Kate O. Lynch

Free Download: Kids Color-In Thank You Notes

With the school year coming to an end and summer birthdays around the corner, your kids will probably need to send out a few thank you notes.  We wanted to try to help make Thank You Note writing a little more fun for the little one in your life with a Free Download: Kids Color In Thank You Notes!

Free Download: Kids Color In Thank You Notes

Download these free Color-in Thank You Notes for a fun, personalized and quick Thank You.  There is a free download for girl thank you notes and a free download for boy thank you notes.  Pick the right one for your child or just go ahead and download both of them to share with a friend.  The PDF files are set up to print two thank you notes per 8.5″ x 11″.

[one-half-first]Free Download Boy Color in Thank You Note[/one-half-first][one-half]Free Download Girl Color in Thank You Note[/one-half]

[one-half-first]Color in Boy Thank You Card[/one-half-first][one-half]Color in Girl Thank You Note[/one-half]

[one-half-first]Click Here to download the Boy PDF[/one-half-first][one-half]Click Here to download the Girl PDF[/one-half]

 

Once your child has finished coloring their Thank You note, we’d love to see how they turn out!  Post a picture on Twitter or Instagram and tag it with #KateOGroup or post it on our Facebook wall!

Pardon our dust as we finish our website make over!  If you want to see our additional designs visit our Etsy Shop!  We hope you enjoy the Free Download: Kids Color In Thank You Notes!

KateOGroup Launches a new Barron Custom Design Website

Barron Custom Design is an Austin based home design firm spearheaded by principal Felicia Foster.  Working with Felicia on the project was a wonderful experience and we can only imagine working with her on designing your dream home would be an equally amazing experience.  Her homes are beautiful and uniquely designed to fit the future home owner and the new Barron Custom Design website showcases the beautiful designs.

Barron Custom Design Website Design by KateOGroup

Barron Custom Design frequently works with Agave Custom Homes (a website we manage) and Grandview Custom Homes (a website we launched in November of last year).  Together they make people’s dreams come true.  Here is a glimpse at a few of the homes built based on the floor plans designed by Barron Custom Design:

Built by Agave Custom Homes. Photography by James Bruce
Built by Agave Custom Homes. Photography by James Bruce
Built by Grandview Custom Homes. Photography by Mark Adams.
Built by Grandview Custom Homes. Photography by Mark Adams.
Built by Agave Custom Homes. Photography by James Bruce.
Built by Agave Custom Homes. Photography by James Bruce.

If you are looking to build a home in the Austin area be sure to check out Barron Custom Design to help design your dream house!  Here is a look at the new Barron Custom Design website design!

Barron Custom Design Website Design by KateOGroup

We also designed the Barron Custom Design Logo:

Self Publish Online

The last month or two has been busy and full of learning how to self publish online.  Since self publishing Creative Chaos, owner Kate O Lynch has been asked frequently about how to self publish online and what all it takes.
Creative-Chaos-Book-Cover

Below was taken from her post on her personal blog:

What appealed to me about self publishing was the low cost.  Since I had written my book a few years back; with all of the resources available online it just seemed foolish to not get my book out there.

When I decided to self publish online, I started with a blog announcement and it went from there!  Luckily I have experience with Photoshop and Illustrator and was able to design the cover of Creative Chaos on my own.  Next I had to file the copyright.  This can be done online really easily for approximately $35.

Then I had to obtain ISBNs, this is where the cost picks up.  I went with Bowker, I know there are several sites that will issue ISBNs and even take over and get your book published online for you.  I read that it is best to have an ISBN for each different version of your book you are putting out: Kindle, Nook, iBooks, PDF, physical book. When Bowker offered 1o for the price of 2, I figured that was the way to go.

Just as I was about to set out on the quest to self publish online, my friend David Yates at Ropewalkers called.  We’ve worked on a few projects together and he had experience with online publishing and asked if he could help me out. I of course said yes!

This means, I’m not going to be able to walk you through getting your book into the major online bookstores.  David formated it into the proper ePub form that works with your iPad, iPhone or iTouch.  But my understanding is, that much like the Apple App store, you have to be approved to distribute books in their iBook store.  So thanks to David the iBook version was made available on my site.

Next David got my book submitted to the Kindle store and within about 7 hours it was available for purchase.

After reading about how to self publish online to the Nook store, I ended up formatting Creative Chaos myself and submitting it to the Nook store.  Once again it took about 7 hours and bam, there was my book available for the Nook.

In the midst of getting the book online, I started having people tell me they wanted a physical copy.  Initially I was attempting to avoid doing this because of the cost to print.  However, I have lucked out in that department because my sister-in-law Tiffany works for a printer and her family has been in printing for years, and the company she works for uses a digital press so I can print as many or as few as I’d like without breaking the bank. In book form Creative Chaos will be available starting this Tuesday.

The one last thing place I need to get my book is iBooks, but that should be really soon.

To self publish online has been relatively pain free.  Like I have mentioned before one of the greatest things about this venture has been all of the encouragement I have received from so many people!

If you need help to self-publish online feel free to contact us for assistance.

Kate O Lynch Personal Blog

I started blogging back in December of 2008 as  Kate O Lynch, but haven’t always been faithful about keeping it up to date.  At the beginning of this year I decided to give my personal blog a facelift.  This time around I wanted a layout with a functional sidebar and this was just what I wanted.

I was also excited to add an Instagram gallery to the sidebar.  Instagram is one of my favorite iPhone apps, so bringing it to my blog was perfect.

The blog focuses on books, wine, restaurants around Dallas and recipes.  As you can see there is quite a variety, but those are all the things I love.  You can also follow along with the progress of my recently self-published novel Creative Chaos on the blog.

Creative Chaos Cover Artwork

Creative Chaos has been several years in the making.  It has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember to write a book.  Creating the cover artwork for my book was a lot of fun.  To read a little more about how I chased after this dream click here.

This book is now available from my personal website in iBook, Nook and PDF forms with the Kindle version coming very shortly!

Ever since I finished this design, I can’t stop staring at it!  I know I’m biased but I think it turned out really good!

Be sure to “Like” me on Facebook to keep up with all the news about Creative Chaos!