I had the pleasure of meeting a lively dog owner named Renee and her dog Booger. Renee was kind enough to rescue Booger from the side of the road and give him a home. She later learned he had numerous health issues (shotgun pellets in his heart) and a special needs diet. She decided to [...]

Recently I was commissioned to create a custom logo design for a women’s apparel company in San Antonio. They wanted something whimsical featuring a monkey and type and color that were “Tiffany’s” inspired. I was able to create “Henri” our French monkey friend using my wacom tablet. It was definitely the most elaborate and detailed [...]

Upon taking a family camping trip to the Texas Hill Country, we were given a litter bag for the waterfront portion of our cabin. But it did not look like an ordinary trash collecting bag. I fell in love with the use of bold yellow and bold black Helvetica font used here. The simple, concise [...]

When traveling to my ranch in South Texas, I stumbled upon an old Dr. Pepper machine. It was old, dilapidated and sitting in front of an old house, as if it served a purpose, almost guarding their front door. It had huge buttons (9″  or 10″ x 3″ish in size) for each soda. It made [...]

I love….no…correction..I adore strolling the isles at liquor and wine shops. There is such a consistent variety of logo and package design. The textured papers, branding, gold leaf and illustrations used really help drive a certain uniqueness home. This one really captured my eye. It took my husband a minute to find the “14″ in [...]

I have to give the designer credit . They definitely got their point across with the oh-so-subtle use of replacing the “B” letter form with an actual “butt”. The delicate shading offers just the right amount of definition. In addition: The “Relief for the Un-happy Butt” tagline….really makes me want to buy a box or [...]

First of all, I apologize for the poor image quality. My husband is staying at an apartment in Singapore and I asked him to take pics of interesting typographic displays. He sent me this picture of a label placed in the bathroom: “How to use the toilet”, showing a man standing (a very important step [...]

This weekend we took the kids to a small watering hole here in Texas. I found this “Jim Hensen / 1996 / Number 7″ preschool toy neglected in the dirt. It looks unassuming – as disgarded trash, but I had to take it with me and give it a home. It’s not often you find [...]

I was shopping for shorts for my freakishly-small-waisted husband (30″), when I came across these ornate, vintage labels/clothes tags. It made me fantasize about how that client/designer meeting went… Ol’ Ralph (to designer): “Design something fabulous and antique-y.” (Slams a small briefcase of about $20k on the table and walks away.) Designer: “Fabulous, right away.” [...]