Logo designed for contra dance band . . .used on their music bandstands.Logo for an American Roots Music string band from the Tallgrass Prairie. A four-member band located in the Kansas Flint Hills and dedicated to traditional style string band music. www.tallgrassexpress.comFront and Back cover of a 16-page booklet insert for a digi-pak with CD. The following 5 images represent the inside of the booklet, showcasing the individuality of each original song.Digi-pak cover with 16-page booklet and CD insert. Using photography and original oil painting of the Flint Hills by the band leader's daughter.A sample from the Tallgrass Express String Band's 16-page booklet insert featuring the band leader's original song.A sample from the Tallgrass Express String Band's 16-page booklet insert featuring the band leader's original song.A sample from the Tallgrass Express String Band's 16-page booklet insert featuring the band leader's original song.A sample from the Tallgrass Express String Band's 16-page booklet insert featuring the band leader's original song.A sample from the Tallgrass Express String Band's 16-page booklet insert featuring the band leader's original song.Character created for sports bar. Used in menu and logo. Bears and beer, it's a natural, right?An invitation created for a regional Fall Masquerade Ball.Two-color fund raiser event invitation with reply card and envelopes.Logo designed for the Herb Lady of Durango.T-shirt design for Herb Lady of Durango.Directional banner created for the Herb Lady of Durango.Oh yes, there's a festival for EVERYthing! Connect with www.emmachasecafe.com to discover what small town America is all about. Come for the chicken-fried steak, stay for the music jam!Accordian-fold square brochure designed for student recruitment for a Christian high school. See more in next image.Grace Prep Christian High School recruitment brochure.Presentation folder designed for EnergyCAP company that has developed software for energy tracking, accounting, management and utility bill payment.Two-color invitation with reply card and envelopes for fund raising event for natural history museum.Quarter-page ad designed for barber shop's 5th anniversary and open house. Barber shop looks like a replica of an 1880's style shop.Business card for a barber shop that's styled to look like a shop fromthe 1880's.Logo for family fun kit housed in a metal container.Just Add Family fun kit "recipe" cards for bedtime, mealtime, playtime, and holiday ideas.Full page back cover ad for Christian Parenting Magazine promoting Secret Keeper Girl materials and products.Stationery for Pure Freedom, a Christian ministry for teens.They didn't really serve pine cone martinis, but a green pine cone made a cool looking olive! Fund raising invitation and envelopes for a natural history museum event.Logo designed for EnergyCAP software. Energy tracking, accounting, management and utility bill payment.Rack card-sized brochure designed for natural history museum's Girl Scout outreach program.Quarterly newsletter for natural history museum.Small customer service brochure, logo, and illustrations for a power company.Interior of small customer service brochure for power company.Terribly clever use of a pine branch to depict a fund-raising dinner for a natural history museum.Logo designed for western clothing and accessories store. They sell very few bells at the store.Business card for western wear and accessories store.Gift certificate for Jim Bell western wear store. Those are authentic cattle brands.An alternative business card design for the Jim Bell western store.2-fold brochure designed for one of the original Bed & Breakfast Inns in Bar Harbor, Maine. The floral design on the front is a piece of wallpaper from one of the rooms.Scratchboard illustrations for an audio children's book with original music by a group in Wisconsin.Scratchboard illustrationHorizontal logo for Girls 'n Grace, a ministry for moms, daughters, and grandmothers.Heart version of the Girls 'n Grace logo. Used atop the floor displays in retail outlets.Final logo selected for National Association of Home Builder's 20 Club.A fun logo for a wellness center. Typography is often an overlooked solution for logos. Not all wellness centers need a flying, dancing, leaping figure that makes it look like every other wellness center.An 11 x 22" 2-fold brochure about economics and marketing information for National Association of Home Builders.Tallgrass Express String Band CD design that helped launch their new level of recognition and gigs.Logo for a contra dance and music camp in Kansas. Two days of workshops, dance and jams.A fun way to say "music" and "barn dance" by combining the barn and neck of musical instrument.Inspired by my husband, Kerry: "why not make the barn dance logo actually OF a barn dancing?"Two musicians show off their collective talents on banjo, fiddle and voice. Black and white photo scanned and a hand-colored effect added.We were trying to think of some graphic that would say "guru" and "smart person" and thought this little owl did the job. We went a more cartoonish route because who needs to be that serious?17 x 22" promotion poster for the Tallgrass Express String BandOriginal illustration created for bank promotion aimed at snowbirds in MinnesotaProbably one of my favorite projects of all times, this Phenology Calendar. It traditionally has an unwieldy amount of text and a dry demeanor. Museum volunteers attached our little anti-phobia remedy onto the cover of each calendar: a chamomile tea bag (go make a cup of tea and calm down!)Original illustration for bank president's retirement party.Logo created for the annual Victorian-style Spring Ball held in Cottonwood Falls, KS.
CLIENT LIST

Moody Publishers
Girls 'n Grace
National Geographic
Thomas Nelson
Simon & Schuster
Harper Collins
NAHB 
Family Life
Group Publishing
NAESP
Pure Freedom
Grace Prep
Emma Chase Cafe
Center for Fine Arts      Photography
Cable Natural History Museum
Energy CAP
North Star Books
Jim Bell & Son Western
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