Something Wonderful This Way Comes…

So, I haven’t posted in a while, but there hasn’t been much to post. I’ve been working full time again, but my job doesn’t really have the opportunity for design that my last one did.

My new title is “Sponsor Engagement Coordinator” and I’m working at the World Vision headquarters in Federal Way. It’s been awesome, and so encouraging to work for such an amazing and well run organization. Basically, I’m working a lot with volunteers and child sponsorship. Very cool.

On to recent materials!

Redemption Church has finally moved on from our Jonah series to our Christmas series. We’re doing the four weeks of advent, and the theme is “Something Wonderful This Way Comes.” Pastor Brian didn’t have a specific vision for this…just something that conveyed mystery and hope.

I was afraid this would be too Christmas-y and not enough Jesus-y, but I loved the image of a snowy ornament on a tree in the forest. It’s just out of place enough, that it gave me that sense of familiarity and excitement when you know that Christmas and all that entails is just around the corner.

Also, I found the font on www.dafont.com. It’s great because you can look at it and know that it’s Christmas, but it doesn’t have snowflakes or candy canes.

Sorrisi Decor

So, Sorrisi Decor is a fabulous company started by my Pastor’s Wife, Elisa Hope. Sorrisi is Italian for “Smile” and Elisa sells tooth fairy pillows (special decorative pillows for kids with a hidden pocket for the tooth fairy to pick up the tooth and leave the cash) and gives 50% of the profits to Medical Teams International, helping kids in Liberia receive dental care. Two words: Super Awesome.

Please please please go to her website to learn more about this amazing effort: www.sorrisidecor.com

So, Elisa emailed me earlier this week saying that she was trying to figure out how to make some postcards for the events she goes to to promote Sorrisi. I offered to help, and this is what we came up with! A 5.5×4.25 post card, and a smaller 6×2.75 version.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Brochure

The following is a brochure I’ve been working on for Redemption Church. We wanted something that would be a quick and easy way for people to learn about who we are and what we believe, and answer some basic questions (like do you have a program for my kids?) The text was all written by Pastor Brian, and I tried to capture the look/feel of the website (www.theredemption.org) with the parchment. It’s not super colorful and complicated because we’re going to try to print everything in house to save money. There might still be a few more edits, but this is where we’re at right now.

Redemption Re.Launch Invite

Redemption Church is having a get together before the service in a couple of weeks to celebrate our re-launch. Here’s the little invite I put together with Pastor Brian (he wrote the text). It’s a 4.25×5.5 quarter page card printed front and back.

Quick Updates

So, the past month has been interesting. I was laid off from my job at Life Choices during an acquisition by another organization, and I’ve been looking for a new job. Hence, you won’t be seeing any more SHARE or Life Choices materials. However, I was contracted a few weeks ago by a local Dental Lab to create some new marketing materials for them (only a few hours a week, not full time). If you don’t know what a Dental Lab is, it’s basically where they make crowns, implants, veneers, etc, and all that cool stuff that goes into cosmetic dentistry. It’s been fascinating to learn about, and the owners are amazing people.

Also, church materials have been slow for a little bit because we’re in the process of re-branding, and we’ve just decided on a new logo that was designed by a great guy Craig at church.

Anyway, now that I’m starting to get going on the Dental Lab materials and the Redemption branding is starting to get into place, it’s going to mean a lot of cool stuff coming up pretty soon. I just posted my Jonah series visual, but I’m also currently working on a new brochure and postcard invite for the church that I’m really excited about. As for the Dental lab, I’m working on a couple of different items for them including a brochure, a referral program, and a newsletter.

No word on a job yet, but I do have an interview on Monday I’m pretty excited about. I’ve lost count of how many applications I’ve filled out, and I know I’d work hard for anyone that hired me, but you just have to be patient in this kind of economy. And I’ll be honest, I’ve really enjoyed the time off.

Be looking for some new materials soon!

Kristy

Jonah: In the Guts of Grace

So, Redemption Church is starting a new sermon series tomorrow, and I’ve been working with Pastor Brian to come up with a cool visual to go along with it. We’re diving into the book of Jonah, and in talking, it really sounded like he was taking a very gritty and real approach to it. God meets us in the dirty, unpleasant places…in the middle of the storm, in the belly of giant fish….during our pity parties and selfishness. I wanted to translate that gritty-ness into the visual for the series, rather than going for the usual nice-church approach. Behold, the end product…

If you can’t tell, that’s a giant fish mouth you’re looking into. Originally, I was just looking for images of dead fish, but then Brian had the idea of trying to make it look like Jonah’s perspective, which was an awesome idea by the way.

SHARE – Power Point Backgrounds

So, the way SHARE does its presentations is mainly through power point. Since I’ve been here, it’s had the same horrible purple backgrounds that it’s had for way too many years. Also, the branding of SHARE changed about a year ago, and it’s new color is this beautiful blue. So, Lisa and I worked together to try to create some new backgrounds that were a bit more youthful, and were just a better representation of SHARE.

Redemption Church – Pursue

Continuing the Rhythms of Redemption series, here’s the bulletin I did for yesterday’s “pursue”.

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

Here’s a picture of little Kristy with Mami to celebrate.

Rhythms of Redemption

The bulletin front I did last week. Our Pastor is starting a new sermon series on the “Rhythms of Redemption.” Let me explain more….the name of our church is Redemption Church. We’re a small church plant located in Kent, WA. There’s probably around 100 of us that meet each Sunday night in an elementary school gym. We may be small, but it’s an amazing group of people. These are our Gospel Identities and Rhythms:

Gospel Identities: As Christ’s Church we are His Family, His Followers, and His Missionaries.

Gospel Rhythms: Therefore, as Christ’s people we Bless, Pursue, Feast, Rejoice, Proclaim and Rest for His glory.

Brian Hope, our Pastor, is doing a series on each of the Gospel Rhythms. Last week, and this bulletin front, was for “rejoice”.