ohhellofriend.com:

So I finally got around to working on a design for my ohhellofriend.com website! I don't know that this site serves much of a purpose other than just placing the web address on my business cards and directing people to the blog/shop from this site. But it's been a long time since it's had any design on it. I came up with 2 designs .. and I thought I'd ask you which one you like better! :)

Site #1.

I liked the idea of everything being on 1 single page, so this design just has all the single links and doesn't need any additional pages. It takes you to twitter/facebook/blog/& shop - even the mailing list form is here. Simple + straight forward. The only extra page needed is the event page. At first I liked the design.. then I took a break and came back to it and wondered if it just looked like one big jumbled mess? Now I'm not sure what I think of it, I think I still like it, but what do you think?

Site #2.

So then I came up with this design - the usual navigation layout and individual pages to go along with each link. Added in the about, connect, & shop page. Nick likes this one better, but it just seems like so many unnecessary clicks + links when it can fit all on one page, you know what I mean? Still - I like this layout too.

So I need your vote! #1 or #2?

Always love hearing your thoughts and getting your input.

Thanks friends, you're the best!

oh, hello friend diy business cards:

Here are the business cards I put together for Alt - I made a couple different versions. All I used were some glassine envelopes and blank business cards, some cute wood push pins, avery labels, japanese tape, custom wood hot air balloons (made from the same place I used for my wedding invitations), and I got some custom rubber stamps made.

For one version, I included the card and the push pin and

just designed a wrap around label to seal the glassine envelopes.

So one side of the card was stamped with my info, the other side had the wood piece attached, the idea was supposed to be sort of like a mini piece of art or something. The push pin was so they'd be sure to pin up my card on their inspiration boards or whatever :)

Okay, I got carried away with the stamp designs and made 3.

Well, I had 1 from before so I really only made 2 new designs.

Hurray, that's all! What do you think? I was only able to make a certain amount of these, the push pins are no longer sold at the store I got them at so I guess these cards are now limited edition. I'll have to come up with something new for next year. I really love business cards, what about you?

buttons + banners:

i really enjoy blog buttons.

if you've noticed, i added a couple:

one to direct you to ohhellofriend.com, which i finished by the way! hurray! it's not my favorite but web site design is super difficult for me. maybe i think too much about it. anyway, i also added a blog button for my email, just in case you want to say hello. and then i worked on a banner for petitehouse, i feel honored that her lovely shop will have my banner displayed! and i decided it was time for a change for my shop banner.

don't worry, i didn't forget about my blog friends!

i've made some extras to share, just in case you need a blog button.

they will be in the next post to follow!

old and new:

that last banner was from august!

definitely time for a change.

goodbye old banner, hello new!

can you tell i really like this graph paper?

& leaves. & the umbrella ;)

good things:

so in the past few days, despite some random flu sickness i have caught, there have been many things i've been accomplishing (some things off my 101 in 1001 list) and i'm hopefully out of my slacker non-motivated mode from being back from my trip. here are just a few good things:

01. i finished my business card design and ordered 250 cards:

02. a huge giveaway is in the works here at oh, hello friend .. so stay tuned. i have about 15 lovely shops donating so far! photos, information, and everything else coming in a couple weeks. here's a quick look at just a few shops included in the giveaway! more shops will be revealed soon!

03. working on finishing my website.

04. i got a treasury the other day at etsy, thus completing number seventy-seven off my 101 in 1001 list.

05. i (finally) posted on design-friends - a blog that i share with 2 other friends from college in which we post a design a week... at least, we're supposed to. i hadn't posted in quite a while.

06. my shop has reached over 500 favorites! and over 300 sales. hurray :)


07. i am getting ready for the upcoming patchwork show, this weekend. pocket mirrors are in the works, along with lots of new jewelry, stationery goods, and other fun items. photos to come soon. (want a pocket mirror?) getting so much accomplished, i feel like giving away something .. and to get in the spirit of the big giveaway coming :) if any of you friends want a pocket mirror, the first several comments get one! just be sure to leave your email address so i can message you!

thursday:

it's thursday. that means tomorrow is friday!

and hurray for the weekend.

oh, hello friend font:

so for those of you who don't know, i really like fonts! this may not be such a big deal but i'm trying to design my business cards and website - let me know which font combination you like best. i'm really leaning towards #1. i guess this will just be my logo for now, since i really don't like making logos nor have one for myself. #2 is the current one I use now on my etsy. thanks for your input!

how magazine design annual:

if you get a chance, pick up how magazine's self-promo design annual. i made it in for a merit winner, under student promotions. i know i'm not a student anymore (sad-bear!) but i did design this project while in school. and hey! i am going to go back for some flash classes, and other fun things like printmaking and pottery! here is an image of it in the mag :)

ok ok. (to my friends who have seen this design before) it's been somewhere before as teacher submitted the card design to "the best of business card design 8" as well, but hey! this is the whole campaign design. plus, this might be my only good design i'll ever produce so i'll enjoy it while it lasts!

no but seriously, time for some new designs, i know. oh, here are some pictures i took before i submitted it to how magazine! just so you know i'm legit and i don't just take pictures of people's designs and claim them as mine. ;)

it's nearly monday.
hurray! hurray? no. i am going to finish the rest of my sunday night watching my newly addicted tv show, house, with the bf. he is so sweet.

logos:

i am really not a fan of logos by any means, in fact, i quite despise doing them. but here is my latest work. because it pays the bills, i suppose!

#1 - a company called renugen, made for my dad.
number dos at the top is my personal fav.

(in which he said he'd pay me later for them, once they have money.
yea whatev dad. what a punk-face. ha.)

#2 is for a friend who is a high school drama teacher for la habra.
this was difficult because i am not familiar with crest 'looks',
nor with drama or the theater.

so what does a moose have to do with theater?
well, it is up for your interpretation ;)

but honestly, he said he didn't want the cliche symbols like drama faces (hm, threw those in in one of the logos) or anything like that, it was hard!! hence my use of a tree. a moose, and some crowns!

i haven't submitted them to him yet, i hope he likes them!

old and new:

i made a new banner for the blog today.

i do like the old one, but i used quite a lot of pink

and i'm not a big fan of pink. so the new banner incorporates
colors i actually like, such as mustard yellow & sage green!
do you like the new banner?
send me a critique :)

shop now open:

etsy shop!

in other news, i've finally opened my etsy shop! hurray. spread the love!

there are still lots more things i want to add but this is what's up for now. ♥

design friends:

be sure to check out our new design-friends blog, currently with mayra & curtis, participating! we will be posting 1 design project per week, along with doing a tutorial, just to keep us on our design game. fun fun.

design, logos:

logos: event planner

these are some logos I did for a client when I graduated last september.

sadly, she never followed up. haha, they must not have been good.

guess I should have gotten a deposit first ;)

but I found these when cleaning up my files and I like them!

so if anyone needs an event planner/design logo, i have plenty.  ♥

design, wedding invitations:

so my friend mindy asked me to design her wedding invitation since the person she was originally going to have do it wasn't available. i absolutely love wedding invitations! she wanted a bird theme, and to use colors a pastel yellow, robyn's egg blue & red. here's what we came up with:
she ended up going with this one:

so she actually printed everything out and put it together. i got one in the mail the other day, it turned out just lovely. if you need a wedding invitation design, just drop a note.

contest entry:

stylemepretty is having a lovely contest! you are supposed to pick an inspiring image and then create a color board based off the image. i just stumbled upon the contest today, which totally worked out since it's the deadline! here is my entry!