Hey Jude!

Emily and Ethan welcomed their second child, a sweet baby boy Jude back in July. I recently created a birth announcement for them. You may recall the poster and announcement I created for their first child Kestrel. They wanted to play off imagery from him name; the Beatle's song Hey Jude, and incorporate the moon of Jupiter (part of his middle name). Emily supplied the pictures and after a few iterations we came up with this announcement. Congratulations Emily and Ethan! Much love.

Pictures of Jude from July 2015 Utah visit.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

Happy Memorial day! We are looking forward to our long weekend and trying to fit in some fun stuff. Chris will spend most of the weekend working on chapter 4/5 of his dissertation. The boys and I will try to relax, do our sports around and catch a movie. I'll also try to spend a little time in the yard - it's coming along.

Land of the Free printable artwork from Painted Orange.

For Memorial Day I created this fun Land of the Free printable poster. You can download it free in My Memories shop on Memorial day until June 5. You can also see fun samples made with this artwork on the ARC Crafts Blog Monday the 25th..

Enjoy your holiday!

Compelled to Craft

I've posted about my friend Paula before. I am so impressed with her. Not only is she the nicest person on the planet she is also super creative and a smart entrepreneur. She is a small business owner and makes and sells handmade goods. She is an excellent seamstress. She sells her products on etsy and if you are in need of an ironing board cover, table cloth, waste basket, or anything custom check out her store. She's been in business for a few years and is a great success story of going it on your own and selling handmade.

I really wanted to do something nice for her - she is always thinking of others. I decided to create an identity for her shop. I messed around and, with her input, created her a small brand identity (logo, business card, thank you tag, care instructions, and rubber stamp). I really like how it turned out and she was excited. She hand wraps and packages each purchase with a tag. I can't wait to see the cards and tags in use. Guess I need to order something from her...

Compelled to Craft identity

I had a rubber stamp of the logo made at thestampmaker.com, it was really affordable and easy to do.  Just upload your predesigned file and choose a size. Be sure to search the web for a coupon code first - I found a 20% coupon off easily. While the actual stamp isn't the prettiest it functions perfectly. I will absolutely use this site again.

Rubber stamp of the Compelled to Craft logo.