Gold at the Addys!
February 24 was quite an exciting night… From Scratch Design won a Gold Addy award for the campaign we produced for the 2010 Moss Rock Festival! Anna Reynolds (Whitespace Studio) and I also brought home a Gold Addy for the business stationary we produced for Oikon. Details below. Moss Rock Festival, Gold Addy in the ...
Pantone Cookies
What a fun idea! Photo courtesy of kimcreativestar.com. You can see her photos, recipe and how she matched the colors here: kimcreativestar.com
Nostalgic Cooking
For the last couple of years, Andrew and I have taken up the art of baking my Grandfather’s famous “Papa Rolls” for our giant Sears family reunion/Thanksgiving get together. I have fond memories of devouring handfuls of papa rolls (oh metabolism, how I miss you!) and even helping to make and roll the dough. Everyone ...
Sustainable Holiday
Andrew and I started a sustainable-wrapping tradition last year and promised to make our Christmas a little more sustainable each year. Goal: To not create or purchase any new materials for Christmas wrapping. What we did: -Used boxes that we a)already had b)creatively wrapped sans box! No new cardboard boxes purchased for gift wrapping. -Re-purposed ...
House Brews and EMBA
We’ve been brewing up a storm. Of beer. Andrew’s been busy finding recipes, brewing, bottling, and teaching anyone and everyone the art of homebrewing. We started a Homebrewing group, Emergency Medicine Brewing Alliance (EMBA), that began with Emergency Medicine Residents but includes anyone and everyone! Andrew’s been working on the site and blogging. Check it ...
New Sustainable Paper choice (nerd alert!)
For those of you who love print design and offering your clients sustainable economical choices – check this out. Neenah just realized a new paper line called Neenah Conservation. It’s 100% recycled uncoated paper, and has a very faint fleck (much less prominent than French Speckletone). I think I’m in love. I printed the RMCS ...
Red Mountain Community School : a preview
There’s nothing better than working with a fun and laid back client (thanks Steve and Melanie!) on project that allows me to collect and work with children’s drawings and writings. The result: a captivating brochure that combines the children’s artwork and photography by Brian T. Murphy. The brochure encompasses Red Mountain Community School‘s goal of ...
Moss Rock Festival : Launched!
Update: The Campaign I created for Moss Rock Festival won a Gold Addy Award at the Birmingham Addys! View the whole campaign. I’ve been working behind the scenes since July on a comprehensive new branding and website for Moss Rock Festival. The folks at Moss Rock Festival threw a Launch Party to officially release the ...
