Yep! Another fun branding project and logo project from earlier in the year for my friend and wedding peer, Carissa, with Sugar and Spice Specialty Desserts.

Carissa's desserts are a must see. Carefully crafted dessert bars and buffets with meticulously crafted mini treats like salted caramel tartlets, trifles and cookies. She creates cakes and all kinds of pastry fabulousness. Carissa makes this chocolate sandwich cookies that I can't stop thinking about since last she dropped off a little treat box ... my mouth is watering thinking about them!!

Carissa and her staff are known for their clean line designed dessert bars and buffets and visually the sweet presentation does not disappoint! Carissa and I wanted to take that same clean lined approach with her logo. She already had a color palette of black, white and fuchsia and just wanted something clean that could translate into future projects. Can't share the surprises just yet!

Looking forward to the next round of design work with Carissa as she takes her special desserts to the next level! Watch her blog for event posts and upcoming news.

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Super-fun logo project to share from earlier this year! My friend and wedding peer, Shannon with Flourish, started a new wedding blog for the oh-so-sassy Northern California bride called Fancy Pants Weddings.

Shannon is a {beyond} talented floral designer with, like, a billion years of experience and trillions of weddings & events behind her {a little exaggeration couldn't hurt} .... so a chick like her has seen and heard it all! Top that off with a splash of Journalism experience and Fancy Pants Weddings is definitely a fun read.

Shannon wanted a fun, flirty and bright palette for her branding style and logo. We created her alter-ego Judy to be the voice of Fancy Pants. A funny tidbit ... Judy got her name because the first drawing I did of her ... according to Shannon the hair looked a little "Judy Jetson" ... LOL! ... she was right and the name {not the hair} stuck!

Looking forward to watching Shannon's new baby grow and well ... Flourish!!

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Realized this morning that I have never shared any of our branding projects on the SJD blog! Oh, so sad too ... since there were quite a few fun branding projects this year.

So an inaugural post on branding it is ... hot off the digital design presses!

What makes this project so much fun is that it is for one of my high school friends from back in the day, Jamee. Jamee just completed renovations and opened her fab new salon in Historic Folsom {returning back to the city of our Bulldog days at FHS!!}.

Think Anthropologie, monochromatics, vintage bottle labels and a twist of whimsy and you've got the District 605 branding concept. Can't wait to work with Jamee on biz cards and collateral pieces!!

Need yourself glam-a-fied ... visit the chics at District 605 on Facebook!

District 605

605 Sutter Street

Folsom, California

916.985.3606

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New site & logo for the fabulous Alison Ulshoffer of Alison Ulshoffer Events & Design!  And, yes, my friends, logo created by yours truly.  Alison is flirty, girly and together with her team of event consultants pulls off incredibly polished events.  She wanted a logo that conveyed both her personality and the polished nature of her work ... what do you think??

Yep, here at SJD I not only create wedding invitations & custom stationery but offer business graphic design services as well.  It's not something I advertise on my site but I enjoy taking on creative business projects when they come my way.  

Blogging about soon ... a very exciting gourmet food project I have been working on with a hush, hush client.  And a new logo & business feature about one of my interior design clients.

Congrats on the new site Alison!  I know it's been a labor of .... 

let's just say l-o-v-e.

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