
Here are the invitations for a shower I’m throwing tomorrow: “Cute As A Button” Here’s how I made them 1. Grabbed a Sharpe and drew the “Cute as a Button” and the little buttons. 2. Scanned the drawing and finished the invitation in Photoshop, printed and rounded corners 3. Cut scrap fabric using rotary cutter [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 05.06.2010 at 10:10 am// Tagged: graphic design, party + invitations , baby shower, cute as a button, invitations

After my shower a few weeks ago {I’ll share when I’ve got pics}, I wanted to make sure my thank you cards were special, but didn’t need to spend a lot of money on them. I came up with an “IOU” idea, and created these in Photoshop. They print out 3 to a letter-sized piece [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 03.15.2010 at 10:04 am// Tagged: graphic design, party + invitations , IOU cards, thank you cards

I’m not good with words. I always come up with the right thing to say 10 minutes after the opportunity presents itself. I don’t bake that well. Yes, I have chocolate chip cookies and chocolate crinkle cookies that I can deliver consistently. But anything more complicated than that will take me LOTS of practice to [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.16.2010 at 2:54 pm// Tagged: graphic design, odds and ends , Valentine's Day

This website was both so fun to design, and *excrutiating* to look at these delicious chocolates for long stretches of time without having some to snack on. Check out my new Danville Chocolates website design: www.danvillechocolates.com.
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.09.2010 at 11:04 am// Tagged: graphic design, web design , Danville Chocolates, Website Design

Most of my friends are creative. Some of them are flat out duds. {kidding}. ALL of my friends are creative in their own right: teaching, nutrition, numbers, crafting, and the list goes on. Nicki, however, really sets the bar. {when you get a chance, look at the wrinkly babies on her photography blog here}. She [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 02.02.2010 at 9:57 am// Tagged: graphic design, party + invitations , baby shower, invitations, nicole hoxie photography

I’m hosting my friend April’s baby shower next weekend, and although I’m dying to share the details as we plan them, I don’t want to spoil it! :) Here are the invitations I made and sent out a few weeks ago… designed in photoshop, printed one side on heavy paper and the other on a [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 01.12.2010 at 9:37 am// Tagged: graphic design, party + invitations , baby shower invitations, ice cream party

Here she is, my latest blog redesign project: Penelope Loves Lists. Meredith, who describes herself as “unapologetically organized” writes about all things organizational: work, home, kids and life. This was a fun project to work on and was my first time working on the Thesis Theme. Geek Alert: While this theme boasts its ease of [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 12.18.2009 at 6:21 am// Tagged: graphic design

I’m trying to get off my feet in the evenings a bit more. But I still need a project in my lap. Here I’m making shop tags for Pillows By Mom, whilst my little one encroaches on my surface area. {I made the tags in Illustrator, attached Whitney’s Green Apple Divine Twine, and clipped them [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 11.25.2009 at 6:23 am// Tagged: graphic design, odds and ends , baby bump, pillowsbymom, shop tags

…A cute little chocolate store in downtown Danville, CA. Do you like the logo? ;)
Posted by ohbrooke on 10.09.2009 at 2:18 pm// Tagged: graphic design , chocolate store, logo

Over the last few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of working with Jules and Tristan, new blog friends on the redesign and migration of their communal blog from Typepad to WordPress. The launch took place two weeks ago, and I think we got all the kinks out. The migration from Typepad wasn’t as painless as [...]
Posted by ohbrooke on 06.24.2009 at 6:50 am// Tagged: giveaway, graphic design, web design , The Bright Side Project, web design, wordpress blogs