Blase Design

A Place To Gather

By bldesign / November 29, 2011 / No Comments

Blase Design recently designed and programmed a custom WordPress website for a neighborhood restaurant (read: exquisite, farm-to-table, Italian-inspired, foodie-haven) in Reno, NV. Campo is the latest venture from Mark Estee, who created Moody’s Bistro in Truckee with JJ Morgan. personal side note: Moody’s was a major reason that Marc and I...

Oh SASO, how I love you so

By bldesign / June 30, 2011 / One Comment

Holy cow! I’m finally able to write about this! Our client, who originally created his first SASO sauce back in 2008, asked that we hold off writing about him until he was in full-blown production – he is very close now, so I’m going to go ahead and tell our...

Streaming Quickbooks Tutorial

By bldesign / January 18, 2011 / No Comments

Luckily I have little to do with Quickbooks in my day-to-day job-life – I leave the number crunching to those more suited to that type of work. However, if I ever end up needing to take over the Quickbooks responsibilities I will need some tutoring. And I know right where to go for...

sneak peek: Penny Lane’s QuickBooks Now!

By bldesign / August 19, 2010 / One Comment

Meet Penny: Though Penny Lane (yes, that is her real name) is a person, she is as wise as an owl when it comes to Quickbooks. She’s a certified QB expert and is about to unveil a new, online, interactive tutorial system. The rest of the corporate identity, stationery...

Your Vote Counts!

By bldesign / July 30, 2010 / One Comment

I’m calling on all of our thousands of three readers out there to vote-and-vote-often. An extraordinarily important decision is being made that could affect… well, none of you really. Scrape Myrtle. Doesn’t that name just give you chills? Well, it should. This Austin lady is a Texas Rec-N-Rollergirl. As...

It Sucks When

By bldesign / May 20, 2010 / 3 Comments

…one of your favorite projects never comes to fruition. This logo was meant for what would have been a fantastic restaurant on the other side of the planet. And while I love this project for the end product – it may be more because of the process it took...

Your local lending expert

By bldesign / May 18, 2010 / One Comment

How do you make a mortgage broker stand out in the crowded world of California real estate? Blase Design along with Jane Weeks, brand strategist extraordinaire, decided to keep the look simple and the message local. We took a photo of a San Diego beach and tweaked it until...

Pretty Pretty Posey

By bldesign / May 10, 2010 / No Comments

The oh-so-talented women, Madeleine and Bonni, at Posey – a new Austin floral and event design company – came to us for a simple logo and ended up with a beautiful collateral set and website + blog. The full website is still in the works, but, should be completed...