A (slightly delayed) Happy New Year!
From my family to yours –
New DirtDivas.net Live!
I am proud to have been a part of the great new site for the Dirt Divas, Charlotte’s only women’s mountain biking club, which went live today!
Ben Wilson of Wilson+Taylor called me into help with the background and banner graphics, and I wound up with the privilege of designing their new logo and team jersey (still to come).
Check it out – loads of great info on trails in the Charlotte area!
Anne Neilson in “Today’s Charlotte Woman”
I’m happy to share the latest great press for my great client, Anne Neilson.
Old School, New Cards
There is a wonderful, old sign outside the wonderful, old school – carved in wood, likely by hand, featuring this lovely illustration. The colors, paper choices and rest of the design attempts to reflect the hip, progressive personality of this preschool community, but the sweet, old artwork is the star here. So the credit belongs with the generations of cool, artistic families that have hung out on this playground before me.
Art Newsletters
Art Clients, and Subscribers and Designer alike are loving the flurry of new email newsletters we are generating. It is such an easy, inexpensive way for an artist or gallery to share their latest works with their collectors.
A few of the latest:
- Anne Neilson Fine Art - August 2009 – July 2009 – Subscribe
- The Linville Gallery – August 2009 – Archive – Subscribe
- Sophia’s Gallery – August 2009 – Subscribe
For the record, I love MailChimp for beautiful, easy, affordable emails!
Quick… a logo and a business card in 24 hrs!
Sometimes new companies don’t have all of the time we marketing people like to allocate to a thorough branding process. More often than not, entrepreneurs get an idea and a business opportunity and they (and I) work fast to crank out some marketing materials to present themselves in the most professional way possible as quickly as possible. And so it went Friday afternoon. And today (3 business days later – would have been 2 if it weren’t for the holiday weekend), our friend Alan picked up his and his partners’ new business cards, still hot from the Fedex truck, and headed directly to his meeting with a new prospect.
More great press in American Art Collector
The July issue of American Art Collector magazine came out today and featured a story about Anne Neilson in the SOLD! section. We are getting such a great response from AAC readers to Anne’s Angel Series!
Wonderworld Website Live!
I am excited to announce the recently launched website for Wonderworld Film + Video. This was a fun, challenging project with a great team! Colleen Taylor and I worked with Dorne and Ivi on initial concepting, planning and research. I handled the graphic design, but Colleen and her partner Ben Wilson were responsible for the rest of the masterminding, programming, and implementation. Ben programmed the site to include an interface that allows the folks at Wonderworld to upload new videos and update the site themselves. Good stuff!

Thanks also to the very wise Kirk Fannelly and Joey Richey for their consultations.
Art Open House at Dilworth Artisan Station
Lots of talented artists, including several of my lovely clients. Check it out!













