Monday, December 21, 2009

Congrats to Caitlin and Andrew!

I am so happy to congradulate my cousin and his new wife on their wedding! It was a beautiful ceremony, with a beautiful bride and handsome groom, great friends and family and much festivities to be had by all! I can't wait until I get home and get a chance to post some of the pictures from the wedding. Until then I am having a great time being home with the family.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Compliment Cards

I was going through my old papers and came across one from our sorority recruitment days. We would all get together the night before it began and each put a sheet of paper on our backs. We would then go around and write something nice about each person on their backs. At the end of the night you could remove them and you had your own mini emotional boost right there for the rest of the time! I loved doing that and as a new years resolution would like to start complimenting the people in my life more. I know I always love a random nice word to boost my spirits. In honor of this new resolution I'd like to come up with a line of "compliment cards" so that I can have them ready to send out at least twice a month to a different person. I think it will help me to recognize my friends strengths and brighten their day with a kind word. Here's a very preliminary example of what I'm thinking of....

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Searching for a headband

So my hair is a little too short to do anything fun with for my cousin's wedding, but I wanted something cute to hold it back. Here's some fun little bands I found while searching Etsy:


Sellers listed clockwise from the top: My lavaliere, Little jardin, Be something new, Sweet grass mill

More stop-motion fun

So I am apparently on a stop-motion kick and am loving this video my friend Ashley found. You can also watch it on you tube at: Deadline.

Caitlin and Andrew's Pfeifsel Wedding '09

I was so pleased to be able to design the wedding invitations for my cousin's wedding. It's an 11x17 invite that opens up to a full map on the back so that guests can make their way around this destination. The entire wedding theme is maps and travel so we incorporated maps and compasses as well as the colors: green and purple. The map is actually a very old map I touched up to use and I was able to snag some cool drawings of different locations at West Point to add visual interest. I'm so pleased how the printing turned out and am waiting on a new camera to post pics of the final product. It was all printed on eco-friendly paper and folds down for mailing so no envelopes are needed. For now - here's the digital version of the invites:




Friday, December 4, 2009

Great Distressed Font (that's free)

Here's a fun font I stumbled onto while looking for something a little funky as a header for a magazine article on volcanoes I'm designing. It's free for use and you can download it here. Here's a little sample of what this article might start with.... who knows I have to sit with it for a bit to see if this layout will work.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Office Holiday Cards

Our office holiday cards were approved. Here's a little peek at the front of them!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Stop Motion

Just a quick post so that you can check out a great stop-motion animation done for the New Zealand Book Council! Find it at: You Tube - Going West - NZ Book Council