illustration-a-month: january

i’ve been wanting to practice illustration because i love it and i want to do more of it! i’d like to try and do one a month, at least. january’s “assignment” from my husband was a family of foxes. usually i crank stuff out pretty fast because I’m too impatient to spend a lot of time on something, but this was definitely a process. so here you go:

TNL – WITH

here is another series design for TNL Church. this series was based on Skye Jethani‘s book With.

illuminate

i recently was asked to design a shirt for a women’s conference in enid, oklahoma. the event was called illuminate and they wanted something simple. at first i drew a simple “illuminate” in my own handwriting, but then decided to push myself and created this handlettered design for the front of their black v-necks.

TNL – Advent

Here is another series design created for TNL Church. The weeks leading up to Christmas at TNL Church, were spent participating in Advent Conspiracy and raising money to build a clean water well in a village through Charity:Water. Spend Less. Worship Fully. Give More. Love All.

 

TNL – Unlikely Love

I’ve started creating the art for TNL Church‘s talks. This first design was for a series about the stories of Ruth and Hosea in the Bible, which tell of God’s unlikely and improbable love.

 

Favorite Places!

the first four cards of my favorite places series are printed and for sale!

Cheers!

A while back I was asked to design a poster in the subway art style to be displayed in a client’s dining room. The poster says “Cheers” in a bunch of different languages.

I thought it was a fun project, so I thought I’d share.

SafeHouse Church

another project that i’ve had the honor of being involved with, over the last year, has been the branding of a new church in minneapolis, mn. a friend, with whom i’ve traveled to uganda, is one of the founding pastors.

the logo was inspired by an idea i’d had previously and is based on the symbols used during the days of the underground railroad. certain symbols were used to mark houses as safe places to stop/hide. in creating this brand, the importance of acceptance and safety are emphasized.

here is an example of one of the business cards created for the brand as well.

their website is in the works: safehousechurch.org

Sneak Peak

hi friends!

i’ve been working hard on a new project for {ampersand}. we’ve been dreaming up some new stationery lines that will soon be available for purchase. this specific line is inspired by my very favorite places that i’ve traveled to. i currently have 4 designs, but i think it will end up being a set of 8. so far i’ve done: the church of the sacred heart (paris), saint chapelle’s cathedral (paris), granville island (vancouver) and the rialto bridge (venice).

let me know what you think!

White Orchid

here is another branding project i got to work on recently. this logo is for white orchid interiors – a luxury home staging company.