Suz Design

After years of telling myself that I would remake my portfolio website, I finally sat down and did it. It was one of those projects that got made...and then remade...and then abandoned...and than frantically remade. It's sufficient to say that overall the process was not pretty. The funny thing is, after months of brainstorming and planning, I really did just sit down one Saturday afternoon and make it from start to finish. I suppose that just goes to show that when you get fed up enough with your own procrastination, anything can be accomplished.

As you can already see, this blog has not been getting tons of action as of late. With the conception of my new site, that's probably going to be even more the case than ever. (One thing they probably teach bloggers in blog school is not to out right tell people to stop reading their blog. But, I'm pretty much doing that, now...so back to it...) Eventually, I will be blogging over at SuzDesign.com. That's a very TBA type of eventually. Don't hold me to a timeline. If I come back six months from now and this is still the only design blog of mine that exists, well, I must have been too busy lying on tropical beaches sipping slushy drinks...ahhhh....only in dreams. In reality, I was probably sitting in a dark room hunched over a glowing computer screen causing my glasses prescription to jump from -4.5 to -5.0....the agony!! When will my eyes stop getting worse? I want lasik so badly!

Realizing that was a tangent.

Anyway, stop by my site. Check out my stuff. If you send me a message, I'll draw you a little cartoon and email it back to you. Tootles!

Sarah + Joel Wedding Invitations

These might be the classiest little invites I ever made. Just call me Ron Burgundy.

A Penny Shaved

My entrepreneurial (definitely didn't spell that correctly the first three attempts) friend, Perrin, has started a new adventure into the world of shaving products. An odd venture, one might think, but I'm willing to bet that in a few months, A Penny Shaved will be your #1 shaving resource website :)

Below is the logo I designed for him. Good luck, P!

Suzy Quilts! Check it out!

Hey Hey! It's been a loooong time. I'm writing this post to let you know that concerning all things quilting I will be using my blog through suzyquilts.com. You can check it out at suzyquilts.com/blog.

But, because this started out as a blog to promote my graphic design, I thought that I would post here the Suzy Quilts logo that did not make the cut.

Tootles!

Summer Flowers Quilt

A little pink quilt for a little girl named Annabelle.

Disclaimer: If you receive a quilt from me, please be informed that my dog probably sat on it. She is clean-ish.

R + T Wedding

Rachel and Tim are two of my favorite people. When they told me that they were getting married, and once I'd worn myself out fist pumping and jumping up and down,  I begged them to let me design their wedding invitations. Thanks, Rach, for saying yes :)

These invites are a bit smaller than average, standing at only 6" and are printed on aspen wood. 

E + C Wedding

pretty little pink invitation. Just the perfect color for a June wedding. Emily's main color is blush pink with accents of poppy, sage, mint and burlap (is that a color? well, the color of burlap). She is possibly the most laid back bride I've ever worked with. She very much spoiled me. I'm sure with that attitude she will have a beautiful and enjoyable wedding day. Congrats, Emily!

Sparketing

About a month ago my husband, John, took the huge (and maybe a bit scary) leap into becoming his own boss. He quit his job and along with an old co-worker he started his own research firm. For those of you who know John it's hard to believe that statistics and research would become two defining adjective. However, he continues to surprise us all - including myself.

Well, with a graphic designer for a wife, I told him that before they made a single spread sheet or pie chart or whatever database they're rigging up, they needed a logo. Here's my contribution to Sparketing - Ignite You're Marketing!

pssst..the last one is the final.

Rainbow Quilt

Happy Little Limes

he sun is shining and somewhere in the world limes are growing. Most definitely not here in Chicago. It looks like the high today is somewhere between "my breath just froze in my mouth" and....dead. With the official record sitting at 9º. With that kind of weather, one has to get creative with their Vitamin C.

R&R Watercolor

After wrapping up an all consuming project (more on that later) I needed something to center me again. Something that didn't include an entire bag of Dove chocolates (prob cause I ate em all) OR a Jillian Michaels scream fest OMG-How-Did-I-Get-This-Out-Of-Shape guilt trip spiral. Something so cathartic that I might actually feel a little zzzzzen...

Two things: being still. and water. (Ick, I'm rolling my eyes at the Buddhist-mass-appeal/horrible irony of someone like me trying to state something like that)

Let me start over. I set up some junk lying around my house and then I painted it. Afterwards, I felt pretty good.

I can't resist a photo op for Scraps. And she loves her new painting. So much that she takes naps on it.

E+S Wedding Invitation

Invitations for a very classy New Year's wedding.

It's hard to tell by my horrible photos, but these invites use beautiful textured creams and shimmer papers. I also lined all 165 of the envelopes in glittery gold paper, so when you open it up...POW! It's a party! Once you break the black satin ribbon seal, the invite folds open and a side flap contains the RSVP Card and envelope, Reception Invitation and Accommodations Card.

Sunshine Quilt

This quilt has become my King Kong. My Moby Dick. My Mt. Everest. My Sears Tower (As an adopted Chicagoan it will always be the Sears Tower to me). Basically, it's the most ginormous quilt I've ever made. This king sized quilt is loosely based on an Amy Butler quilt pattern. I started collecting fabrics for it in May and now that September is coming to a close, so is this project. Phew! I think it will be a while before I tackle another quilt of its magnitude.

Front.

Scrappy kept jumping on the quilt during the photo shoot.

Back.

She's going to be sad to see it go.

Wedding Invite Round 1

Untie the invite to see inside

E + S Save The Date

ack from the dead! I took the summer off, but am back with a handful of Save the Date designs. If you would like to purchase any of these designs, or see them in different colors, just shoot me an email!