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| Archbold Bands |

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This fall I have had the great privileged and honor to be a part of my high school once again!  From capturing the new Alumni Band and the AHS final marching show to a new logo, it has been wonderful to be a part of this great tradition again.  Archbold bands have had a tradition of excellence that has reached back over 40 years, and the current director of bands is not about to let that disappear.  She has taken on the challenge of continually pushing her students to reach a potential that she knows is there and that she knows they can achieve.  This is not only obvious in the classroom, but on the field as well.  Just watching these high schoolers march you can see discipline and pride in every step.  We wanted to create a fresh and new look for the band program that shows their past and present.  Creating a logo can be a daunting task for some, but we start out with a look, then build and edit from there.  Sometimes logos need detail and lots going on, others like this one, need to be less complex to really stand out and catch your attention.  You will notice the Streak in the background, this has been the logo for Archbold for many many years, while the specific A that has been used has changed a little over the years.  The A seen in this logo is the current A that the school uses, so we have incorporated the past, present, and future into a logo that the band program can be proud to call theirs.  I have had a wonderful time working with the director, whom also happens to be a fellow classmate and AHS Alumni, getting to know her family, and seeing her continue the proud Archbold Band traditions!  Congrats to the staff and members of the AHS Marching Bluestreak sand Archbold Bands on a wonderful fall season!

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| Three D |

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I always enjoy getting to do a logo design for a new company that wants to go full force, no holds barred!  This project was brought to me by a friend whom I work closely with on different things.  The client wanted something country, a little intimidating, but showed that they were serious about their business of transporting livestock.  After only a few edits the final design was nailed!  They chose a left crest for the front to be embroidered and also a full back to be screen printed with metallic (represented by gray), blue, and red inks on black ts.  A few halftones thrown in there for depth and detail and the final design took shape!  Enjoy!

Logo Design For Screen Print
Logo Design For Embroidery

| Ridgeville Community Days |

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I grew up just outside our small farm community and was always proud to say that I wasn’t from a big city, but a country girl close to our small town with hometown values!  When I was young we had what was called Community Days.  It went on for several years, slowly came to an end, but was brought back a few years ago to the excitement of many area residents.  This year I had the privileged of designing the logo for the 5K!  I have always loved my community and where I came from, being able to give back with the design of a logo by using my art abilities has made for one of my favorite projects this summer!   I am excited to see the logo around town and on the t’s that are soon to come as well!

Logo Design
Logo Design

| Tomato Pageant |

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Our county fair fun starts this Friday!  Each year the Tomato Festival Pageant is held with an individual representing from each township in the county.  Many whom have attended our fair know that preceding the pageant is the parade, and along that route you will see many of the participants’ families with signs, noise makers, and more!  This year I was honored to be contacted by a contestant’s mom to create shirts for her fan club!  What a fun way to support your township representative!  Best of luck to all participating in the 2014 Henry County Fair!

2014 Tomato Pageant Shelly Johnson

| Ridgeville 4-H |

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I’m lucky and honored to be a part of our community’s 4-H program!  Though our club has changed names since it’s start, the principals and integrity have stayed the same.  As an eleven year member and now in my tenth year as an adviser, this program has a large part of my heart.  Henry County Fair is just around the corner and the kids can’t wait to get their t’s and show off their pride during fair week!  Congrats to all members whom did well at county judging, those whom went onto state, and those whom will be showing during fair week!

Ridgeville T's

| El Mariachis |

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Things have been incredibly busy at SSRM these last few weeks!  Several photo sessions are booked, some graphic art underway, and some t’s to be ordered soon!  The newest t-shirt art was for a local restaurant celebrating their seventh year in business and looking to do it with a bright exciting look!  SSRM takes your graphic visions and brings them to life!  Whether it’s t-shirts, promos, or even combing your photo session with graphics, I’m here to make that project from start to finish!

El Mariachis Restaurant

| Cinema |

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Recently I put together some artwork for a local movie theater.  They have a family movie series and were looking for fresh new ideas to promote their summer family opportunities!  Some companies are looking for a simple art and others want something a little more, this company needed some of both.  Slides to put up on the movie screen to announce no cell phones and posters for families!

| Reese Farms |

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I just recently finished up this fun logo design for a customer who was looking for a unique way to represent his new farming business, wanting something that was different yet combined with a look that represented him.  After starting with the basics, he sent a picture of his truck and I inserted that to give him a look that pops!  He then wanted to also embroider the logo, so I simplified it to make it fewer stitches and then created a left crest to match the front so that he could screen print.  I love being able to get a customer up and running with their new business!

| 2014 Recent Graphic Designs |

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I’m very lucky to work in a community/county who takes great pride in their 4-H & Junior Fair Board programs!  This year was creating a new look for JFB to embroider onto their shirts as well as creating a work shirt design.  Each year the 4-H in our county puts on a Camp for 4-H age kids and a Camp for those not quite of age, called Cloverbud Camp.  Every year the designs go in different directions, from me coming up with the look of the graphics, to the kids drawing it out and me getting to recreate from their drawing, this year 4-H Camp is the kids’ design and Clovebud Camp was mine.  4-H is a program that is very close to my heart, I was an 11 year member and and now a 10 year(and counting!) adviser of our club; our county has been blessed with an amazing 4-H educator whom knows each one of her past and present 4-Hers as well as she knows her on kids.  She’s done more for our county than most people know and I owe her so much for always supporting me!  4-H is where I got my start in projects from photography to the arts and I couldn’t be more proud to bleed green! 😉

Our little community also has a GREAT little ice cream place that opens in the spring and is open as late as they can be in the fall!  They came to me asking for some designs for koozies to help celebrate their 10 years in business and after some editing and design changes, these are what they came up with!  And from what I can tell, they are flying off the shelves for them and I was so happy to have made this project a reality for them!

Logo Design
T-Shirt Art Embroidery
Can Koozies