Valentine’s Day (my second favorite holiday after Christmas) is right around the corner! I loved seeing my “Valentine Vibes” lettering included in this fun assortment for Hallmark Mahogany. My talented Visual Studios co-workers also contributed lovely lettering and illustrations used in this group!
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Seeing this card out in stores is particularly exciting because I had the opportunity to illustrate for Hallmark Mahogany! I love how the final card turned out, especially all the silver foil details.
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While the weather in February may be my least favorite, Valentine’s Day and my birthday really add some bright spots to the month! I’m excited to share some lettering over the next two weeks that I had the opportunity to work on this year, including this design for Hallmark’s Mahogany line. Enjoy!
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Hello 2022! My new year started with a quick family road trip to Decatur, Illinois. After that the rest of the month was filled with Holiday Mart 2022 planning meetings, a weekend trip to Denver to visit Laura & Ashton, and the month ended hosting Megan’s baby shower and celebrating my grandpa’s birthday. I also started a rotation at work in Hallmark’s Trends Studio this month! I’m not super into horoscopes but I did enjoy this one for the year ahead from Wit & Delight:
I’m already dreaming of a warm getaway later this year. I love Julia’s resort-wear roundup, such a great Spring palette!
This inspired me to consider some fun black and white check towels for our bathroom!
Loving this malachite roundup
One of my favorite accounts on Instagram lately
Some New Year’s lettering I did shared by Hallmark Mahogany!
And my favorite funky 2022 lettering
I was honored to be a small part of the team of editors, writers and artists who came together to create Uplifted & Empowered, an eleven-card collection for racial resilience and pride. All of the cards are written by Black writers and Hallmark’s Union Hill photography studio did a beautiful job capturing portraits of some of the writers and artists involved!
Editorial Director Dierdra (“Dee”) Zollar leads the Mahogany team in ensuring every message on every card rings true, feels relevant and reflects Black culture in all of its multifaceted realness and richness. The card I created artwork for was inspired by current events, described by Dee:
“One was the death of Congressman John Lewis, who had been such a courageous and highly-respected beacon of light in the Civil Rights movement and on the current political stage. His memorable participation in and subsequent vicious beating on the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama, is such a powerful iconic symbol of his unwavering commitment to civil rights and building bridges across race, religion, culture and political parties.
“An inspirational card with a bridge on the cover pays homage to this icon and honors Black people’s marches then and now in our fight for equality.”
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