mavora art and design

banners banners

I'm wrapping up my wedding clients for maternity leave but still doing a lot of business design. I'm trying NOT to sell many Etsy and web banners but my listing keeps selling and I do love to design new pretty things. I'm amazed I keep coming up with fresh ideas. I think i's because I work with my clients photos. Each photo or product from a client says something and I just mold it and build off it to make it shine. It's almost more like sculpting then designing.

 

Unfortunately I'm STILL sick and after almost a week I still can't really hear as I've come up against a terrible infection. So I'm slow as a snail but hopefully my energy and inspiration will come back to me soon!

 

too sick

I'm starting to take new photos of my stuff. Setting up tables, making a mess in the kitchen and the babies room, and buying fun accent pieces. I'm far to sick to really be working though this weekend so the project is on hold again. The olympics is keeping me company as well as my 3 year old who is also sick and quite calm and cuddly. My banner is sporting a few new pictures from Saturday and I'm hoping to have more soon. When my wedding store opens up again after the baby comes I want it to be the best it's ever been. The pictures should be better and I'm adjusting my printing so the invites themselves are also brighter and I'm trying to add more matching pieces - like favors and menus, not to mention some all new designs.

I hope I feel better tomorrow - I have too much to do!!

 

transparent inserts

I'm excited about adding transparent inserts to my invites in dark colored folders - it helps make sure every invitation is clean and perfect upon arrival. I still need to price them out in my store and I'm kinda slacking until my hopeful re-vamp of the wedding store in March as I slow from clients and get ready for the baby. It's hard to work on new designs and arrangements when you have a full client load so I'm pretty excited to be released to by my own client!

new church designs

I've been slaving for a few weeks now trying to come up with a new bulletin design for my church - Coram Deo in Reno. I got the okay to change the colors to my favorites right now - green and blue. It matches the school we meet in and the vibe of the church as a whole. Plus I got the okay for better paper and more ink usage. I find it challenging to design things with lots of information spanning a whole page or two (which leads me to my next problem: redoing the brochures!) but I'm excited to unveil this new bulletins in about a week, I think it turned out quite well. I hope it makes people feel like they can get to know our church right from the start.

 

the classic car

I'm working on posters for my Dad's Classic car. That's new to me!

 

valentine's day?

I haven't done a Minted.com design challenge in a while and thought I'd try again - I had time to slack off a little! The next design challenge is for a kids valentine they can pass out at school. There are some AMAZING designers that work with Minted so I'm not expected to win but I think I should keep up on the challenges to sharpen my skills. It's stretching to have a goal set by a third party but also fun to accomplish a design however you want. This is my submission.

 

So happy Valentine's Day - I mean.... THANKSGIVING!