Hope Church Tailgating Event

Senior Announcements

I had the privilege of working with Jane for the third time on her youngest girls graduation announcements. I just love doing announcements - I did lots of different designs to give her options. Jane was looking for a "lake" feel since the reception is going to be at their lake place.

Signs

Hope Evangelical Covenant Church in Grand Forks had me design a series of 6 - 2'x3' signs they will be putting up around the church designating different areas: Hope Serves, Hope Youth, Hope Groups, and Hope Kidz.

Invite and Program

Hope Evangelical Covenant Church in Grand Forks needed an invite and program designed for a special event the church is hosting showing appreciation to people who have volunteered their time for the "Give Yourself Away" stewardship campaign. They wanted the invite and program to match and they wanted a simple, elegant look. I decided to go with a neutral background since the logo has bright colors.

Driving Nails Poster

For the third year in a row, I was asked to do the Driving Nails poster for Hope Evangelical Covenant Church in Grand Forks, ND. Like every year, they want a very dark look with reds and browns and blacks. For imagery, they wanted a close up shot of the hand on the cross with another hand with the nail and hammer, making it appear like it's just about to hammer the nail into the hand. The original image of the hand had blood and a hole already so I had to do some blending magic to make the hand appear clean. Both hands and the hammer are three separate images. The background is two separate images that I blended together and the "Driving Nails" title actually has an image applied to appear texturized. I did 8.5x11 and 11x17 posters, a web ad, a postcard and an image for the churchs projector.

Bear Cat Marketing Materials

I've been working with Angie at Crary Industries in West Fargo on a series of marketing pieces they needed done in a very short amount of time for a chipper/shredder promotion they have going on. She sent me the catalog she had recently designed so I could get the feel for the look she was going for, along with images and fonts and logos she wanted included. I completed a postcard, a web ad, a hang tag, a newspaper ad (color and black and white) and a stuffer statement (two sided). The image above is the overall design for all the pieces.

Church Service Poster (Update) - Hope Church

Pastor Brad Johnson contacted me in regards to the church service poster I worked on in September. It had a fall theme and he wanted to do a winter theme so they could continue to use it thru the winter months.

Steele County Renaissance Zone Brochure

I worked with Courtnie at Steele County in Finley ND on designing a brochure highlighting their Renaissance Zone. They supplied me with all the copy and images and had a general layout in mind but left the creative up to me. They are pleased with the end result with very few revisions.

Christmas Program - HOPE Church

Hope Church contacted me to come up with a poster for their Christmas Program. The play is a modern day version of Mary and Joseph being turned away at the Inn and having to go to the stable. For the poster, they wanted an image of a run down Lucky Star Inn with a petting zoo scene right next door. I have to admit, this project has been my most challenging to date. I ended up taking about 5 different images and collaging them all together to come up with the scene. They are very happy with the result. Again, I did two different sizes, an image for their overhead projector shown during the services and an advertisement for the website.

Church Service Poster - HOPE Church

Hope Church in Grand Forks contacted me to come up with a poster to advertise their new Sunday evening contemporary service geared toward the younger generation. I worked with Pastor Brad Johnson who had very specific ideas in mind. We went through quite a few revisions until finally ending up with exactly what he had envisioned. If you look closely you will see the tree trunk is 'the cross'. I ended up doing two different sizes of the poster and with different color schemes. I also did an image for their overhead projector shown in their church services and also an advertisement for the website.

Tailgating Banner - HOPE Church

Hope Church in Grand Forks had a tailgating event held on September 11th. I created a 4 foot banner for the event as well as an image for the overhead projector shown during the service and also a web advertisement that went on the website.

Finley, ND Brochure

I am again working with Suzanne Halvorson, Economic Development Coordinator from Finley on a new brochure for the city to bring in new families and businesses. She and I are both really excited about this new design. It's probably my favorite piece as of late. She really wanted to draw the reader in and the way to do that is with photos, 17 to be exact! Which is alot of photos, but I think the layout I chose creates a nice balance of photos and information. It doesnt appear to be too congested.

Driving Nails Poster

I designed this poster last year as well (you can see it by clicking on the older posts at the bottom of the page). They approached me this year with a totally different idea. A cemetery scene - I did two versions, one was more like a drawing (which is the one they chose) and the other was very abstract (the yellow and brown version). They also needed a postcard done, an ad done for their overhead projector shown during church services and an ad for their website which is currently running for a few more weeks at http://www.gfhope.org/.

Ihry Insurance Folder

Ihry Insurance in Grand Forks needed a folder designed for handing out materials to their clients. They had ideas of what images they wanted to represent. I'm very happy with how it turned out. It's very colorful, especially the inside, it has a panoramic feel and the side flap that opens with the additional information is a very creative way to add more information without disrupting the photo.

End of 2010 Miscellaneous

Wow I cant believe it has been 9 months since my last post. I have been busy moving to a new town and all the fun that goes along with that! But I still have been keeping up with my design. I've attached a few of the projects I did the last part of 2010 for your viewing enjoyment. The first is a two-fold brochure for the business center in Hannaford, ND. The second is a wall calendar for North Dakota Mill. I designed the top header for it. And the last is a series of advertisements I designed for an embroidery business in Grand Forks. I took all the photos of the clothing as well and just changed out the backgrounds to create different looks for the specific events they were advertising for.

Nelson Business Forms Website

Well in the month of June I did a few small jobs for Randy at Nelson Business Forms - a proposal form for Sterling Carpet One and some logo edits for TOOP but the major project that I finished for him was their new look for the website. Check it out - www.nelsonbusinessforms.com He already had a concept that he was looking for so I just went with it- it matches the business card that I designed for them a few months back. We had a few tweeks but for the most part it is exactly like the layout that he was envisioning.

Johnson Construction Business Card

This weekend I came up with a business card for a family owned carpentry business. I came up with something very simple but yet effective with the hammer pounding in the nails as the centerpoint of the card. I thought it would add a neat touch to give the back of the card the "scattered nails" appearance.

EAPC Logo and Invite

I have been working with Lori Bakken, Marketing Director at EAPC on an anniversary project for the company. They are celebrating their 10th year in business and she wanted me to come up with a logo symbolizing that milestone. She wanted something very simple, tradition and would look good alongside their current logo. Also, something that would look good in a smaller version as it will be going on a tape measure given out to people and a cake that will be presented at the open house celebration. I also did a 5x7 invitation postcard that will be printed front and back.

This week I worked on a senior announcement for a local Central High School senior, Michael Severson. I received 4 photos to play around with. I gave them 4 layouts and they chose the three I have included. I'm excited to see them, it's always fun to see them actually printed!

Oscar Zero Logo

Mary from Boutiques on Burrel in Cooperstown, ND contacted me about designing some logo ideas for a new tourist attraction in the Cooperstown area called Oscar Zero. It is an old missile site that people can walk through and tour. As a business woman in the area, Mary wants to sell souvenirs in honor of the site at her local store. She wasnt quite sure what she wanted, so I played around with missiles and colors and I have included the logo she chose. We are now working on a second version with "Cooperstown, ND" added. Stay tuned...