simply brightside

One of the things I’ve been doing while I’ve been away is writing at a little blog I created called Simply Brightside. It all started when my son was nearing his first birthday. I was really stressed out and just didn’t like the way I felt most of the time. (Being a first-time mom to … Continue reading →

are those crickets i’m hearing?

Sorry, dear readers (if any of you are still reading, that is), I’ve been away for awhile. Last month I started a new job to help pay the bills (one I really love, by the way) and I haven’t had much time for keeping up here. I’m still busy creating stuff behind the scenes here … Continue reading →

jessy’s girl

The Jessy’s Girl Logo  was a designed for a friend who wanted a business logo that was “elegant but fun.” We discussed different ideas and came up with this one, which she loved. The silhouette (which was actually taken from a picture of her little girl) was cut out and refined in Photoshop and then … Continue reading →

i <3 wordpress

I have been spending the last several weeks discovering the ins and outs of the theme I’m using for this site. Initially I chose WordPress over Blogger because I liked the organization of the dashboard better, and because I liked the simplicity of many of the themes. Let me tell you, I made the right … Continue reading →

ketchup with the mussers

My brilliant sister came up with this concept for my blog and I set to work designing it. The color scheme of the concept doesn’t fit in with my personal taste, so I tried to do some things that would bring it more in line with my style. Here I tried to give it a … Continue reading →

simplybecky logo

When I first thought about what I wanted to call my design venture, my mind immediately went to “simplybecky,” a moniker I’ve been using for quite awhile. It not only represents my online identity, but it also represents pretty much everything I believe about design: keep it simple and clean. For the simplybecky logo, I … Continue reading →

simba scf logo

The SIMBA Service Companions Foundation Logo  was designed for SIMBA Service Companions Foundation (SCF), a non-profit organization aimed at raising money to help fund service animals for those who need them. SIMBA stands for “Supporting Independence by Motivating Believers’ Abilities.” The foundation was started by Alicia, a girl who started having seizures in her late … Continue reading →

bookends logo

The Bookends Logo  was designed for a book club I started on Facebook called Bookends: A Virtual Book Club  (try to say that sentence five times, really fast). The illustration was accomplished by converting the original photograph into a vector image (using Adobe Illustrator’s Live Trace function) and then modifying it according to the design. … Continue reading →