10 ?s | lindsay, aubrey + lindsay & penny people

Meet Lindsay - one half of the duo that blog about their home renovations on Aubrey + Lindsay Blog.  She is also a freelance creative designer at PennyPeople.com, not only doing fantastic graphic prints and posters, but also designing email marketing campaigns & online web graphics for corporate clients.  A keen eye for design has garnered Lindsay a growing fan base of loyal readers as well as recognition from magazines and other online sources who tune in like me to find out what project she's handling next or what clever solution she's found to a design problem.  Lindsay can now also add supermom to her title, her and Aubrey recently welcomed their first bundle of joy - Oscar - who you will see all over both their blog and PennyPeople.com.

A fellow Torontonian and a great online friend, 10 ?s with Lindsay.

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1. What is the most rewarding aspect of what you do or what has been the most rewarding experience you've had in your career?

The creative profession is truly rewarding for me as I'm inspired by different things I see around me, and work them into designs. By working for both corporate clients doing their design work (like e-mail marketing campaigns and advertisements) and also running my stationery & Art print line of work I get to be pushed into new design areas and feel rewarded when I work long and hard at coming up with work that ends up being really successful.

2. Favourite time of day?

10pm at night. It's quiet, my creativity seems to peak around that time.

3. Star Wars or Star Trek?

The latest Star Trek movie. Lots of cutie-patooties in that film.

4. What is one thing you would change about your industry or what you do?

If I could change one thing, I would change copy-cat artists. It hurts the creative profession when you see someone directly copy your artwork and market it as their own. I fully support creative inspiration, where my art inspires others to do their own take on something (that is how art works) however directly "copying" work is an annoyance for me.

5. What is your daily routine? If you don't have one, what is one thing you do everyday?

I had a routine before my little Oscar joined us. It was a pretty peaceful routine! But now things been thrown up into the air a little. As I type this, Oscar is on his play mat on the floor, I'm chugging back a Starbucks and I'm in between designing some orders, and some corporate design work. Normally, however, my work is normally squished into when Oscar naps and after he goes to bed at night. The days that my husband Aubrey has off, he'll watch Oscar for a few hours each day, giving me some time alone in my office to get stuff done.

6. If you weren't doing what you do, what else would you do?

I'd likely be doing the same corporate design work that I do freelance right now, but instead in an office environment.

7. Favourite Colour?

Blue & Green together. Had to pick two! Colours show up best when complimented by another.

8. Favourite board game?

Balderdash.

9. Where do you see your industry or yourself in 10 years?

I think that the creative industry will grow and blossom as creative inspiration becomes more available via the internet and we see more and more awesome blogs/websites where people share inspiration.

10. What do you feel is "trendy" right now and what do you feel will stand the test of time?

That's a hard one. Every season things get switched up. Classic designs will always stand the test of time. Ornate, busy designs will always come in and out of fashion, but a true classic - in interior design, stationery design, etc. will always stand the test of time.