Thursday_Day26

The Day is winding down...
Today I worked on another logo to go with the Coffee Conversations Logo:
combined the four tee's to come up with one Great Design:
Finished an informational handout sheet:

Front

Back
Now.. to work on my corporate logo!!



One of the boys from the Ranch went home today. I am so proud and happy for him but can't seem to smile just yet. I will miss seeing him everyday and miss laughing together at our inside jokes! I know he will continue to have struggles and challenges in his life but I am sure he will conquer and continue to grow in a positive way.

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It has been such a GOOD Day!!!

The banner for the MainStage at the Church has been ordered!! Check it out!


After Designing this I want to now paint the walls of my room like it! I am enjoying the straight lines of each shade of color interrupted by the sketchy mess around it! I just love design and color! So fun.

The Tee's are coming along. I think they have finally narrowed down all the options to just a few. I am thinking the final design is going to be a combination of these four (in some way)

God is so... Words can't describe!
I have been giving the opportunity to work for a Designer! He has given me the project of creating a logo for a new company!! I have sent in the first draft of logo ideas and am currently working on the second draft!! It has been challenging because it is a corporate logo. Now this is challenging for me because my style is not corporate. So I constantly have to be reminding myself to keep the logo simple, sleek, but yet I still need to add that unique spin to it, so it doesn't look like every other corporate logo! I have enjoyed it so far!!
I have been so blessed this summer! I have gotten many opportunities to work on projects for my portfolio as well as just getting my name out! I am sooo excited to see what God has planned for me in this next year!! I know it is going to be a fun trip!!

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Well... I ran out of time to update. Which is a good thing because that means I am busy, very busy.
Here is a list of what I am working on at the moment!
- Finalizing and Ordering MainStage Backdrop
- Tee Design for the Haiti Project
- Informational Handout for Critter Street (Nursery)
- Book Cover

It's all so much fun! :)

Have a blessed Day!!!

Thursday_Day23

YEP... thats right! JESUS WAS HOMELESS, TONIGHT!!!! Looking forward to eating at Jimmy Johns, Hanging out with the Best Brothers in the whole WORLD (minus Garrick cause he is sick), and handing out meals to those who live in motels in Branson.

WHOOO - Designing Tees. Well just one, but coming up with many options. Good news is that we have narrowed the design down... just need to come up with the text!
CHECK THEM OUT:
NEWS!!!!
I just got the opportunity to design a book cover for Ted Cunningham's new book!!! The pressure is on but I am excited to conquer it and succeed!!!

Wednesday_Day22

I must have woke up on the right side of the bed today cause... I feel like I am cranking out the Designs, and I like what is coming together too (which is always a plus)!! First draft of the Haiti Project Tee!I already know that the words on the back are going to go, and we are currently trying to think of another name than "HAITI PROJECT." Other than that the design is a GO!

Idea for the MainStage Backdrop...

OK so the Office is done, Redecorated and up to date!!! I am so frustrated, I forgot to take before pictures, so you will just have to believe me when I say it looks totally different!

Ok so I might of gotten a kind of before photo. (Before decorating, After new paint job)

Now, that the Office looks good, I was recruited to work on the teacher's offices in the school. Should be fun!!

I am so glad I picked Art to Major in. I just love what I am doing!!

Tuesday_Day21

It's weird how some days I feel so creative and ready to conquer anything, and other days nothing seems to come.

Well today was not a creative day. I seem to not like anything I worked on today. Bummer I know. ha! Well I guess that just means I am going to have to get with it tomorrow and crank out some great designs. I am working on a T-Shirt Design for the Haiti Project here at Woodland Hills. I want it to be different and unique, which is kind of something hard to do with a T-shirt since there are millions of shirt designs.

Still working on thinking about what to do for the mainstage backdrop. hmmm....

Well that's it today from the internship.

RANCH NEWS
the office is officially all finished!!!!!! Photos will be up tomorrow! :)
Now I am working on redecorating, rearranging, cleaning and organizing the offices for the school at the Ranch! It looks awful now but hopefully in a couple of weeks it will look like the office!!!


it's 4:00 and I am ready to get home! Tomorrow is another day!!! (hopefully i feel creative)!!!!

Thursday_Day20

I am not a fan of tiny little ants
These little things are trying to be my best friend today. Yuck. There are so many in the office. I would have been fine with God not creating the tiny little ants. I know they are tiny and not that big of a deal but they always travel in packs and to be honest... they really freak me out. Other than that today was Great! :)

My NEW PROJECT is to design the backdrop for the mainstage at the church. I wasn't given any direction, just to try and make it look modern and urbany. So here is my first idea. I like it but I am not pleased with it. I have some more ideas, but they are still rough drafts. This project is definitely stretching me. I am just having a hard time thinking of what would look best on the stage. Well here is what I have so far:

I think the backdrop needs to be less busy. More simple. And I am thinking lighter would be better. I am thinking about possible making the whole backdrop look sketchy (don't know how yet but something will come to me)! Hopefully!!

Also worked on creating another Rotator for the Web page: I like it. But it hasn't been critiqued yet.

Something I need to work on...
So I have a wacom tablet and love it but I am not quite very good at it yet. I am still better and way more comfortable to draw the old fashion way with a pencil and paper and then scan it in. I need to work on being able to just use the wacom tablet to draw with, so that I can delete the extra step of scanning.

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Just a little bit of my vacation fun!! Enjoyed time spent with brothers, parents and grandparents! I am blessed to have such a fun and loving family. I am so glad we got a chance to just hang out, relax and enjoy each others company!!

Mitch, Garrick, and I with our wonderful Grandparents!!! (and COTTON CANDY)


Love my Brothers!

GUESS WHAT ... !!!!!!
The banners are here! They were shipped yesterday and they arrived a few minutes ago. My heart was beating and I was so worried to see them, (I didn't want to see a mess up). Well John unfolded it all for me and ... They look good! phew! It was a large project, which equals a lot of money. The one banner itself was 16.9' x 8' and the other was 72"x 42.5" . Not something that I could have afforded to mess up.
I am just thankful I am not the one who has to hang them up now!

Other than that today has been good. I have taught Denise some about the web program as well as just simple design tools. She took me out to Panera, it was delish!!! I have also worked on the September Bulletin! It is coming along very well! I can't wait to get the first draft finished so I can post it on here and share what it will look like.

NEWS FROM THE RANCH
The Ranch needs our prayers. I get so frustrated with adults sometimes. Some on the Ranch are acting like children. Pray that they all will start to work together and put their problems aside so that 100% of their focus can be for the boys. I believe there is only a small window of opportunity for us to help these boys, we don't have time to waste, on jealousy, greed, pride, or anything else. I love my internship and everything about it but I do miss spending time with the boys. Sure I have evenings but that is hard because it seems like all the boys can do on their free time is watch tv or play video games. Pray that I can come up with something that they could do that will be of interest to them as well as something that wouldn't be considered a safety hazard or cost money.

Life is good! Still trying not to worry about the struggles of tuition this fall. Working on getting loans and figuring it all out. I just need to continue to pray and not worry. But that is one thing that is very hard to do. I know God has a plan and it will all work out!

Until then and for forever I will continue to smile and find all the JOY in life that I can find!

Tuesday_Day18

It has been yet another Great Day!!
I came in today with another list of things to design and get done! I love it when I am busy and I love being busy with all the things I like to do!! Just Great!! Fun News... I was just asked today if it would be possible if I could continue to design projects and such for the church once I go back to school!

I don't have much time to make a post but I wanted to get on and give you a brief picture of how my vacation went!!


The most beautiful view from the most beautiful and peaceful resort ever! More photos to come! Get excited :)

Wednesday_Day17

Well... it has been a slow day.
I came in thinking I would be crazy busy, working on the September Bulletin. I got half way done... and got bad news. You see the focus of the bulletin was going to be around the Event, Family Fight Night, that the Church was going to put on. Well they aren't going to do that event anymore. So... the Bulletin can't be focused around that. Bummer I know. Now I just have to wait until they come up with another idea to focus the Bulletin around. What luck.

Other than that... I can't wait to get done today BECAUSE......

It's a little vacation time! :)
My Grandpa and Grandma came out to visit so we are going to take some time off and enjoy family! The plans we have made are sounding so fun!!
-TONIGHT... Dixie Stampede - Dinner Theater! (Locals get a Discount!)
-TOMORROW... All day at Silver Dollar City! (the Ranch has connections so we get in FREE!)
-Then... Thursday - Saturday... we are going to stay at a Retreat in Southern MO. Not far but still nice to get away. And the people that run it are the nicest old couple ever! We visited them once and I feel like our families became friends immediately. I love it when you meet nice people!!

So there will be no post tomorrow, I will be riding rides and relaxing by the water! I hope you too can find time this summer to relax!

Be back on Tuesday with many photos from the Little Vacation! Until then... Remember God is Great and Every minute counts... don't waste time, decide now to live for HIM every minute of every day!!!!!!

Tuesday_Day16

It is interesting to look at life and wonder why things are the way they are, why things happen to you and to those around you. It is easy to get confused, lost, angry and even depressed at times because of "life." But today I was just thinking and realized that it is pointless to get confused, lost, angry and depressed over circumstances in our life, because no matter where you go or what happens to you God has a plan. I find it best to just laugh at situations. Find Joy in life, in the little things, because that is what will keep you going. We can't focus and fret over all the "bad" things that happen, we must just deal with them when they come and face those moments with a smile on our face and peace in our hearts, knowing that God is in complete control! Why let life ruin your day... Just something I have been struggling with and thinking through. Great is our God!!!

INTERNSHIP
Well today at the internship has been laid back and restful!! I worked on the website a bit, adding a few rotators to the homepage. Learning that, is actually fun and pretty easy. Just took awhile to understand the program.


Its really cool I have been asked to not go back to school and continue to work for the church. So I must be doing things right here!!! I am blessed to have had my internship work out... But I am excited to get to school and finish my Senior Year!! Which brings on another worry that I am working on trying to give to God. Tuition is due August 10th and I need to come up with a large sum of money by then. So I am currently trying to give it to God and know He has a plan, if that means loans I am willing to go there, I just hope I can get loans to cover the cost. Pray that it all works out!

Thanks for all the support! I have been truly blessed this summer!!! If you have anything you need me to pray about or help you with please let me know!! I would love to help you as you are helping me in so many ways!!!

Thursday_Day15

It felt like I didn't do much today but I was busy the whole time.

First when I came into work I got the chance to sit in on a meeting where we were discussing updates and changes that needed to be changed on the web. I have to say that part of the time I was lost but the other part I knew exactly what they were talking about!!

After that I was told that I needed to send the bulletin to the printers again because the CD that was taken to them didn't have it on it. Shoot. I know. So I emailed it to them, and was good to go. But I was worried they wouldn't be printed in time for Sunday. Once again here I go worrying about everything... I should have just reread the name of the printing company, SirSpeedy. At 3:00PM I got a phone call and the bulletins were ready to be picked up. Wow... they are speedy!!!

After all that I struggled with sending some signs that I have designed for the church to another printing company. You see the files were too big to send over email so I was instructed to upload them to an ftp site. Well once again this is something entirely new to me I have never heard of a ftp site before. Needless to say, I couldn't figure it out. Ha. It took many emails and many phone calls but at the end of the day I had it figured out, the signs were sent and I got a confirmation email saying that they would be shipped on July 12th! Can't wait to see how they turned out and see them hung at the church!!!