I meant to post this a few weeks back, but not sure where time goes around here!!
I received the Loxton Lights Festival brochures back from the printer, all shiny and new, ready to entice visitors to the region for the annual festivities and displays.
I currently have a few logo designs on the go. This is one that has just been completed for a new business.
...annette
With an imagination and a good grasp of photoshop some interesting photo concepts can be created.
That's exactly what Erick Johansson a 23 year old student from Sweden has done. He has taken photos and then digitally enhanced them into some impossible situations.
You can view some more of his creativity at his website here.
The Riverland is in good hands when it comes to purchasing a new Holden, Hyundai, Mazda or Mitsubishi or a used car for that matter. Rosenthals have been in the automotive industry in the region for over 100 years and have just built a flash new dealership on the Sturt Highway just out of Berri.
I have just completed the re-design of their website to go with their new state of the art complex. You can view their site here. Here is a screen shot.
I am currently working on 3 logos amongst other things, so will show them too you once they are completed.
...annette
Even though the food producers that rely on the River Murray for water are going through a very tough time here in the Riverland of South Australia, there are some great boutique foodie businesses that are producing some delicious, quality products.
Backyard Bread is one of those. I get great delight in working with new businesses and watching them grow and develop over the years. Backyard Bread started out in 2006 making woodfired and flavoured breads, sliced into bite sized pieces. They make a perfect accompaniment to a savoury platter. Of recent times they have introduced gourmet spreads. Their product is found in an abundance of fresh food and gourmet shops.
I have developed the website for them (www.backyardbread.com.au) so you can discover for yourself their story and what they have on offer. Due to demand they now have a distributor, so don't sell directly off of their website.
For the past 8 years I have had the pleasure to design and produce all the promotional items for the annual Loxton Lights Festival, held during December. I am just putting the finishing touches onto the brochure so I can't show you that just yet, but the website has been updated (www.loxtonlights.com). You may want to plan a trip!!
In my last post we had just farewelled our No 1 son and his girlfriend as they left for a 4 week holiday to the US. They had a great time and have returned safely, having a new appreciation of the lifestyle, food and friendliness that we have here in Australia, and in particular Loxton! It has been interesting to hear all their stories of life in a different country. We do seem to take so much for granted.
Since I started this blog, I have found it difficult to post about personal things as it is predominantly a business blog, so I am in the process of developing a personal blog, so I can share the other side of me relating to (home decorating, gardening, baking, family, friends etc). I will then change this blog a bit too so it just reflects business things. If you would like to know when my new personal blog is up and running, send me a message via my 'Email me' link in the top left hand column.
...annette
The past month has just flown by, with our weekends fun filled with friends and family staying on a couple of occasions, which is great as we then tend to do the touristy things which we don't usually do. Of courses with that comes going out to dinner, sitting back with a wine or two having a lot of conversation and laughs.
A couple of weekends back we visited other friends who have moved to the Adelaide Hills. It was lovely to discover a town and its surrounds where we hadn't been before. Their house is on 3 acres with the house being surrounded by beautifully manicured gardens with lots of English trees...just beautiful! Brought home some lovely home made Raspberry Jam from the area, which was delicious...only lasted a week after we got home!
On the work front, a new logo has been born for a Boarding Cattery in the Riverland....Chateau de Cat. Don't you love the name?
I was privileged again this year to design and produce the Loxton Tourism and Loxton Hotel Coach brochure. This brochure includes some special coach tour deals and is sent to the coach companies along with a sample bag of informational goodies.
Here is this years version.
Last Saturday we were at the airport to see of our No 1 son Adrian and his girlfriend off, who have headed to LA and surrounds for a 4 week holiday. We hope they have a fantastic time.
Needing to redecorate? Take the guesswork out of it by checking out this website Roomle. It is a free online room-planning tool that lets you visualize changes to your living space. You can specify the basic dimensions of your room, begin adding from a list of hundreds of household items, like windows, couches or beds and even smaller decorater items. The layout editor has both 2D and 3D views so you can view the different perspectives of the room. When your happy with your design you can save it as an image to begin that process of redecorating!
You don't need to sign in to play around with the designs but if you want to save something you will need to just sign up to a free account. Very simple.
...annetteAs many of you would be aware, I live at Loxton in the Riverland of South Australia and most of the work I produce is for businesses within the region. We are very fortunate to have a few beautiful gift shops in Loxton which cater for so many different styles and tastes. Buying presents or something for the home is always very enjoyable! Evolve on Terrace is one of these shops which also incorporates a florist. It is located at the top of Loxton's main street, East Terrace. I have started the first stage of their website, which gives an overview of their business and a lovely slideshow of snapshots from their shop. The second stage will incorporate online selling. You can visit the website at www.evolveonterrace.com.au
This is a screen shot of their home page
and a few snapshots of some of their products.
Another website I've just completed is for Ezfmobile, which is a basic mobile phone with large numbers and text, large keypad and an SOS emergency button. The phone has the A-tick of approval which means it can be sold in Australia. Many phones on ebay and on the internet etc don't have this A-tick and are illegal to be sold in Australia. The phone is unlocked so it can be used on any plan. Visit the website www.ezfmobile.com.au and see for yourself.
And to finish, a photo of our beautiful Claret Ash tree that is in it's autumn mode.
and the old wheelbarrow I have by our backdoor has been planted out with pansy's which are just starting to come into bloom.
...annette
Firstly, I hope all you Mum's out there had a lovely Mother's Day and that you were able to spend it with those that are close to you.
We are very fortunate to have our 2 boys living close by, so we had a lovely lunch with them and their partners at Dan's place. I received 3 consecutive prints which they designed, printed and framed for my office wall. They matched the blue colour of my suede wall perfectly. Here it is
If you follow my blog you may remember early last year I created a logo and stationery for Simply Beauty, you can see the post here. Anyway she was sharing space with another professional but has now moved out on her own and wanted to change her colours from bright green to a charcoal/silver.
The background of the stationery has a textured chrome look and they are printed on gloss stock. The picture doesn't really show this, but here is the new look stationery.
Houseboat Escape is a luxury houseboat, moored at Paringa, just out of Renmark in the Riverland of South Australia. It's modern decor and attention to detail is a credit to it's owners who had the boat built to their specifications. I have just completed a website for the boat, so check it out yourself at www.houseboatescape.com.au
...annette
It's been so long since my last post that it was hard to know where to start!
Since that time, which has been waaay to long, we've have celebrated my Dad's 85th birthday, friends 21st, 40th and 50th's, escaped on a sisters weekend, painted our son's picket fence (all 413 pickets) and welcomed a new puppy to our family. That's what I can remember anyway!
On the work side of things, a few more website have been created and others re-designed. The ones I will feature in this post are 2 in which I had originally designed a few years back and it was time to give them a fresh new look.
The first being Berri Caravan Park. This park is a resort style park which has so much for the kids and adults alike to do. Their accommodation in my opinion is second to none, offering very modern 2 and 3 bedroom cabins along with many other choices. You can visit their website at www.berricaravanpark.com.au Here are a couple of screen shots.
The other makeover I have recently completed is for a delightful bed and breakfast accommodation in Loxton called Mill Cottage. This charming 1920's villa with it's 4.5 star rating ensures that guests receive a high standard of accommodation. You can discover more at www.millcottage.com.au Here are a couple of pictures to tempt you.
A few weeks back we welcomed our second sons new brown labrador puppy into the family, Cooper. Our first son Adrian has a 3 year old labrador, Marshall, so there has been some fun and games when they have both got together. Both our boys live in their own homes, but the dogs come around regularly for visits and even stay the night sometimes. (not together yet though!).
Here is Cooper
And here is Marshall and Cooper. Marshall doesn't get to lay down in peace when Cooper is around!!
Aaahhh, that feels so good to have done a post. I'll try and get back into routine again of doing a regular entry.
annette
Driving through our Australian landscape is usually met with a colour scheme of mainly greens, browns and golden yellows. I came across the below images of Dutch Tulip fields...amazing.
With
more than 10,000 hectares devoted to the cultivation of these delicate
flowers, the Dutch landscape in May each year is a kaleidoscope of giddy colours as the
tulips burst into life.
The bulbs are picked and sold as bunches of cut
flowers in florists and supermarkets.
More than three billion tulips are grown each year and two-thirds of the
vibrant blooms are exported, mostly to the U.S. and Germany .
In the first picture, an extraordinary 60 million tulips can be seen coming
into flower.
On the work front a new logo has been created for a fitness program for kids called 'Kid Gloves'
And the shiny new brochures arrived yesterday
As I live in a regional area it takes a little longer for latest release movies to hit our theatre but one movie I'd been hanging out to see was 'It's Complicated'. We had it showing here last night so a friend and I went along. What a great, fun movie. Although I was surprised by the ending!
...annette
Sorry to those of you who keep looking to see if I've added anything new! I have been very poor at updating my blog of late, but as I was munching on my cereal this morning an email arrived with some very creative paper cutouts. I figured that would be a quick and easy post to put up...enjoy! There were no credits in the email as to who has created these.
And my favourite...
Life here at That's Graphic has been busy (hence the lack of posts!!).
Here are a couple of new websites to look at:
Henstschke's Transport and Loxton Retirement Village
...Annette
One of our sons, Daniel, is a qualified furniture/cabinet maker employed with a local business. He has always loved making things and also has a good eye for design. He has his own home now and over the past 12 months has enjoyed renovating many of the rooms and building an enclosed deck.
He has now set up his shed with equipment to be able to make some things in his spare time. He was recently approached by a local retail outlet to make some compressed quilt hangers.
There are many wood stained hangers out there but those with shabby chic quilts might be interested in these Antique white ones he is making. They are a simple design which goes with today's minimilistic type style. Here are a couple of pics, one with the different sizes and one just to show how the quilt is held.
The compression quilt hanger is designed to hang your quilt, wall hanging or tapestry firmly across the width of the hanger. The material is held securely between 2 pieces of timber that are compressed together by tightening the knobs. Your quilt will not come into contact with the screw thread of the knob, ensuring that your quilt is not damaged. The back piece gets screwed to the wall with screws and fittings that are supplied with the hanger. The screws will not be seen.
These hangers are available at Vaughans Shoe Store and Sewing Centre in Loxton or you can send me an email (under my 'about me' heading in the left column) and I can forward you my son's details if you are interested in some.
The quilt hangers come in three sizes, 900mm, 1200mm and 1500mm and there are 3 x 60mm screws, 3 x 50mm wall plugs for brick walls and 3 wall mates for gyprock walls also included.
As a graphic/website designer my website is a great marketing tool for me and so I like to try and re-design it once a year to keep it looking fresh. I actually find it really hard to design for myself, I much prefer to design for other people!!! Anyway the time had come once again, so I spent the first few days of 2010 giving my website a facelift. Here is a screen shot of the front page.
To discover more about what 'That's Graphic' does, please visit my website at www.thatsgraphic.com.au
...annette
