Productive Work day:

I just saw a link today to Curiosity Group that took me to their monthly paper craft calendars. If there's one thing I love it's paper toys so I was very excited to find these. I made the July calendar today for my desk at work:

That was a lot of work, I should probably call it a day and go home, right?

Tank ideas

Some tank mockups for Rhythm. I love the Burger. (Click to enlarge)

Wedding design-Bring on more!

I have posted a lot of these earlier on this blog, but here's a little compilation of most of the handmade items I made/designed for my sister's wedding that happened this past weekend. Clockwise from top left: Invitation suite, personalized wire hanger showing my sister's new last name, bridal shower Bingo game, Reply card (part of invite suite), Bridal shower banner, and program "fans" and table numbers at ceremony. I really enjoyed making all these things and keeping with a theme for my sister, so any of you with upcoming weddings, I'd love to take on more work!
(And obviously as soon as my sister's beautiful professional photos go up, I'll be sure to post some here as well)

One Zin in person

I've been out of town for the past week, so I'm catching up with my blog posts. While I was home, my sister showed me the earrings she's been wearing to promote her etsy shop, One Zin Sister. She has made the cutest "yo-yo" earrings and hair peices on there. She gave me a pair and I've worn them a ton already! Check out her site: http://www.etsy.com/shop/shanmae919 and buy some!

... and it was!

I ordered an Uncommon case for my brother that I designed out of his own illustration to make it into a crazy funky case for his iphone. It turned out great, Uncommon is so quick and the cases look great. Here's the two I've ordered so far, a custom-made one and just a pretty one for myself.

The beginning

this is going to be great

Uncommon case

This morning I ordered a really really pretty iphone case from Uncommon. Then I realized what I should have done was upload my own design and make one like this:

Oh well, next time. But–if anyone is interested in something like this or one with any of my other city prints (here), let me know!

Rebuilding Exchange Postcard

Here's a postcard for the ReBuilding exchange I just finished. You should definitely check this place out, especially if you're into fixing up things or looking to build/remodel a house. It has all sorts of appliances, old tables, light fixtures, cabinets, wood...etc all salvaged from old homes. It's a really neat space and even cooler idea.

Sisterly promotion: One Zin Sister

I said below I'd post when my sister's shop is up and running, well it is now! She's adding plenty more items but just wanted to get a few things on there to get it going. I am loving the earrings... she should probably send me some, so I can wear them and promote her shop here in Chicago, OK Shannon? ;)

One Zin

Just created the banner for my sister's new etsy shop. It's not up and running yet, but when it is I will post the link. She's making such cute earrings and things, way to go sis.

Déjà vu

Finishing up a painting made out of three separate canvases. I've used the image before in another painting, I'm just going back and recreating it for another purpose. More on that later. Now the hard part–finished or do more?

Steel and yarn

Added some color to my all white bike by wrapping the top tube in crochet. Pretty and protects from scratches! Who else wants one?

Handles

Ooh look what just came in the mail. Time to start working on the wedding programs/fans for my Meg's wedding. It's only one month away now!

Splash Omnimedia Crew

So all these random illustrations I have been gradually posting over the last couple months have finally been put to use! My illustrations of the crew behind Splash Omnimedia are up on their site! Take a look.

Business blogger

I made some business cards for Katie's blog yesterday. Check it out here. (Brussels sprouts are considerably hard to draw by the way)

Delta Event

This past saturday was the "Going Against the Grain" event that I  designed the poster (below) for. It was a  great event located at the ReBuilding Exchange. I could have spent hours in there browsing the old doors, windows, appliances etc. all for sale to the public. The people showcasing their DIY green skills were very impressive as well... and the New Belgium was a definate plus.

The Evidence of Things Unseen

I did the cover design for this tape for Ryley Walker and Plustapes and it is listed here: Go check it out and buy it!

Coming soon to a mailbox...

Emily sent me shots of the completed Save the Dates I designed for her this weekend. The handwriting on the envelopes is beautiful–but sadly I cannot take credit for that! Can't wait to get mine in the mail!

My poster on New Belgium...

The poster I did for Delta Emerging Leader's event, "Going Against the Grain" is sponsored by New Belgium, so they listed the event and MY poster on their events section of their blog! 

But the layout is a bit funky right now and the map is covering my poster.... but it's still neat to be on there.  Check it out here and take a quick look when it loads, before the map covers it up.


And come to the event! May 7th! 

EDIT: I've been told that it looks normal on other browsers/computers, mine is just funky. Good to know! 

Tape design

Got a finished cassette cover that I designed for Plus Tapes and Ryley Walker today. I love the orange cassette!