Posts filed under 'Graphic Design'
Just some stuff I made
Some stationery I made for Westside Cakes. I hand-carved their logo (which was also designed by: me!) and stamped and embossed small white tags and blank note cards. Super!
2 comments February 26, 2010
YAY New cards!
So- I have been wanting to make my own business cards for a while now. (Make as opposed to designing and have printed). I had thought about having a custom rubber stamp made then stamping blank cards, but that wasn’t handmade enough to satisfy me – so last weekend I did a little brainstorming, broke out my tiny rubber type and two-and-a-half hours later (with ink-stained fingertips) this is what I ended up with:
Each card is stamped one at a time and every one is unique! “KANDI COOK LOVES PHOTOGRAPHY!” Yep… that pretty much sums it up. BIG thanks to Little T Jane (blog) who is my stamp carving hero and made the adorable little cloud! If you dig stamps, especially hand carved ones, check out her Etsy shop- SO CUTE!
2 comments December 10, 2009
Free Wallpaper
Just added another free tile wallpaper (see “TILES“)… This one is a little bit different than the others– it is made up of six photographs I took of balloons in Memphis, TN.
3 comments December 5, 2009
(new) kandicook.com
I finally finished redesigning kandicook.com. Coded page-by-page all by hand, it was a very tedious and extremely rewarding task. I’m kickin’ off the new design with a new series called Sidewalk Pinhole. Dedicated to all lovers of simple film photography. Enjoy!
Add comment June 23, 2009
BRB: kandicook.com
You may have noticed that kandicook.com is looking a little bleak these days. Well, I’ve decided to completely re-do my website. I code everything by hand (I think I used to have dreamweaver like, 8 years ago but you know how that goes… wish I could find that CD, I’d probably use it) so it’s a pretty big project considering I’ve already decided not to commit to anything else as I have no free time as it is. Also: I know nothing about designing websites so obviously it’s an even bigger project than I am prepared for. I have no idea what kind of WYSIWYG editors are available or if I’d ever consider using one (I guess people use these?) and really don’t have the time or patience to research.
Just out of curiosity let’s see what the company hosting my website has to offer as far as WYSIWYG editing goes:
Hmm…. up to 10 pages? Inadequate.
Flash Intro? Cheesy.
Counter? Pathetic.
Guestbook? 90’s.
Flash Templates? Barf. Templates of any kind… vomit.
Photo Album? Undeniably lame.
I used to be all about some webdesign… but now… eh? (shrugs shoulders). Guess I’m on my own for this one. I think I have a lot of reasons for taking this project on… one being that I have wanted to for a really long time now and the other day I finally just cracked. (Conclusion: being anally retentive wins over being lazy.) And plus, the site just isn’t reflective of who I am or what my photography is about anymore- the design is all weird and inconsistent, which I sometimes thought was pretty cool, but now I’m craving fluidity. My goal is to minimize and to simplify, which is much more natural to me. I’m also trying to do some “spring cleaning” with all my files and as I’m going through everything I’m finding a lot of great stuff I don’t know if I can let go. Kind of reminds me of cleaning out your closet. If I find anything good, I’ll post it here.
Until then… cheers.
EDIT: Actually I’ll go ahead and post one thing I found tucked away: a snapshot I took of a guy because he reminded me of Steve Zissou:
2 comments June 4, 2009
