Yep, another friend having a baby. Fun for me because I got to do another round of cute baby shower invitations. I’m planning the shower with a friend, and couldn’t help but use a graphic of an umbrella {Not that it hasn’t been done before, but I thought it would be fun}. I drew an outline of an umbrella in Photoshop, and purchased different patterns from istockphoto to place in each part of the umbrella. The shower’s guest of honor, Nicki, is a great quilter and scrapbooker, so I knew this would capture her style. Plus who doesn’t like the [...]

Not a prize winning portfolio piece, but just what the client ordered. Meganfurthacadamy.com is a project I’ve been working on over the last few weeks. The whole site was built on WordPress so the client can make changes as needed without paying excessive fees for a custom content management system. Check it off the list!

Yesterday could have been one of the most bizarre days I’ve had in a long time. My 9-to-5 company did a major layoff – HALF the company. So today I am part of, what I can count, a 17-person advertising agency. When I was hired, almost 2 years ago, there were some 60 employees. I was finishing up my digital graphics degree, my husband and I living with my mom until we could figure out what to do with our house 2 hours away that wasn’t selling. Prior to that, I was working in Berkeley as a graphic designer for [...]

Recently I had the opportunity to design logos for two real estate services comapnies. Here’s how they turned out: I always seem to be drawn to real estate. I’ve worked on home decorating shows, at a boutique real estate firm, at a marketing firm specializing in new home builders, and I even wanted to get my real estate license about a year ago. As much as I’m interested in it, it also seems to be drawn to me! These were fun projects, and I hope they help these companies find success! You can see more of my graphic design work [...]

Ink Dragon is a tattoo shop in Safford, Arizona,  my husband’s hometown. They are staffed with amazing artists including the owner, Ryan and his brother Jesse.  I am helping them gain a web presence to showcase the unique work that comes out of his shop. So far I’ve put together two different layouts for them to choose from and then we work from there. They have already chosen their preferred layout, which would you choose? Design Direction 1 Design Direction 2

I couldn’t take it any longer. My website was grating on me. I decided I wanted it to be easier to update, otherwise my portfolio section would continue to be stale because it took too much effort (I work on websites all day and all night, and I have little motivation to work on my own). I illiminated the fine art section, because I don’t draw for anybody but myself, and I hardly even do that. I also thought it would be fun to have everything all on one page, so it is easy to navigate, and straight to the [...]

In an effort to share more of the graphic design side of projects I have been working on, I am going to be showing more of my freelance and marketing work. Last night I updated my friend Shannon’s blog. The objectives: hip, fun, chic, greens, blacks, and trendy. Shannon loves fashion, interior design, and it would definitely be hard to capture her in one word. I do my best, however, to capture her in a template!