Fun! Fun! Fun!

I had TOO much fun last week with my friend Kitty working on her new logo and business card. Kitty is an interior designer and home stager, so we had a great time deciding what "trendy colors" to use and what images to play with. SO here's what we came up with:

Super cute, right? Modern colors. Recognizable image. LOVE IT!!

Right after that we made the business card, and again, 

wanted to keep a modern look with front and back:

There will be more pieces we add for her home staging kits, but so far we've finished the "staged by cards"... check them out! They rock!

Thanks Kitty, for such a great time and great opportunity!

Opera Alley Brochure

I recently had the pleasure of creating a brochure for Tacoma's Opera Alley. My good friend Nikki has a beautiful studio there where she offers one-on-one fitness training (called LeanBody Lifestyles). And she is amazing, by the way.

I was so excited for this project! And it was quite a fun one — lots of colors, lots of cool pictures. Below is the cover, I will post the final brochure when all the revisions are done. Thanks for the opportunity, Nikki!

A very rewarding logo design

"I am crying. Happy tears. I love it. I really love it. It's simple and it's me. I love it. Thank you."  - Daedre Perez


WOW!!! Does it get any better than that? I don't think so!


Logos are my favorite thing to design. They are a simple, visual representation of a person or company and what they do. And as you can tell from the quote above, it's very rewarding!


Daedre is a wonderful, energetic, lovin-life kind of gal that I met during my go at a triathlon last summer. She is a great photographer and is beginning a photography business. I just knew I had to create her logo for her! She said yes, so I went to town. We had this thing finalized within about three days (that's a pretty amazing feat). I love that she loves it. (below is one of her photos)

If you'd like to contact Daedre, here you go!

email daedre.perez@comcast.net   

phone (206) 409-0008

Going another direction

I began this blog earlier this year for reasons that weren't good enough. I jumped into the blogging world without really knowing why I was doing it. I thought it would be fun. Other friends were doing it. The marketing company I was using at the time told me to do it. But none of those reasons were good reasons because I'm not passionate about recipes, cooking or even food for that matter.

What I AM passionate about is graphic design. I love it. I'm pretty good at it. And it's interesting. Why not blog about that? So I felt all these ideas stirring inside my heart and my head and thought it was time to give this blog another go... in a new direction.

My new intention is to write about my latest projects and also give a shout out to who I'm working for. Should be fun. If I stick with it for more than a month, we'll know it was the right move.

Cowboy Caviar - WOW!

This was such an unexpected treat!
I was visiting my triathlon gals group... (first-ever race coming this August... YIKES!)... and sitting on the table was "Cowboy Caviar." I had never hear of it. Here's how my friend Nikki describes it,

"kind of a chip dip, kind of a salsa, kind of a veggie/bean salad. it has corn, black eyed peas, black bean, celery, red and green pepper, hot chilles, etc. it's fabulous! i make it for parties all the time and everyone always wants the recipe!"


Thanks Nikki for such a tasty, healthy treat! And I gotta say, Nikki is the reason I'm doing my first triathlon. She is THE most inspiring person I've ever met! She just opened her own personal training studio in Tacoma, Washington. Here's her website. Take a look!

Teriyaki Pineapple Chicken (with homemade teriyaki sauce)

click recipe card to see a larger image

New Product: Downloadable checklists!

Hi all. I'm soooo excited to announce a new product on my website. I'm a huge fan of to-do lists and a huge fan of good design. So, naturally, I had to put the two together! For only $.99 you can purchase a list and have it for life! Print one out every time you need one.

Here are four examples... a daily to-do list, a "Just for me" list, a two-week menu planner and a coupon shopping list.  There's a bunch more on my site here. 

Let me know of any improvements you would make or maybe a whole new list you would like to see. I would so love to hear from you! If I create it, I'll send it to you for free :)