big dog, little bed

i just had to post this photo my mom sent me. yup this is one of our pups, cesar, trying to cram his ridiculously long body into this tiny (cat) bed my mom won on etsy. doesn't he look comfortable?

congrats, pete!

saturday we celebrated my brother pete's graduation from the circus... only about a month late. :)

my brother is an all-around amazing artist: designer, photographer, painter, sculptor, musician. he does incredible work and is a great source of inspiration & encouragement for me. here are a couple samples from his student portfolio:

recent features

We've been featured on wedding blogs a couple times in the past few days. I hope that other brides will be inspired by some of the little things we did. Here are a few screenshots.

Joanna Goddard @ Glamour.com | Smitten

Joanna Goddard @ A Cup of Jo

Emily @ Once Wed

razorfish work | H&R Block 2009 banner ads

It started with this. One of the original storyboards I created for the 2009 H&R Block Online banner campaign. Okay, so banner ads aren't the coolest, but I think these are pretty fun. 

We wanted the design to be clean, simple, colorful. This concept for the look & feel was one of mine and I also designed 99% of the icons for the campaign.

(If you missed the motion, refresh the page!)

Art Director: Jonah Gellert | Flash Designer: James Martis | Copywriter: Martha Dixon

thank you cards

I used some black and whites portraits from the wedding and printed the design in fun bright colors. They don't match the rest of the style I used for wedding stuff, except in the colors of the cards & envelopes.

Oh wait. You didn't get yours? It's coming. We're busy. And slow.

Thanks to KC for the photos.

wedding favors : peach salsa

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I designed and printed the custom wrappers for the jars. 

Assembled with the help of my girls!

Thanks to KC for the photos.

once wed blog feature + bonus points

Emily over at Once Wed is featuring our wedding on Monday, and has posted a little preview here. AND I designed that ad for H&R Block at the top of the screenshot. Double whammy!

signs and programs

Instead of programs we had church style fans. I think the guests appreciated them, sitting in the middle of a field in the august sun. I designed them in the same style as the invitations with, my fave, 2 sheep at the top.

KC, Pete, and I made these signs for the wedding. After this photo was taken, the girls and I attached a bunch of white balloons to it so that it looked like I was holding them.

Thanks to Kyle Hale for the 1st & 3rd photos and KC for the middle shot.

invitations

More info about the process here.

Thanks to KC for the photos.

the accoutrements of a designer

this is my small bag. no joke.

save the date postcards

Thanks to KC for the photos.

wedding goodies

6 months later, I'm about to post some real shots of the design work I did for my wedding. Thanks to my husband for his super sweet photography skills. More to come!

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