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A photo of several magazines lying open to different pages.

A 44-page booklet for Cute Buttons Gift & Paper Boutique's custom design studio. Cute Buttons wanted a simple way for their clients to choose designs, fonts, and colors for their custom event materials. I designed this easy to navigate booklet that can be used as a sort of "menu", helping clients select their preferences during appointments.

Business collateral for Cute Buttons Gift & Paper Boutique. The client was looking to update their materials to be more consistent with their brand. Using the existing button logo as a starting point, I designed unique mailbox and truck graphics to compliment the purpose of the cards. I also updated the company’s business cards, stickers, mailing labels, and stationery to match this consistent look and feel. I managed multiple revisions with the client and sourced materials from several different printers to achieve the client’s goals.

A wedding invitation suite with white paper and cursive lettering in navy ink.

A wedding invitation suite for a freelance client. The bride wanted something simple and classic. For this suite, I chose typography, designed the layout, merged guest addresses and guest names for the place cards, managed multiple revisions, and sourced the paper and envelopes based on the client’s budget.

Three invitations for North Carolina Symphony events designed with blue and green.

Special event invitations for the North Carolina Symphony. These invitations brought brand consistency to the organization by incorporating the season’s colors and fonts into fundraising and event materials. I added graphic elements to create visual excitement for recipients. I managed multiple revisions with the marketing team and coordinated the production and printing within the assigned budget.

A photo of a wedding invitation suite with gold envelopes and white and green paper. There is also three gold wax seals and a wax stamper in the frame.

Foil-pressed wedding invitations, for my own wedding! With the freedom of being my own client, I pushed myself to try new printing techniques and materials, and I worked with multiple suppliers to achieve the result. The invitations and corresponding cards are stamped with gold foil on double thick cotton paper. The printed envelope liners and gold envelopes add a level of glamour, and the envelopes were addressed by hand in calligraphy.

A map for a fundraising event, showing where the tables, stage, and activities are located.

An event map for a North Carolina Symphony annual fundraising event. With a higher guest count than previous years, we had to get creative with the room layout for this event. I designed this map to help guests find their way around and let them know what activities they would find throughout, making sure it aligned with our brand standards. This was a last minute add-on and I worked with the printer to get it to the event on time.

A modern wedding program with large bold text and blush and mint accents.

A modern 4-panel program for a wedding. The client wanted something unique and out of the ordinary. Using their wedding color palette, I created a bold, modern program for their wedding day. I laid out the design, managed multiple revisions, and worked with the printer to achieve the end result.

A tea-length program on cream paper with gold text.

A tea-length program for a wedding. The client wanted to include a large amount of text on their program, and we were limited to tea-length as the paper size. I laid out the design to make sure the text was organized and readable, managed several revisions, and worked with the printer to ensure color matching to other printed items from the client's wedding.

Project

Custom Design Deck

Tools

Illustrator, InDesign

A website home page image with an illustration of a smiling girl with red hair floating on clouds. Documents float around her.

Cirrus

Web Design • UX Design • Branding

Website and web app design for Cirrus, a conceptual cloud aggregation tool that was created as a UX bootcamp project. For this project, I created illustrations, copy, branding, and UX design for the website and the app.

A website home page with an illustration of two people working simultaneously. A man with brown hair and a green shirt works on a whiteboard with sticky notes, and a woman with blue hair and a blue dress works on a larger-than-life spreadsheet. They are in a room with a bookshelf and two plants.

CanvasGT

Web Architecture + Design + Maintenance • UX Design • Branding

A business website for CanvasGT, a medical device focused innovation startup in Raleigh, NC. I created the illustrations, layout, interactions, forms, and wrote the copy. I collaborated with the founder of the company to ensure the brand and company is accurately represented.

CanvasGT

Brand Identity • Logo Design • Illustrations

CanvasGT is a medical device focused innovation startup in Raleigh, NC. My role in creating this brand included choosing a color palette that aligned with brand values, designing the logo, choosing typography and defining guidelines for each to be used. I also created custom illustrations to enhance the website.

Peregrination Coffee Roasters

Brand identity • Logo Design • Advertising MockupS • Packaging Design

Peregrination Coffee Roasters is a conceptual coffee brand that I was inspired to create from my love of coffee. I created the color scheme based on the values the brand wants to project, designed the logo, chose typography, and designed mockups for coffee descriptions, marketing ads, and packaging.

Cirrus

Brand Identity • Logo Design • Illustrations

Cirrus is a conceptual cloud aggregation tool, created as part of a UX bootcamp project. I created the logo, chose a color scheme and typography, designed custom illustrations and established UX design for the tool itself.

Logo Challenge Series

Each of these logos are conceptual and were designed based on supplied briefs from the Daily Logo Challenge. Here are some of my favorite designs from the series.

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