Ink&Paper Documentary

Great student film about the oldest paper shop & print shop in Los Angeles.

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The French do it Better.

I found this great blog from France that simply posts signage found in France and other European countries, Jules Vernacular. I love how so many signs are handmade or painted directly onto the buildings.

Back in November I did graphics for an independent short film which will be submitted to Sundance Film Festival. I wanted to post some stills from the set of my work in action :) Take a peek and let me know what you think!

Logo Design for Fictitious Company / Company Logo Signage - 3x4 foot, full color banner

 



ID Cards for Office Scene

 



Custom Logo for Ficticious Company / Faux screensaver with movement created via Flash




Faux Bills / Props for Characters in the Film



Faux Bills / Props for Characters in the Film



Vegan Yum Yum

My new favorite website is http://www.veganyumyum.com/. This blog-esque site reminds me of America's Test Kitchen; for the vegan. The author, Lolo of Boston is extremely knowledgeable. She takes you step by step through classic recipes and shows you how to convert them to be vegan. Her recipes are lovely and each step is broken down with beautiful magazine worthy photographs. She just completed her first cook book that I am defintely going to pick up. I think you should too. You can check out the book here: Vegan Yum Yum: Decadent (But Doable) Animal-Free Recipes for Entertaining and Everyday

MyWeddings.com Mention!

I am very excited to have been mentioned on MyWeddings.com! The article features an interview with Alissa & Rich who I had the pleasure of working with this past summer. I designed all of the papergoods for their "Vintage Rustic Chic" wedding including the Ceremony Programs, CD favors, Signage, and Itineraries. Check out the article!

• MyWeddings.com Article
• My papergoods website: www.KraftandKind.com

Resurrecting an old love.

Once upon a time photography was my passion. If I was seen without my camera people would ask if something was wrong. I documented every thing, every event. It was even my major in college. But as time went on the cost of buying film and printing photos became burdensome. I also realized that I wasn't experiencing moments, just trying to capture them on film. So I shelved my cameras and they began collecting dust somewhere deep in my closet.

When digital cameras came onto the scene, like most photographers, I was against them staying true to the tradition of film cameras. Well, it's been about eight years now since digital became mainstream and I finally made the big leap!

I can now combine my love of digital art with my personal photography! How exciting!

Here are some images that I captured over the past week, would love to hear your thoughts!

More to come!

New Ventures

Ideas become sketches, sketches become prototypes, a plethora of business names are brainstormed, dot com's are purchased. This is how it usually happens, starting a new business that is. Over the past few weeks I have been cooking up some new ideas with some very talented friends of mine. I am very excited about these new ventures and know you will be too!

They are: Modern Nostalgia - Handcrafted Accoutrements and Kraft & Kind - Paper Goods.

It all started with my best friend's wedding.
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Modern Nostalgia - http://www.modernnostalgiala.com/
I collaborated with the bride and another friend to create all of her bridal accoutrement's from her headpiece/hat/veil to her bustle & petticoat - all with a fabulous Vintage Rustic Chic theme. We took a simple white wedding dress and created what was probably the most beautiful and unique couture wedding gown I have ever seen (if I do say so myself) (detail photos below). So great in fact that the photos will soon be published in magazines thanks to the genius photographer / photojournalist Laura Grier of Beautiful Day Photography. The three of us, with our entrepreneurial spirit just couldn't stop there and have thus created a line of custom one of a kind accoutrement's: Modern Nostalgia. We have been busy making headbands, clips, hats, pins, belts, bustles, and shrugs all with a vintage modern flare. We will have a large bridal selection as well as everyday pieces. Until our website is up and running we will be selling exclusively on Etsy. Stay tuned as we will officially launch within the next week or so.

Kraft and Kind - www.KraftandKind.com

I was so excited and honored to do the design for all of the paper goods used in the wedding. This included the rehearsal dinner & bridal shower invitations, directions card, ceremony programs, cd & cover design (which was the favor given out at the wedding), all signage, and the info booklet for out of town guests.

The wedding was 9 miles up a mountain at a farmhouse in the Santa Ynez Valley. This fantastic location with vast mountain vista views and an ostrich farm in tow was the inspiration for the Vintage Rustic Chic theme. I had free reign design-wise which is always fun and I was finally able to use my new favorite country font; Rosewood, and rock it with an elegant script giving it a modern spin.

It was such a great experience creating these items for such a wonderful occasion! So to keep the fun going, I have since created a line of paper goods called Kraft and Kind. The site is being created as I write. I will offer custom invitation design as well as greeting cards, gift tags, labels & stickers, and all things paper related for all occasions. Stay tuned...