the title - designs

Alright, I've finally gotten to the second part of the title of my blog - designs. As some of you may know, I am a web designer. I design basically anything you could see on the web - websites, e-newsletters, banner ads, blog templates, etc. I work for a company that has mostly agricultural clients, which feeds great into my degree in agricultural journalism. I started out in animal science (pre-vet) in college, then switched to ag j later (it's a long story - maybe I'll tell you some day ;) ).

Anyway, back to designs. As I said above, my job consists of designing things for the web, but as a creative chica I like to design lots of things! And I started this blog as a way to not only share the goings-on in my life, but also as a creative kick-start. A place to create outside of work :)

So, here's just a preview of things I've designed, for work and for myself:

Here are some sites I've worked on (keep in mind - agriculture = not the most cutting-edge/adventurous clients, but we try, haha).
unitedsoybean.org
sfp.com
chooseavail.com
royalcanin.us

and some banner ads (there are a million I have worked on, so here are just a couple I could find):
asgrow
roundup powermax


and some fun stuff of my own:

placecards and menus for the wedding (i also designed the invites, painstakingly, but don't have a good pic of them right now).





my parents' 25th anniversary party invites and map (done with a cool embossing technique from Martha).

and my latest diy project - the jewelry tree, made from the branches I used for my parents' 25th anniversary party wish trees.



Well, I know that wasn't very exciting, but that's why I'm bound and determined to jump-start my creativity and make more things for myself. The things I enjoy designing the most are the things I am doing for people I love or for which I have total creative freedom. Hopefully I will be posting more of those types of things on here in the future!

nicky