#17 Clone Tool in Photoshop

I know I probably should have posted about this sooner. My grandmother asked me if I could take some people out of a photo. She wanted the couple in the front to be by themselves. I was extremely happy and excited to do this for her.

He made me practice my photoshop skills. I love to be able to help out anyone in my family with the skills that I have. My grandmother was gracious enough to allow me to do this for her. I know she could have go somewhere else.

For this particular project, the clone tool was used for the most part of the project. A lot of hours, on my part, was spent looking very closely at my computer screen. Mind you, this was before I received my 15 inch MacBookPro computer. I did this project on my 12 inch Powerbook G4.

I constantly had to zoom in and out of the image to make sure I wasn't changing anything that needed to be changed. This project made me become very familiar with the tool. I had to play close attention to what was at task.
The photo above and to the left is what I started out with.

The photo to the above is what the finished product looked like. I think it came out pretty good after the many hours spent in front of the computer. My grandmother was really happy with how it turned out.

#16 New Client

I was recently contacted by a roommate from my Disney College Program days. Her name is Donielle Fisher better known to me as Doni. While at Disney we became close. Now she is getting married. I will be doing her invitations and RSVP cards.

How we met..

4 years ago I worked at a very elite hotel spa resort, in which focused on healthy living. So to promote this aspect even more they brought in interns from India and Peru. Giancarlo was one of these interns who got placed as a cook in the kitchen. I worked at the front desk and guest services, in which we provided snacks for our guests. This required me to go into our kitchen to grab fruits and crackers and hummus for our healthy guests. This is where we first saw each other; of course nothing was said as we were both doing our jobs. I sat in our employee cafeteria for lunch one day a few weeks later and he walked over to my table and began to talk to me. His English wasn’t perfect, but he was understandable. After that day, we hung out numerous times, from playing mini golf, to him cooking me dinner, to a road trip to Tombstone, Arizona. Then he traveled back to Peru once his internship was over, and I thought so was our friendship, but I was wrong. 3 years later, after many emails, he came back to Tucson to see me again. And this time we knew we didn’t want to wait another 3 years to see each other again.

The Proposal-

After another 7 months of being apart from each other, I came to Peru to be with him. On the 8th of November he wanted to take me out to dinner at the restaurant in the hotel he works for, called Mesa 18 in the Miraflores Park Hotel.  We arrive at a beautiful elegant restaurant and are walked to a pre-assigned table. Unlike all the other tables ours was decked out with a vase of my favorite flower, calla lilies, and had a heart made of rose pedals placed in the middle of the table.  We ordered a bottle of champagne and a couple main dishes. Along with our food came rolls of bread in the shape of hearts. After we finished our main dishes, we awaited dessert. All of a sudden our song, Ill be there, by Green Eyed Stare started paying throughout the restaurant and 3 waiters walked up to our table, one with our desserts, one with a tray of chocolate covered strawberries and another with a bouquet of roses. At this point, all of the kitchen staff was standing outside of the kitchen watching us break into our chocolate heart desserts. I cracked mine open to fine jelly candies with a string attached to a white gold sapphire ring. I pulled it out and Gian got up and came over to my side, and down on one leg. He grabbed my right hand and attempted to take off my ring. I found out later that it is the custom here to wear the ring on the right hand in Peru. I handed him my left hand and gave him a wink. He told me he loved me with all his heart and wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. And then asked if I would marry him. Of course I said yes! 

#15 Kimberly Detillier Wedding

Mayet Graphics has added another new client (yippi). Kim and I have sort of grown up together. I don't ever remember not knowing her. So to be able to take part in her special day is amazing to me. I will be designing her programs. I am so excited to be about to do this for her.

Below is a picture of her and her soon to be hubby along with their story; it is in Kim's words:

Jordan and I started dating on May 5, 2009. Most people figure we were out celebrating Cinco de Mayo when this occurred, but the truth is Jordan was working offshore and I was at home. Our first date was to Yogi Bear Campground with some friends of Jordan. When we had the time we’d always take mini weekend vacations together. Rewind to May 13, 2011, we were on a weekend trip to Gulfport and when we arrived at our hotel Jordan proposed. The most exciting thing was calling our parents to tell them the news. We’re getting married March 31, 2012 at the Courtyard Marriott in Houma (which is the same hotel Jordan proposed at, just different location).The day is quickly approaching and we couldn’t be happier!


I know the wedding will be beautiful.

# 14 Yvette

2012 so far has been an amazing year for Mayet Graphics and for me. I know I haven't posted and I am sorry for that. Things have been a little hectic, but enough about that. Mayet Graphics has acquired two new clients. I am so excited.

The first new client, my cousin Yvette Adams. She is from Arizona. Over the last few years, I feel we have grown a little closer; this has been made easier with Facebook. I got a call from her recently wanting me to design her demo cd cover. I couldn't be more excited about being a part of this. One reason is that I love that she is following her dreams no matter how big or small they are. So proud of her. Secondly, I love music and hope that one day I could be a part of that world from a behind the scenes stand point.

The photo to left is Yvette; I ask my clients to give me a story about themselves to feature them on this blog as well as on the Facebook page. She did something a little more creative. She wrote the story from a journalistic point of view. 

The moment Yvette Adams hits that first note, you know she was born to sing. Not only does her voice have a soulful quality that has often times been compared to Adele, but the passion she exudes for performing far exceeds her enchanting voice. 

Yvette was born and raised in Arizona. She got involved in acting and musical theater at a young age performing in many local musical theater productions. As she got older, she continued participating in theater. Her sultry voice and sex appeal on stage got her cast as Rizzo in her high school's production of "Grease" and as Kate in "The Wild Party" while attending the University of Arizona. 

Outside of the theater, Yvette discovered the indie music scene,

"I used to go to shows with my friends almost every weekend. There were all these unknown local bands that would play at tiny little venues and we were only 13 or 14 so we'd get our mom's to drive us. We thought we were so cool. At the time I didn't know it, but I think it was kind of my training ground. Watching all those bands perform, I learned what to do, what not to do, what sounded good and what made people walk out of a room."

Once in college Yvette explored other areas of interest, such as French, astronomy and creative writing.

"I was voted most likely to be on Broadway my senior year of high school. It was awesome to get noticed for my talent, but at the same time it didn't feel right. I felt burnt out so I tried, desperately, to find something else to do with my life."

She was unsuccessful. So in the spring of her freshman year of college she auditioned for the Musical Theater Program and made it. It was a very competitive program that required an audition at the end of each year to remain in the program. 

"I learned so much about acting, singing, my body, myself. However, the program was very intense, and the stress weighed on me. The program was structured in a way that it made me second guess everything I did. I over analyzed my acting, my singing, so much so that I started to believe I wasn't good enough."

Yvette was cut from the program after her first year.

"It was a blow. A big one. Somewhere deep down I knew I was talented, but being cut made me second guess my dreams. My worst fear came true, I wasn't good enough. That's when I started writing music. I was depressed, but I was also angry. How dare these people tell me I wasn't good enough? That I couldn't follow my dreams? I decided I would do it on my own terms, sing my own songs, use my own words. That's when music really came alive to me, when I stopped telling the world someone else's story and started sharing my own."

Ever since, Yvette has been writing and singing her own music. She completed her first music video in August 2011 for the song "Your Eyes" and is currently working on completing a demo album, which when finished, will be put on itunes as well as her website.

I couldn't be more happier and prouder of her. Good Luck Yvette!!!

#13 New Client

So far 2012 has been a great year. Just before the new year, I was contacted by a college roommate. She has contacted me about doing her Save the Dates and Wedding invitations. Below is the story of  her and her fiancé in her own words.

It was the summer of 2010, and I had just finished up my second year teaching. Having the whole summer off, I spent it traveling. When I got back to Houston in July, I decided to give online dating a second try. Earlier in the summer, I had tried one dating site and nothing happened. As a teacher, you don't meet a lot of single guys and the bar scene was not my thing. I decided to give Match.com a try. One day, when I was looking at some profiles, I came across Mike's. His profile was different than anybody else's I had read. So, I winked at him. A couple of days later, he emailed. We emailed back and forth a couple of times, and then exchanged numbers. In our first phone conversation, Mike asked me out. Of course, I said yes! But, I offered to cook him dinner instead of going out. He thought that was a great idea, and I went to his house the next night. Basically, I won him over with my cooking! Just kidding! We've been together ever since. Our first date was August 29, 2010. On December 20, 2012, Mike came home from work and I met him in the garage like I always do. He gave me a hug, but one of his hands was in his pocket. Very unusual for him. I was about to ask him why, when he said "I'm glad I'm home. I have an important question to ask you." Then, he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I said "yes!" and started crying. We are getting married on July 22, 2012 and can't wait!!

She was inspired by the paper goods I made for the Dill/Ellender wedding. The theme of her wedding is Texas meets Louisiana. The bride is from Texas and the groom is from Louisiana. The colors are eggplant and white.

I am looking forward to working with these two.