DIY Chevron Kitchen Pegboard

Recently saw a DIY pegboard on pinterest and I knew I had to have one! This is the perfect combination of form and function! While this serves as a visual centerpiece in the kitchen it also serves an important function in organizing your pots and pans! While painting a chevron is usually very tricky the fact that a pegboard has all these evenly spaces holes makes it much easier! All you have to do is count up and over and apply your painters tape.

Design Ideas for a Company Running Team T-shirt

It is always good to stay fresh and creative. That is why I didn't think twice before accepting the challenge of designing a company running team t-shirt. This could have turned out better (there are some things I would still like to tweak), but it was due and I wanted to at least submit something. It gave me the chance to get the creativity flowing again. Creativity is a river in that it does flow continuously (if it's in your nature), but to be able to manipulate it at will is a skill that designers must build. It is a skill that I must always keep sharp.

Signs of the Times: Comparing and Contrasting The Vietnam War to The War on Terror Pt.2 Vietnam

 

Some of the work I am proudest of!  Well researched, political, fun and immediately understood!  As show in these pieces the social response during The Vietnam was greater, the protesters were more dedicated, but sometimes motivated by hedonism.

Signs of the Times: Comparing and Contrasting The Vietnam War to The War on Terror Pt.1

The below are examples of the signs I created that illustrated this generation's social response to The War on Terror. The Artist statement above explains it all. This is one of my favorite projects EVER! It combines humor, simplicity of design and packs a political punch, ENJOY!

Next up: the social response to The Vietman War...

Jewelry Design: A sample of some of my first pieces

A chunky earthy turquoise necklace I made for a friend.

So graphic design is not my only interest, I have also really enjoyed jewelry making and design. Check out some of these pictures below. I hope to start once again, but now my dwelling has taken priority over that.

Double strand freshwater pearl bridal necklace

Close-up of the clasp for the Bridal necklace

Graduated Snowflake Obsidian necklace, I love!

Bracelet that matches the earthy necklace

Earrings I made for a bride

I Heart Typography

I made these freshman year at Alfred University: School of Art and Design.  I will never forget Mr. Troller my first design teacher, he insisted we learn to paste things up before we used computers and it was a valuable experience. He also had us create typographic compositions, while at first baffled by the idea of a design using typography alone, I soon realized the beauty of type by itself and as a design element.

Signs of the Times: Wilma as a Feminist

Using a road as a metaphor for the passage of time, I created these signs to signify an important part of history.  These signs explore the feminist era, that also happened to parallel with the time "The Flintstones" aired. By using a cartoon character you add humor and with humor you make the point get straight to the heart. While this takes a serious issue, it is sooooo much fun! Come on, Wilma was one bad-ass chick!

In time for baby season...some fun onesie designs I did for friends

As a designer I love to use my skills to make presents for my friends, I created these baby onesies for my friends baby showers.  If you ever need any custom onesies feel free to contact me!

2012 Resolutions: Better Late than Never!

Okay, I know it is late for New Years Resolutions, but I designed this for 2012 a couple months ago. I have finally gotten around to creating a new site to share my work! That is why I included the line, "That I won't let procrastination cheat me." So here's to a fresh start, better late than never!  What are your resolutions?

Maybe it's the wine talking...but I am kicking FEAR'S A$$!

I am sitting here and getting more HTML elements in my head and I have come to realize: HTML aint as hard as I thought it would be! Silly Sophia! You shoulda jumped on the HTML bandwagon a loooong time ago!

But seriously, aint that the case for a lot of things. We build up these things in our head and the initial fear of the unknown settles in and then when you actually start doing it, it is not NEARLY as hard as you thought it would be. It's like every freelance assignment I go on and I get so nervous the night before thinking what if they hate me, what if I can't deliver what they want, etc. Then you go to the job and after the first day you realize you are overqualified for the job and it is a piece of cake. Though that fear, though sometimes annoying, keeps you on your toes and makes you deliver superior quality in the end. The far of leaning and leaping into a new form of design is not helpful or useful at all! It is paralyzing!

So my next website, or knowisdom.com 2.0 will be all hand-coded in HTML, CSS and Javascript! Take that FEAR! Oh and you, procrastination, my former friend, well we are breaking up. I read most of this book "Getting Things Done: by David Allen, and in thinking over things recently realized, if I am not engrossed in a project or have somewhere to be, the time to do something is NOW. It is silly how I will email things to myself to do later, why, I can do it now! You gotta do things that aren't fun sometime, this is part of life, just suck it up and do it!

So the moral of the story is: If you don't think you can do it you're wrong! We are all, especially perfectionists, capable of doing more than you think! As trite and corporate as it sounds, like Nike always says... JUST DO IT!!!!!