printer supplies last longer, which saves money and it&#8217;s good for the environment besides.

Print in Black and White. Just because you have a color printer doesn&#8217;t mean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle Mid-winter Break Camps</title>
		<link>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2010/02/05/seattle-mid-winter-break-camps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2010/02/05/seattle-mid-winter-break-camps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kehlers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mid-winter break is upon us here in Puget Sound, and I found myself ill-prepared to entertain my 4-year-old! Turns out that there are quite a few options, and I thought I&#8217;d share. Did I miss some good ones? Let me know in a comment!

Arena Sports Soccer Camps: All day and half-day soccer camps for Lil&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Conferences for Web Designers</title>
		<link>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2010/02/04/2010-conferences-for-web-designers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2010/02/04/2010-conferences-for-web-designers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kehlers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conferences are great for networking and keeping up to speed on technology. Don&#8217;t you find, though, that it&#8217;s hard to actually take a step back from the designing and coding to go learn about designing and coding?   I made it my goal this year to break away and get to a conference, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great deal for Seattle and Michigan Qdoba Fans!</title>
		<link>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2010/01/20/great-deal-for-qdoba-fans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kehlers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE: For Seattle area and Michigan only.
If you like Qdoba, you&#8217;ll enjoy this offer. Here goes: from now through 2/14/2010 if you order online at qdoba.com for pickup, you can get an entree plus regular fountain drink for $5! This saves an average of $3 &#8211; $4 on every entree. We normally eat in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boost your ecommerce online sales</title>
		<link>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2010/01/07/increasing-ecommerce-conversion-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2010/01/07/increasing-ecommerce-conversion-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kehlers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study of customer satisfaction shows that the most important factors for your customers are perception of price, appeal of merchandise, website functionality, and product information. Foresee Results performs an annual survey of large retail websites to analyze customer satisfaction, and you can learn from the experience of large &#8220;e-tailers&#8221; like Amazon, Netflix, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Living with Kids and Dogs &#8230; without Losing Your Mind</title>
		<link>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2009/12/29/book-review-living-with-kids-and-dogs-without-losing-your-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2009/12/29/book-review-living-with-kids-and-dogs-without-losing-your-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kehlers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Title: Living with Kids and Dogs &#8230; without Losing Your Mind
Author: Colleen Pelar
Summary: Practical help for that moment when you realize that you can&#8217;t just let them &#8220;work it out.&#8221; 
If you’ve ever had your dog do something to your child that scared you, or had your child do something to your dog that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: LifeBooks : Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child</title>
		<link>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2009/09/08/book-review-lifebooks-creating-a-treasure-for-the-adopted-child/</link>
		<comments>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2009/09/08/book-review-lifebooks-creating-a-treasure-for-the-adopted-child/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kehlers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Title: LifeBooks : Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child
Author: Beth O&#8217;Malley
Summary: Simple and easy-to-follow; just what I needed to get this project started.
This book addresses a task which is fairly simple, but extremely emotional: make a book that describes your child&#8217;s life from birth through finalization of adoption into your family. A lifebook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make it easy for clients to file your contact information</title>
		<link>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2009/09/03/make-it-easy-for-clients-to-file-your-contact-information/</link>
		<comments>http://www.designedbykrista.com/blog/2009/09/03/make-it-easy-for-clients-to-file-your-contact-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kehlers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the late 1900&#8217;s, the Internet Mail Consortium came out with an electronic business card format called &#8220;vCard.&#8221; Because this format is widely supported by email software, such as Microsoft Outlook, you can use the vCard file (ending in &#8220;.vcf&#8221;) to save all of your contact information and pass it along to your customers and [...]]]></description>
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