cute new mommy blinkie style: rounded corners
August 6th, 2009 -- Posted in blinkies & other cuteness | Comments OffI’m jazzed about a cute new “look” to my big (150×40) blinkies that I’m trying out… I played around with rounding the corners just to give them a softer “edge” and really liked how they turned out. That part was easy actually – the difficult part was moving the lights around to match the rounder path!
I’d actually done rounded corners before on my regular size blinkies (150×20), but it just didn’t thrill me much so I didn’t do many more beyond a small batch of them for Christmas one year (up on this page).
But in the larger size, it is more noticeable, probably because there is actually a straight edge along the sides before it curves. Here’s the end result:
The only set I’ve done so far is these pink ones for mommies expecting in 2010 (January to August) – and they can be found here: Expecting in 2010 – but I’m sure I’ll be whipping up a few more sometime soon.
One of the perks of changing up my style every so often is being able to look at a group of blinkies and know roughly when they are from. Like any type of crafting or design skill, they change so much over the years! Maybe at some point I’ll post my very first blinkie and not be too terribly embarrassed about it. 
