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.

Words to live by!

I recently created this for my other blog on weight loss. Good words to live bye though!  The most successful people failed MANY times in their careers before they saw any signs of hope. It is only through these failures they found their way to success, that is what I hope for myself!

More Baby Onesies

"Boobies: Breakfast of Champions"

A new tradition has been born: When a friend is expecting I design them fun custom onesies.  These were for my good friends from college Megan.  All onesies are special and distinct to the couple.  Since she will breastfeed, I made the "Boobies: Breakfast of Champions".  She also happens to be an amazing photographer so I created the "Mamarazzi" design.  Her husband used to have a handlebar mustache and is a chef, so "Mustache in Training" and "Sous Chef" are dedicated to him.  Lastly in honor of their dog I created "My Loyal Companion".

If you would like to commission me to make custom onesies contact me.

"Mustache in Training"

"Mamarazzi"

"My Loyal Companion"

"Sous Chef"

Inspiration for Political Propaganda Project

Design is a powerful and useful tool, as is coercion.  By using effective visual communication while appealing to people's emotions you can control people's actions.  This is a prime example of this. Not only are these posters great examples of the graphic art of the time, they also reflect the culture. I love this, makes me realize to use whatever gifts I have for the greater good and not just for myself. The US government needed something of the American public (conservation of resources, materials and purchase of bonds): it was totally self-serving.  Good or bad, they were motivated to get what they needed and these posters, as well as many more, helped them achieve that. 

Like they say in Spiderman- "With great power, comes great responsibility."

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.

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.

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!