designsgirl

fabric seating chart

designsgirl was commissioned to design a large-scale seating chart and she worked with Californian Jill Fawcett of Studio Mamas to silkscreen the design on a beautiful muslin for wedding planner Dana Dunphy of Revel and Bloom for her client Addysen Trumper.

the royal box stationery

My friend and business partner Tasha Frye and I are excited to launch a beautiful and luxurious curated gift box called The Royal Box later this summer.

We now have our official crown logo -which I designed-and these gorgeous letterpressed notecard sets (printed by Smock Paper in a gold shine foil) that will be included in each box.

"rent the runway" invitation

designsgirl was on Cloud 9 to be commissioned to do the calligraphy for the recent Rent the Runway VIP Launch party invitation to announce the opening of Rent the Runway's physical store opening in Chicago.

Thank you to Kara Gordon of Magnificent Milestones for giving me this fabulous project.

animal themed baby shower

  

designsgirl shot this animal-themed baby shower for REstyleSOURCE which coincided with a real baby shower for my friend Paula who asked me to design a Kitschy Regal bunny baby shower invitation.

Decor featured an unique porcelain swan cake stand, colorful family china and silver and animal place card holders.

kitschy regal alice in wonderland

designsgirl was thrilled to do an "Alice in Wonderland" kitschy regal wedding invitation for Annie Roche of 5 by 7 designs in Dallas, Texas. A nod to the groom's Oxford lineage and the bride's Texas roots were incorporated into the design.

 

kitschy regal chicken notecards

I was thrilled to see my first Kitschy Regal design printed recently when my lovely client Paula ordered my "chicken" design for her personal stationery.

I hand drew the envelope liner stripes to match the notecards and had the wonderful letterpress company Smock Paper print them.

 

introducing new kitschy regal pen and ink drawings

After receiving a fabulous pen and ink commission of the Chicago skyline for a Christmas card this year, designsgirl has been expanding her repertoire to include new pen and ink drawings for wedding invitations, wedding monograms, business logos and family crests which she describes as "kitschy regal".

Shown here are my first pen and ink commissions- a tropical wedding cartouche for a Save the Date announcement with hand drawn herons, tropical flowers and pineapples; a current logo design commission and several designs for my design library for semi-custom work.

the velvet touch

designsgirl created this lifestyle feature for REstyleSOURCE to showcase the simple ways that velvet adds a luxurious touch to holiday decor. 

for magnificent milestones

designsgirl is excited to stretch her artistic boundaries with new pen and ink drawings for the fabulous Chicago stationer Magnificent Milestones and for its very exciting projects to be announced soon.

 

logos reminescent

Creating logos is one of my favorite endeavors but, having been immersed in wedding calligraphy for the past few years, I rarely have a chance these days to do a full logo presentation.

The third logo called "Bindi" was published in Rockport Publisher's well know series of logo books- logolounge 6: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers in 2011.

Strangely, I am left-handed but all of my designs are hand illustrated with my right hand on the computer mouse. I have tried to train myself to use my left hand for illustrating but find it difficult.

Here are a few of my favorites over the past few years...

in a pinch: waterlogue

Long-time client Betsy McGhee called to ask designsgirl if she could do a watercolor rendering of her family's new home for a change of address postcard.

'Yes. I would love to, Betsy'. I gathered by Doc Martin watercolors and brushes to begin my work. But alas, I learned that it must be done with haste so I used my handy Waterlogue app to render Betsy's home photo to an instant watercolor and added hand painted lettering. Not an original work of art but a good tool for the challenge of the task.

 

suitcase love note series

When designsgirl began learning to use the Wacom drawing tablet, one of the first projects created was these hand lettered Suitcase Love Note cards for Valentine's Day.

Suitcase Love Notes are featured on REstyleSOURCE.