#12 Photoshop Fun

In honor of my niece's, Grace Frances, 5th birthday, I decided to have a little photoshop fun.  Yes, my niece is a pug; to family and friends we know her as Gracie. She has be a little rascal since my sister and her husband got her five years ago. In dog years, she is 35.

My lovely sister posted this photo of Gracie on Facebook. I thought it was so cute, but I decided I wanted to have a little photoshop fun with this adorable photo. I had to change things up.

To the naked eye, both photos look exactly the same. After I did the first one I kept messing with the coloring some more and achieved the second one which is a subtle difference.

Happy Birthday Gracie!!!!

#11 New Year New Look

With the end of 2011 just around the corner, I decided to make some changes to our blog. You may ask, why red when your logo is blue, grey, and black? I could try to come up with a good reason like Christmas is around the corner or I am going with the colors of my old alma mater, Ole Miss. But the bottom line is I love the color red. I have a red sofa and red love seat in my house. The car I had in college was red.

I think the deep red of the background and the blue of the logo go well together. Red is the color of passion and it is a warm color, while blue is cooler and more relaxing. If you want to put meaning in all this, I think in means that although I am laid back and chill about life, I am still passionate about design, photography and art in general.

#10 Photoshop

I have been practicing my photoshop skills. I wanted to try somethings with the coloring. I love how it turned out. Here is a before and after:

Before:

After:

#9 Holiday Designs

Evening all,

I have been working on some designs for cards for the Holiday Season!!!!! Enjoy!

 This is a folded card. Folds to 4 x 6.

 Flat card: 5 x7

 This is a folded card. Folds to 4 x 6.

I will be working on some more.

#8 Dill/Ellender Wedding Part 2

Good Morning All......

I have finally have been able to get the rest of the images of the paper goods on my computer. The wedding took place September 30, 2011 at the Pavillion of Two Sisters in City Park in New Orleans, LA. The Bride and Groom hold a dear place in my heart. The Bride, my cousin, is more like another sister to me; she is also one of my best friends.

Below is a picture of the Bride & Groom, (Mr. & Mrs. Barret Ellender)

I wish them all the best in the future.

Marci, Lindsay (my sister), and I have been really close all our lives, so I was more than happy to work on all the paper goods for Marci's wedding. I had fun meeting with Marci to discuss design ideas for everything I did for her.

Because she had me doing most of the paper goods for her wedding, she decided it would be much easier for her to order her wedding inviations. After those were ordered, that is where my fun started.

I find it easier to work closely with my clients so that they feel that they are a part of every aspect of the design.

Wedding Favor Tags
The first thing I did for her was her wedding favor tags. Her wedding favor was Roman Candy. Roman Candy is something unique to New Orleans. You can find it everywhere in our city.

 Font of Card with their initials.

Inside of the card with a message from the bride and groom.

We chose the same fonts the were used on her wedding inviatations. These fonts were then used on every paper good we used.

The colors used were the colors of her wedding. Green and purple. The images don't do the colors justice. The paper she selected was a pearlized paper. The paper and the colors of the ink worked beautifully together.

She kind of told me she wanted some kind of design arround their initials. So I began to mess with different ideas to make that design. I found a font and manipulated some of the letters to create the image we came up with.

The Programs
To make everything uniform, the fonts, colors, and decoritive elements were taken from the wedding favor tags and used on the programs. These programs were a huge undertaking; they were very time consuming.

Word to the wise, don't get a program printed from every person invited to your wedding. Most people don't think to take them and those that do, don't keep them.

Marci saw something at a bridal show that she wanted......A fan. She didn't just want just any fan, but a mulitipage one. It worked too.

 As you can see, it was six pages of text. She chose the paper and rivit. I think the green colored pearl rivit added to the program

 This is a close-up view of one of the pages.

 Close-up view of the names of the bride and groom done in the same font of the wedding favor tags.

 The same initials and design element used on the wedding favor tags.

The Place Cards
The final element I did was the place cards for the rehearsal dinner. I used the same fonts and design elements from the wedding favor tags and programs.

All in all, I think everything turned out great. I wish the happy couple all the best.

#7 Dill/Ellender Wedding

I have been designing a lot of things for my cousin and one of my best friends, Marci. I will be posting more later one.

My sister, mother, and grandmother threw her a Bridal Lucheon to help out some of the elements together. Our main focus was the Programs, which was a huge undertaking. We made a little bit over 300.

The Program

The bride wanted a program to be a fan since she was having an outdoor wedding at a botanical gardern in September (which is in less than 10 days). She saw something at a Bridal Show and had to have it. The program consists of six pages.

More pictures to come...

#6 The Process...

Step 1. The creation process begins with a n email consultation. Our goal at this time is to understand your vision. Maybe you know exactly what you want, or possibly you only have a feint idea. Either way, the more detail you can provide, as well as a description of your likes and dislikes, the better.
 I will also request that you share what items you plan on ordering.

Items to Consider:
o Save-the-Dates
o Invitations
o Event guide for guests
o Maps
o Programs
o Menus
o Table Numbers
o Bar Menus
o Favor Tags & Stickers
o Rehearsal Dinner Invitations
o Thank you notes

Step 2. After the first consultation, an estimate will be provided before the design process begins. Every event is unique, and as we create custom designs and items for each person, our pricing is unique as well. You will be emailed a PDF contract with pricing based on your design concept.


Step 3. Once the contract has been reviewed, signed, and returned, the design process will begin! The first draft of your design will be emailed to you as a PDF for you to review. We will provide 2-3 options. This is the time to make edits or design changes.

Step 4. Once we have updated your design, we will email you a second PDF file to approve and edit.

Step 5. A final draft will then be sent for approval. At this time you must “sign off” on the final draft by faxing each page of the design with your signature. Any changes beyond these two editing rounds will cost an additional $50.

Please proof your designs carefully during each step of the process. Once you give final approval, Mayet Graphics is not responsible for formatting and/or typographical errors on the final product. All errors, including spelling, punctuation, layout, format and typestyle, are the full responsibility of the client.

#5 Web Design

I am keeping my fingers crossed; I may have found a web design course. Lets hope it all works out. I don't want to say anything else till I know for sure. I have tried to teach myself with HTML for Dummies but it was all like a foreign language.

I think I need someone to say and show, "This is how you do it," but then again. I may need to look at the book again.

#4 The Dugout Sports Lounge

I did a logo for a sports lounge for my cousin's friend. The sports bar is The Dugout Sports Lounge in Monroe Cite, MO.

I came up with three different logos, and this is the logo I came up with. It was nice to do something that I had a little more creativity.

This is the logo I designed on a coozie. I think it came out great. A sign for the outside of the bar has been ordered. I can't wait to see the finished product.

#3 Logos

Here is some more of the work I have done.

The first logo, Geodyssey Contracting, was for a construction company specializing in highway construction. This client wanted something different from another logo I designed for Jeff Lasseigne Construction which is featured later on in this post.

S.E.T.: This client didn't really know what exactly they want. I decided to make it look more businesslike. I chose blue because of two reasons. First, blue is my favorite color, and second the color blue is a calming color.

Jeff Lasseigne Construction is one of the first logos I had ever designed. The client wanted something masculine; he was also a huge fan of the New Orleans Saints. So I thought why not use the colors black and gold. The colors contrast each other. The gold stands out against the rich darkness of the black. It took a little but of twicking to get the cold to print right on the black.

As you can see, the logo was incorporated in various ways: (1) The letterhead, (2) business card, and (3) a t-shirt. We also did a baseball cap and something for his trailer truck, which stays on his construction sites.

#2 Our Work

Two blogs in one day....

In this blog, I will show you some of my previous work, but if you would like to see all of my work just visit .

This is an invitation that I did for a friend who was giving a "Honey Do Dat" shower. It was a cute idea. It was a shower basically for the groom. The theme was the New Orleans Saints. Guests were asked to wear the gameday gear.

This is our own logo, in the beginning stages. As you can tell, I added words to it to show what types of work I do.

These are images of my business cards. As you can tell, my favorite color is blue and I love the pattern I have on the back of my business cards.

This is all for now. I will be posting more things later. Enjoy!!!!

# 1 About Us

Mayet Graphics is a freelance graphic design firm. We do everything from logos and branding to invitations and announcements. Pricing is based on how much work I put into your project. If you visit are facebook page you find pictures of the designs.

I am working on the design of this blog. More stuff will be up shortly as we move along. Bare with me as this may take some time. In the mean time, why don't who visit our Facebook Page.

This blog will be our website for the time being. I am looking into taking a Web Design class so that I can not only have my own website but to have the skills needed to further my career. I will let everyone know what that happens.

I will be sending the above image out on postcards as mailers to drum up some business and get my name out. If anyone has any suggestions about marketing please let me know.