on solid ground - a pretty new design

 

i realized that i haven't shared a new design in quite awhile - i'm still trying to find the time to update my portfolio with over 30 new designs, but i have been too too busy!  so today, i thought i would share one of my new favorites - on solid ground.  sarah came to me looking for a blog design for her vintage rental business out of minneapolis minnesota.  she was an absolute pleasure to work with!

i am currently finishing up a design for her husband kyle as well - anyone that loves argyle in their design is completely awesome in my book!  so keep an eye out for that design coming up soon too :) XO, lindsay

ballistic gypsy - a blog design makeover

i thought i would share a new design with you today that i created for the lovely becky of ballistic gypsy!  i had so much fun working with her on this design and am super happy with the end result :)  her creative ideas were fabulous and right up my alley needless to say.  anything involving feathers makes me happy!

if you are interested in a blog design makeover, logo design, or any other kind of design feel free to contact me scenicglory{at}gmail{dot}com - you can visit my design site scenicglorydesigns.com for my current rates and portfolio examples **currently under construction - contact me for over 30 more designs**

i heart design - my recent creations

travelgirl

 living aloha

 the life of a lioness

lily love

i have been busy creating new designs these last few months and thought i would take the time to share a few of my most recent portfolio pieces.  the girls that are the voice behind all of these blogs were so amazing to work with...i am the luckiest girl ever!  

if you are looking for any type of design work feel free to visit scenic glory designs and contact me!  **please note i am working on updating my portfolio with about 30 new designs...if you would like to see more examples of my work feel free to email me scenicglory@gmail.com :) XO

social fizz - a creative studio

my hubs and i are just about ready to launch our creative studio social fizz.  it has been a work in progress for the last 8 months or so and thank goodness we are almost set to go.  we have combined our two strengths - unique marketing ideas combined with social media strategies and outside of the box design creations.

our goal is to help small business shine and engage with their customers to the fullest potential!

developing the creative look for social fizz has been such a fun process for matthew and i.  here is a quick look at what i have designed so far...

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the best part about this design is that i was able to create it all through blogger.  we want to show future clients that blog based websites are not only affordable, but a great way to engage with your customers!

i'll share more on our progress soon!  we have to finish up our site and create business cards too!!  happy friday!! XO

pretty little things come in small packages

 i did a post not too long ago on my packaging for the scenic glory shop and thought i would share a few more.  the packaging is my favorite part of the whole process.  i think the feather printed muslin bag is my favorite with the pattern tissue paper wrapped in sari coming in second (the scenic glory jewelry is inside!)

i also took a few photos of the recent prints that were ordered...the dream catchers are my favorite...i really need to print one for myself!!

 have a beautiful holiday weekend.  matthew and i are going to a wedding tomorrow and plan to sit on a blanket with a picnic basket under the fireworks on the 4th with friends...i can't wait. XO, lindsay

ps - click around and visit some of my fabulous new sponsors.  i am so excited for this month! 

be the change - free digital download scenic glory print - one day only!

hello lovelies!  i wanted to do something a little fun and different with my new scenic glory print.

i just created this 8x10 "be the change" print and am offering you a free digital download for one day only!  all you have to do is leave me a comment with your email address below and i will send you a high quality PDF file that you can print and display wherever you would like.

there is no limit to how many i will be emailing today so feel free to spread the word to anyone else that you think may  be interested in this print!!

** all of the scenic glory prints are now being offered as a digital download for only $10 on etsy so be sure to check those out!

hope you all are having a beautiful day!! XO, lindsay

i heart design - a recent creation

hello lovelies!  well now that blogger is starting to act more like itself i thought i would post a recent design i just completed.  katie of away we go contacted me not too long ago looking for a bohemian inspired look.  this is my favorite style trend at the moment so i was particularly excited about this design.

you can get a sneak peak of what it looks like below...since this blogger meltdown happened for some reason all of the design changes i made to her blog suddenly vanished! hopefully it will be up and running soon...at least i got a few screen shots before this happened :)

again please note the new design is not up since blogger currently sucks :)

happy friday to you all!  coming up next is a fun series i have named "road trip around the world"  can't wait to share it!

life is beautiful - a new scenic glory shop sneak peak

happy friday lovelies!  i hope your day is off to an amazing start and i'm wishing for you a fantastic weekend.  later today i am taking a short one day vacation with one of my good friends and staying at a lodge by a lake close to town.  i'm excited and looking forward to taking some beautiful pictures :)

only a few more weeks and the scenic glory shop will be open...my thoughts are that i will open with the prints first and then follow closely with the accessories line!  i am still waiting on the fabrics from india and it could still be another few weeks before i receive them :)  i'm sure they'll be worth the wait!!

until then i will keep up with the sneak peaks...i hope you guys like seeing these along the way!

have a beautiful day and remember...life is beautiful! xo

i heart design - my recent creations

good morning lovelies!  i hope your day is off to an amazing start :)  i realized i haven't shared some of my recent blog design creations in awhile and thought this morning was a great time to share!

 blog makeover for sylvia of sylvia c.

blog makeover for *s of our one sweet world

jessie of sweet little somethings

 blog and etsy banner for chrissy of whimsical poppysmic

these are just a few of my recent designs, i'm currently working on some others and will share those as soon as i'm done :)  be back later with another giveaway...if you missed yesterday's group giveaway post, click here to enter!  also today is the last day to enter the cheers bethani giveaway!

scenic glory shop - a sneak peak

hey lovelies!  hope you all have had a beautiful weekend.  i thought i would share with you a few print designs i have created for the scenic glory shop (opening on june 14th).  i don't want to share them all before opening day, but just a few doesn't hurt right?!?

i have enjoyed incorporating my own handwriting and other graphics/textures that i have never used before into all of these print designs.  these are 2 of the 7 final designs i have created...i expect in the next two months there will be several more added!  XO, lindsay

a new design and some exciting news

hello lovelies!  i hope you all had a beautiful weekend :)  i have been busy creating new designs and i am excited to share them with you soon.  you probably notice something a little different here on scenic glory!  i have been working on and off for the last month on this new design for myself and am happy to finally be able to share it with you all.

also, i am super excited to announce that scenic glory - the shop (online) will be open in just over two months (june 14th to be exact!)...i can't wait to share sneak peaks with you until opening day.  i will be creating unique art prints as well as beautiful hair accessories (you know how much i love hair accessories)....completely opposite i know :)  hopefully this will be just the start, i have so many ideas in mind...now if only i had the time to do it all!! XO, lindsay

oh i almost forgot.  i was sad that i was unable to incorporate the scenic glory photobooth into the front page design, BUT i did create a special page for it and there is a link on the sidebar to view it.  i think i may create a special blog just for the photo booth pics...do you like that idea?

spring window display - the full creation

okay, so my last few posts have included a few sneak peak pictures of the new spring window display i created for stella and i thought it was time to share the full details.

i wanted to keep things simplistic for the large window.  i decided to use one of the dress forms in the shop and create a paper dress out of sewing pattern paper.  at the waist i tied pretty lace ribbon and attached hundreds of strips of pattern paper.

to add more dimension i attached pieces of the paper to the walls and windows.

the smaller window i wanted to be full of color and fun.  this is where i placed the dandelions.  these were made with a styrofoam ball, pink died q-tips and bendable copper piping wrapped with cream masking tape.

to add more fun detail i created a honey bee's nest.  this was molded out of poultry wire and then wrapped with brown packing tape.  i thought the hanging honey bears were a nice touch :)

the pictures of the display always turn out better at night, so i stopped by the shop later that evening and got a few more pictures.

i'm already thinking of some ideas for the summer display...i'm thinking a road trip theme with many more flowers!!  hope you all have a fabulous monday! XO, lindsay

i ♥ design - a snapshot of something new

hello lovelies!  as most of you know i recently started working at home part time to focus attention on my design business.  i have created many new blog designs that i will be sharing with you soon, but for today i thought i would share something a little different.

one of my design jobs is working for a photographer corey rourke who was also our wedding photographer.  i create wedding album designs, but have recently began designing for promotional pieces.  the first being high school senior mailers.  below is my newest creation...the front and back of the mailer.

photo taken by corey rourke

you probably recognize some of the elements i used in this design. i adore these flower graphics and have been using them more frequently in some of my recent posts!

if you are in need of design work of any type (blog design, print design, logo, etc.) feel free to contact me scenicglory{at}gmail{dot}com. i have a growing portfolio and plenty of references to share.  hope you all are having a fabulous day! xo, lindsay



what is scenic glory - a book project

i spent a good part of my day yesterday creating a book for my illustration class.  the only requirements were that it had to be a certain amount of pages, had to include text (a poem, song lyrics, or your own writing) and some illustrations.  lucky for me we were able to create our book on the computer so that's what i did.

i decided to use my own personal writing for this project.  not too long ago i did a post on what is scenic glory?  i took my writing from that and created this illustrative journal.  i will be starting a print shop (stationary, large posters, calendars...more on that soon!) and will be sending this little book with all the orders :)  just imagine a box around each of these pages...haha there is a lot of white space here but hopefully you can visualize what it will look like.  i will take pics of the final product and post soon!

wood block carving - a zebra design

in a recent class we were instructed to bring in an image that we would turn into a wood block print.  i decided on this beautiful picture of a zebra.  matthew and i actually own this painting..it's a large 4 ft. x 5 ft canvas that we got from z gallery!

we had to take this image and draw it onto a wood block then carve out the white area...after we were through we ran the wood block through an ink press and created pretty prints on paper!  this is what mine ended up looking like...

considering this was my first time working with wood block prints i was pretty happy with the result.  i actually took this and printed it on a few shirts as well...so cute!! have any of you worked with wood block printing before?  i'd love to see your work :) XO, lindsay

wedding album designs - the final product

througout mine and matthew's wedding planning process we grew really close with our photographer. so much so that we both have been lucky enough to now work with him.  matthew takes care of certain parts of the marketing and i work on the designs.

my main responsibility is creating the design and layout for the wedding albums.  here are a few shots of the ones that i created. 

these photos and all images used in the design were taken by corey rourke photography

each of these designs are created from scratch and are specific for each bride and groom.  this job is so much fun...i love going through all of their favorite images and telling their days story...there is nothing better!

XO, lindsay