Whimsical Congrats Card

On my walk to work I noticed a box on the side of the road outside a pizza place that had an amazing graphic on it. Whatever food supply item it was, the brand was 'Lucky Buck' and I absolutely had to snap a picture to use in something. I masked out the logo in photoshop and edited it a bit in illustrator in order to create this whimsical card to congratulate someone on their good fortune.

Cards for Those Far Apart

My boyfriend and I are currently about 1,000 miles apart - he lives in Mississippi while I dwell in Harlem, NYC. Since we've been apart I've made a few cards to send his way - getting a letter or card in the mail always brightens up a day. These are a few of the cards about missing the one who matters the most/traveling/sending some love via mail (posted outside to inside.) I did all illustrations either by hand or with Adobe Illustrator except for the stamps, postcard, birds and map on the top one.

Spring Cards

These are a few cards I created for friends this spring. The first one is a birthday card for my wonderful friend Grace, chicks are her favorite animal! The second is a card for my friend Iggie who was donning the cap of a thespian for the Medical School Skit Night held annually here in Birmingham - the chicks in Grace's card were so fun I felt compelled to use a chick motif again. And finally, at the bottom, is the card I made for my dear friend Rachel's bridal shower. All of these were so fun to create and each person enjoyed their respective card as well!

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!

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!

Valentine's Card

A Valentine's Day to/from card that I designed for a friend