We continued our work with Thousand Oaks Winery, located in Marble Hill, MO and designed this Rack Card for  to hand out at various trade booths. The goal was to keep with their classically designed wine labels and promote their view, location and contact info.

Wine label designs:

We were also excited to hear that they named a special edition wine, Willow, after our daughter.

The family business label design was inspired by the owner’s family history – he was the first one in his family NOT to be in the train industry.

This wine label follows their traditional wine labels – logo and label are the same, except for the name & grape.

This label was created from a photo of the winery owner’s parents wedding day.

You can see more Thousand Oaks wine label designs here.

Samples of four inside pages:

Business card design:

Website design:

Flyer to pass out around town and a Facebook landing page:

Sticker design to be placed on merchandise:

“People may not recognize me, but they recognize my business card.  I get so many comments and compliments.  I designed my original business card, but it just didn’t look ‘professional’ compared to some others.  So I spoke with Rebecca about coming up with a new design.  I told her what I wanted it to say, what graphics, colors, even fonts…  I just wanted it better.   Becca patiently wrote down everything I said.  I told her I didn’t know how she was going design a good card with all of my restrictions but she explained that she would provide 3 drafts.  The first would be exactly what I wanted.  The second would be similar to what I wanted.  The third would be completely her own design.  I could choose my favorite and we’d take it from there.  When I received the drafts, I LOVED the first one.  It was exactly what I wanted, only better.  The second one was ok (but not as good as the fabulous first).  Then I looked at the third one and said “drat”.  I liked it the best (by far).  I sent all 3 drafts to my friends for their opinions.  It was unanimous.  They all liked the 3^rd one the best.  (Becca’s own design, not at all what I asked for).

Becca was so easy to work with, very patient, and VERY good at what she does.  I recommend her to anyone who wants their business cards, web site, brochures, and other marketing materials to look professional, giving the business a more successful look.”

Design Option #1:

Design Option #2:

Design Option #3:

Before redesign: King of Glory Lutheran School brochure

First, I met with their principal and talked through what materials they currently were using. Below are three examples:

After redesign: Postcard

Next we talked about who their target market was and their goals for each project. Based on these discussions, I first designed a direct mail piece to target the zip codes surrounding their school. I kept with their same color scheme, but added in complimentary colors to emphasize the diversity of their student body.

After redesign: Brochure

I followed the same look as the direct mail piece, but also included large pictures of their student body and included testimonials of their very happy parents.

After redesign: Poster

And the final piece I worked on was a Poster that could be hung in local stores, coffee shops and restaurants.

I was asked to create several banners for Zion for both indoor and outdoor signage. Below is the outdoor pole banner design that will be up in the parking lot for the entire year:

Next, I created banners to be hung inside the church:

And the final banner design was created to be hung in front of the Pulpit. With all of the designs I kept in mind their chosen 150th anniversary Bible verse, “like living stones built into a spiritual house” – 1 Peter 2:5-6. In the below banner you can most easily see how I created the look of a “house” with the negative/white space.

It also features a back pocket with a business card slot. I also designed the business card.

The end result: This project really brought the kid out in me as I remembered how scavenger hunts were so much fun. I came up with the idea of a treasure map that incorporated the train theme with train tracks. The piece folds out:

Here is the other side:

Close-up:

And the cover of the booklet: