I had the pleasure of creating this postcard/handout for one of my favorite local home furnishing stores, Celebrate Me Home. Using the Bamboo Create in Illustrator I drew the wine glasses with the paintbrush tool and filled them with red wine using the pen tool. A fun, stylized image with a purpose — that’s how I like to design. Printing by Leamy Printing.
Little lamb, who made thee? Introducing my newest baby shower invitation for our beautiful mom-to-be. Lambs and the color pink were part of her chosen theme, so this invitation honors both.
Using Illustrator to create a more simple graphic style from a purchased piece of clip art I then printed the lamb on pink cardstock and embellished each with a little bling on a small white flower. With an exacto knife in hand, I freehanded a wooly cut-out for the white card insert, punched a hole in the opposite end and pulled a white satin ribbon through. Slipping the invitation into a white no. 10 envelope with flap on the short end ensured that this original and unique invitation design would be delivered with a touch of distinctive flair to friends and family … Little lamb, God bless thee.
What makes the heart go pitter patter? A special Valentine just for you! I remember in elementary school how exciting it was to fill out valentine cards on Valentine Eve and drop them into each classmate’s handmade oversized envelope the next day. Seems we never had enough time to open them all at school, so I would rush home and go through my pile at a more leisurely pace to further enjoy the silly sentiment and sweets. Loved it when candy was attached making the day end extra special.
Through the years, I still give out Valentine’s on occasion. When our three children were younger I would leave them each special Valentine treats to discover in the morning or after school. And I always make or give a valentine to my husband. Our first date was on Valentine’s Day several decades ago and it’s been a ♡ marker on my calendar every year since. It seemed befitting to take a pic of our names spelled out in slippery Scrabble order since he and I have enjoyed playing that game ever since our heartful and humble beginnings. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Oh, what fun it is to design a timeline cover this way! Words of the season dressed in festive fonts mingle amidst a bright background color reminiscent of December’s jewel. Fonts are Mrs. Eaves and Baker Script who have graciously left room for the addition of a profile photo once on Facebook … voilá! Wishing you and yours a blessed and beautiful holiday season.
First comes love, then comes marriage…now comes the baby in the baby carriage! Congratulations to our newlyweds, Jillian and Matt. They are expecting their first baby in June 2012. It was a pleasure creating 30 of these semi-handmade baby shower invitations. Thank you to my friend, Nancy, who helped with finalizing design details and precisely cut the pinking shear edges to each piece of ‘baby’ blue material. For more information on how I can make invitations like these for your event, email me : bdavidmill@gmail.com. Prices vary based on materials, starting at $7 each, includes envelope.
Homemade Rocky Road is the order of the day. My husband, Brian is making his chocolate debut at our local green grocer, Lillian’s just in time for Valentine’s Day. This delicious chocolate treat is loaded with peanut butter, marshmallows and several other delectable ingredients making it the perfect chocolate choice for you and/or your special someone. For more information on how you can order locally or online, please email Brian Miller: brianmiller.bkm@gmail.com.
In honor of long, long ago and happy days gone by, this typography poster design represents the neighborhood many of my friends and I grew up in. Each entry is the name of a street that one or more of us lived on as we attended elementary through high school together. This poster is dedicated to those of us who graduated from Hiram Johnson High School, Class of 78 and still enjoy getting together from time to time. Some still live within a 20 minute drive of this hallowed neighborhood and have raised families here. Others, like me, live hundreds of miles away, but make a trip back home every so often just to reconnect. To all I take a cup ‘o kindness yet, for auld lang syne. Happy new year!
