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I’m really excited about a few things today.

#1- I have a little bit over a week left at my current job… Yes I gave my 2 weeks!! All so I have time to plan my wedding, photograph others weddings, attend/be a bridesmaid in a couple, get ready to move, work on various projects, as well as prepare my portfolio so I can find a new job in the LA area. (Where Nolan and I will be living when after we wed!)

#2- I’m stirring up ideas for my own re-brand/blog refresh. Its quite exciting/intimidating/overwhelming!

#3- The thing I’m MOST excited about right now is this:

If any of you are as big of fans as I am of Bri Emery’s blog Design Love Fest, then you probably saw THIS post she posted looking for an intern to help her out with her BLOGSHOP happening this weekend… Well of course I emailed her and guess what?? I was picked!! I am beyooond excited for this opportunity to learn, help out and hang out with some awesome people. I’m spending the rest of the night getting ready for this little adventure… first figuring out what I’m going to wear… hmmm…

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Tags: Graphic Design Bri Emery Design Love Fest Design excited
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I’m loving these fall colors and cute items put together by Black*Eiffel. They make me feel all fallish on this chilly morning. You can find the links to each of these items here. Those orange polka-dot coffee cups would make a great Christmas gift for the coffee drinker in your life!

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Christmas Cards!

I know we’re not in December yet, but in my world, the Christmas season starts November 1st. Yes- its that time of year to be filled with cheer, and of course, send out Christmas cards! There are so many great Christmas card designs I’ve been seeing lately, and I wanted to share with you my finds and where to get them.

These cards are from Tiny Prints.com, designed by Joy Cho from Oh Joy! Shes a great designer and has tons of cute cards selling at Tiny Prints. Definitely check them out- TIny Prints also has a ton of other great cards done by other designers, so browsing this site is really fun!

Minted has definitely been getting the blog press lately- and thats because its awesome! WIth tons of well designed Christmas cards throughout the site, you are bound to find one you love. I loved the idea of doing a Christmas card with your pets as the main subject- soo great!

I am totally in love with the illustrations on these cards from Lagom Design. I stumbled upon their site from the blog Creature Comforts, and instantly took a liking to their stuff. These are my favorites out of the Christmas Card finds, but there are many others to look at there so browse around and see what you find! How cute is that reindeer??

Sending out Christmas cards is fun and always brings a little bit of cheer to the person you are sending them to. Who doesn’t like getting something thats not a bill, credit card offer or advertisement in their mailbox? Getting a physical card in the mail is more rare these days, and I know everyone appreciates the gesture.

Hope you enjoy these! Have a great Tuesday everyone!

Tags: Christmas Cards design graphic design illustration Christmas cheer Oh Joiy! Oh Joy! TIny Prints Lagom Design Minted Creature Comforts
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A print, a cutting board and postcard with little fruit faces. Yes. I love them.

From Fine Little Shop.

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Happy Women’s Week!

Today is the first day of Women’s Week at CBU. I was able to do the design for the week and thought I’d share with you.

Here is the poster displaying both the men and women’s events for the week:

T-shirt design, “Women United”

and the theme for this year- “Just Be”

I always think its fun to see the process of things, so here are some of the sketches I began with to do the design:

It was a really fun project and I am stoked to be apart of a great week at CBU.

Hope everyone has a great week! I’m seeing Mumford and Sons tonight! I can’t wait! Blog post on that will be coming :)

Happy Monday!

Tags: Women's Week CBU design t-shirt process tree sketches
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Today the CBU design department hosted an underwater photo shoot! It was soo much fun. Hanging by the pool in the beautiful southern california weather with cameras, fellow design majors and creativity-a-flowin resulted in a great time. Heres a sneak peek! So many photos to go through!

Tags: underwater photography CBU design models
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Sweet design project on the books of the Bible. Check it ooout.

Tags: Church Create Bible Genesis design inspiration Project
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Thanks for the simple reminder Franck Chimero.

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Mary Kate Mcdevitt’s hand printed lettering and illustrations just bring a smile to my face. Love love. And she’s based out of Portland! Still excited about that trip :)

Tags: Mary Kate McDevitt hand lettering illustration design inspiration etsy finds
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Wednesday Things.

Check out The Anthropologist by Anthropologie and get inspired.

Here is a quote from the site about the site, “The Anthropologist is an online space for inspiring works and inspiring individuals. It is a testament to the idea that revealing the passions of one person can result in the progress of many.”