BBCREATIVE.design

12/20/2024

As we approach the end of the year, the hustle is real for many of us – juggling family, work, and personal goals can feel like a marathon. And in the midst of the ✨ festive chaos✨, daily life doesn't pause.

As a working mom, toddler mom, and building-my-business mom, my lists are never short. In fact, sometimes creating the list requires it's own separate list (anyone else?).

Here’s how my past few weeks have played out in list-form:

→ Merry Lists:
Presents (kids, spouse, family, friends, teachers, pets), ensuring said presents are evenly distributed, creating holiday cheer & magic, decorating everything, moving Doo Doo Elf (yep, that’s our Elf on the Shelf, gotta love toddler naming conventions), attending parties, meeting Santa, touring Christmas lights around town… the holly jolly works.

→ Daily Life Lists:
My youngest turned TWO (how did that happen?), dance classes, daycare parties, and theme weeks — do we have enough festive outfits? (Spoiler: the answer is never yes). Plus, learning to do life without my dad, checking in with family and friends, hosting visits, down to the basics of grocery shopping, and the ever-growing mountain of laundry...

→ Work Life Lists:
Reconnecting with clients and colleagues from the year, debating if I'm slow or if everyone is slow (maybe it’s just a collective mental break… and honestly, I’m not mad about it). Updating resources, researching new laptops and business needs, LLC research, reflecting on 2024’s wins/wishes, debating the pace of things, planning for growth in 2025...

→ Personal Growth and Goals Lists:
Navigating new opportunities with AI integration, honing animation skills, exploring classes/certifications, and seeking inspiration from fellow creatives to stay energized (am I doing this right?!). The endless cycle of learning and self-improvement fuels my drive, but can be a full day's work!

But here’s the thing: I've learned the importance of focus on personal well-being. I try to squeeze in some me-time too, but by prioritizing my personal lists — the ones for my family, my friends, and the people who fill my mental cup — everything else falls into place. Work lists feel more manageable, and goal lists feel more like a fun challenge rather than a chore. It's a reminder that self-care is not selfish; it's the foundation for success in all areas of life.

So make those lists, check them THRICE, and cheers to the journey ahead! 🌟

11/22/2024

✨Reasons you should shop small for your 2024 Holiday cards✨

→ Santa, I know him.🎅🏻

No but really, using a designer vs big box plug-and-play websites for your cards opens up a world of new options!

→ Creative freedom! Too busy to think about messaging or layouts or which photo works best? Just send over your photos and I take it from there.

→ Already inspired? Send me your ideas and inspiration for design or wording and I’ll integrate it into your cards.

→ Print ready and digital files! I will provide all the files you need for printing and sharing to your social channels.

→ Let me print for you! If you’re looking to have everything packaged up and ready to go, I can handle your printing needs, too.

→ Ready-to-Mail Envelopes! You can’t forget to carry your holiday aesthetic through to the envelopes — let me design and print your recipients addresses for a total package.

→ Support small businesses. As a small creative agency not only do projects like this bring joy and creativity during the season, it also means a lot to my business to design for your families.

✨Message me for pricing and quotes based on print quantities ahead of the holiday mail season!✨

11/21/2024

It's that time of the year when festive creativity takes flight!

Message me if you're looking for a unique, fun, or even funny approach to your family’s traditional Holiday cards. I am taking new projects and would love to make something special for your family this holiday season!

Whether it's a recent marriage, a new home, kids, your fur-babies, or a general seasonal greeting, we can create unique and fully custom cards to share with your family and friends.

08/27/2024

I had a great time sitting down with Emily Sewell and The Creative (de)Brief to talk about taking the leap into contract design work while becoming mom and weighing those career risks and rewards.

We dive deep into the challenges of being a working parent, the ways I am working on finding balance, and touch on toxic work environments and leadership qualities that apply to any working professional, not just those with kiddos.

With some luck, and a lot of trust in myself and what I know I can bring to the table, I have been thankful to find myself in this current career chapter of my life - embracing the unknown, living in my moment, tackling incredible creative opportunities... all while being available for my family.

Is it hard some days? Yes. But you can do hard things.

Becoming a freelance creative director during a major life change doesn’t have to feel impossible. Join host Emily Sewell as she talks with freelance creativ...

07/03/2024

Look at US! We’ve made it through the first half of the year, truly in the blink of an eye.

Thank you to these clients who have allowed me to be a part of their team over the last 6 months and for being such an integral part of in 2024!✨🍾

06/29/2024

Loved being able to celebrate the opening and dedication of this new incredible space for Chambliss.

Working with their team to create acoustic panels that both complement the aesthetic of the space and provide purposeful design was a fun opportunity to combine form and function.

06/28/2024

Naming conventions and processes for clear and functional filing always get me fired up🔥

Weird right? I guess it balances my non-stop creative brain with focus and purpose in efficiencies…

All that to say, when I’m designing for my daughters THREE-Rex birthday bash all bets are off and we have “Yard Dinos” and “Table Dinos” to organize and file the Jurass-tic (badum-ch) amount of files I’m making & fun I’m having with this years theme of RAINBOW DINOSAURS.

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Sneaks of some of the elements as it all comes together for her 7/20 bday bash.

02/19/2024

Love seeing client branding in application… and loved using this chunky, curvy, scrumptious font paired with such a clean sans serif. The purple pastels and the full logo alternate with cotton candy were icing on the cake, how often does one get to illustrate cotton candy for a logo. ✨👌🏻

Thanks for letting me work with you

01/27/2024

It’s always fun to be out in the wild with one of your clients & besties!✨

12/22/2023

2023 is coming to a close and it's certainly been one to look back on with pride.

Enjoy this quick sizzle of some of the highlights experienced throughout the year - what a big one it's been. Cheers to amazing work and high hopes of exciting opportunities & new endeavors for 2024 with emphasis on growing an agency model, the bbCREATIVE brand, expanding current client relations and engaging with new partners.

Happiest Holidays from bbCREATIVE.

05/17/2023

From baby bumpin ➡️ almost 6 months! Thank you for letting us be an extension of your team.