My Senior Project

I finally came to a conclusion about my senior project. For the people reading this, and if you know me at all, this will not come as a surprise. I am planning on creating a bakery/cafe. This will NOT be like Starbucks. It will have coffee and baked goods but it will feel like your walking into someone's house.

There are 3 reasons why people go to a "coffee house."
1. To re connect and or grow in their relationship with their own self
2. To re connect and or grow in their relationship with a friend, loved one, or stranger
3. Lastly to enjoy yummy coffee and the occasional baked good!

I want to create an atmosphere that will enhance the relationships we have, whether it be with ourselves or another person. After all the most important valuable things in life, do not carry a price tag.

My store will be called:

Baker's Treat

Our summer

I realize I've been very bad at keeping up with this. Instead of blabbing on and on about my summer thus far, why don't you look at the photos below to see what we've been up to!


We got a puppy! Meet Reece...the biggest excuse I have for not updating this...


...we celebrated 2 wonderful years at Cork and Cleaver...


...went to Dave...


...found a cake that best represents the color of our house (chocolate pistachio cake)...


...had our first group gathering at our new home...


...we've been to several weddings (wedding 3 of 6 this summer)...


...enjoyed lots of healthy, colorful, summer foods...


...lastly (for now) we are dealing with an on going process of training this "little" guy!

What I love about our house...

...there are lost of things, let me share with you what I love...

I am growing veggies!

cilantro and chilies



green beans



there's one!



zucchini and mint



Wildflowers!



pretty little ladybugs can enjoy my chives



beautiful petunias will be blooming soon



the backyard is huge
(looking out)



(looking in)



our front yard




Lastly, I LOVE, that my toes are home :)

Sadie

I decided to name my company Sexy Sadie. I tried to stay away from using the "sexy" word, but I think it works. Here is my logo:


Each woman represents a Beatles Song. I dressed the women according to their personal in the song and gave them nicknames that go with the song. The nick name is the curly font. I also added elements from the outfit to the end of the curly font.

Sexy Sadie


Michelle my Belle


Dear Prudence


Penny Lane


Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Big moments...little things

This key opens the door to our very first house! We will be moving into our home in less than a week. I couldn't be more thrilled to start the next chapter of our lives together. Taking photos of "the little things" are my most favorite photos to take. Hence the photo of a key. They mean nothing to others, but mean more to me than one could ever imagine.

Sadie

For Graphic Design IV we have to come up with a fashion line name, logo, website, magazine ad, and 5 different outfits that all tie into the identity of our company. I wanted to call my fashion line "Sadie." I am basing the name off of the Beatles song "Sexy Sadie." This fashion line will be for upper-class, sexy, single, working, women.

I've asked some of my aunts to take a look at my sketches and fabric swatches to make sure I was on the right track. I will post my fashion illustrations as I complete them.

Here is the logo I'm working on.



Does that logo say upper-class, sexy, single, working, women?

Illustration Pieces

Here are some of my Illustration pieces from this semester.

This poster was designed for the play King Lear, by William Shakespeare. The theater department on IPFW's campus asks every spring Illustration IV class to design 3 posters for the 3 plays that will be held the following year at IPFW's William's Theater. We were asked to get into 3 different groups, based on the play we wanted to read then illustrate. This was the first assignment I've done mainly all in Photoshop. I did not win.



This was a poster that I made for my individual project. I desided to illustate 2 different design styles of Tylers cousin's band. They are called. Erin and the Elders. This project was also done mostly in Photoshop. This design style is the trendy grunge. The next and last poster will be a swiss style. I'm really excited about the next one!