Hi, I’m Allie — savant, INFJ and proud design aficionado since 1985.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, I am also:

• 25 and married.
• A computer science graduate who worked in design for IT shops, newspapers, higher education institutions, insurance companies, and social networking companies before starting Allie Creative.
• A girl with a plan. Or, perhaps more accurately, a girl who’s always planning.
• Originally from California’s Bay Area and now living in enchanting, green, bridge-filled Portland, Oregon.
• Often guilty of perusing Etsy for new bird things, vintage things, letterpress things and paper things.
• Constantly working to make others’ lives simpler and my own as complicated as possible.
• A lover of books, poetry and plays. Don’t miss: The Time Traveler’s Wife (Niffenegger), The Shadow of the Wind (Zafon), Patchett, Austen, Bronte, Cummings and Wilde.
• Also a lover of films and music. Too many recommendations to list here.
• According to some, a big-city girl with a small-town heart.
• Always behind by 1,000+ entries in Google Reader. I secretly find time for guilty pleasures like “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks and (Oh So) Beautiful Paper and magical food blogs like Ezra Pound Cake, Smitten Kitchen, Our Best Bites and Good Life Eats.
• A maker of lists. (Have you seen Lucky 7? A woman after my own heart.)
• Aspiring to be a domestic goddess, letterpress shop owner, sommelier, voiceover actress, novelist, and Anthropologie window display designer. And all in this lifetime.
• Unsurprisingly and often awake at 3 a.m.
• Unbelievably blessed.