Today I delivered these hand-painted signs to Cafe Rouge Restaurant. I can't believe that I have been creating various signs and invitations for this event for TEN years now! Think Pink is a festive night put together by the chefs at Cafe Rouge and Kermit Lynch wines... an evening with a special menu celebrating, and complementing, rosé wines! August 11th - Think Pink! … [Read more...]
Tea Time – Molly Hatch
Today seems like the perfect day to share a wonderful project that I did for Lola Home Store. It is pouring rain and I feel inspired to make myself a pot of tea, which I always serve in my cherished cups and bowls by Molly Hatch! Lola Home Store is a gorgeous local shop offering unique and beautifully designed items for the home and personal use. The store also hosts inspiring … [Read more...]
Punch Drunk Love
I always have fun working with Marsha McBride, the owner and chef at Cafe Rouge Restaurant (& Meat Market). She has a fantastic sense of humor so each project is guaranteed to make me smile. Here are two of the pig characters that I created for Cafe Rouge's house wine label some years ago. Over time we've been able to adapt these funny illustrations for all sorts of things; … [Read more...]
Special Delivery!
I wanted to share this birth announcement that I created for a friend/colleague. It is inspired by a wedding invitation design that I did, featured in Brides Magazine, last year. The theme was "vintage schoolhouse" printed on old school paper, mounted to old file folders, and packaged in manila envelopes. The look had such an old fashioned sweetness about it... also perfect for … [Read more...]
Happy Roasting!
I just finished creating this project for Cafe Rouge Meat Market (and Restaurant). It couldn't have been a more perfect project for this time of year... a Meat Roast-Timer! Marsha McBride the chef/owner of Cafe Rouge had found an old promotional piece (circa 1950's) from Little City Meats, a traditional butcher shop in San Francisco, and wanted me to create something similar. I … [Read more...]