When you’re a creative person you go through mountains and valleys. There are some days where you don’t have enough hands or time to get everything that is in your brain out into the world.
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My six year old is in love with color palettes and has been begging me to let her help create some. She has a beautifully creative mind and I was very happy to oblige her sweet request.
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Have you ever felt like you didn’t fit in? Like everyone in the world exists at a 90° angle and you’re living at 45°? Did it make you feel insecure? Like no one could ever truly understand you?
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Have you ever seen a sunset that made the earth glow? There’s something magical about the sunrise and the sunset. Light can change the feel of everything. Light can make a weed look like a masterpiece. I felt like this was the perfect next inspiration for color palettes.
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Why do we create art? For the joy of creating, for beauty, for self expression, for an outlet, for any number of reasons. No matter the initial inspiration, what does art always become? Our history. Once a piece of art or design exists in the world it is part of our history.
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We had a pretty significant snow fall this week in mid-Michigan. I am not ready for winter, to be perfectly honest, but it was so beautiful!
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Have you read Big Magic, by Elizabeth Gilbert yet? The full title is Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. It’s fantastic and it’s not just for artists.
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Color inspiration strikes again from a maybe unexpected place.. rocks. Yes, you read that right rocks. I have always loved looking for pretty rocks on Michigan beaches, and now my daughters love that too.
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I love everything about fall. The cooler weather. The changing leaves. The coziness. I could go on and on about all the romantic aspects of autumn… but I also very much love Halloween.
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I feel like I say this all the time, but it’s so true I’ll say it again… Nature is the best place for color inspiration! Today we dive into flowers.
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As a graphic designer I can never have too many fonts… I’ve been on a signature style font kick lately and I wanted to share my favorites with you!
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Fall is my favorite. One of the most beautiful things on the planet is when the trees change in Michigan…
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I was listening to Elizabeth Gilbert’s podcast, Magic Lessons, a few days ago and came upon the episode with Glennon Doyle…
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Inspiration can come from strange places sometimes. Did you know bugs could be so beautiful?
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Looking back at my early art helps me remember who I was, and who I am. It validates my artistic choices now and reminds me that I’ve always been interested in life, beauty, pain, death, and hope. Here’s a look back at my first large scale art installation…
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Spring is HERE and I’m dying to see all the beautiful blossoms begin to bloom here in Michigan. We just have to push through the rest of the rain, and mud, and brown, before everything turns green again.. and then. THEN. This…
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In late 2018 I rebranded Paper Heart Design in a day. It was one of those things that just hit me and fell together in the most perfect creative way. When it came time to order new business cards I thought long and hard about what I could do to set myself apart from other graphic artists…
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Pantone is the the authority on color these days. Each year Pantone chooses a Color Of The Year, and the design world usually has a lot to say about it each year! For 2019, the Pantone Color Of The Year is: Living Coral....
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