I just returned from the Women in Sustainable Ag Conference (WISA), followed by a glorious vacation. Now that I’m back, I’m cultivating relationships with all the wonderful people I met. The business cards I acquired make this an easy task. Which leads me to ask, what do you think of business cards? Do you still […]
visual communication
Award-Winning Heritage Homes Hosts Art Auction
Photoshop actions are one of many tools in a designer’s box for creating communicative art. Here I’ve taken a photo I used in this post, merged it with two more photos, tweaked here, colorized there and with the help of an action—violá—I’ve brought spring’s watercolor to my message. Now let me promote communicative art of another kind—real watercolors. Communication with real […]
Drink Up! With Michelle Obama
On Thursday Michelle Obama visited our little ol’ town of Watertown, Wisconsin. That morning my daughter called to say she was able to get tickets to the event—did I want to go? Of course! Politics aside, I’m a big fan of the First Lady. I like her choice of initiatives and she’s a very classy […]
Visual Communication is an American Right
In case you haven’t noticed, my wonderful state of Wisconsin is in a bit of turmoil. I’m being rather facetious here, because unless you’ve been vacationing on Mars since February 11, you’ve certainly witnessed much more than you want of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget repair bill. But no matter from what side one views this […]
Church Design Matters
Church design matters…at least hundreds at the HOW Design Conference thought so. In a recent posting in Church Marketing Sucks, guest blogger Michael Buckingham writes of his exciting opportunity to present a church marketing and design topic at the HOW Design Conference. For those of you unfamiliar to the industry, HOW is a leader in […]