lapine design

Friday, September 17, 2010

This was created for my dear friend Katie, who may actually be the one person in the world who is more obsessed with "The Wizard of Oz" than myself. She even wore red heels on her wedding day and this lovely quote was in the program when she married her husband, Jake last October. Their names and the date are even engraved in one of the bricks.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Designs As of Late

Here are a couple designs that I've been privileged to work on lately.

This marks the 3rd year that I've been asked to contribute to the Festival 5.1K design. I'm glad that I was able to keep with the green concept. I actually ran it last year and felt extremely one with nature.

The A's for Ms. Amber's design were inspired by Balinese puppets that were near and dear to her heart. I'm honored that I was asked to jazz up her current resume.

Fontdue

I thought these were pretty cute. I spotted them at one of my favourite restaurants of all time, Gordy's Hi-Hat in Cloquet, Minnesota. It was just a featured diner on "Guy's Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives" on the Food Network. If you have never been there, you need to go and if you're lucky Gordy himself may even take your order. Make sure you try a bacon cheeseburger & raspberry shake.

Gordy's Hi-Hat

415 Sunnyside Drive

Cloquet, MN 55720

Tel:(218) 879-6125

Website: http://www.gordys-hihat.com/

Camera Obscura

I saw this album cover a couple months ago and thought it looked vaguely familiar.

What do you think? Am I crazy?

Friday, September 3, 2010

A Day at the Faire

Two weekends ago, my friend Makayla attended the Minnesota Renaissance Festival with me. The theme was the Highland Fling so we were in for a treat as the Caber Toss & Stone Throw as well as the Kilt competition were held that weekend. I really enjoyed watching the Scottish dancers and was thankful to be able to sit in the shade for their performance. We both had a bread bowl of chicken wild rice soup under a grapevine trellis and watched jousting and various entertainers (including one rather crude poet. I think that's the opinion that he was aiming for ). I finally found a square parasol and felt so prim and proper to be walking around with it. The only set back of the entire day was that it was so hot. The ice cream cones melted into a puddle almost immediately and the 98 degree weather felt far from what I would imagine the climate to be in Scotland. Overall I think we had an enjoyable time and I will be looking forward to another visit next year. It runs until the first weekend of October. http://renaissancefest.com/MRF/