Branding: Sue’s Sewing and Embroidery

I’m always honored when people put their business ideas into my hands to create new design work. It’s especially exciting to me when it’s a creative business, launched by an individual, which is near and dear to me, running my own independent creative business. This case is no different, except I’ve seen years of exceptional projects come from this individual. Sue’s Sewing and Embroidery provides excellent work for sewing and custom machine embroidery projects, and would certainly be a great choice to create something special for you.

Baby Shower Invitation & Decor: Winnie the Pooh

A good friend of mine is due with her first baby, so I was excited to get to throw a baby shower for her and her husband. She requested a classic Winnie the Pooh theme, which was fun to put a unique spin on for this special event. I focused on putting together a lot of little touches throughout the space and it was fun to put all the ideas together.

Photos from the event were kindly provided by Dorothy Tam, thanks so much!

Baby Announcement and Invitation: Baby Klay

After such a great maternity photoshoot with Turquoise and Brandon, they asked me to design some cards for them. First, baby announcement cards went into the mail, followed by and invitation to a baby shower. Both were fun items to work on and had such different ideas behind them.

Wedding Decor: Denise & Jared (St Helena, California)

I really enjoy being able to design for weddings beyond the invitation and work on all the little touches that personalize the wedding day itself. Once the wedding invitation was in the mail, there were a bunch of items to make for Denise and Jared’s winery wedding. It was quite the variety, from hand-lettered signage, to favor hang tags. My personal favorite was the bar signs, so much fun (and gold ink)!

Probably the best thing about working on this wedding was being able to make the day beautiful for my friends. I really enjoyed brainstorming with the bride and the groom and bringing back the finished pieces that fit right into their vision for their special day.

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.

Baby Shower Invitation: Peter Pan

Another fun set of invitations for a baby shower and, as always, I was excited to work on the project. The theme for this one was Disney’s Peter Pan, but the desire was that the theme would be a little more on the subtle side and be a little more elegant. We celebrated the mama-to-be last weekend, so now I get to share the invitations that went out!

Baby Shower Invitation & Decor: Football!

This couple are big football fans and have a due date very close to the Super Bowl, so a co-ed football themed shower was a great choice for them. I had a lot of fun designing a whole new set of items for this theme and definitely ran with the ball – ha! There wasn’t one team to be rooting for, so I went with bright colors and lots of greens for the playing field itself.

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)

Baby Shower Invitation & Decor: Flamingos!

I really enjoy how unique each and every baby shower is, based on the guests of honor and theme ideas. This one was so much fun, using the baby’s nursery colors and “favorite” animal as the shower theme. The colors palette was soft pink, coral, gold and mint green, paired with flamingos for the design element. Such a fun event to celebrate this coming baby!

Baby Shower Invitation & Decor: Mary Poppins

My friend’s absolute favorite Disney movie is Mary Poppins, so she was excited to have this theme for her baby shower. And I was definitely happy to make the invitations and decorations for the special event. Instead of focusing on one part of the movie, I decided to include most of the popular elements, rather than focusing on a single idea. She also enjoys tea, so having a quasi-tea party also tied into the Mary Poppins theme really well. Congratulations on the little boy joining your family!