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Holiday Recovery Guide
Creating this recovery guide to survive the holidays was a group effort and a practice in empathy during that time of year. With activities and winter illustrations, every page had to be thoughtfully…
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Design Process and Options
Usually a portfolio only includes the final versions of a project, but I thought showing the process would be interesting in this case. For this book cover, I created three versions. All of…
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Angels of the Bible
In this cover design, I used an example of art referenced in the book and created a colorful, modern version to catch the eye and turn the page.
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Faith with a Twist
The internal design of a book can be very simple, or very complicated, depending on all the information you are presenting. In Faith with a Twist, a Christian yoga book, each page was…
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The Spy on Noah’s Ark & The Spy at Jacob’s Ladder
Creating the second book in the Bible Spy Series, while breathing new life into the first, this redesign brings excitement and buzz to this children’s book series.
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Note to Self
Note to Self, a great book about creating your own rule of life, came alive with the the book cover design. Turning the author’s wonderful ideas into a design that goes beyond his…
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Grandpa’s Tent
Turning illustration into a quality layout and book design can be challenging. With this project, I enjoyed creating a full page design from Paul Schafer’s artwork and Mary Davila and Sarah Kinney Gaventa’s…
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Lent Madness Redesign and Marketing Items
Lent Madness, a fan favorite every season, needed a facelift! With a new redesign, this annual bracket of saints feels newer and looks as fun as it is! The design treatment included book…
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Joy in Confession
Bringing brightness and light into a book cover design for Joy in Confession. 2018 POLLY BOND AWARD WINNER: Award of Merit
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Are We There Yet
Bringing the idea of pilgrimage to life by pulling markers from the Camino de Santiago in Spain, this cover came together and helps point the way inside and forward for readers.
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For the Beauty of the Earth
Showcasing the beauty of watercolor paintings, I designed this book cover with a typographic treatment, set to fit inside the artwork rather than compete with it. Using paint elements throughout, the interior design…
