Run for the Hills!
Annual Run for the Hills 10K Logo Design for Beyond Boobs!
~October 12, 2013
Run (or walk) just for the health of it!
Over 600 runners and walkers will hit the Warhill Nature Trail in Williamsburg, VA, for a challenging Colonial Road Runners’ Grand Prix Event that really gets the heart pumping. In collaboration with The Health Journals, this active event is a great way to support breast health and your own.
REALTOR incentives
Builders: Don’t forget to offer REALTORS incentives to sell your homes.
Here is a great example of a REALTOR incentive from Quality Homes of Currituck. We set it up as an over-sized post card so that it can also be mailed.
A calendar to Live By 2013
Purchase your copy here -https://www.beyondboobs.org/cart/featured-products/2013-a-calendar-to-live-by.html
Just for Fun
My nephew Tyler and his wife Erin welcomed their first born; Summer Marie on April 10th, 2012. Here is the baby announcement that i designed for them. Is she a cutie or what??
Client Spotlight> Homestead Garden Center
ABOUT THE CLIENT:
Perhaps the best kept secret of Williamsburg, Virginia, the Ulster American Homestead is a family owned and operated garden center serving the local gardening community since 2006.
The Ulster American Homestead Garden Center is open all year round and takes a particular pride in the service and personal attention they provide for all their customers. The plants on offer are sourced from some of the best growers of shrubs, trees, annuals, perennials and herbs in the region and upon arrive at the garden center the quality control, care and presentation are very much in evidence.
Family friendliness is a trademark of the garden center, and this family whose historical background is firmly rooted in the great Ulster-Scot’s migration to America in the 18th Century encapsulates this feeling with the description of their garden center as a place “Where Traditional Roots Grow!”
Ulster American Homestead Garden Center
4191 Rochambeau Dr
Williamsburg, VA 23188
757-566-0404
www.homesteadgardencenter.com
Business Hours
Mon-Sat 9am to 6pm
Closed Sunday
SCOPE of WORK:
Website Redesign, custom wordpress site with client ability to edit
Client spotlight>Mark Scheett Photograpghy
ABOUT THE CLIENT
Mark Scheett is a Lifestyle/Portrait/Wedding photographer living in Hampton, Virginia, with his wife and best friend, Donna, who doubles as his Studio Assistant and his second Wedding Day Photographer. They serve Hampton Roads, and the surrounding areas.
Mark Scheett Photography is the perfect photographer to capture the special moments and events in your life for you and your family. They are available for Engagements, Weddings, Portrait (individual, families, pregnancies and seniors), and Special events such as Promotions, Retirements, Parties or any other memories you would like to capture.
What’s Up?
I’ve been engrossed in some big projects the past few months ( which I can’t wait to share with you all! ) and have been behind in making any updates to my blog. So, instead of featuring one client this month I am posting a small taste of different projects that I have worked on over the past month. Enjoy!
Client Spotlight> East Beach Photography
ABOUT THE CLIENT:
East Beach Photography was established in 2008 by Lee Rosenberg as a full-service photography business covering Hampton Roads, Virginia (which includes Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Newport News, Hampton and Williamsburg). Wedding and engagement session coverage extends west to Richmond and north to Yorktown, Gloucester and Mathews.
Photographic services include weddings and engagement sessions; individual, family and high school senior pictures; reunion and event coverage; sports photography; band and musician portfolios and commercial website images.
East Beach Photography is located in one of Virginia’s premier new urbanism communities. Situated right on the Chesapeake Bay, East Beach with its pristine sand dunes, great water views and stands of old live oak trees is the perfect setting for photography. No wonder many of Hampton Roads’ best wedding and high school senior portrait photographers come to East Beach for photo shoots!
Client Spotlight > Beyond Boobs!
ABOUT THE CLIENT:
Beyond Boobs!® is a breast health, not breast cancer, organization with a focus on health and wellness. (They have several chapters located in the Hampton Roads area.) They promote “breast health action” rather than “breast cancer awareness.”
Support Function
Under our mission to provide a support system for young women diagnosed with breast cancer before menopause, our goal is to love and support these young women back into health – body, mind and spirit. Cancer affects all three areas, and the effects can last long after the surgeries and treatments are over.
Education Function
Under our mission to provide breast health education for all, our goal is to offer a unique approach to inspire and encourage women, even young women, to take charge of their breast health and practice early detection techniques.
The breast cancer awareness campaign, which now owns the month of October, has brought much needed attention to the breast cancer crisis, but mere awareness is not enough. Our focus is breast health action 12 months of the year so women go beyond awareness of breast cancer to actively practicing early detection techniques, our best weapon against this disease. We know that fear, denial, lack of knowledge and busyness are four roadblocks that keep women from practicing the life-saving early detection methods of monthly breast self-exams, annual mammograms (at least at 40 years old), and annual clinical exams. We combat these four roadblocks by providing breast health education through attention getting approaches such as:
We welcome all who wish to join Beyond Boobs! in our mission of hope for the future, inspiration to overcome, and power to thrive.
To learn more about Beyond Boobs visit their website at www.beyondboobs.org
Client Spotlight > A Barefoot Bride Boutique
ABOUT THE CLIENT:
A Barefoot Bride was founded on the idea of having an exceptional special occasion or event that is within everyone’s budget. Our boutique is a smart and green way of doing business. We enjoy giving everyone the experience of buying high end apparel for all occasions at an affordable price. We have something for everyone whatever the occasion and if we don’t have it when you stop in we will make every effort to find what you need.
Joyce L. Martin, Owner
118 E. Mellen Street
Phoebus, VA 23663
757-788-8812 or 757-817-1746
http://www.bfbride.com
Client Spotlight > Hornsby House Inn
The Hornsby House Inn in Yorktown, VA
ABOUT THE CLIENT:
For three generations the Hornsby House has been a center of hospitality in Yorktown and has welcomed hundreds of visitors to the area.
The freshly renovated Hornsby House Inn bed and breakfast welcomes you to the heart of Yorktown. Its five luxurious bedrooms feature private modern baths and many special amenities. Linger in one of the formal yet comfortable common areas, relax with a cool drink on the porch, or take just a few steps to walk the sands of Yorktown Beach. It’s a short, scenic drive to Colonial Williamsburg, Busch Gardens, Jamestown, and more.
3 easy rules for logo design
Always Vector, never raster
If only i had a dime for every time some one said to me, “Just use the logo from my website.” Let’s talk about why this is always a bad idea.
The image you see on the left is a raster image. On the right is a vector image. See the difference?
treyStone, INC. is proudly embarking on their fifth anniversary
Five years ago this May, Tracie Hawks formed treyStone, INC, a small business that provides professional graphic design and website design, for small business, non-profits and corporations. Little did she know that five years later treyStone, INC. would grow to what it is today; a flourishing, customer-oriented company that truly cares about its clients.
Owner and Creative Director, Tracie Hawks Hawks emphasizes that “Customer service is key,” and is humbled that the majority of her business comes from word of mouth and return business. Hawks relishes the relationships with her clients and strives to make their businesses grow through good design and marketing.
Bronze Award for Best Graphic Design
treyStone, INC was awarded a ‘Bronze Award’ for ‘Best Graphic Design’ for their design and layout of ‘A Calendar to Live by, 2011‘ in the Retail/Wall Calendar category, from the Calendar Marketing Association 2011 National and World Calendar Awards.
Tracie Hawks of treyStone, INC has been working with beyond boobs! for nearly 5 years and has designed their ‘calendar disguised as a breast health manual’; a Calendar to Live By, for 4 years. In addition to designing the calendar, Tracie also creates all of their marketing items and recently redesigned their logo.
To learn more about beyond boobs! visit www.beyondboobsinc.org
To purchase a copy of A Calendar to Live BY visit their online store.
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