Happy Vintage-y Birthday!

Oh Dad.... we've been through a lot. So for your 50th birthday, I'm going to squeal to everyone in Blogland, yes I said Blogland Dad, it's the place I go when Reagan's sleeping to maintain some sanity in my hectic life right now. Anyways, I'm going to squeal to all of them what we're doing for your 50th birthday! Why am I telling them? Because you aren't computer-savvy enough to find your oldest daughters blog online, so you'll never know!

Here's the invite!

OMG! I just mailed these today.... and I didn't put the DATE on them! ugh!!!!! I double and triple checked everything.

Epic Fail. 

This post just got ruined. I really did just see that and am not pretending for dramatic effect. Dang. Well I'll just have mom tell everyone who DOES call to rsvp that we didn't put the date on there to MAKE people call to find out when it is. That way those that show up on his actual birthday don't get cake. Um, yeah, that's it. Dang.

(Disclaimer: This in no way should reflect on my skills as a designer.... I've had a naughty 2 year old and my anniversary week this week and am a little loopy from it all.)

Nuts over Paisley!

I go through creative spurts. I'm sure I've talked about this before. I'll love a certain style for like, 2 weeks, then find something new to obsess over. This week, and maybe next, it's PAISLEY! woop woop!

Check out this eye candy!

And this! I love these colors together!

 And how cute for a little girl! Pink and black and pops of brown... Screams "Princess"!

This might be my favorite! Brown, sage green, black, lots of breathing space...*sigh*

Pictures Courtesy of Etsy

I won an AWARD?!

Wow. I'm a little stunned. I never thought the work I did for a local furniture company would get taken outside the area...to a regional conference...

A FURNITURE CONFERENCE!

I love furniture. It stems from having to live in a travel trailer that comes completely furnished, so there's no need to buy anything. But that makes me want to! But I digress.

Here's the ad!

I couldn't put this up until it ran in the local paper. The boss man is so funny. Overly Super secretive about sales strategies and such. Confidentiality and the whole bit. But he took this ad with him to a furniture dealers conference, entered it into a "Most original idea" contest and it won! 

Which is a little funny because this ad is normally "Way outside the box" for his tastes and what he wants for the image of the store. He wanted me to change it, and I used the classic words, "You should really trust me on this one". He did, and I'm glad it paid off for him! I'm glad we were able to shake things up a bit and get his store (and me) some recognition!

Be Inspired...BY EVERYTHING!

I'm not working on anything that I can talk about right now...
(Cue the ominous music)

BUT I cruise the internet every day looking for more inspiration. And I find it EVERYWHERE! I find it on shabby vintage blogs, like Twig, or on clothing websites, like Ruche, or even in the graphics in some of the cartoons that my little man "R" likes to watch!

Stuff like this:

Courtesy of Etsy, another treasure trove of homemade goodies

Or This:

Courtesy of Ruche. When I look at clothing as inspiration, I'm looking at the colors and patterns. For example, I made a plaid background for a new project that I may share if it turns out on screen like I want it to in my head, using this vest as inspiration.

Thats all for today. Back to the grindstone for me! Little "R" fell out of bed this morning at 6:30 am, right over his bumpers and right over the side of his bunk, so it's been touch and go with his moods this morning. Lots and lots of love and hands on attention should fix that! *I hope*

Another Filling Station Project

I had a RAD poster to create for The Filling Station Youth Center this week. It was one of those "Um, we have an event on the 11th what can you show us by tomorrow-ish" type of deals. For some reason....I LOVE those projects! Some good work generally turns out from those rush jobs. Here's what I came up with:

Cool right? Notice the new logo in the bottom right corner!!

Yep, that was a previous project. 

Um...and you guys don't know about the food that comes out of the kitchen at this place. IT'S TO DIE FOR! Notice how I highlighted "Dessert Included"??  The lady who normally cooks also cooks on a weekly and sometimes daily basis for an ARMY of teenage kids and she is AMAZING! I've never had anything bad come from her kitchen, and I ate MANY MANY meals there, so I can only imagine what types of desserts will come out of there for this event.....mmmm.

~Jess

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!