Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Feb 9, 2012, 5:32 pm
I've been working on this little campaign starting with the logo and invitation and now I'm on to adverts and event graphics. It's been fun to create and see it come to life. I made the little pennants and a mega phone from paper for the invitation..now were onto corsages and centerpieces. I love th...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Feb 1, 2012, 2:08 pm
I'm loving this collection of WPA posters from the Library of Congress. Even though most of these posters were made many years ago, they still seem relevant today. The collection contains over 900 posters. The original silkscreen, lithograph, and woodcut posters were produced between 1936 and 1943 a...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Jan 27, 2012, 10:44 pm
Love this calendar created by Studio Lin for Bamboo, a New York and Tokyo based fashion house founded in 1998. This is there secoond annual cat calendar, featuring cats dressed in exact miniatures of their ready-to-wear collection. Each month was blind embossed for a subtle effect allowing the cat...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Jan 24, 2012, 12:47 pm
I'm so excited!! Over the weekend I purchased a wee little Letterpress, The Excelsior Kelsey 5x8 Victory. For being at least 100 years old this little guy is in awesome shape. I was pretty lucky to find it right here in Portland, Oregon even, Yay! I'm taking some baby steps to grow my card business ...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Jan 19, 2012, 3:51 pm
Letter to Jane is an independent arts magazine for the iPad by Tim Moore. Based in Portland Oregon! Giving artists an unfiltered platform for them to share their personal creative work and ideas without compromise. Their unique approach to publishing has been recognized by The Guardian, MagCulture, ...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Dec 14, 2011, 2:14 pm
Pillow BoxHey there! Just wanted to share with you a few free downloads for the Holiday's.  My sister company, Modern Handmades creates a line of cards for Snapfish and I've used some of the art to make a little holiday pillow box and gift tags (1 & 2) . Happy Holidays! xo Yvonne Gift Tags 1Gift Ta...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Dec 13, 2011, 3:37 pm
... pretty special events. One was the Portland Bazaar, hosted by Grace ... Shearer, CD of Weinland Creative. “ The iPhone is gently enclosed in ... mid-century bedside iPhone clock! The Cdock™ was never intended to ... iPhone, but rather to enhance the implied design elements already pres...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Dec 12, 2011, 6:40 pm
There's a new Facebook campaign for Converse that will allow fans to design their own Converse, sell them to their friends and even own their ... sales people for their brand," he writes. "Converse has some 40,000,000+ Facebook ... with which anyone can design their own Converse. So what if you w...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Dec 9, 2011, 2:40 pm
This is awesome, yeah for Ice Cube and the Eames. “This is going green 1949 style, bitch.” Love it!
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Dec 9, 2011, 2:23 pm
Well there’s an app for that! Ha ha! Unstuck is an app for your iPad that “combines personalized digital tools with tips and know-how from a community of other people who are facing stuck moments, making it easy to get on-demand coaching whenever you need it.” Really? That’s kinda cool, who�...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Nov 29, 2011, 6:53 pm
Israeli illustrator Hanoch Piven makes some fun crazy faces! His work evolved and by “accident” with his Saddam Hussein piece he developed a style that has caught the attention of many clients including: Times, Newsweek, Rolling Stones and more. Combining found objects and sometimes food w...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Nov 19, 2011, 7:01 pm
I love the story of Studio H. Founders/educators Emily Pilloton and Mathew Miller are the creative minds behind the program located in Bertie County, North Carolina. They have created a curriculum that teaches high school students through a design/build of community projects. It’s a different ki...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Nov 17, 2011, 5:55 pm
Swedish artist Nina Lindgren has created some nice pieces. Cardboard Heaven makes me want to look inside every window. It's as if there might be something or someone mulling about within each of the dwellings. This cardboard sculpture isn't little either. It scales walls at a height of 450 cm / 17...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Nov 15, 2011, 4:19 pm
Whether you believe in the movement or not, there some pretty good posters circulating around lots of different towns.  Occuprint showcases posters from the worldwide Occupy movement but they're not the only ones. Here are a few of my favorite... Alexandra Clotfelter  R Black Lalo Alcaraz Tano Je...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Nov 15, 2011, 3:37 pm
Kristiina Lahde creates some wonderful work from recycled paper. I really love her collection of altered envelopes and her Hive project featuring yellow pages glued to create intricate new shapes. Her work has received many awards and has been featured in both solo and group exhibitions. Check her...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Oct 19, 2011, 5:20 pm
Hello! It's been a way too long since my last post... you know how that goes... lately I've been teaching a  few classes at Portland State University (one on Storytelling & Narrative and another for Senior Portfolio) on top of working and Portland AIGA I've gotten a little busy...good busy. Anyway,...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Oct 8, 2011, 12:00 am

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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Oct 7, 2011, 5:16 pm
The G-idea Group has some lovely chocolate packaging that they send out each year at Christmas time. They are so special looking, I bet their clients love them! 2011 Promo 2010 Promo
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Oct 5, 2011, 1:22 pm
Pictoplasma is a weekend conference at, Parsons The New School For Design in NYC. The festival takes place November 4 to 5 just before New York’s Illustration Week. The conference invites designers, illustrators, filmmakers and producers, fine and urban artists and character connoisseurs to gat...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Oct 3, 2011, 4:28 pm
Did you know that your average smart phone, tablet and computer can display 16.7 million colours? To raise money for children's charities,  the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has launched a new campaign called, Own a Colour.  Partnering with Dulux paint company they are inviting the com...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 30, 2011, 7:32 pm
Is anyone else feeling overwhelmed with all these options lately? I just went to Delcious yesterday and now you can stack your links. It's pretty cool but I just can't seem to bring myself to do all this organizing and saving in so many places. I do use Delicious all-of-the-time, it's been a great b...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 25, 2011, 7:33 pm
Advice for creatives from Ira Glass by David Shiyang Liu Via Nice Type
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 25, 2011, 6:50 pm
Love this piece by Naomie Ross, she does a great job introducing letterpress. Be sure to check out some of her other work, she's super talented! Letterpress from Naomie Ross on Vimeo.
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 22, 2011, 2:08 pm
Love this campaign by, A Friend Of Mine . The concept evolved around the theory of ‘process’ for the VCE Season of Excellence. The hand cut diorama's look awesome both in small format and the larger signage. The identity had to translate in both a 3 dimensional and 2 dimensional environment...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 20, 2011, 12:01 pm
Yuko Takada Keller designs using tracing paper and wire. The work is light, transparent and moving. Some of it is beautifully suspended and others grounded, but each piece embraces a dream-like state. It's all quite lovely. “ Tracing paper has a transparency and an untransparency.I'm interested in...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 19, 2011, 12:52 pm
This made my morning. Another great animated stop motion piece from Irish Film maker Johnny Kelly. 1. Willy Nelson puts his spin on a Coldplay song (who knew he was still kicken?) 2. It's a sweet little stop motion piece 3. Renforces the idea again that sustainability how's it rewards. “ The fil...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 18, 2011, 1:15 pm
I just LOVE these! New York designer Nick Agin created this series of old time Star Wars posters. Feels like the boys posed with an old photographer but then Agin modernises them with simple graphical treatments. So cool. Councilman Yoda! Love the little space ship detail.White on white, lovely.
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 18, 2011, 12:38 pm
Lodon based illustrator, and type designer Sebastian Lester is a very talented man. He has created typefaces and type illustrations for some of the world's biggest companies, publications and events, including Apple, Nike, Intel, The New York Times, The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and JD Salinger...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 16, 2011, 3:12 pm
I really enjoy the way these folks showcase their work. Hat Trick Design certainly has a few tricks up their sleeve and the work they have done for the Royal Mail is no exception. How long can you take to tell a story? 50 YEARS OF THE RSC
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 15, 2011, 1:57 pm
Wow. That's a lot of paper folding! The Move is a paper animation created by artist, Mandy Smith Just an amazing amount of detail and care went into everything, from the set to the interior. Bravo!
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 15, 2011, 1:39 pm
Lee Gainer takes bits of man made material to create unique and some what organic pieces of art. Her medium varies from paper, felt, foil, caps, carpet, metal, plastic, styrofoam, dried paint, beads, padding and cardboard. With these pieces she's rolled them into circles and swirls creating wonderf...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 9, 2011, 2:10 pm
Trendland has developed Paper dolls to promote their new shop. Have you ever seen such a handsome paper dolls before? Illustrator Judith van den Hoek designed these two models, Ryder & Paloma. PalomaRyder He's quite good looking.
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 9, 2011, 12:11 pm
I love street art. Sometimes it's just for the simple graphic and other times for the statement they make. Artists like Alexandre Orion and Moose have have a unique way of creating theirs. Instead adding paint to a wall, they do reverse graffiti or "green graffiti", a method of creating temporar...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 8, 2011, 3:52 pm
JWT London created a new advertising campaign for the National Center  for Domestic Violence using hands to form the typography. This is a clever concept to advocate against violence. Each part of the face looks as if the other part is being held down, making their message even more clear. “Dom...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Sep 2, 2011, 2:06 pm
Argentina illustrator and designer Francisco Miranda has a nice digital style that reminds me of something in the future, yet with a glimpse of the past when it comes to color pallet and shapes. He was just in the group show, Ritual- A New York Exhibition by HONEYCOMB featuring original artwork ...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 31, 2011, 12:19 am
Filipino designer Luisa De Los Santos Robinson, a member from Movement 8 ( a consortium of Philippines' most innovative designers) has created a lovely series of hanging and floor lamps called Dragon's Tail. The sculptured lamps were created using modular paper-folding techniques resulting in beaut...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 29, 2011, 12:44 pm
"Linotype: The Film" is a documentary about Ottmar Mergenthaler's amazing Linotype typecasting machine and the people who own and love these machines today. It's great to see all the old school folks talking about this machine and the passion they have for it. “Linotype: The Film is a feature-l...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 28, 2011, 2:27 am
 Love this. By Improv Everywhere for the Guggenheim Museum exhibition stillspotting nyc. To infinity and beyond! Via Improv Everywhere For our latest mission we constructed a custom wooden lectern with a megaphone holster and an attached sign that read, “Say Something Nice.” The lectern wa...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 27, 2011, 12:06 am
Print handbook has two litle 8 page guides with details about common binding techniques that you can download for just the cost of a tweet. The guides include information on the following binding types: Saddle stitch, Loop stitch, Stab stitch, Perfect bound, Singer sewn, Case bound, PUR bound, Screw...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 25, 2011, 2:08 pm
So the building my studio (The Left Bank)  is in is having a progressive party, starting at the first floor and then ending at the last floor. Luckily there is only 3 floors, but the place is filled with creatives, architects, designers and more. I'm on the 2nd floor and I share a space with an arc...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 24, 2011, 12:23 pm
Inspired by the retro 8-bit graphic, Fashionary used their templates to create these 8 bit graphics (see the whole collection here). I love them. But what I love the most is the Fashionay Sketchbooks! If your just starting out in fashion design or not, these sketchbooks are pretty cool. Tailored fo...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 24, 2011, 11:43 am
This made my morning. Space Travel According to John  is a short film by Jamie Stone and Anders Jedenfors’ . The animation was done using washing-up powder  . I love the dialogue, the kid is pretty awesome! via Motiongrapher
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 23, 2011, 3:55 pm
I've been on and off holiday all month. Just back from San Francisco were I stayed with two of the most hippest seniors ever in their lovely Victorian within the Mission District. My gracious host gave me a wonderful book of patterns by designer Orla Kiely called, Pattern. It's so awesome and filled...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 18, 2011, 12:53 pm
Designed by french artist Julie Gauthron, Hotel Le Crayon is a new and funky hotel opening in Paris (2011) that caters to the creative soul. I'm loving the concept of it! The vibrant colors mixed with vintage furniture and graphic wallpapers look make for a charming combination. I need to visit Pari...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 17, 2011, 4:14 pm
There are some great free photo apps out there for your phone and iPad. Pop Booth is a new one that lets you create photo strips from your photo's and send to friends, post on facebook, or even get them in the mail for a mere $2.99.  It also has a few filters as well. I don't know if they are as co...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 16, 2011, 9:00 pm
Tokyo artist Sagaki Keita has doodling down to the minute detail. With period art as his inspiration he transforms and re-interpreters the original images to create worlds within the worlds. It must take him months to complete a piece. Not only is the detail outrageous but the final piece appear ver...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 15, 2011, 12:47 pm
Canadian artist Laura Bifano has illustrated a fun animal series titled, "Menagerie". The polygonal paintings were inspired by her love for nature and classic video games. The surreal landscapes and sweetness of the animals make for lovely combinations. You can buy all of these prints in her Etsy sh...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 11, 2011, 1:01 pm
WOW! These are amazing! Artist Dalton Ghetti creates these masterpieces from the leads (and on the tips) of pencils. Taking about two-and-a-half years each piece is crafted on the graphite of a pencil without the aid of a magnifying glass. Cool! Type! Love all the colors!Really?!!
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 11, 2011, 12:43 pm
Architect Clémence Eliard and artist Elise Morin created Waste Landscape, "A Sea of Metallic Dunes". The installation, composed of 65,000 CD's were hand-sew together then laid over inflatable mounds to take over 1000 square meters in the Centquatre art space (Paris), and will will be on display fro...
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Cre8tivegirl y. posted an article on Cre8tivegirl - Aug 9, 2011, 8:00 am
Visual artist Carine Khalifé uses the technique of painting on glass with oil paints and Stop Motion Pro to animate the video Blown Minded by Young Galaxy.  "Basically, my technique was to paint on a piece of glass fixed to a light box. I would paint on the glass with oil so that it wouldn't dry...
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