Sorry Isn't Good Enough

Can I make a mid-years Resolution?

I, Jessica Herbig, will NOT let moving get in the way of my blogging,
OR my work that I need to do to blog about it!

That being said, here's what I've been working on!

What is BC^2 you ask? Well.......

Brown Chicken Brown Cow!
(Say it, you know you want to! Bowchicawowwow!)

My cheffy friend in Coeur d' Alene started a competition BBQ team, to compete over the Father's Day Weekend. And they're good. Really good. I'm drooling thinking about pork butts and ribs and steaks and...and...and...yeah, you get the picture. And because he's cool like that, he wanted the logo to be vague, so that when someone asks (like you did) what BC^2 stands for, his 3-man team can sing out, "Brown Chicken Brown Cow!" Good luck boys!

~Jess

TWIG'S WINNING DESIGN

Oh my gosh... OH. MY. GOSH. Yep. Gosh.  I came for a week to babysit my parents dog while they went on vacation, then we found out Nate was getting laid off...so I prepared to be there until we got the travel trailer moved to a new location. Well, week after week the layoff wasn't happening, but I kept staying here, not wanting Reagan to be shuttled back and forth so much.   UGH. It's been a month, give or take, and the trailer is now here but Nate is working in Washington until Mid-May. Alone. We're staying in the trailer...in...GASP...Clark Fork. Nothing like home, right?

Right now I'm sitting in front of the library stealing hi-speed wifi so I can finally blog, and Reagan is being a good boy reading a book in the back seat! 

Now the real reason I wanted to urgently let ya'll know about. Or is it y'all Jana? I dunno, either way, this is the sweet sweet design Jana from Twig won in my first giveaway. It's for her Vintage Whites Market happening in Somers, MT in May. Check it out if you're in the area. Should be a good time! And the exciting thing is..I THINK I'LL BE IN THE AREA!! WOOP WOOP!

And here it is!

No New Projects = No New Inspiration!

The ho-hum days of design. I should have a ton of side projects to work on.....but I really don't. Why? Because it's been one of those months...The type where Reagan is teething and testing authority to the max, and I have no energy for anything else at the end of the day.

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What's in the works with me these days...

Graduation Invite

Personal Business Card Design

A SINGLE Newspaper Ad

Ho...Hum...

I am HOPING in the next few days/weeks/months to get some baby shower invites to design!

I need someone to let me design them a LOGO. I LOVE LOGOS. And the academic geek in me wanted to follow that statement with (AND ETHOS....) But I didn't. Why? Because have you ever heard of an academic artistic design-minded individual? Well now you have. 

And for fun...I will probably redesign the blog. So if you come here, and it's completely different, don't freak out and call the FBI, I'm not missing, just playing hide-and-peek.

Oh, and one last thing..I'm going to house-sit for my parents and their monstrous 100 lb. german shepherd, Gauge, for a whole week. In the event that I make it out of it alive, you'll hear from me after next week, because my parents live in a place with no cell phone service, and the slowest internet connection in the world. I bet Antarctica gets faster service than them. But it's gorgeous! And if it's sunny then I will hike with Reagan and the dog and take lots of pictures to show you upon my return!

Did Ya Miss Me?!

Sorry for the tardiness! THIS cute little peanut is the reason. Meet Adrian Xavier Torres, my sister's new addition to the family! (P.S. can't see it too well but check out the fabric on this chair I'm sitting in. My mom's in the process of recovering and restoring it, because she's a genius with upholstery, and i LOVE it! I'm going to design some wallpaper like it!)

I intended to just go up for the weekend to Idaho and visit the family and relax and enjoy a standard sized shower...then SURPRISE there my sister was with the Peanut, so I had to stay! And over a week later I decided to leave before my parents were overloaded with 2 little boys in the house.  Here's my inspiration this week (BUT NOT THE ONLY REASON I'VE GOT BABIES ON THE BRAIN!):

This is my little man Reagan with his new cousin, Adrian. Despite the sheer look of terror on his face, he actually really dug his cousin. When we were patting his back, (Peanut's, not Reagan's), he would truck on over and try to help! Or try to launch him from Adrian's bouncy chair while he was hanging out in it, or whatever he could do to get into trouble!

On a fantastic side note, I visited my old adviser at the college I went to in Coeur d' Alene, and was offered a part time teaching position in the Graphic Design Department! Stay tuned for details on that little gem of information!

Change is in the air People!

Hello everyone from LOVE{R}LY DESIGNS. I thought it was time to try out something new, and this is what I came up with today after much thought.

 What do you think?  Here is my vision...

Me: (walking into a print shop to get my logo thrown on some paper) "So what colors do you have on the press today?"

Press Dude: "They're sweet. I've got 377 and 227 all inked up and ready to go" (For those of you wondering if I've lost my marbles, those numbers are PMS 377 and PMS 227, the Pantone Matching System, which is a way of insuring that when you go to two different print shops to get something printed, they can match the color EXACTLY so you don't end up with brown and blue from the same design. Sweet, yeah? Oh, and 377 is olive green, and 227 is a magenta, my two fave colors of the moment together.)

Me: "Sounds good to me."

I like the spontaneity of not having set colors for my logo. There's just too many ways to combine them all!  I'm going to have to have a really strong brand though to get away with this.... hmmm, something for me to think about as I start throwing work out there! 

So let me know what you think about this, or any ideas you have for my exodus of rebranding.

Love you guys, thanks for reading!

Jessica

Great Graphic Design

Of COURSE "G" is for Graphic Design. There's other things, of course. G-roller, Gangsta, Gangly Gaggles of Geese, but for ME, GRAPHIC DESIGN is tops! I know, hard to beat Gangsta, but I sure try!

Absolutely

Graphic Design

I love everything about it. The colors, the possibilities, even the textures! Oh my gosh, like a homemade cotton paper that feels so silky and GLAMOUROUS, or the magenta and olive color combo that drives me wild! I love paisley and stripes, and everything nice!

So "G" is for Graphic Design. And a fun little fact. Did you know that GREEN is a color people either love or absolutely hate? There's not really an in-between for most people.

I'll end it with this cute little number from littlelionstudio.com. It's AMAZING!


I'm participating in Jenny Matlock's AlphabeThursday! Check out her blog, it's super cute and full of all the stuff most of us think but rarely say, plus some stuff we don't!

Finalized Filling Station T-shirt Design

Just got the go-ahead for this T-shirt design. And the cool place that its for is worth taking a look at. They don't know I'm sending you to their website, but it's a very very worthy cause and it benefits the youth of the small town that I'm from. My little brother and sister call that place home, as well as 90% of the kids middle school thru high school. It's called The Filling Station, and you can find them here. Again, that's right here.

Go check them out and learn more about them, and if you feel moved to donate to them, all the better! Mark and Pen are good friends of mine. They baptized me in the Lake when I was 16, and have been a part of my family for even longer than that. They have a heart for the youth of the small community of Clark Fork, and any money donated to them goes towards finishing the youth center.

I am participating in Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday. Check her out!