Birthday Time!

My good friend Mellanie just had her 24th birthday - always a good reason to celebrate! She is a super fun girl with high-end taste so I felt this card evoked her personality a bit. I don't usually have a reason to use colors as bold as these so that made this very fun to design!

Happy 2011!

I realize we are a good bit into the new year but I had designed this as a New Year's greeting and had wanted to post it on here. I hope everyone's 2011 has thus far been excellent and will continue to be!

Christmas Card and Invitation Insert

I absolutely love Christmas time and have been looking forward to it since October. When my dear friend's mother asked me to design a Christmas card for her to send out as well as an invitation for a Christmas party they are having I was ecstatic. What a fun project to do, especially since I have already been in the spirit of the season! I decided to make the invitation an insert so it would be easy for her to invite all the people she needed to without sending them two different cards. Their family, although entirely American, is very european in many ways so I tried to convey an almost British feel to the card. The aesthetic is of a 40s or 50s Christmas card - which keeps the Christmas feel classic rather than a mess of consumerism and overspending. The photo on the front is actually their house during a rare snow we had in Birmingham last year which gives extra meaning to the phrase 'there's no place like home for the holidays' - which I whole-heartedly agree with. Cheers and Happy Holidays!

English Night Poster

My dear friend Katie is currently teaching English at a University in Nantes, France. She needed a poster to promote an 'English Night' she is having at a pub there for the students to practice their English conversation skills. This was an incredibly fun poster to design and it's always great to do something for a friend. I wanted a youthful look that represented England and the US in a unique yet historical light. Rather than reference the modern day state of the countries (which, especially in America's case is not looked upon favorably in France) I wanted to harken back to the glorious days when America and England were both dashing, valiant countries filled with loyal citizens with positive, idealist outlooks toward the future. She said the turnout was impressive and that the poster was well liked by all of the students so all in all it was a very pleasant as well as successful endeavor.

Birthday Cards

These are a few birthday cards I designed for a couple of my friends. While I can claim all of the art from the top card I cannot for the bottom card - the hand drawn giraffe vectors were created by Scarletbits [Scareltbits.com] and the watercolor textures were created by Jay Hilgert [although both were benevolently released to be used in the general community.] Cards are so fun to design, and it's nice to be thinking about one person in particular the entire time you're making the design. I am looking forward to the next birthday to come up so I can design another!

Community Foundation Event Program

The Community Foundation (a fairly large local Charity Organization) was having an event to officially commemorate the fifty years that they have been able to serve the community and all of the people that have made that happen. I was lucky enough to get to design this and have alot of creative reign as well. It was a bit of a challenge with the amount of text they wanted to include in the program; it was my goal to keep it clean and organized despite this. The program rolled up (like a scroll) and tied with a ribbon that was their signature green color. The Date (on the outside) showed on the edge when it was rolled up. All in all I am very proud of this piece and so happy that I got to work with them!

Beach List

In an attempt not to forget anything while packing for my upcoming beach excursion I designed this list. Just a fun piece I did for my own enjoyment that I thought would be a nice addition to what I have posted on here - always nice to show work where the only requirement was to have fun designing it!