Carrie's Closet Business Card- New and Improved!

 

I was so excited to get back in touch with Carrie of Carrie's Closet! This is one of the first projects we worked on together. I came up with the idea of giving the card a little more modern and unique look by embossing the logo. Carrie was thrilled with the idea and I was thrilled with the results! I love it! This is a card you won't throw out!

DIY CMYK Engagement Thank You Cards

To celebrate my 5th wedding anniversary, I thought I would blog about some of the various DIY projects. This one is the engagement thank you cards we sent out. Call me a design dork- Yes my wedding colors were CMYK! Besides them being the print colors, they are just really pretty together! So since they are printing colors what better way to showcase them then with a stamp?! I found a pretty thank you stamp and stamped them slightly offset from each other, making sure black was last. Then on the envelope I repeated the same concept with a cute engagement ring stamp.

Carrie's Personal Business Card

Great clients don't come bye that often. I met Carrie when I was fresh out of college and it has been a great partnership ever since!

Butterfly Baby Shower Invitation

This is a project I just finished, a Butterfly Baby Shower invitation. Apparently butterfly inspired showers are really popular now. When google-ing it several invitations were found. Anyways I was going for a very pretty and girly look that was simple and elegant. The color palette was pink and purple.

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...

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!

Advertisement: Two takes on one idea

 Sometimes when you have a good idea, you can take it in many different directions. This is just two takes on one idea, but there could be many more. I always opt for humor in advertisement, however being for that it was for a corporate function I also created a version that was along the same lines but more "safe". 

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?