What I Designed Today: Stake Conference Invitation

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 by admin | 2 Comments

I designed this stake conference invitation for the first semiannual conference of the Bartlesville, Oklahoma Stake! So nice of the stake presidency to put out an official invitation like this. I hope it helps boost attendance and clarifies meeting times, attendance and info for all involved. I tried to make it match the ward mission plan and the stake mission plan that I had created earlier. I’d better watch out or the stake will have inadvertently created its own press kit and style guide soon! Kidding…

What I Designed Today: 2015 OK Mozart Festival Poster

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What I Designed Today (ahem, last week): OK Mozart A Really Fun Prairie Run Event Poster

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 by admin | Leave a comment

I really need to do better at publishing daily so I don’t have to keep backtracking! But I’ve been working way too much and there’s no way I can post it all. That’s good, right?!

What I Designed Today: 2015 OK Mozart L’Amore d’Italia Ball Invitation & RSVP Card

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What I Designed Today (a few weeks ago): Put on The Armor of God for Stake Auxiliary Training

Thursday, April 23, 2015 by admin | Leave a comment

I used the floral artwork from lenlis at BigStock for the flowers and then added the “Put on the Armor of God” text and made a few changes to use for a themed presentation at auxiliary training. It was so cute, I left it up at home for a week after the event! I’m including pics of the wonderful cookies with labels and chocolate covered strawberries served. I don’t know if anybody else liked it but the strawberries alone were worth it for me!

What I Designed Today: Redesigned Newspaper Ads for OK Mozart

Wednesday, April 1, 2015Wednesday, April 1, 2015 by admin | Leave a comment

So our local newspaper is notorious for poorly printed ads. It seems OK Mozart gets the brunt of the poorly printed ads — even though they’ve checked and asked for proofs which always turn out fine! Black only can be so tricky. The grays look so washed out and since most of OK Mozart’s ads are black-intensive (using Rich Black in 4/c), I had to redesign some newspaper versions of their ads to hopefully boost contrast and not worry as much about printing striations. Frustrating! Anyway, here are some of the redesigns.

What I Designed Today: 2015 Stake Mission Plan

Wednesday, April 1, 2015Wednesday, April 1, 2015 by admin | Leave a comment

The 2015 Ward Mission Plan was such a success, I got roped into creating a Stake Mission Plan. The text wasn’t as conducive to a great layout but I think it’s nice enough, anyway.

What I Designed Today: Ad Revisions for OK Mozart

Monday, March 23, 2015 by admin | Leave a comment

So one of my very favoritest sources of income is revising previously created ads in different sizes for different publications. It takes time, but you just have to adjust things without re-creating the wheel, so to speak. It probably takes more time than my client would think it does but it’s relatively painless and a good source of income — I want to say residual income but that’s not entirely correct because I’m still eating up the clock and sitting at the computer. They’re worth it even though I generally charge quite a bit less for them. These ads were for GTR Newspapers, an independent free papers association for Tulsa, Oklahoma Magazine, and Tulsa’s Currentland publication.

Riverside Park & Ralph Mitchell Zoo in Independence, Kansas

Monday, March 9, 2015Monday, March 9, 2015 by admin | Leave a comment

I’m writing an article about the Riverside Park, Ralph Mitchell Zoo & Riverside Aquatic Center for the upcoming Visitor’s Guide & Travel Edition of Bartlesville Magazine. It is one of our family’s favorite places, so we took a quick trip up on Saturday to get some great photographs and finish up the article. I’m including a few fave photos here, but the entire set can be viewed in our Zoo & Park Set on Flickr.

What I Designed Today: Table Card for Bartlesville’s OK Mozart

Friday, March 6, 2015Monday, March 9, 2015 by admin | Leave a comment

This table card is part of the March Madness set for OK Mozart’s upcoming event in Bartlesville. If you’re in the area, take a look at the lovely food and auction items — it will be a wonderful event!

What I Designed Today: OK Mozart Ads

Tuesday, February 24, 2015Friday, March 6, 2015 by admin | Leave a comment

One is a grayscale ad for newsprint and the second is a recreation of their ad in Conde Nast, originally done by PDG Creative, with the proper fonts of this year’s campaign and a little bit of a changeup in placement if items and photos (at OK Mozart’s request). It was a good work day, busy but not TOO stressful!

What I Designed Today: Tri-Fold Brochure

Thursday, February 5, 2015Thursday, February 5, 2015 by admin | Leave a comment

Tri-fold brochures are the bread and butter of marketing, aside from business cards. They give you a chance to show and tell what your business is about. Designs that flow well are few and far between but I like how this one turned out. The only thing I would add or change now are calla lily leaves following the curved divider or at the top right hand corner of the circles. Can’t wait to see this one in print!

What I Designed Today: March Madness Poster, Invitation & RSVP Card for OK Mozart

Friday, January 30, 2015Friday, March 6, 2015 by admin | Leave a comment

It’s 5:25 a.m. I’ve been up since 4 a.m. exporting files I finished yesterday, noting to myself in astonishment that in my 20s, I would stay up until 3 or 4 a.m. working on projects and now that I’ve reached my 40s, I GET UP at 4 a.m. to finish projects. There is something wrong with that!

Anyway, this includes the final touches of the poster written about earlier, including one pricing change. The entire set of marketing collateral for this event for OK Mozart includes a poster, a two-sided invitation, and an RSVP card. It’s a great set! I’m not a HUGE fan of the basketball with leprechaun hat but he’s kinda cute and growing on me. I customized him out of other stock pieces and parts. One would think there would be more basketball leprechauns given March Madness’ basketball theme, no? Well, one would be wrong {insert heavy pompous sarcasm here}.

What I Designed Today: Kid’s Wolfie Mozart Design

Wednesday, January 21, 2015Friday, March 6, 2015 by admin | 1 Comment

What I designed today is still in the works but here’s the first draft. I had a client make an unusual request: they wanted a mascot of sorts for their children’s publications. It’s not their logo, but it’s a friendly “wolfie” which was, apparently, Mozart’s nickname as a youth. He’s to be splashed all over their publications involving youth during the coming year. I’ve created two wolfies (each with slight variations): one for a younger audience, heavily based off this royalty-free art from comodo777 at BigStock and a second one entirely created by me for a slightly older audience. Which would you choose? Let me just say, drawing that wig was so satisfying! And, also, there is zero vector artwork readily available for Mozart wigs. Just sayin’. Well, now there’s one…

What I Designed Today…er, in late May: Article of Faith #4 for Ben’s Baptism Program

Thursday, January 15, 2015Thursday, January 15, 2015 by admin | 26 Comments

Ben’s baptism was a rushed one. We had a small crowd for our last baptism but it was beautiful. He is such a one-of-a-kind kid. He chose the 4th Article of Faith for his favorite “scripture” and so I quickly typed it up a little bit prettier than average for the program. I am offering it here as a FREE download for your personal and church use, should anyone be so inclined.