Brochure for Hannaford, ND

The brochure I did for Hannaford, ND focused on the agriculture of the community. Jill wanted to show the many different crops grown so for the backgrounds I used corn, beans, sunflowers, and wheat along with smaller photos highlighting some attractions of the town. The back flap talks about the history of the community and the cover shows off their new logo and slogan.

Website for Hannaford, ND

For the last two months I have been working with Jill Haugen, Economic Development Coordinator for the city of Hannaford, ND on a redesign for their current website. They had a new logo done so I focused the look and the color scheme of the website around that. Check it out here.

Sharon Lutheran Church Logo

A few weeks ago, I was asked to submit a few ideas for a new logo to the Sharon Lutheran Church communications committee. The information they gave me was they wanted the cross to look exactly like their architectual wood cross on the outside of the building and they wanted the four different colors (representing the seasons) incorporated somehow. I would say 3-5 examples would suffice but once I start I guess I just cant stop, I submitted 9. I like to throw a couple of my own ideas in there to show clients I can think outside of the box as well, give them a different way to look at it - and who knows, they may see they like it better. Those two examples would be the bottom two, very young and contemporary feel - definitely geared to the younger christian followers. The committee has chosen to go with the top right logo with some font and color changes. I will repost the edited version once we get to the next phase of the very long 'logo' process.

Other Creative Outlets...

Back in September I thought it would be fun to take a cake decorating class since I am totally addicted to all the cake shows on tv. The classes are offered at Michael's and they last 2 hrs once a week for a month at a time. There are four different courses you can take at very reasonable prices! The first course is a basic course where you learn how to layer cakes, frost them, use all the tips and make buttercream roses. The second course (which I'm in right now) is learning how to make fondant, putting it on the cake, making fondant decorations and also learning how to make tiered cakes. I can't even tell you how much fun I am having and I am very surprised at how easy it really is (although time consuming thats for sure). It is very relaxing and gives me another outlet to let out all my creative energy!

East Central Tourism Brochure

It's been awhile since my last post so I will be posting a few things today. In September I started working with the Economic Development Coordinator from Steele County (again) on a brochure to highlight tourist attractions within Griggs and Steele counties in North Dakota. With the last couple projects I've worked on for her, she has given me the freedom to come up with my own ideas and I just love that. I really like the 'rustic' look and thought it would translate well in a tourism brochure highlighting museums and churches etc. The board liked my idea and the only changes I've had to make are text changes. This project hasnt gone to print yet but I don't anticipate any further changes. They are happy with the outcome and I'd have to say it's one of my personal favorites to date!

Newsletter

I have been working with Eileen Zygerlicke on putting together the monthly newsletter for Hope Covenant Evangelical Church. They were in need of a graphic designer to help them out and I was happy to volunteer my services. She sent me seven articles along with a variety of photos to choose from and was given around a week to finish the project. We have had a series of corrections but it will soon be off to the printer. They were looking to change the look of the newsletter, one that reflects their new and improved website. They are pleased with how it turned out. I will be doing this newsletter every month.

Logo Design

For the last three months I've been working on a logo design for Magic Valley Symphony in Idaho. Initially I sent them 10 designs that I came up with so they had alot of options to choose from. Three of the members narrowed it down to one specific look they liked. During the process, many things have been altered: fonts have been changed, text was added and pieces were removed so this is much different than the first draft. They liked the idea of a treble clef intertwining in the letters but after many revisions the result ended up being a baton and 'swoosh' in the background making up the treble clef laying on it's side.

Race Car Shirt Design

I designed a tshirt decal for Todd Johnson's race car team. When deciding on the design I took into account the bright orange, green and purple colors that are on the car itself and decided to incorporate that into the decal design as well. In addition, the driver had specific instructions that he wanted both sides of the car in view in order to show off all of his sponsors. Overall, I think it's a great representation of the car and the race care drivers personality.

New Website Designs

I've delved into the world of web design. I'm earning a certificate in web technologies from an online organization! I started in May with Intro. to HTML, Intro. to CSS, and Dreamweaver. They are wrapping up this week so I'm busy working on final projects now. Next I will be taking Javascript and Advanced HTML with Advanced CSS, Flash and Intro. to XML to follow later on in a few months. I'm very pleased with what I'm learning take a look at a few of my sites... strawberrypatch and racecar.

Steele County Brochure

In June I worked on a brochure highlighting Hope, ND, for Steele County Economic Development located in Finley, ND. This project had a two day turn around and I jumped at the opportunity. There were around 4 revisions from my contact before she took it to the board to get approved. I actually did two different versions, one with sunflowers in the background and one with corn. The board liked them both so much that they decided to get 500 of each printed. After I had sent the files to the printer, my contact noticed a few more things she wanted to add and I was happy to do it, although I would have to resend the files again so they would print with the new additions. I made sure to contact the printer rep to make sure they received the new file and double-checked that they would use the correct version. I am very happy with the outcome and I know the client is too.

Near Northside Neighborhood Historical Plaque

Back in May I had the opportunity to work with Katie Osborn from the Office of Urban Development on a historical plaque for the 'Near Northside Neighborhood' committee. They had a specific idea in mind of what they wanted and they also needed it done in a short amount of time. I was able to put everything else aside in order to get the project done within a couple of days for them. We only went through a couple revisions and within a week I had it sent to the printer in Pennsylvania. Everything went off without a hitch and overall everyone was very pleased with the result. The plaque arrived in June and they were able to get it up the first week of July. It is located near the entrance of the Greenway off of 3rd Street N. and 7th Avenue.