A Cruising Gift

One of my recent "out of the box" projects at work was getting gift packages ready for those attending the upcoming Alaska Cruise with Chuck Swindoll and Insight for Living. It was kinda like designing a wedding invitation : D and I had fun working with ribbons, and going for a much more formal look than most of the pieces I design.

 

Now if only I could convince everyone that I need to deliver these personally and really don't mind the hardship of remaining on the ship for the duration of the cruise...

fun bits

I'm working on another magazine (surprise! funny how it happens every month...) and today produced a "fun bit" to share. I was working on an ad for a new product we are offering, which involves skunks, and this guys was born:

 

You'll have to check out the magazine come July to see how he was put to use :)

You're a card. No I mean it.

Wedding season is here! This summer is going to be FULL of people tying the knot (including yours truly), and I'm super excited. A few weekends ago I got started with a CRAZY road trip to hit up two weddings, one in Shushwap on saturday and the second in Edmonton on Sunday. For those of you who know BC geography...that means driving through the night!! But it was fun and a welcome break from the usual.

In preparation for our wedding visits I did some card making, and now that it's been delivered I can show it off :) enjoy!

 

(I got some lettering stamps from Michaels for a buck fifty!! I had to pull out the ink).

Open Hearted

Hooray for a new magazine! I've been immersing myself in June the last few weeks trying to wrap up the next issue of Insights. In the process I've had a super amount of fun. Here is a photo/illustration for one of the articles. Obviously the style is referencing ............... yup, Dr. Seuss. And the grinch. The article takes note of characters such as the Grinch and Scrooge and their dramatic heart transformations. A not so subtle urging to make apparent the feelings of the heart with the doings of the hands. Love big, live big. (that is my synopsis anyways lol)

 

 photo credit: old man © shutterstock.com/olly

As usual when I am working on things like this, I can't help but reflect a bit and take it to heart. Actually, that's not true at all. Its very easy for me to read through all of this stuff and not take any of it to heart. Sometimes though, something will pop out at me and really hit home. Here is one of those. 

What does it mean to live magnanimously? 

ummm...give more of myself than I keep. Be selfless not selfish. To be noble, wise, and as the cliche goes, "the hands and feet of Christ."

Am I doing it? 

Ouch. Rarely. I can't even imagine being that person. My best moments barely register on the "magnanimous scale" ... I have an incredible amount of excuses though...

Shouldn't I be?

May Long!

you know what's killing me? I've been creating up a storm and I can't share any of it on my blog! Its either for the wedding, gifts for people, or for work and not blog-able! Trust me, I've been creating! And it's been fun. This week I finished half my wedding invitations and I'm starting to hand them out. They look awesome, but I'll wait until after the wedding to blog about ALLL my creative projects. (you know how i've mentioned that I have this "thing" where I want to keep everything a surprise?)

So for now, here are a few shots from my Whistler May Long, in an attempt to re-acquaint myself with my Rebel :(  It worked I guess, the shots aren't bad, but all I see when I look at them is "the D7000 would have had waay more detail in the clouds, and the sharpness would have been breathtaking..."   I'm spoiled. Thank you God for Creation!!!! (oh and handsome fiances :D)

IFLC flags!

I just realized that I haven't loaded up a design piece in a really long time. So here's a recent piece I did for our year end package. I have so much fun doing these types of pieces, which challenge me to organize information while creating something graphically interesting!

While I'm at it, check out our latest Insights magazine! The magazine takes up most of my time at work and contains a lot of stuff I'm proud of. I love the opportunity I have to create the entire magazine with my own creative vision every month! Best of all, I LOVE being a part of something I believe in, something that brings the truth of God's word to Canadians.

Oh Sister!

I gave a bit of a story in my last post, but here are a few more details! My youngest sister Jenna is graduating highschool this year so we decided to do something fun. Not only was it an excuse to get some fun photo memories, I got to use her as a practice model! The advantage of directing your sister is that you aren't afraid to make her do things lol! 

Jenna is the youngest of 4 girls, and I'm so excited that she's going out on her own next year to adventure. I'm gonna miss her after being at home with her this year, but I'm leaving too (YAY marriage!!) so its a prime time lol! She's taking off to England in the fall for a year of Capenwray and adventuring. I'm maybe a little jealous. Jenna is amazing: gorgeous, independent, charismatic, and adventurous. She's by far the trendiest of the sisters, but I like to think its because she learned from those who went before ;) I can't wait to see what she accomplishes in the coming years! Jenna, you rock! And I'd like my white sweater back please. :D

I brought along my favorite stool as a prop, and we had fun in the dandelions. And oh my word, isn't she gorgeous?!!