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World Vision Acts | A Place to Find & Share Your Activism

Posted on March 26, 2012 by admin

http://www.worldvisionacts.org/

http://www.worldvisionacts.org

Are you an activist fighting and praying for justice? What is your mission? What is your story? Who do you support and why? The World Vision Acts team has created a way to share stories and create awareness in order to take action and promote justice. Now is the time. Create Resources. Take Action. Tell Your Stories. Focus on Justice with other Activists in community. Get involved. It’s contagious.

Use your creativity to change the world.

http://www.worldvisionacts.org/pages/what-is-act-s

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Preschool Campaign Graphics

Posted on March 7, 2012 by admin

Preschool Campaign Graphics

Tiles for Tots Preschool Campaign Graphics

Preschool Campaign Graphics

Sunset Christian Preschool, University Place, WA

Campaign Graphics can go a long way, especially when you are fundraising in the community. This campaign was done to raise funds for University Place Presbyterian Church for the 2012 Playground this Spring.

I designed full color brochures for display in the church. There was a tiny playground model covered in a glass case and a glossy poster with 3-D renderings to give the viewer an idea of the future outdoor playground structure.

Along with the brochure, there were web graphics, blog articles, facebook posts, email campaigns, etc. all in an effort to sell tiles! Each tile is $40 and will go toward the cost of the soft, safety surface that the playground will be built upon. If you would like to donate to this playground, visit www.UPPC.org and purchase a
Tile for Tots!

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Logo Design | Tuscany Coffee Drive-Thru

Posted on February 29, 2012 by admin

Logo Design | Tuscany Coffee Drive-Thru

Logo Design | Tuscany Coffee
Logo Design is an essential part of your business! I designed the logo and signage for Tuscany coffee in Lakewood, WA while I was employed at BCRA in Tacoma. This logo is one of my favorites. I used a Sharpie marker to hand write the letters a few times, then I scanned them into the computer and used Photoshop to put them in place and edit the colors. I selected a color palette for branding, complimentary colors for the words: coffee drive-thru, and I worked with various background shapes for signage details. The most difficult part about this project was tracing the letters in Adobe Illustrator and making them into a vector image after I scanned it. This is a requirement when you submit your logo to the signage company, so they can easily cut out the letters using their fancy software and laser cutter machine. You are providing them with a logo template that can be scaled to any size for use on stationary, t-shirts, signage, banners and more! For all of those items, a vector logo is the way to go. Another popular and necessary logo format is a jpg. Saving your logo design to a jpg works well for the web, on applications such as facebook, blogs, flyers, websites, etc. It’s smaller and it’s not editable. It’s basically just like a picture, with a white background. If that pesky white background is an issue, save a version of your vector logo as a png – then you won’t have to deal with that white little box! Logo design is so important when starting a business. Be inspired!

Logo Design on BeHance

Stop by Tuscany Coffee Drive-Thru in Lakewood!

Need a logo design? View entire portfolio on BeHance to see samples of other projects!

Posted in Portfolio | Tagged Branding, Coffee Drive-Thru, design process, graphic design, Lakewood, Logo Design, Nancy Archer, Signage, Small Business, tacoma, university place, yellow bird press | 2 Comments

Wedding Invitations and Special Event Graphics? I Do.

Posted on February 9, 2012 by admin

WEDDING INVITATIONS

EVER WANTED SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL & CUSTOM FOR YOUR WEDDING OR EVERYDAY EVENT? INSPIRED INDIVIDUALS WELCOME.

There are so many brides out there who want an easy process for their wedding invitations and wedding day graphics. I have years of experience working with brides to bring their vision to life. I can design an invitation that is completely custom. I like to use envelopments. The envelopes are very classy, high-end and elegant. There is such a beautiful variety of color schemes to choose from. These days, it does not stop with wedding invitations. There is potential for your own wedding website or blog to highlight your special day. Our new company merges creative writing with graphic design to inspire not only the small business owner, but the individual, the every day person, the bride, the new mom, the family member celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, the birthday party, the every day event that wants to be recognized. Well thought graphics and creative writing can highlight any event – both in print or on the web. I love it when everything matches.

Here are some of the items we can create for your event, based on your personal style:

Wedding Invitations
Wedding Programs
Wordpress Blogs/Special Event Websites
Facebook Page for Your Event
Save the Dates
Custom Invitations
Thank You Cards
Posters (24 x 36, mounted)
Table Number Cards
Seating Charts
Menus
Slide Shows (from birth to present day)
Creative Writing
Poetry
Photo Restoration
Photo Collage (Mounted Board)
Photo Air Brush
Custom Graphics for Favors (such as a wrap for a box of chocolates)
Custom Photo Books
T-Shirts
Pretty Much Anything You Need

You don’t have to have a business to get benefits of fabulous design. You just need to host an event and we will help you get there. View my portfolio on Behance…

xoxo
Nancy

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Church Camaign Graphics

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin

Last Fall, our church team gathered to come up with a simple, sophisticated way to present the Bible to our church that also supported our vision to Learn, Live and Share the Story of Jesus. Its purpose and goal is to have members and friends of UPPC reading the Scriptures together in a planned, prayerful, purposeful way. I think it’s important to come up with a name that will stick, and GODaily was the catchiest title I could think of to capture the audience. This was my design process:

1. Meeting with the executive team to discuss vision of pastor: “everyone reads the same scriptures daily, together.”
2. Brainstorm simple ways to communicate the concept to church guests.
3. Get buy-in from team on the concept of “GODaily” or GOD, daily.
4. Create rough concepts of my artwork, research stock photos
5. Finalize colors, textures, text, & social media execution
6. Work with video tech team and web team to launch campaign
7. Develop printed materials with daily scriptures, printed in-house
8. Work with ministers on their vision for children and youth
9. Produce banners and mounted posters to support theme around church
10. Produce graphics for Sunday screens during worship

The end product was a success! Visit UPPC to see how it works!

Posted in Portfolio | Tagged banners, Church Campaign, church communication, church graphics, church portfolio, design process, graphic design, mounted posters, social media for churches, tacoma, university place, washington | 2 Comments

UPPC Legacy Campaign & Historical Wall Mural

Posted on January 31, 2012 by admin

UPPC 2012 Trusteeship Campaign | University Place Presbyterian Church.

In addition to my new home-based graphic design + creative writing company, I am currently employed as the Director of Communications at UPPC.

Responsibilities include: graphic design, editing, art direction, branding, advertising, social media and printed in-house publications (weekly bulletin, postcards, flyers) developing communication systems for the staff and congregation.

UPPC is located in University Place, WA.

Purpose of this Campaign: To raise funds for the annual church operating budget.

Creative Process: Our design team collaborated about a historical theme for this campaign, which included restoring photographs from the UPPC archives, producing a 20 foot Historical Wall Mural and a brochure to match the campaign branding.

This mounted mural display is in the center of the stairway as you walk into the building. Bold colors and modern imagery add a unique contrast and frame historical sepia photos.

Printing, mounting and installation by our printing partnership, SuperGraphics.

I have a passion for restoring antique, historical photos that tell a story from the past. We used a collage timeline, ranging from past to present, concluding with life-size cutouts of members doing recent mission work. Visit UPPC.

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