JFlah's Blunders

A former co-worker called earlier this month wanting to know if I'd do a logo for them. They home school their kids and having a "school name" helps them in the state they've moved to. I'm such a slow designer. I didn't sketch anything for this one - mostly because I thought I could work faster if I just edited some open source stock art I had. But the process was still slower than I'd have liked. I spent a good long while on research and looking for inspiration, more time gathering useful bits and pieces, and then at several hours fiddling with things to see what direction I should go in before I had anything worth looking at. So yeah, this project has a lot of time invested in it - which for a simple design like what they wanted, is pretty normal. I'm glad I didn't need to sketch and then digitize because I'm even slower when it comes to that now that I don't have access to a graphics tablet (boo-hoo - I really miss that tool - ma

A friend of mine wanted this plaster pot she had gotten in Mexico painted. I can't tell you how many little thumbnails I did trying to decide what color arrangement would be best, but the pot is finally done and I'm looking forward to sending it home so I can start on another project.

One of my nieces is having a Frozen themed birthday party and so I've made a few crochet crowns and a little tutu for the birthday girl. I thoroughly enjoyed putting those things together. The tutu was inspired from some pintrest posts I'd seen. At first I thought I'd put some sparkles onto the tulle but realized that the spray adhesive I had purchased wasn't going to work for that. It turned out pretty good. Sewed on the jewels... can't wait to see it on her. And this is what my dog was doing... Here's a pic of my cute little niece - she was my model so I could be sure it was going to work. She's wearing her crochet crown and as soon as I tied on the tutu, she started calling herself a princess. It was sweet.