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So You Think You Can Dance is one of the best shows available for the summer season. But it’s been a couple seasons where they’ve had dances that I just had to go back and rewatch. Until this season. Until this dance in particular. And the funny thing is - there isn’t a whole lot of dance to it. But that’s the genius known as Mia Michaels - her choreography completely surrenders in style and feel to the music its set to, capturing it perfectly and then adding

My second nephew is turning one! And what better way to celebrate with a fiesta-themed party? With my brother’s love for tequila this comes as no surprise. So when my sister-in-law asked me to start thinking of the invites she said bright colors, paper flags, oh and put a mustache and sombrero on Colin. Done and done. So adorable with just the right amount of humor. And he looks so happy to be rocking that baby stache. We even printed and cut our own envelope liners to continue the paper f

Getting to the movies on time is key for me. And not on time as in before the feature film starts. On time as in early enough to pick out ideal seats, get settled, maybe open up some candy without feeling like I’m annoying everyone around me with the rustling wrappers, and most importantly, enjoying the previews. And then squeezing my husband’s arm when it’s one I’m really excited about. It’s usually the next Hunger Games trailer or Ender’s Game trailer. You k

Art is just a series of dots, or lines, or even pixels. And a true artist will create extraordinary things even with limited resources. And patience is key. This is something I don’t have. Not typically anyways. I’m working on it. This 97-year-old grandpa is truly inspiring. He uses MS Paint to create masterpieces, one pixel at a time. And he’s so darn cute it’s hard not to smile. Plus he was a typographer back in the day! How cool is that? I hope I’m this awesome

Maybe it’s my obsession for sweaters. Or maybe that The Neighborhood mixes genres so effortlessly creating a sound that is not necessarily ground-breaking but at least it’s refreshing and even a bit sexy. Either way, this song has graced my recent playlists. Especially since I’ve been bundled up in sweaters - no matter how hot it is outside - all day in our freezing air-conditioned office.

I’ve been kinda obsessed with this font that we recently bought for our upcoming September issue of Worship Leader. I want to use it everywhere, on everything. But I’m refraining. Because it’s almost too good to be spewed on just anything. Recently I’ve had the honor of working on rebranding one of my good and extremely talented friend’s photography business. I was so excited when he asked to meet about ideas that I already started brainstorming ideas before sitting

I used to be adamant that playing a song on repeat would result in one hating the song significantly faster than if they played the song sparingly. If I really loved the song, I would allow myself one listen at a time. No repeats. I thought this would make my love the song last longer, therefore prolong the joy and happiness I got from listening to it. Kind of a funny mentality, I know, but boy was I wrong. I’m so glad I have changed my ways. A lot of it has to do with that I listen to mus

All I need today is a little bit of coffee and a whole lot of Jesus.” A will admit some days I need a whole lot of both My co-worker/friend saw this quote on a hand lettered 8×10 piece and asked if I could do something with it using typography. In some ways I wish I could do beautiful hand lettered calligraphy to give it that personal feel but I know I could never get it to the perfection of some of my favorite fonts. I did make some of the spots bolder and thicker where the letters l

Along with the invitations for our wedding, I also designed the programs, labels, drink flags, signs, thank you tags, menus, and a bit more. Here are photos of some of those additional things. In order for guests and relatives who may not have known either Jon or I very well, I created this picture-story that started with our parents’ wedding photos, baby photos of each of us, other milestones growing up, and of course big moments in our relationship, including the engagement of course. I