New project, new beginnings

So over the last few months (ok like 6) I’ve been working on a project, something to be a creative release cause without designing (working as a designer 40+ hours a work week and freelancing on top of that) I’ve felt a little lost..that my student loans sitting there were now a painful reminder of a talent and education no longer regularly being used. So what I have come up with is a twist to the popular trend right now. I’m customizing mason jar lamps, painting them with fun illustrations I’ve done or inspired designs from my environment. I’ve opened a etsy store that you can check out here but here are a few pics of my lamps too 🙂

Hand written grad card

As a graphic designer it’s so easy for me to just hop on the computer open one of my trusty adobe programs and start designer and then hit print and walla done! But today is special my niece graduates from 8th grade and is heading to high school. I wanted to do something different for her, put more effort in give it a more personal touch…so I broke out my sketch pad and pencils and this is what I ended up with:

Started here:

And after sketching it out I went over it with good ole sharpie:

I trimmed it down and dry mounted it on foam board, found (from a ridiculous selection I have stashed) a great paper and mounted it in the center folded, and fastened with a button and some twine. I love the finished result! Hope it expresses to my niece how proud I am of her.

Another hit toy

So being a first time mom I’m all about the “hey this product really worked for us, our baby loved this” etc., so really I’ve thought might as well share my findings here. The first toy my son grabbed all on his own was the greentoys twist teethers, he loved this thing it’s easy to grab and noisy, a can’t lose combo

the colors catch his eyes, and the different textures keep his attention!

Yes, there’s Sophie again…The website has a bunch of great products check them out

Sophie!!

There are very few “toys” at 5 months old that my son can’t live without and Sophie the giraffe is the only one that always gets a smile when brought out. of course we settle for Sophie when daddy isn’t …

The best pacifier ever!

Being a first time mom I’m always on the hunt for the best product for my son, what works for him and what we’ve had the best success with and the wubbanub is one of those products. My son loves …

The best was yet to come

The morning of sept 30 we loaded our bags and headed to the hospital I was almost 5 cm dilated 70% effaced and having inconsistent contraction….we were on our way to meeting our little love 🙂 Waiting patiently by my …

Been kind of busy

With this thing called eloping

At 37 weeks pregnant…spur of the moment, no traditional “will you marry me” a few weeks to figure it all out…and though nothing fit in to my little girl dreams of my wedding day..what matters is the end result, I’m married to my best friend the man of my dreams…

Valentines cards

I was involved in a craft show feb 8th, but then this happened

and this

oh and this too

so these cards and 8 others are going to have to wait until next year, but I’ll share them here 🙂

Close to my heart

I recently was able to design my own baby shower invite for one of my showers, cause “gasp” I couldn’t just let my sister send out a generic e-vite 🙂 Before baby, there were furkids, 2 for me, 1 for my boyfriend. . . needless to say my son has 3 best friends eagerly waiting for his arrival. So I tried to depict the relationship that I see happening in my invite. . . I also am going to print just the illustration for the nursery. Nothing says love, like a boy and his dogs. . . .

Makes me crave purple grapes

Just another wedding invite I designed, clean, simple and classic. . .