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The quick, brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. DJs flock by when MTV ax quiz prog. Junk MTV quiz graced by fox whelps. Bawds jog, flick quartz, vex nymphs. Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex! Fox nymphs grab quick-jived waltz. Brick quiz whangs jumpy veldt fox. Bright vixens jump; dozy fowl quack. Oga […]

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Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic […]

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Aside Post Format. The quick, brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. DJs flock by when MTV ax quiz prog. Junk MTV quiz graced by fox whelps. Bawds jog, flick quartz, vex nymphs.

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Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic […]

Self-Publishing Marketing Materials

My first full-time design position out of college was with Publishers Weekly – a weekly news magazine focused on the international book publishing business, as their Marketing Designer. I absolutely LOVED this job, as not only an avid reader, but as someone new to the workforce looking to gain as much experience as I could. […]

Wedding Invitation Design

This has been a project that is near and dear to my heart – AND allows me to be my own client! I got engaged to the love of my life in March of this year, and since then have had the best time planning our special day. One of my favorite parts of this whole […]

T-Shirt Design Process

Over the last few years I’ve had the pleasure of designing a handful of t-shirts for a local print shop. Because of the inherent limitations of ink, and the printing process in general, it has been a great way to learn the ins and outs of special techniques for this type of design. First, all […]

Invitation Design

I work with clients from start to finish to create the perfect, completely customized, invitation suite. Each design is unique to fit the occasion, theme, and client’s design preferences. I’m available for hire to design invitations for: Weddings (includes full invitation suite: Invitation, RSVP, Directions, etc) Save the Dates (from printed mailer to refrigerator magnet, I’ll […]

Ask for it!

If you want something, make it undeniably clear. When dealing with clients, both new and old, I have a constant dialog in my head: “Should I ask for ___? No, that’s too much. No, they’ll think I’m selfish” …”But, I deserve it! But, I’m going to do a great job! But, I’m worth it!” Whether […]

Why You Should Hire a Designer

The topic of this post came to mind as a result of recent conversations with a few different clients. As with every new client-designer relationship, the first conversations are really about gaining trust and “figuring each other out.” As a designer, I’m trying to gain insight into what they want to accomplish and drill down to […]

Google is great!

Lately I’ve been getting an influx of new clients simply by “being Googled.” This is new to me, as the majority of my clients are word-of-mouth, and it brings an exciting new element to my business. I know my site is SEO optimized, but it still boggles my mind that I’m actually gaining traction on […]

DevlinsBooks Book Cover designs

Recommended through a mutual friend, I was linked up with Mary Devlin Lynch and Debbie Devlin Zook (jointly named DevlinsBooks) to work on the cover design of a reprint of their 2009 novel Beautiful Disaster: A Witherspoon Adventure. We immediately hit it off, and that work turned into the on-going reprint and design of 3 […]

Caitlin Krause Fitness Website Design

I’m excited to announce the launch of my latest website design!: www.caitlinkrausefitness.com Caitlin had a pretty clear design direction (“clean, simple, sleek… yet with an edge”), and knew what functionality would be most important to her (“90% of users will be coming to this site to view my Class Schedule”). With that information, I created this […]

Making designs look “easy”

Making designs look “easy” is both a blessing, and a curse. A blessing because ultimately – the design looks good! Tons of clients think so! They keep coming back to you for more work, you make money, and all is right in the world. A curse because said clients think it doesn’t take long to […]