Designed For This

Enjoyed going to coffee chat this morning w Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce. Glad to be a part of something where we can meet and learn from other businesses in the area.

Wow, the turnout at Coffee Chat this morning was quite impressive!

Thank you to Moka for hosting!

Received this sweet note on cards I forgot I created for a special workshop. 🥰 I think I needed this small reminder today. Maybe you do too? Remember, YOU are beloved. You were created unique and with a purpose. You are loved just the way you are. Know this deep in your soul and let it sink in today.

Do you have any holiday traditions around Easter, Good Friday, or Passover? When I grew up my family always made our own special candy together. Such sweet memories. As an adult, I'm trying to incorporate some new ones traditions. Comment & let me know your traditions or memories below. I'd really love to hear them!

Enjoyed making these invite postcards for New Crossing Church!

Today I'm researching geotechnical drilling, and environmental sampling. Any guesses as to what I'm designing? 🤓

In the last two weeks our family has had strep, amoxicillin rashes, an ER run, the stomach bug, and Covid. 😜 So, here’s hoping Spring will bring about some health, new life, and blooms.

I’ve been chewing on this idea of blooming where you’re planted lately. Josh and I find ourselves planted in different soil than we expected in this season of life. We are trying to figure out what it looks like to thrive where we are. This may look like plugging into special needs or adoption groups, designing sites for organizations we care about, or creating promo materials for refugee entrepreneurs. I made this poster for fun the other day to remind myself that we can bloom where we are planted.

Do you find yourself in different soil than you expected? What do you do to thrive there?

PS. I'm thinking of turning this into a free desktop or mobile background. Lemme know if you'd be interested, and I'll share.

🚀 Site lunch! Check out New Crossing Church ‘s new website. We adore this church family and are so blessed to serve and partner with them in this way. Want an authentic church that truly loves Jesus? This is it. These are our people.

New Crossing Church – Sun Prairie, WI Welcome to New Crossing Church! We invite you to join us Sunday mornings at 10am as we love God, love one another, and go bless others.

Anyone know what CVI is? Our son, Titus, has Cerebral (or Cortical) Visual Impairment. When he had cancer his optic nerve got smashed. Imagine an old fashioned camera where the lens is fine, but the film is warped. For our son, the way his brain interprets what his eyes see is different. He has little field of vision, and may see high contrast, large, or familiar items. Some have described their vision like looking through a kaleidoscope, others say it’s like looking through a paper tube or straw, being able to only focus on one thing at a time. His vision can go between minimal on a good day and fully blind on a bad day.

Why do I share all this? As a visual artist, vision impairment can be a difficult thing to grasp. I have joined some groups to learn more, and in one group a mama was simply looking for some party decor for her son with CVI. Its nearly impossible to find simple, high contrast party decor. I immediately asked if I could help. It was an honor to help her son celebrate his “bee day”with some simple imagery he could actually see and relate to. I’m always learning, and glad I can incorporate some of this knowledge to help others. Are you or someone you know visually impaired? I’d love to connect!!

Posters, postcards, and biz cards! Super excited to finish up this recent promo design project for New Crossing Church Double Portion is a powerful workshop offered for women that have been impacted by s*xual abuse. 💕

Beautiful print job, as always, with Wisconsin Printing, Inc.

"Josh was awesome! He did exactly what I needed in a timely manner! Appreciated his intro video using Loom! He was good at communicating and easy to work with to get the job done! 100% recommend working with him for your project on deck!"
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Just added some new announcements to the Mercies Coffee site (https://merciescoffeewi.com). Quite a few great events coming up in the Madison area to help fight s*x trafficking. Check it out.

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"Designed for This, LLC has created and supported our graphics needs for over 4 years. They have created designs for logos, website banners, collages of student photos to post on our website, along with booklet covers and layout and a 135 piece education series. Each project has been targeted to our needs, creative, on time and thorough, with quick response and free flow conversation as needed throughout the project. As the need arises, Designed for This, LLC is our go to company to help market our program and develop attractive resources to support our work."

Today's a snow day here at our house! That reminds me of some invites I made recently. Did you know that we can make custom invites for any occasion? Let me know if you have a birthday or celebration coming up!

Btw, outdoor winter party with ice skating, snow, and a hot chocolate bar was a big success! Gotta love Wisconsin. :)