Grab one of your business cards, and have a good look at your logo. Is it easy to read? Chances are it is, but every once in a while I come across a business card that I have to really look at to see who the company is. Some of them blow my mind, such [...]

I am pleased to announce the first ever Great Logo Hunt Contest, running May 23-26, 2013! This contest is an interactive scavenger hunt that you can easily complete in the course of your day-to-day activities! There are some unbelievable prizes to be won! Click the link in the navigation above for the details.

As seen on page 124 of Canadian Scrapbooker magazine’s Spring 2013 issue, available March 1st, 2013! Welcome to digital bits! Here I will outline some simple ways to add digital elements to your projects using Adobe Photoshop. Enjoy! CREATING GLITTER WITH PHOTOSHOP: 1. Create a new document: 2″ square in size, 300ppi, RGB colour format. [...]

Growth is ever-present. For the past several years I have listened to a tiny nag on my shoulder telling me to hire a junior designer. Like kismet, a wonderful opportunity presented itself last week, and I jumped at the chance. I am delighted to announce that graphic designer Danielle Nicholson has joined me as my [...]

HR Group Management Consultants approached me a short time ago seeking a “touch-up” to their website design. Upon reviewing their current visual identity, I talked them into a bit more than a simple improvement; their last website had been constructed in 1993. Since technology (and design) has come leaps and bounds in the last twenty [...]

I’ve been using DropBox as a file-sharing tool for well over a year now, and admittedly it’s made my life so much easier. As one of my clients so eloquently put it after using it for a short time, “it’s orgasmic.” An alternative to FTP (File Transfer Protocol), DropBox offers a much smoother transaction and [...]

Like many others in Edmonton yesterday, I saw the news announcing the new K-Days logo. There have been mixed responses to this new design, and I was on the fence about whether or not I liked it. My first reaction was that it lacked personality. I shrugged it off and moved on with my day. [...]

I saw these in my Twitter feed this morning, and I couldn’t resist blogging about them! My creative design senses were all tingly, and I may just have to go pick one up for my office this week! You can get these at the Purple Daisy Flower Shop in Sherwood Park. Shop locally this holiday [...]

I have had the pleasure of working with Towne & Countree Kitchens on the complete redesign of their website. The result (goal achieved) is a user-friendly, clean, minimalistic design that has room to grow. The idea was to marry their customers’ online experience with the exceptional customer care they have been providing since 1978. Some [...]