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Since covid started and my work died for a few months, I had all the time I needed to work on my jewelry logo, website, and packaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been a graphic designer for over 20 years. It’s so much about finding balance : what does the client want and what do I like? What do I want to create and what is the budget? How much time could I spend on a project and when is the deadline?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With catbird creek being my very own project, I have freedom to design whatever I want. Due to covid, I have all the time in the world. My budget was somewhat limited, but I sort of love that part. How do I make something I like that is affordable. Also important to me… is it earth friendly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s start with the logo. True confessions… Tim and I enjoy creative thinking over a couple beers and pretzels. Like the scene from MadMen, all you need is a napkin and a pen to start writing down ideas. This is how we came up with Pebble Road, Lake Street Book Keep, and Catbird Creek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the first year we discovered a catbird in the back yard. I always wanted to create a logo with a bird in it. And when I think of Peopple Road\u2013the actual spelling of the road I grew up on\u2013I think of the creek where I spent hours playing as a kid. There was a barbed wire fence at the entrance to the creek. Purple has always been my favorite color. And there it is. A logo is born. Forget the pressure of designing a logo for a client and making it meaningful and readable and clean and perfect. That’s not me. This is me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve created these pieces of jewelry. It’s just a hobby\u2013 just fun. I really like hammering the metal. And i’ve really found my niche. Like my hand drawn bird and “catbird”, my style in jewelry is rough, hammered, organic, natural. I realized after selling my first piece that I needed packaging to go with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was really fun. I wanted earth friendly packaging so I started with a simple recycled box from Eco-Friendly Packaging.<\/a> The bird is a perfect icon to cut out of the strip of paper. Purchasing a Cricut<\/a> to cut that bird was not in the budget, but I’m convinced that I will use the Cricut<\/a> for other things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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