adventure is out there

"Adventure is Out There" - Spreadshirt design

When I sat down to create this newest Spreadshirt design, I wanted the theme to feel uplifting. As always, I have a lot going on and coming up at my little yoga studio, so staying creative and on-my-toes is always on my mind. I recently watched Disney Pixar's movie, "UP" and it remains one of my all-time favorites. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it and if you have, you'll know that this quote is a big part of the movie. 

I'm loving my newest font, Lavendaria, as shown in "adventure." It comes in 3 weights with beautiful flow and the best part? It's free!

I hope you like this design! You can check it out and use it as well as others out at my Spreadshirt shop here and if you have any suggestions, I'm always looking for new inspiring quotes to design. Thanks for looking!

pretty peacock invite

Designing invitations isn't something I choose to do very often, but when a friend asked me to create a bridal shower invite with a peacock theme, how could I say no!? Especially since there were essentially no restrictions, I knew it would be a fun little project.

Peacock sketch - pen/paper

Unlike other invites, I knew what I wanted to do right away. I sketched up a peacocks, scanned it in and got to work coloring it in Photoshop. I used a brush with a rough edge for a sketchy look and did each color on a separate layer to play with. My peacock-loving client knew that she wanted to go with a fun, yet sophisticated look with lots of blues, greens and some feather-flair, so this is what we ended up with:

It turned out to be the perfect opportunity for some bright colors, a peacock sketch and a very bridal-shower-esque font I've been dying to use, Sudestada. The body text font is Cochin, one of my favorite go-to serif fonts.

Now here's hoping it suited the bride-to-be! :)