For
Elisabeth! This CD was a Christmas present for my youngest sister, Elisabeth, who's 9 years old. I picked songs I thought she'd like, based on what I knew she listened to already. I also included some that I just love and thought she might enjoy too. I made a copy for myself and play it a lot in the car. It's very upbeat and happy. I really like the way the cover turned out. I got the idea for the flowers and the "e" a week or so before I did the CD, and I made that in Photoshop. I divided the square into a grid using guide lines and laid out the design. The flowers were actually part of a dingbat font, so I made several text layers with the flower in a different color on each one, then applied layer effects like inside embossing and drop shadows. The back cover looks kinda dark in this scan, but it's really the same as the front. See below for cover art and playlist:
2. La Bomba - Ricky Martin 3. Across the Great Divide - Semisonic 4. Into Your Arms - The Lemonheads 5. Hard to Handle - The Black Crowes 6. I Love Saturday - Erasure 7. Cosmic Thing - The B-52's 8. Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants 9. Lola Lola - Ricky Martin 10. Lucky Star - Madonna 11. Goodbye Girl - Squeeze 12. Loves Me Like a Rock - Paul Simon 13. Wildflowers - Tom Petty 14. Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls 15. Stand - R.E.M. 16. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants 17. Stickshifts & Safetybelts - Cake 18. Marcia Baila - Ricky Martin 19. Wonder - Natalie Merchant 20. Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai |
