Branding: DataVisto

Launching a new business is exciting and I’m always honored to design a custom look and feel. For this data visualization company, I was given a color palette and direction to make a look that was “fresh and fun” while still being appropriate for the tech sector. After pencil sketches and a first round of options, one design stood out as the clear solution. Below are the three final versions.

Christmas Cards: Kyle & Faye 2015

I definitely enjoy the chance to do some screen printing completely for my own use, since it is an opportunity to push my limits and experiment without an actual deadline. Christmas cards are one of those times of year where I take a chance, even though the holidays get busy and I’m often scrambling to get our cards printed and in the mail.

For this year, I’d had this idea of a Scandinavian style in my head for quite some time, but I also knew I wanted something really bold with multiple colors. The final design fit the bill, bold and graphic (and with metallic gold ink, of course). I was happy to send these through the mail, although I wish I had made more to send out!

(Last image is from printing in-progress and taken on my phone’s camera.)

Details: 3 color screen print – Jacquard #121 Solar Gold (my fav!), Jacquard #115 Green, Jacquard #112 Navy / Curious Metallic Ice Silver Shimmer Cover Stock / Cards & Pockets Jade A7 Envelopes / Edition of 50 (trimmed and addressed by hand)

Faye Champlin Studio / New Thank You Cards!

There are so many different creative outlets that I enjoy, some are work-related and others personal pursuits. I am always looking for new ways to combine ideas to make something new or completely custom to fit a need. Although I’ve always had custom designed branding for my business, I’ve wanted to incorporate a handmade touch as well. I finally decided to design myself some new thank you cards, completely for my business. They combine illustration, design and screen printing to make something special to send to my clients. I’m excited to be sending these out!

Details: French Pure White Construction Paper, 100# Cover / Jacquard Black & Solar Gold Screen Printing Inks / Edition of 30

Branding: Keep Safe Productions

As usual, when I have a design project for a new business starting up, I really enjoy the process of starting from scratch. It’s always a pleasure take a client’s thoughts and bring those ideas into a visual identity. For Keep Safe Productions, we actually decided to go with a black and white only design. It felt like the right fit for this design, while lending itself to all the final uses that the business owner will need as the business grows. Another issue that came up was the need for two different shaped logos, so I ended up designing two logo variations.

Branding: Plaid Love Threads

I always really enjoy working with friends on their own small businesses, especially when it’s branding. After discussing ideas and what they envision, I get to bring the ideas to life and come up with something solid. Plaid Love Threads is a company selling hand-embroidered gifts and items for the home. After choosing a design, the owner chose a color palette that is often seen in plaid, so that she could coordinate her packaging easier. The end result is so much fun and a perfect fit- and this is the reason collaboration is good!

Since it’s such a good match, I requested that last photo above from the owner to showcase the packaging and her beautiful work!

Christmas Cards: Kyle & Faye

To say I like these cards is an understatement – I am so happy with how they turned out. Because I am who I am, my own projects are often over the top, with all of my favorite creative elements thrown in. Enter this year’s Christmas cards. Usually I dream up a beautiful idea, wait too long and send out something else last minute. Except this year, I was determined; four days before Christmas found me screen printing these puppies. Metallic gold ink – check. Full bleed artwork – check. Gold calligraphy – check. One crazy excited Faye – check!

Details: 2 color screen print – Jacquard #121 Solar Gold & Jacquard #114 Yellow Green / French Paper Construction White Cover Stock / French Paper Dur-O-Tone Steel Grey A7 Envelopes / Dr. Ph. Martin’s Iridescent Copper Plate Gold calligraphy ink / edition of 35

p.s. If you didn’t receive a card from us this year, I do apologize. In my haste, I didn’t count how many we actually needed and figured forty would be plenty and it wasn’t.

Christmas Card: the Scotts

When I get asked to work on a project with creative elements I’ve been wanting to try, I get very excited. Then I get to work. I’ve worked with this lovely lady before and she wanted a custom hand drawn Christmas card to send out this year. I’ve been wanting to make something in this style for quite some time, so I was happy to get to work, starting with a Sharpie and my sketchbook. Mix my drawings with their photo and we had one great card!

Baby Shower Decor: Wendi & Sam

After designing and screen printing invitations for Wendi and Sam’s baby shower, the next order of business was decorations that matched to brighten up the space for the event. As always, I tried out a few new items I’ve seen and made everything from scratch. So much fun!

Photos kindly provided by my mom and Sam, since I was busy setting up! Thanks!

Bridal Shower Decor: Mallory

First came beautiful invitations, then came design and decoration for the shower itself. The theme of the shower was “Tea & Trousseau,” chosen by the hostess of the shower. The hostess, Mary, has seen my work before and gave me a lot of freedom to design what I thought would fit well into the shower. I enjoyed making all the little touches to make the shower special for the bride-to-be. A huge thank you to the hostess for providing these photos for me!

Bridal Shower Decor: Tiffany

Along with making invitations, I got to make a bunch of decor for Tiffany’s bridal shower. I’ve always appreciated her earthy, unique style and decided to focus on those aspects for her shower. The few pictures of decorations are below, mostly thanks to the bride-to-be herself.