My Designer’s Notes include marketing tips, creative processes and design projects.
Client Spotlight: Kerri Ann Photography
One of the most personal logos I have ever designed, for local Minnesotan photographer Kerri Ann.
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.
Client Spotlight: Susie Larson
Susie Larson has a new Advent Devotional that is newly released for the 2021 Christmas season - we designed Christmas ornaments to compliment her new book.
Leave no stone left unturned
I saw the fork in the road ahead of me. One path would bring freedom but also uncertainty, the other path was stable but as a creative, I felt locked into a box.
Client Spotlight: Andover Community Center
Your kids may have played a hockey game right on top of my design work and you never knew!
How I choose a color palette
There is so much more I want to dive in to the topic of color… but for now, here are some of my quick tips to finding a color palette.
When they say, “a simple logo”
Every once in a while, I receive a request from a potential client wanting a quote for a “simple logo.”
My prayer was answered the next morning
Leaving behind a solid, reliable income brings uncertainty and doubt. At least that is how Tyson and I felt. But we were certain the next step for me as a creative was to branch out on my own as a self-employed designer.
My first official day
It is my first official day at the new office, where I have been serving clients “on the side” for years…