REBRAND + WEBSITE LAUNCH :: JB Knacker

If you are like me, you love to go looking for good junk! I love vintage finds and I am always inspired when I go shopping at an antique shop, garage sale or vintage store. As you can imagine, I had a blast rebranding JB Knacker. This adorable vintage shop located in Gilbert Iowa, has a variety of neat finds from furniture, home decor items, vintage artwork, season and unique handmade stuff! If you have an weekend open and are looking for the perfect find for a project or just want to look around, its a great place to shop and a fun project to work on. Jumping into this rebrand, we knew it needed an update but still a vintage farmhouse feel without feeling dated. I took a hand drawn vintage approach for the look. I designed a floral illustration to pair with the watercolored faded logo and sub mark that is incorporated in different areas of the brand.  

Lucky Star Market

Lucky Star Market is a place where both emerging and experienced artists, designer, crafters and vintage collectors can set up their own "shop", showcase their talents and meet their customers. We are a "pop-up", seasonal market launching in Ames, Iowa to encourage and support creative entrepreneurs, inspire Central Iowans to shop locally and bring a truly unique experience to the Ames area. I have had the opportunity to work with Jody Bennet, market founder the last two markets and work along side her as the co-director. I have gotten to work with her and a small team of others to help execute both the spring and holiday markets. In addition to designing the new logo, I have helped with the postcard design, poster + signage design and social media organization. I also set up my own little pop up shop for DillyLou for these markets, showcasing my Chalkshop. 

Giveaway time

IT'S GIVEAWAY TIME! We have a special Valentine's day gift for you and your bestie! We are giving away TWO of these "you are creative" DillyLou designed mugs, each with a Root pretty balm. Simply follow us on Instagram and you can enter on our post HERE! Good Luck!

FREE Valentine Printable

In just 5 super simple steps, a short list of supplies & your favorite Root Pretty Balms (a.k.a. lip candy), you will have the prettiest Valentines around! Any & every gal in your life will love these adorable valentines + this sweet treat for their pout. 

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

Root Pretty Balm 

Scissors

Exacto Knife

Double sided tape

Washi tape

8.5x11 Cardstock Paper- for Valentines

8.5x11 Regular Copy Paper - for Envelopes

STEP 1: DOWNLOAD + PRINT

Start by downloading our free Valentine pdfs:     VALENTINE PDF     ENVELOPE PDF

PRINT: Use cardstock paper for the Valentines and regular paper for the Envelopes. You will want to print these double sided and make sure your printer is set to print “actual size"

PRINTING TIP -There are 2 PDF files to print:

1. The Valentines which have two pages for the front and back (two fit on one 8.5x11)

2. The Envelopes for the Valentines which have four pages (front and back for two envelopes, one side per page) The envelopes have four different designs and you can mix them up to be the front or back as you choose! 

STEP 2: CHOP CHOP

Cut out all the pieces and carefully use the exacto knife to cut out the rectangle where the Pretty Balm rests. 

STEP 3: ASSEMBLE THE PRETTY

Insert Pretty Balm in the cut out and apply washi tape on the back side of the Valentine to ensure it stays in place.

You can choose from a variety of shades of Root Pretty Balm on Root’s website at RootPretty.com. These buildable lip balms leave your pout moisturized with 100% natural and vegan ingredients. They are the perfect combination and blend of a lip balm, lip gloss and lipstick!

Root Make Up

I wanted to share about my journey with Root make up. Root is company based out of Waverly, Iowa (my hometown, woot!) that makes all natural, gluten free, vegan, mineral make up - free of toxins and fillers. About 1 year ago, I started using Root products and I have not gone back since. Not only are they affordable, they make my skin feel amazing. I have truly been impressed by this company and their products and the new ones they continue to make. They also have some adorable marketing and that is always a plus for me!

A few months back- Root announced they were having their 2016 Root Model Search on instagram. They were looking for 1 Spokesmodel and 10 Root Models to represent them on instagram and share about their products. I decided to enter into the contest with my selfies and give it a shot. I have never taken so many selfies in my life...seriously. This contest was intense and took a couple months with 6 rounds to narrow down the search. Starting with around 500 entries and finishing with 11 ladies. I feel so honored to share with you that I was chosen as 1 of the 10 Root Models. I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to represent such an amazing company that does not sacrifice quality in their products.

Below are some of my photos used for the contest and my video for the final round. You can also see my tutorial video here. I had a lot of fun being creative with these videos and had to quickly teach myself how to edit in imovie.

So what does a Root model do?

I share my root selfies on my personal instagram, post about products a few times a week and sometimes get to work on extra specials projects. (like Root Valentines)
This has been so fun and a natural process for me as it's easy to share about things I love.

If you are interested in trying Root make up you can find their products at Rootpretty.com. Check out their Pretty Blog where they share tips on Root products and feature different make up tutorials. They also have some awesome videos showing their make up color swatches. (especially helpful if you are looking for a certain color)

For any new customers you can get 10% off with my code- Just use "haleigh" in the promo code when you check out. :)

Wedding season

For all you newly engaged couples, here is an overview of a few of my favorite wedding suites. I love creating unique wedding stationary for couples on their special day.

Interior Design Background

I wanted to share a little bit about myself and my background in design. I actually did not go to school for graphic design, but have a BFA in Interior Design from Iowa State University. Doesn't seem too much different, considering some of the graphic design projects I work on are created for an interior space. (Chalkshop) I also have a portfolio of interior design work I have done over the last few years. Here is a few of the spaces I had the opportunity to design.