Sam Allen Creates : July and August 2015
So It's the end of October, I do know this, even though I am about to share July and August work with you guys. Be patient with me please
Sam Allen Creates : May and June 2015
I don't know about you but May seems just like yesterday so posting about projects created that month, and in June, seems totally valid. Right right? Even if that's just me feeling that way, you still may like seeing a peek at some of the projects that came across my desk that month. Considering we were gone in Oregon and Colorado for half of May, this compilation is that much crazier to me—and of course still working full time. I definitely felt quite crazy there for awhile, but here's why
Sam Allen Creates : January and February 2015
This blog has totally fallen to the wayside as I have been trying to maintain all these various projects. Monday Musings and Friday Footnotes have been non existent for some time but I hope to bring those back soon along with a monthly, or bi-monthly feature of the miscellaneous projects I've been working on. Between my friends and Etsy clients, there's a lot of random projects that cross my desk that don't really have a place in my Etsy listings quite yet as they are too unique or custom and then other smaller projects for friends that don't quite need a full blog post. Or of course, an Etsy project that when photographed, hide amongst the nearly 150 listings in my shop. Either way, I just wanted to share a few of the fun things I've had a chance to work on, through my shop and on the side. If I haven't said it a thousand times already, I love my work. Love love love it. January This was the most insane month of my life, work-wise. My full time job kept me quite busy with TONS of overtime working on a catalog so lots of early early mornings, late nights, and weekends were
Evernotes Every Friday
1. Tahlia’s Modern Mint + Coral Birth Announcements This is seriously one of the cutest birth announcements I have ever seen in my whole life. See more images, along with the cover, here. Designed by Greenstar Paperie, found via Oh So Beautiful Paper. 2. Evernote Skitch Logo Process Seeing this logo process really added more to my appreciation of this new logo for Evernote Skitch. Designed in house, found via Brand New. 3. Easy DIY Pendant Lamp I've really been loving the look of pendant lights in these past few years, not that I own a single one of course
Evernotes Every Friday
1. Dana Tanamachi at Target Okay, I guess I'm obsessed since this is like the third time in a row I have had to mention Dana Tanamachi
Evernotes Every Friday
1. Star Wars Logo The below image is from 1976's Comic Con! I thought this was only appropriate for this weekend's update! What a detailed post on the process of the Star Wars' logo transformation over the decades! Read more about it on Tenth Letter of the Alphabet, found via Brand New. 2. Euro 2016 Here's another logo process, I love to glimpse into the creative development of these multi-part logos to see what all the pieces truly mean and they were able to simplify complex pieces into the simplest forms. And the pattern they created from the logo deconstructed is pretty neat too! Designed by Brandia Central, found via Brand New. 3. Creative Market Thanks to Nubby Twiglet for the heads up on this awesome online shop full of graphic goodies galore. Check it out! 4. Spraypainted Lace Pattern What a cool idea! Definitely adding this to the DIY list for my bestie's upcoming wedding! See more of the process on Eszter Laki's Behance. Found via I Am Mr Cup on Tumblr. 5. Zoomable Paper Map Oh how I wish the New York map would be ready for our trip next week, how amazingly user friendly and thought out is this paper map! Check out their kickstarter here,
Evernotes Every Friday
1. Flourish Letterpress Wedding Stationery Seriously in love with every piece and every detail in this wedding invitation suite. Printed by Flourish Letterpress, found via the Graphic Exchange. 2. Circus Characters by Jonas Bergstrand Beautiful illustration work by . My eye is particularly drawn to the way patterns are used in the shadows. Found via Brave the Woods, illustrated by Jonas Bergstrand. 3. Want this Typeface: Oaf Can I have it? Pleeeeease? Oaf doesn’t go to art museums or the opera. Oaf doesn’t eat paté, whatever that is. Oaf was painted on a wall by an eccentric Canadian with a paint roller. The result is an unusual combination of straight, evenly weighted strokes and rough, handmade charm. Purchase Oaf here. Found via Good Design Makes Me Happy. 4. Destination NYC Logo It took me awhile to come on board the trend in every changing and morphing logos