Summer_in_MO

The End of an Old one and the Link to a New one

2010-09-15T19:32:00.000-07:00

Hey all!

Just letting you all know that even though my summer is over I am still going to try to keep a blog of graphic opportunities, my Senior Project and life as a Senior! Please continue to read! I would love to hear comments on anything I do or say!

I hope you all are having a wonderful week!

Remember to keep finding that JOY!!!

Thanks for all your support and prayers throughout the summer! God blessed me in so many ways!

new blog: seniorprojectsenioryear.blogspot.com

Thursday_Day32

2010-08-12T13:33:00.000-07:00

Well... Today is the LAST day of my (wonderful) INTERNSHIP.

It is a sad day. I am going to miss all the people that I have gotten to work with, build relationships with, laugh with. I am going to miss designing for the Church. But I am excited to see where God takes me now!!

OH... EXCITING NEWS. I am going to continue to work for the Church throughout the school year! They are going to be sending me projects that need designed, created and pay me for it!!! WHOOHOO! no more worrying about Tuition. I know God is going to give me some great opportunities to get it paid! That's lots better than loans! :) PRAISE THE LORD!!!

Well I have the September Bulletin Done... it is being sent to the printers!

FRONT
BACK

I have also designed this sign for the Resource Center here at the Church:

I had to fill out an evaluation for my Internship today and the last question asked what was the main thing you learned during your Internship. Well I responded saying that before this summer I was questioning a lot of stuff, if I had majored in the right thing, if I had wasted three years just majoring and taking classes because Art is fun for me, But now I can honestly say that I know for a fact that I have majored in the right area. I still don't know for sure where it will take me or what "job" I want... but I do know that I am following what God wants for me now, at this moment! He gives me such a peace!

Graphic Design, Art, begin Creative is who I am, what I am about. I love designing and creating projects that are unique and different. I love it when I hear people tell me that I am so creative! But I know that I don't want that Joy in my life to overtake the passion and Joy I have in serving God. I want to always put him first! Now if that is doing art, being creative I am definitely ok with that!! :)

Don't stop reading today. I have more to add. The Summer isn't over yet. I have two more weeks left and those weeks are getting full of many plans!! Yes... this is my time to be crafty! :)

I CAN'T WAIT!!!

Wednesday_Day31

2010-08-11T12:54:00.000-07:00

Designing Logos, Shirts... Having a Blast!!

BEFORE

This was the logo. But the Youth Director wanted it changed, tweaked a bit, so this is what I came up with for her!

AFTER

To kick off the new school year with the Youth, they have decided to go with the Theme...
Let your Story Fly
(inspired by Donald Millers book, A Million Miles in A Thousand Years, and paper airplanes!!)
Here is a Shirt design to go with the Theme!
Also... I created this Poster to help Promote and Announce the NEW THEME!!!

Tuesday_Day30

2010-08-10T13:41:00.000-07:00

This is my last Tuesday of my Internship. Wow! I never knew it would go this fast, and that I would learn so much.

Well Today I worked on a flyer for the Woman's Ministries. Then I sent all the information to the printers to get the Haiti Shirts printed and shipped this way!! I can't wait to get them!

Designed a few signs for the Resource Center. This was the first draft:

Second Draft:

We will see what the final will look like tomorrow!

Currently I am working on a book cover! It has been so fun, and I can't wait to find more time to work on it!! But... I am going to wait til I am completely done with it to share! So make sure you keep checking in to see how it turns out!

So... remember how I was praying and trying not to worry about tuition and all that jazz... well... GOD IS SO GOOD!!! In his perfect timing everything has worked out! Still fine tuning some small details but I feel such a peace with it all and know God is in control!! :) Life is so good when you don't worry about things! Thank you GOD.

I have gotten the opportunity to work with a designer who does corporate designs! It has been such a great experience and so stretching. I am enjoying stretching my style into a corporate approach. The designer is great to work with as well, he is very encouraging and always provides some sort of educational step, if it is with critiquing, style, color! I can't wait to get to the finished design so that I can share all the steps and the process!!

But until then... I will continue to smile and find Joy in every aspect of life! :)

Thursday_Day29

2010-08-05T13:18:00.000-07:00

Today I got the experience of getting to search and search for "that perfect t-shirt" that is high quality but still cheap.

This is just a little summary of how it went:
First I looked for distressed type of shirts, because that is what's in. Well you have to pay a pretty penny for what's in. But I found the best shirt for the Haiti Design. It was from Alternative (which is a nice quality of t-shirt) and it have a "Burn-Out" finish to it. Pretty cool but it was too expensive. So I continued to search. Looked at American Apparel, Canvas, Authentic Pigment, Anvil, there were a lot of good finds but I finally came up with the best choice for the best price! Thank you Alternative for making the Men's Basic Crew!!

Now's the joy of finding a screenprinter who has descent prices!! This should be fun! Wish me luck!!

I have gotten the opportunity to work on designing a book cover for Ted Cunningham! I have until Oct. 1st to come up with a few designs!! I need to buckle down and come up with something really grand!! Something new and fresh!! :) I have some ideas so now I just need to sit down and get them on paper. I need to use photshop and do it all on the computer but I find that I just work so much better the old fashion way, pencil, paint, ink on paper!! I definitely feel more comfortable doing it the good old fashion way!! (personally I feel it has more talent in it too!) But I won't let you quote me on that. There are many talented computer artist out there that could blow me away any day.

ONLY 1 more week left. It sure is bitter-sweet. I am excited to have some time off and enjoy the end of my summer... maybe the last one I will have without responsibilities... but it will be sad to not be in the office and working with all the wonderful people I have met this summer. I will miss it.
So we won't think about it until Thursday, August 12!

Wednesday_Day28

2010-08-04T12:29:00.000-07:00

I am currently in the process of getting the tees printed! I am excited to finally have those done and be able to wear the design!!

OH... THE MAINSTAGE BANNER came in today!!!! So exciting and it is sooo big! It looks great and I can't wait to get it hung! I always get so nervous when I am ordering large graphics. 11'x22' is a very large banner. I think I have come to the realization that I like to do small designs! They are definitely easier when it comes to sizing and resolution and all that. whew... not my cup of tea.

Designed this handout for the new Ladies Bible Study starting in September:

Well that is about it for today... more to come!!!

Tuesday_Day27

2010-08-03T13:39:00.000-07:00

Only 5 more days left of my internship :( It is going to be a sad day on the 12th when I know I won't be coming in to the office and working with all the great people here at Woodland Hills Family Church.

I had my last ALL STAFF meeting today. We went out for Lunch for a farewell party for me. It was so fun. I was told that I have been the best Graphic Designer they have had yet! That felt good to hear and I know God has so much to do with that! Then they surprised me with such an amazing gift! They paid for part of my tuition for this coming school year! Such an answer to prayer. God is so Great!!! He is always looking out for all of us every minute! Love Him so much!!!

Can't wait to be back at HU but am going to miss Missouri so much. Everything about it... the people, family, the ranch, the boys, the Lake!, my brothers, the mountains, the church, everything. But I am excited to be back the friends, to finish my major!, and to be back in the cornfields!

Thursday_Day26

2010-07-29T13:08:00.000-07:00

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.

Wednesday_Day25

2010-07-28T13:45:00.000-07:00

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!!

Tuesday_Day24

2010-07-27T14:07:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-22T13:48:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-21T11:42:00.001-07:00

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

2010-07-20T13:51:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-15T12:58:00.000-07:00

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.

Wednesday_Day19

2010-07-14T13:35:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-13T13:51:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-07T11:25:00.001-07:00

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

2010-07-06T13:17:00.001-07:00

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

2010-07-06T08:18:00.000-07:00

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!!!

Wednesday_Day14

2010-06-30T07:42:00.000-07:00

Whew... I can finally breath. Today was busy...

This is just something my Dad asked me to do for him... It was really fun... took a lot of time, ha, but now I know I can totally change something! Check it out!

Before Photoshop

After Photoshop

I guess this Bronco is some one of a kind, special edition. It beats me but Dad sure did like the outcome!

INTERNSHIP:
Well... Today started out by searching and learning about papers and all the different options. I am learning the what different weights mean, 20lbs, 32lbs, 110lbs, if you want glossy, or matte, the brightness of the paper. There are so many options, so many choices. Currently I am learning it all from books... but I think I would be much better if I could feel and see all the different options.

The July and now August Bulletin is being sent to the printers as I type this post!!! So Exciting. I can't wait to see it in print and finished. It is funny how you think you are done with a project but the final steps are so long and there are so many. Just little things here and there, but they matter greatly if you want your piece to be a perfect as possible. Take a look at the series of changes and revisions to just the front of the bulletin:

#1

#2

#3 - 6 different ways

#4 The Final Piece

Now to the back of the Bulletin:

#1

#2 Final Piece!

Also. Remember the Sister's logo that I worked on for the Ladies Group here at the Church. Well that too has been through a lot of changes. Not only has the logo changed but also the name of the group. It went from Sisters to Coffee House to Coffee Conversations. I am very pleased with how this project ended.

#1

#2 - Two different ideas

#3 - one of the ideas taken and then modified

#4 - Critiques and then finished!
What was critiqued; they decide no coffee beans, I agreed (the coffee beans were only in because the ladies wanted them) , also they wanted the coffee stains to look like lady sized mugs. Made a lot of sense to me and I am glad they gave me the critiques! Finally the last thing I worked on today: Diaper Tags for Critter Street, aka, Nursery. Now... A lot of design has already been made for the Critter Street so I just used graphics and decided a layout for the tags.

Front

Back

I am feeling much better today about my frustrations yesterday. I love it that we can always give anything that is bothering us to the Lord and takes it all. But not just takes it but shows us that the frustration we once had was silly. Today while I was saving the final project to get ordered, I realized that I do know what I am doing. I have been able to learn it on my own and figure out what the best process is in printing! Now the web stuff is another story but I am having a good day so far so I am not going to think about it! ha

Tuesday_Day13

2010-06-29T13:52:00.000-07:00

Things are getting final and in a few days will be on there way to the printers!

A few things that I get frustrated with. I feel like I don't know anything about the printing process, (because of a long story and a few not well thought out decisions from HU in my Visual Communications Class) I am slowing learning everything though. Thankful I can learn form my internship, but I get frustrated that I have to ask and don't know how to finish everything properly.

Another frustration is that (once again from some not well thought out decisions from HU) I don't know much about Web. Now the place I am doing my internship doesn't know much about the web either, so this really does not come in handy for me. They look to me, the Graphic Design Major to know a little about WebDesign. I get frustrated because I paid for the class and now I am going to have to find time in my life to teach myself.

Oh... well. I need to not get frustrated and realize that God has a plan. I need to just lean on him in trials and frustrations. So... I am not going to, or well at least not try to, let it get me down!!

Ran out of time today to upload some pictures. So just wait for tomorrow... and you will see some neat graphics!

Thanks for all the support!

Thursday_Day12

2010-06-24T13:22:00.000-07:00

Another Week Down
(found a great new Pandora Station: Sarah McLachlan! Great music for today)

So remember yesterday the whole Solutions theme for the July Bulletin fell through, and Denise and I brainstormed hardcore to try and think of how we could design the bulletin. Well we decided to go with the Paul & Timothy Theme! Well... after work yesterday my job was to go back to the ranch and take photos that would communicate this very theme.

Today... I got right to work, editing and enhancing the photos I took last night, with a total of 150 shots. I narrowed it down to 27 then within the 27 shots I easily narrowed it down to 6 photos, that I believed communicated the story the best!

Here are the top 6 photos added into the bulletin:

The Girls here in the office quickly narrowed it down to one! And... luckily they all picked my favorite as well. Then it was time for Pastor Ted to look through it. He picked the same on and said, send it to the printer!! (our only stump now is that I sent it to Ted B and he emailed back saying that there were a few changes that he would like to make on it) So we will see what happens on Tuesday but for now... Here is the July Bulletin:

Front

Back

Also, Remember that Sisiters logo that I put together a few days ago. Well They have changed the name now to Coffee House. So I have been working on a few ideas for that as well today...

Idea #1

Idea #2

To finish out the day I have officially finished the signs I began working on in the beginning of my internship. They are completely done. No more tweaking!!! Just need to be sent to the Printers... (which secretly I am a little freaked out about because I have no idea how to do that... you see for my Visual Communications and Graphics Class, which is when I would have learned this process, my class and I got the enjoyment to have to deal with a new professor who had no training in teaching whatsoever. To make a long story short I will just say, it wasn't good.)

Jesus Was Homeless . tonight!

looking forward to a night with the brothers! And... remember that family that has ten kids that I was talking about the other day... well some of the kids are coming with us tonight! I am looking forward to getting to know them more!!! Pray that we all shine the Love of Jesus Christ tonight to the homeless in Branson.

Well... thats all for today! It was a busy, great day! Once again I am learning, growing and loving what I do! I think this weekend I am truly going to try and dig my kilns out of our garage (which is still packed full from the move) so that I can test them and start firing the ceramics the boys at the Ranch made this last winter. I don't spend as much time with them this summer as last and I really miss that. So I am going to find ways to fix that!!!

.blessings

Wednesday_Day11

2010-06-23T12:42:00.000-07:00

funny thing happened today. ha

So the brochure/bulletin that I have been working on for the month of July is titled Solutions because that is one of things that is offered on Wednesday nights. Well the ministry that the church gets the Solutions curriculum from shut there doors. So... Solutions is no longer a good idea to put on the monthly brochure/bulletin. HA ...

Today Denise and I brainstormed hard core trying to figure out what to put on July brochure/bulletin. Well the church is doing a series on Timothy and Paul. Some of you may know about Timothy and Paul but for those of you who don't, Paul took Timothy under his wings and began mentoring him. Timothy began to look up to Paul and they traveled and worked together with this relationship which inspired and encouraged each of them. So We, Denise and I, wanted to put something on the brochure/bulletin to emphasis this action, this way of life.

Some things we through out:
Those in a simple question - Do you have a Paul? Are you being a good Paul? Do you need to be a Timothy? Do you need to find a Timothy?

Then Denise brought up the 5 purposes of the Church which are; Connect, Grow, Worship, Send, Serve.

We then began to brainstorm about taking a picture that would communicate all 5 of these purposes. (I am now very thankful for the last photography class I took... every single photo project we did had to have a concept behind it and communicate something) Now my job is to arrange a photo that communicates, Connect, Grow, Worship, Send, Serve.

This is my thought. Using my brother, and a boy from the Ranch!!! I can't wait to get home to work on it!!!!

Also, The Directory Sign and the Entry-Way Sign are soon to be sent to the printers!!! Just a few more tweaks and they will be finished!!!! Such a great feeling!

Tuesday_Day10

2010-06-22T12:28:00.000-07:00

Heat Advisory Today

It's a hot one today. 99 degrees outside with a Heat index over 100.

Working. working. working. Designing. Redesigning. And starting over.

The joys of Art. There are just so many options that some days it seems impossible to design just one thing. I am currently working on the July Brochure trying to figure out what is all suppose to be on while trying to make it all look summery and appealing to the eye.

Last weekend.
There is a family that is volunteering at the Ranch. This family has 10 kids. Crazy but so beautiful. They are all so well behaved and so personable. Someday I hope that I can have a family like that! I have been blessed to meet them and get this week to get to know them more! I love seeing families that shine the joy and love of Jesus Christ!

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2010-06-17T09:36:00.000-07:00

With the joy of getting to drive 45 min both ways to get to my internship, I get the opportunity to do a lot of thinking! Today I realized how beautiful everything is around me. My family, friends, jobs, internship, Missouri, Indiana, HU! The sun was shinning and there was a faint fog in the air, which allowed me to drive through the sun rays! It was pure Beauty. How often do we get behind the wheel and only focus on the car in front of us that is driving too slow, or the fact that we have 10 minutes to get to our destination but will be late in 5 minutes. Today I realized how important it is to just relax, take your time and soak in the beauty God has given us to enjoy every minute of our lives. No wonder most of us are worriers, stressed, unhappy, and tired. We just go go go and never slow down to see God all around us. My Goal for this summer, and the rest of my life, is to not be in a rush. Not to let the Clock control my life, and be able to see how God blesses my life with all of his Beauty! It's definitely there. I just need to begin to truly see it all!

I am so blessed to have possibly the best internship ever! I am surrounded with great people to work with and enjoy everything they give me to do! This makes me so excited because lately I have been wondering if I picked the right major and hoping that I hadn't wasted the last three years in college just doing art. Don't get me wrong I still Love every minute of art but Just didn't know if it was wise to major in it. Well... Now I know for sure that I am right where God wants me. I have no idea what is to come or what I am going to do a year from now when I graduate but I do know that I am absolutely loving being right where He wants me!

It is great that in my internship I am not only learning more about graphics but also learning how to communicate, share and grow as a person. I am learning how important it is to have a positive attitude through anything, no matter what. I am learning how to be open to critique and willing to work with people on many things. It's more than I had expected, and I just love it!

Last weekend

Well Friday night was so fun! We decided to try Pizza on the Grill!!! You should definitely try it!!! It is so easy and so fun. Pizza is already so great but this makes it so much better!

It's best when you can cut some fresh herbs such as cilantro, basil... it makes the pizza delish!

They are such great Chefs!!! My two little brothers!

Find any ingredient that you think you would love on a pizza. Feel free to experiment and create anything you desire!

Delicious!!!

Saturday:

Don't you just love the joys that summer brings... Sunshine, Swimming, Sunshine, and fresh Fruit!!! Blueberry picking is in right now!!! YUM YUM

Wednesday_Day8

2010-06-16T13:12:00.000-07:00

Don't you just love making list and then getting to cross off each item on your list. Today I started with a pretty long list. Now at the end of the day the list is all crossed off!!!! Exciting!

I have learned something new that Photoshop can do. I swear I will never fully understand everything in these adobe programs. Today I have lucky ran across the color overlay application! It is great and saves so much time!

What I have accomplished today:
>Designed and Finished the t-shirt for the student mission trip
>Designed the July monthly brochure

Now, once again I have designed more than one. I have my favorite but I have not shown them to Ted yet so we will see which one gets chosen!

>Designed and finished a Woman's Group Logo
>Worked on the layout of a graphic for a program here at the church to be posted on the web

WHEW...
I am ready to get back to the Ranch. Stop staring at a computer screen and take it easy the rest of the night!! or... maybe I will continue and try to finish the office at the Ranch. I am really liking how it is turning out! Photos will be posted eventually. It has been a long process. oh. I also have another project that is soon to begin. My very talented father is going to help and teach me how to do wood working. A new Dinning Room Table will soon be mine, made by me!

I can't wait to share about what all I did last weekend. Hopefully tomorrow I will find some time to upload photos and such about it all!

May you all be blessed today and enjoy the sunshine that summer brings!!

Tuesday_Day7

2010-06-15T13:24:00.000-07:00

Yet another GREAT DAY!!!

Time at the church today was just wonderful. I spent some time chatting with Denise. She is such as sweet lady! I feel like I am going to learn so much from her. After taking some time to chat I went right to work on revising and finishing up the lesson plan book! It is done :) Such a great feeling.

DESIGN #2 was picked!!!! Now the church is in a castle looking building and the outside of it is cream. I was worried that black and white would clash horrible on a sign that is to go on top of the castle. So I suggested to through in some brown or cream or something into the design. They liked the suggestion and this is what the final piece looks like!

Now... Remember my first Project? Well Scroll down and take a look at it. This sign is also going to be put in front of the church. Ted got to thinking and decided that it would be best for the two signs to match and go together. So I redesigned the Directory Sign to look like this:

NEXT PROJECTS:
designing a logo for a Women's Groups titled Sisters here at the church.
Creating a t-shirt design for the upcoming Youth Mission Trip
Designing and Layout of the upcoming Monthly brochure
designing a graphic for the website

Yes Sir.... I am going to be busy. But I love it!

This last weekend was wonderful! I enjoyed time spent with my family! Saturday at the Blueberry Patch Festival was oh so much fun. Sunday afternoon I talked everyone into going to the lake! We had a blast. Even though we don't have a boat we were able to enjoy time in the sun and on the lake!!! Man... we should would love to have a boat thought. It is quite a shame to live two minutes from one of the best lakes in the US and not be able to go boating on it all the time. Maybe someday we will get one!!

Hope you all are having a great week so far!
Remember to live your life for the Lord at ALL times!

Thursday_Day6

2010-06-10T12:15:00.000-07:00

Two weeks down... Nine more left.

Wow... I can't believe there are only Nine weeks left of my internship. The past two weeks have been truly amazing. I have loved every minute! I am blessed to have amazing people to work with! The staff here at WHFC are incredible. Always in a good mood and always so friendly!! I am so thankful for that!

Well... I have been working on the lesson book all day today. (Except for lunch time... Austin and Megan came up and took me out to lunch... it was delish!) I really like how it is coming! Here is an example of one of the pages.

Now my job for this project was just to revamp it. The project needed to be more eye appealing and fit their vision for it. Also, there was a lot of text on each page which made it not interesting to look at, so I was asked to fix the layout of it. When they first came to me I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to do it. I have never worked on such a large document. But, I quickly caught on and have truly enjoyed tweaking it and adding in some flair!

THIS WEEKEND

I have some fun planned for this weekend! There is a blueberry patch a few minutes from the Ranch and they are having their annual festival on Saturday!! Blueberry Cobbler Contest, some Blue Grass, Blueberry Picking and much more! I guess the blueberry patch gives the proceeds from the festival to the Ranch, which is pretty cool!
After that I will be helping out at the Thrift Store... hoping to find some good stuff as I work!
One man's junk is definitely my treasure!!!

BUT....
before the weekend starts I am off to Jesus Was Homeless to serve people in Branson with my favorite brothers ever!!!

Wednesday_Day5

2010-06-09T13:43:00.000-07:00

Another Successful Day!!!

Worked on revising, revamping, the lesson plan book! It has been fun, and best of all I have gotten the chance to be creative and jazz it up a bit! There won't be any postings of the lesson book until I am finished... so stay tuned to see what it looks like.

Fun with the Boys!!
The other weekend my brothers and I visited Pettigrew, Arkansas!

Who would have thought that there would be a town named after us? Well It wasn't much of a town. Sad to say there really wasn't much there at all. But that didn't stop us from having a BLAST!

>my little brothers

>my big brother

Before we made it to Pettigrew, we stopped at the best thrift store I have ever been too! I enjoyed taking some pictures of the place as well as wishing for some extra cash to buy.... everything, ha.

Tuesday_Day4

2010-06-08T12:49:00.000-07:00

Back and ready for the next 10 weeks!!!!

You have to visit this amazing link to see what I have been up to for the last week
http://richweddings.com/main.php#/galleries/Recent%20Weddings/Micala%20and%20Jordan/88

Just got back to MO. I spent all last week with my very best friend, helping her get ready for her wedding, which was Friday! And.... It was beautiful. She was Gorgeous! I was so blessed to be her Maid of Honor!

Today at the Internship!
Work is going wonderfully! I was assigned Project#2! Designing a banner for the entry way of the church. The information I was given was that it was to be Black, White, and Simple. Well I came up with two Ideas. I have a favorite but would love to hear from you as to which one you like the best!

Design #1

Design #2

I am also working on rearranging, editing, and fixing the new youth lesson plan book that WHFC is working on publishing! It is fun, frustrating, and challenging, but I am enjoying it. I am learning how to design something so that it is pleasing to the eye, yet also readable, simple, and organized. I find it always easy to design a piece that is pleasing to the eye but I have to constantly remind myself that this piece can't just be artsy, it has a purpose.

.RANCH

I am always proud of the boys at the ranch but there is one in particular that has been shinning lately. I have seen him helping and looking out for others without him knowing anyone was watching. Take a look at these series of photos!

I am so blessed to have the opportunity to see God work everyday! I know that I don't want to live the ordinary Christian American Life. Get up... work 8 to 5, go to church on Sundays. I want my whole life to be consumed with serving the Lord, I want to dive into Ministry and share with others the wonderful love and grace of Jesus Christ!!! Right now I am praying that God with continue to lead me through the path that is His! I pray that I will be content with where I am right now and always allow God to make the decisions in my life, even if that means that I can't see the next step.

I pray that you too will let God take FULL control of your life. It is so difficult and I am far from perfecting it, but I do know we all need to strive for that in our life!

God Bless

Thursday_Day3

2010-05-27T12:29:00.000-07:00

What at day, What a day.

Yes... this is where I have been the past few days!

Sometimes I wonder why I chose to major in a field that works so much with technology. Decided to vector my 8x10 psd file. Not Smart. The rainbow wheel decided to show up on my mac. I was not happy. Worked for hours, it seemed, to finally figure it out! Now my lovely 42.5"x72" direction sign is ready to be sent to the printers! Hurry for PROJECT #1 to be finished! Going now to help in decorations at the Critter's Corner! Should be fun!

I will be off for a week... Driving to Indy for my Best Friends Wedding!!! Maid-of-Honor, which means I have to or well Get to, give a speech at the reception. Wish me luck!

JESUS WAS HOMELESS TONIGHT!!!!!! Will soon be heading out to meet my lovely brothers and the one and only Shane, to go feed homeless in Branson. Pray that they all will see the love and joy of Jesus through all of us tonight! Should be a good time!

Wednesday_Day2

2010-05-26T10:47:00.000-07:00

Second day of the internship. Going Great!

I sat in on the staff meeting. Reminded me of the good old times, of my RA (resident assistant) meetings at school. Getting off subject, laughing, chatting and then finally getting some business in. I have been working on the sign, PROJECT #1, I was nervous at first to show them what I had come up with. But then I realized that I needed to get over it! ha. Well anyways this is what I gave them:

AND... this is the final product:

I like it... They like it.. everyone is happy! Day 2 = a success

Got at chance to design a Cover Page! Check it out:

Week One

2010-05-25T12:33:00.001-07:00

Back on the Ranch!
May 16th at 8:30 pm I was Home! This past week as been wonderful. Being back on the Ranch with my parents, brothers and all the boys has has given me a joy that nothing can take away!

Last Friday I got the chance to help the boys get their animals washed and ready for the 4H-Fair! Enjoy the photos below!

If you ever get the chance to visit the Ozarks, take the opportunity! Yesterday I went canoeing with my Dad, I think I have found a new hobby! The beauty of the Ozark Mountains is just glorious! When We got back to the Ranch I found the boys loading and unloading hay.

Pray that the boys will continue to grow and be able to look inside themselves and understand how much God loves them. Pray that they will begin to understand the power of God's forgiveness and the power of His Love. They are good boys, they just need to find who they are and cling close to their Savior.

The Internship has begun!
Today was my first day in my internship at Woodland Hills Family Church. I got a tour and met many great people. I was given my first project! I am excited to begin and hopefully help Woodland Hills and also learn so much about graphic design, working with others, growing and maturing.

I met with my adviser today, Ted. It was so good to hear what he had to say and see the excitement he to work with me this summer. A lot of things that Ted said made so much sense. He began to inform me that the church tends to gear who they are and what they do towards an audience of about 21-35 years of age. But they also have a very diverse age range in their congregation so they need to keep that in mind as well. So, I will need to understand and work with that when I will be working on the various projects assigned to me.

Another thing that Ted brought up was the fact that I will have people critiquing my work and not to take it personally. I know that so often when artist, myself included, are critiqued they take it personally because of all the time and effort they put into the project. We put ourselves into all that we do. I need to know and remind myself of this. I don't want to judge people based on how they critique what I do. I want to keep an open mind and allow this skills that God has blessed me with to help out and be a tool for Woodland Hills this summer!

Woodland Hills is considered an Orange Church. (this, I think is really cool!) I guess the pastor uses an illustration of a jar full of lemon drops, yellow. He says that the lemon drops are all time the parents can offer and give their children. Then he puts a handful of red hots in the with the lemon drops and explains how this is all the time the church as to offer the kids. So, it is the job of the church to train and teach the parents, since they have all the time in the world to raise up their children. Which is completely true. It is the job of the parents to train and teach their children. Seeing the boys at the ranch I have been able to be understand how much of an importance parents are to their children. I am in turn so thankful that I was blessed with such a great pare of parents who have completely allowed God to show them and help them raise their children.

I am excited to learn so much more this summer!!!

Another cool opportunity that I had today was to share some of my knowledge with one of the children directors at the church. She had some questions with Adobe Element. I was surprised that I knew how to answer her questions. I guess that through all the time at school I feel like I haven't learned much but then when I look back at what I knew before my freshman year, I realize how much I have learned. It is really exciting!

PROJECT #1
So the first project I was assigned was to create and design a sign that will be place in front of the church showing which direction each of the opportunities at the church are located. Such as, the Church Office, Youth Center, Worship Center and Children & Preschool Center. Check back in soon to see how it turns out!

First Post

2010-05-19T08:01:00.000-07:00

Hey all!!!

I am so excited for this summer and the chance to have you all supporting me! I will soon be updating this blog regularly to share all that I am learning and experiencing this summer! Please visit often!

God bless
.felish