Allie & Danny's Baby Shower

Brandi was planning a coed baby shower for her sister-in-law and she asked me to create an invitation and some extras for the shindig. The theme was “a baby is brewing” and Brandi sent me a photo of the bedding set that Allie had purchased for their baby girl. I was able to use some of the same floral graphics for the invitation and I love how it turned out!

Since Allie and Danny don’t live in the same state as where their baby shower took place, we made sure to mention it on the insert that listed their registry information.

In addition to the invitation, I also made signs for a headband-making station and for a time capsule that guests made for their new baby.

Best wishes to the new parents!!

Influencer One-Sheets: Down With Adventure

I had the privilege of creating a one-sheet for Melody that she was planning to take with her to the Outdoor Retailer trade show; with plans to meet up with brands to partner with as an influencer. Funny enough, I became a fan of hers even before I knew she lived close to me. A mutual friend shared about Melody and her family on Instagram and I was totally wowed. Her family was featured on REI’s blog last spring, complete with a beautiful video. Then I got to meet Melody in person when we both attended a retreat in southern Utah and we realized that we only live like 20 minutes from each other. Small world!

Melody and her husband are on a mission to hike in every National Park with their kids, and so far they’ve visited over 20! Their youngest daughter, Ruby, was born with Down syndrome and their goals are to show the world that having a child with special needs doesn’t mean you can’t still go on adventures.

For Melody’s one-sheet, we used a handful of photos taken by the talented Arika Bauer from Zion Adventure Photography. We included a little blurb about their family, the brands she’s been able to partner with already, and other ways the Forsyth family has been featured on podcasts, websites, and videos.

I made two versions for her; one meant to be printed, the other meant to be shared digitally and has fully-clickable links to her Instagram, videos, and podcasts.

I love how they turned out!

If you aren’t already a fan, go and check out Melody’s Instagram and give her a follow. You may wake up on a dreary Monday morning to Ruby’s smiling face.

30 Things - Hike it Baby

I had the privilege of creating an activity sheet for Hike it Baby back in 2017 titled: 30 Things to do Outside with your Kids. I made it very graphic-heavy and it was a really fun challenge to arrange it all. Folks could print it out and check off the items they found or even stick it in a sheet protector and use a dry erase marker. I also made a PDF version where the checkboxes could be clicked using Adobe Reader.

The first one went nearly-viral on Facebook with hundreds of Likes, Comments, and over 8000 Shares. It was really awesome to see.

The popularity prompted us to do a couple more. We’ve also made Spanish versions of all three of these.

30 Things to do in Your Neighborhood was created in 2020 when the world was quarantined and getting out to parks or some outdoor spaces was difficult.

30 Things to do at a National Wildlife Refuge was created in cahoots with Portland & Vancouver National Wildlife Refuges.

These have been so much fun to create, I hope we can do more in the future. What else could we do? 30 Things to Find at the Beach? 30 Things to Find When Camping? 30 Things to do on a Night Hike?

Family Forest Fest

I had the privilege of creating artwork for the Family Forest Fest; a camping experience designed for families with young children. In 2017 they had events in two locations; one on Whidbey Island outside of Seattle, the other at Leaping Lamb Farm in Alsea, Oregon. In 2018, they had one event in Alsea, Oregon. They hosted a teddy bear hunt, outdoor play for kids, live music, bubble professionals, a movie night, a costume carnival, night hikes, family yoga, and so much more. There were also outdoor gear vendors there with gear for campers (and kids) try out. It looked amazing and I was sad to see them stop the events when it was becoming too difficult to make it sustainable.

I designed t-shirts for the events along with magazine ads, social media graphics, event maps, signs, and banners. Here's the adult t-shirt from 2017. It was printed in kelly green for staff members and navy blue for adult attendees.

The kids tees were printed on lime green.

I also created signs to identify different parts of the camp and a map of each location so campers knew where everything was. Some spaces were even sponsored.

Event map for the Oregon event:

For the 2018 event, they were able to use many of the same signs, but we did revamp the t-shirt designs:

Kid’s shirts were bright blue:

For the adult tees, they went with this lovely shade of dark green along with some lighter green and gray options:

Image by Heartbeat Photography

Image by Heartbeat Photography

Image by Heartbeat Photography

Image by Heartbeat Photography

It was such a pleasure to work on all of these items for Family Forest Fest. Thank you so much Shanti and Erin!

Rosy Maple Social

I had the privilege of working with Brittany on a logo for her business. She lives in a part of the country where they get Rosy Maple Moths. Google them, I had no idea such a beautiful moth even existed! They look like a moth from the world of Dr. Seuss or maybe The Muppets. They were great inspiration for her logo. Below is what we came up with:

In addition to the full-color logo, I also made sure she had a handful of different color variations of her logo, plus the moth silhouette in solid colors. That way she has lots of options to use when she creates social media graphics for her business.

I love how it turned out, thanks Britt!