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anyone still there? i'm back to blogging our little adventures over here: http://blog.kcandsara.comWould love for you to join us!SHGRSS link: feed://blog.kcandsara.com/?feed=rss2

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and when i say "updated" i mean "re-designed". and there'll probably be another iteration of this in 6 months. cause that's what interactive designer-wives do for their sound designer-husbands, right? "design on a whim" was in our vows. c'est romantique, no?i like this version better though. and kc's still building his portfolio, so lot's more amazing work to come. but he's super talented & i'm

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i created these invitations for my bff's wedding in july. steph and her hubbie-to-be call each other "bug". so naturally their wedding invites feature (custom) illustrations of a grasshopper (him) and a lightning bug (her). they're getting married out on her parent's property at night under the stars. it's going to be ah-mazing and i'm so glad i get to be a part of it.

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for one of our latest projects, kc and i teamed up and did some promo shots for the amazingly talented catherine kimbro. she's heading up to nashville for her spring break to present her newly recorded country demos.kc & i are so passionate about making stuff together, and working as an stylist/photographer team is just ridiculously fun.check out a couple more photos from the shoot here.and treat

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above is a snippet of my march inspiration folder. there are 415 items, so i couldn't show it all. but i'd say the main motifs running through the past couple of months are feminine colors: pink, light blue, and chartreuse; flowers & fauna; balloons and just an overall softness.and since i posted january's inspiration, but not february's, here a screenshot of one of my feb folders(already sorted,

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Yup that's our dining room table- on Design*Sponge! This is something of a personal achievement for me because I've been reading Grace's blog since I graduated high school. Waaaaay back in the day, things were different - I didn't have a thousand design blogs in my Google Reader, I read one. This one. (Also, she didn't post nearly as much and I would sometimes wait a whole day for a new post. omg

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no updates recently 'cause i've been ridiculously busy. and a long way to go. whew.

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These are two of the concepts I storyboarded for ads to run on Fox.com, NBC.com and Hulu. The first board was executed in After Effects (along with another concept not shown here) by Tim Pethel; sound design by KC Giessen. You can view the finished ads on KCGiessen.com.Art Director: Jonah Gellert | Copywriter: Martha DixonMotion: Tim Pethel | Sound Designer: KC Giessen

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This week I did this little page for my Estonian friends at Risttee Church. If you're a teen living in Estonia, you should definitely go! Thanks to Tarmo for coding it! Good luck guys.

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okay, okay it's already ALL over the blog circuits, but i just have to mention the theme of the 2009 Spring-Summer Chanel show. the paper accessories and decor of "monochrome white" bring me back to the ridiculously challenging and frustrating paper project from sylvia's introduction class at the circus.4800 hours to assemble 7000 handmade, all white, paper sculptures. i think that's insanely

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each month i make a folder on my portable hard drive where i can drag all the random images that i find throughout the month that inspire me. i started this back when i was planning my wedding and every month the collection grows larger. october had 149 images... january had 733 images. i really love doing it because it allows me to carry around a scrapbook of all the things i saw that month and

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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?

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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:

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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 | SmittenJoanna Goddard @ A Cup of JoEmily @ Once Wed

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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

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More info about the process here.Thanks to KC for the photos.

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this is my small bag. no joke.

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Thanks to KC for the photos.

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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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Designed/built this little site for Formally Yours.

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Designed/built this simple little piece for my hubby this week. He's a stud. Go check his work out.

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to supplement posting, as i'm in progress on multiple projects, i figured i'd post up the work of the two designers i graduated with at the circus back in may. and since this blog has my name at the top, i'm including shots of my wicked modeling skills that appear in their books, for your entertainment.right now ashley is in her hometown of sugarland, texas, moments away from the perfect agency

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skinning wireframes this weekend for formallyyoursga.com.

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by far: ⌥⌘B (show all bookmarks in safari)it's very uncomfortable, and look at that. my hand looks ridiculous. {and no i don't want to bring my right hand in for support on this one, though that'd clearly be one of many obvious solutions.}

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the new layout style of the Dress Diaries blog, written by Cathy Butler of Formally Yours. {above: the original style of the blog}

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i'm working on a site and some rebranding for my friends at formally yours, where i got my fabulous wedding dress. here's a sneak peak of the some of the concept boards and rebranding that i presented last night.{above: the new logo}

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I drew this jumping rabbit back in grad school for the Dainties project, and my talented mama repurposed the artwork quite nicely in this super cute pillow.

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so begins a life of misspellings.

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I almost forgot the agony of creating these until I started sorting through them. We don't have any formal shots of the finished product yet, but here's evidence that we made them ourselves.It's a little booklet with a faux bois cover (see our faces in the knot?) Inside is the formal invitation, an illustrated map to the location in monroe, and response card postcards. out-of-towners got another

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if you know me, clearly anthropologie is one of my influences. i don't know a designer that doesn't love the the catalogs, merchandise and in-store experiences. their site is pretty, but the content, not the bones is what really makes it pop. so when i saw this post on oh joy! today, i got really excited. and for good reason: 5 new sections devoted to accessories. each has a completely different

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This weekend I finished up the website for a good designer friend of mine, Jackie Hall. Jackie's graduating from the Circus in less than 2 weeks and moving to Jacksonville. Her work is great. Enjoy.I did the Flash animation on the homepage using her identity and used Dreamweaver + SimpleViewer to set up the portfolio sections.{click the images to view them nice and large}

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{you can click the photos to view them large}After a two month hiatus, I've been eager to post up some of the stuff I've been working on. This was a quick project a did couple months ago for some long-time friends of mine. Katie, Kaylee, and Laura spent their summer overseas doing mission work and wanted a postcard to send to their supporters. You can check out their stories and photos Katie and

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Last Saturday Pete & Gloria threw KC & I an awesome shower. We had a great time, and I really loved seeing everyone together. I designed (and wrote the line, yesssss) these super-precious thank you cards.Special thank to Pete & Glo. They have taken such great care of KC & I during our entire engagement. We love them so much, and they really know how to throw a sweet party.and,  just for good

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I've always had a secret desire to use the Zebrawood font, but was never able to bring myself to use it in school. So when J-Dawg asked me to help him with the sign for his lemonade stand, I jumped on the opportunity to try to do something cool with it.It was a good memorial day.

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KC received his new custom kit this week. His first set since 4th grade. It's so pretty in these pictures and even more gorgeous in person with him behind it. And it sounds incredible. Thanks to everybody who was a part of this amazing experience for us. What a great source of encouragement in a time when we needed it so much.(click to view larger)I had the pleasure of designing it. We changed

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most of you probably know my big bro, Pete. he's an incredible artist and photographer. he posted this assignment for the Circus last week and I just love it, and him, so much I wanted to share.enjoy.

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my bad-awesome fiancé.

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the larger the square, the more prominent the color. ish.

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My ongoing design project for the next 3 months is my wedding. Here's the first piece: our save the date postcards. Enjoy. Thanks to Kyle Hale for his sweet photography skills.above : the front of the postcardbelow : the type on the back

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The past few days I've been hanging out with my canine niece & nephew in Cumming... and in between wedding stuff, school stuff, and freelance work: redrawing type.click it to view it larger.

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click it : you should really view it larger.I've been dreaming of this tent since the day I got my February '08 Anthropologie catalog... so much so that it's actually our inspiration for our wedding reception. It's beautiful and impractical and over the top and as Pete put it, very "Billy Madison." I'd live in it if I could.p.s. I created our wedding blog today. It's not much yet, but we'll be

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This weekend KC & I went to Charleston to visit my friend Jackie's tea plantation (above). We were able to stay the whole weekend, for our first vacation in a couple of years.Patriot's Pointsweet houseWhite Point GardensWhite Point Gardensmore pictures here

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& a much needed one, at that.

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Can't sleep, so I figured I'd practice using my new Wacom tablet.

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update | I moved my work to my new website : sarahanks.com

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I promise. But it's totally lost here. Enjoy.

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Brief : The poster is meant to raise awareness, create interest, or serve as call to action. Use the elements of graphic design to achieve this.Interactive bus shelter posters invite commuters to paint-by-numberswith their gum instead of wastefully throwing the gum away. Thisencourages commuters to give meaning to their wait by donating gum tothe poster and becoming an organ donor.I worked with

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Last night, KC & I watched one of his favorite childhood movies, The Rocketeer. Bill Campbell is looking kind of old-ish these days, but back in the day (1991) he was "such a stud". (KC's words, not mine.) But how rad is that jacket?There's a place that produces/sells an exact replica, called the Rocket Jacket. I prefer the Jet Jacket (below) which is a modification of it. And 300 Canadian

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I haven't been super impressed by or excited about the majority of the wedding invitations I've seen- so many of them are really beautiful, but they just don't feel right for us. And the ones I do like I'm struggling to take inspiration from because of how far out of our budget they are.But I came across these this morning from Mélangerie Inc.:Here's what the ladies of Mélangerie had to say about

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How cute is this for a 4-year-old bridesmaid? Of course, these decisions depend on a lot of other things that need to come first, but I came across this today & couldn't resist. Yum. I'll take one for me too.It's no secret that I have a thing for J. Crew... love these (and the yellow color):& I'm not opposed to using pattern, if not in the dress, then in the accessories:I'm sure our mothers would

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I ripped this out of Fashion Rocks Magazine a while back and have been drooling over it since. I really love his outfit- the pieces themselves and the mix of colors & patterns in the pants, tie & shirt. I can't wait to start looking for KC's wedding attire.Oh, and Jonathan thought the girl in the boat (Irina Lazareanu) was me. The bangs I guess? Very funny, but I'll take what I can get- even if

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er..... my computer that is.This makes me WAY happier than it should. But I've been without my laptop all year and yesterday this message appeared on the site:And much dancing and joy entailed.Honestly, Apple really let me down on this one. I had 2 really bad experiences with the geniuses, and said so in my response to their follow-up e-mail. So trip number 3 (for the same problem) I had a great

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A couple more pictures:Bridesmaids luncheon : BenihanaThe reception:Saying goodbye

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Yay! So happy for my brother & new sister-in-law. It was a reallllly fantastic wedding. The ceremony was beautiful & I know our families had so much fun at the reception. Congrats, guys! Love you both!The photographer : Adrienne Kimbrell

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I love me some good illustration. I'm definitely not there as an illustrator yet, but maybe in a few years I will be. Until then, I'll just appreciate people like this:Cecilia Carlstedt

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I discovered this summer after 3 blank rolls of film that my Lomo had a defective lens. So I didn't have it for about 6 months this year, but we tried to make up for it Oct-Dec.These are all cross processed, hence the crazy colors. The first 3 are from a daytrip KC & I took in October right after our anniversary. The last 3 are from a post-yoga Sunday afternoon in Atlanta, near Little 5.(Click

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One week project : Create a high-end chocolatier: name, logo, and packagingLogo design & chocolate packaging for Lille Bitte. Lille Bitte, Danish for tiny, creates fun high-end chocolates inspired by the forms & flavors of desserts.The miniatures featured here are cupcakes. Each “tiny cupcake” contains a chocolate or a white chocolate base and one of 15 flavors. In addition to different sized

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I'm not really supposed to be doing wedding stuff until after Pete's/New Years, but I can't stop thinking about it. So instead of checking off things from my to-do list (i.e. wrapping presents, cleaning, freelance work, etc.) I'm gonna post up some stuff.So.... honeymoon? At this point we're thinking we probably don't want the traditional gorgeous beach exotic honeymoon, though of course we'd

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The story:So it's my birthday, but I'm throwing KC a surprise party with a bunch of our friends & family. When we arrive, he thinks my family is trying to set him up to propose to me (after much pressure for many weeks). Once he realizes the party is for him, he reads the poster on the back of the door (you can see it below); the last line says "and that's why everyone chipped in to buy you

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Three week (sort of) project : Create a DVD cover for a real client.DVD cover & insert for Yoga Dose, a yoga dvd featuring 2 rockin' yogis (Lara & Nicole).This project was fun because we got to be there for the photoshoot, and work with a real client. & KC & I took Lara's class at Yoga Samadhi - it was really fantastic & Nicole is amazing. We didn't go to Nicole's class over at Decatur Yoga, but

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One week project : Repackage a dollar store item (mine was girls' socks) to be sold in a high-end boutique.Sock packaging for Underpinnings, manufacturer of socks, underwear, undershirts, etc. made of organic & sustainable cotton. Outdoorsy, yet fresh & feminine.(Click the pictures if you want to see them bigger.)The judges & panel were pretty stoked on it & suggested that I blow out the

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Web elements for fabric8, a subset of Singer. Sewing machine & accessories geared towards preteens-teens. 2 quarters ago I metal-ized the machine & packaged it in a punk-rock theme.(Click the pictures if you want to see them bigger.)Homepage for www.fabric8.com.User page for fabric8Microsite for a fabric8 design challenge with Ms. Betsey Johnson.

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