My Designer’s Notes include marketing tips, creative processes and design projects.

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Jenkins family! Enjoy these free downloads for your desktop, mobile, tablet and watch screensavers.

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How to prepare for your brand photoshoot

If you’re thinking of booking a brand photoshoot or some headshots for your team, I got you all covered on the most important things to consider. I am a photographer turned designer business owner so I know these few things will go a long way for you!

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How to Design an Email Signature

A clean and easy-to-read email signature will make your brand look polished and cohesive - create your own with this easy step-by-step tutorial on how to design a professional email signature.

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Referral Rewards

Friends, family and happy clients have been sending work my way. I try to reach out to tell you that I appreciate you supporting my small business but it never feels like it’s enough. Because most of you also happen to own your small business.

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Support Small Business

Thank you for being here in this web space! Did you know that by just showing up here, you are supporting my business?

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Design File Cheat Sheet

Congratulations, your branding is complete! Now what do you do with all these files?

Let’s make it as easy as possible and compare it to ingredients.

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Top 10 Design Projects

A variety of branding packages and website designs made 2021 a very successful first year of being a self-employed graphic designer!

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John 15

The vine and the branches in John 15 resurfaced in conversations, sermons, and even a design reference from a client.

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Finding beauty

Comedians artistically find the amusement in everyday moments. They spin that moment and deliver it back to us in a way we can relate and find it entertaining at the same time. In a split moment this thought of, “I never thought of it that way” almost makes us feel silly for not coming up with the joke ourselves.

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