Easter's Coming..

Hey guys!

So after a few weeks of knuckling down with greetings designs (previews to follow), I gratefully accepted an invitation to design the Easter Celebration flyer for our church. I wanted to make a slight steer away from the more 'feminine' look that many Easter designs often encompass - but if you know me, you'll know that in my opinion Easter colours are to die for (I just LOVE them) and naturally I had to include at least one ;-) 

Easter is a beautiful time of year, not only with the first blooms and beautiful pastels, but with the greatest love story of all - The Son of God freely giving his life in place of the lives of so many of us retched sinners. This time of year is, in my opinion, the MOST beautiful. 

And so if by any coincidence any of you Loughborough bound on 31st March, come and hear the greatest love story of all time!

What I've been working on..

I've definitely fulfilled my design quota for this month (after a whole lot of time off taking advantage of all things Christmassy) but here are some of my favourites from January...

 

 

(Gold foil replaces the black in the designs below)

            

and they SOLD!!!

So the day finally came - My first sale!

These designs were sold to Berwick in the US of A - they supply designs to places like Walmart, Target and other big chains - so keep your eyes peeled stateside people, you may even see these in a store near you next Christmas!

Thanking the Sovereign Lord for his grace, today as ever.

Something a bit new

I've been locked away (not quite that literally) working on a number design collections over the past few weeks. Here's a sneak peak starting with my first go at some traditionals - MAN do these ones take a long time!! Excuse the 'liney' photographs.. there was a slight iPhone injury this week. Poor little thing..

                                                     

                     and some fun ones (the first time I've drawn a living thing in about 3 years.. be gentle)...

and to finish, something else I thought I'd have a go at, some general everyday geometric ones ...

Happy Thanksgiving

Our friend Nicole is very a very lovely american lady and threw us the most glorious Thanksgiving dinner yesterday - I'd without a doubt be a lot heavier than I am now if I lived over there. This one was just something for her. Wooden pegs, painted, and clipped onto a homemade wire wreath - 52 stars and 13 stripes all in. Happy Holidays to all in the US!

Lines for the Lord

I'm not going to lie, I love being a young creative in my church - I get all the best jobs! On the first Tuesday of every month people from our church come together to pray for people around the world - and I got the fun job of designing this slide to publicise it. 'Global Prayer' changed it's name to 'Network Prayer' after I'd completed the design, but the event remains the same - a group of people who  love Jesus coming together in prayer for those taking his story to the ends of the earth.

Back to the blog

Those who know me will know that 2012 has brought with it many new things in the life of Laura Jonas. 

A new home, a new Nephew, a new job and even a new last name, So after a long and eventful summer and in the theme of all things new of course I had to re-jig my blog to fit in with my new life!

After landing, pretty much, my dream job in October as a freelancer in the greetings world, I felt it only necessary to give the blog a spring (or Autumn) clean and get back to showcasing what I do best - making things! Be it designs from work, or the crafty fun I get up to in what spare time I manage to savour - you'll see it all here first.

So to begin here are some sneak peeks of some designs I've done so far for Inspire by Design LTD.

Until next time ;) ...