My design life has completely done a 360 since August. Moving to DC I have had the chance to work with fabulous clients creating new and out of the box designs!

I have stepped into the world of event graphics and I can’t wait to be fully submerged. Opportunities have presented themselves to me as the form of travel themed bar mitzvahs, baby showers, baptisms, camp inspired bat mitzvahs, weddings, Diwali (a Hindu celebration), even formal corporate functions and one of my favorites the EVOKE holiday party! My designs have been blown up to massive sizes, transferred to chalkboards, created to fit on a custom dance floor, printed on menus, banners and even on a custom map!

The end of 2012 has been exciting year for my design career and here are just a few examples of the work I have created.

Baptism Invitation

Travel Themed Bar Mitzvah Signage & Logo Design

“Cravings” Themed Baby Shower

Camp Themed Bat Mitzvah Signage & Logo Design

EVOKE Holiday Party “Mad Women of EVOKE” Logo Design and Signage

Talk a jump over onto my website  Jenn-Haskins.com to see the full stories of all my design experiences!

Our small studio apartment in DC is not much but it is home filled with patterns, textures, a shag rug, letterpress letters, photos galore and of course a whole lotta love!

The new DC home boasts a gorgeous little back patio which often lends itself to me for my home office. As it gets colder I hope Chase and I can finalize all the design elements in our home before winter hits.

I know… I’m absolutely terrible at keeping my blog these days… With summer and the move to DC I have been completely consumed with work and not a lot of play. But here is a picture of my temporary new digs… because Chase and I just signed a lease for our very own DC apartment! Cheers to that!

This is clearly long over due… But with how crazy this summer has been I guess I can use my favorite expression “better late then never”. 

Every year I go with Chase to his family’s house on the Chesapeake- Rock Hall MD, an old fisherman town. We had foil fest, crab fest, Chase’s Dad’s birthday and this year was exceptionally special because we were celebrating the 50/70 party. Chase’s Grammy and Poppy were celebrating their 50th Anniversary!! This feat is pretty remarkable to me, it is something I want to achieve in my life. I want to marry once and done. But that was the 50 part of the party and the 70 is Grammy’s birthday. I absolutely love these two snow geese and hope to be an official Armand one day so I can call them my own Grammy and Poppy.

Chase and I took a much needed week of and got to enjoy quality family time. We played in the pool with his little brother and sister, romped around on paddle boards and in dingys with Marianne, and of course ate, drank, and partied our faces off with the aunts, uncles, extended family and friends, and to say the least enjoyed every moment!

^^Image by Brian Long aka Sparky

 

^^Image by Brian Long aka Sparky

^^Image by Brian Long aka Sparky

^^Image by Brian Long aka Sparky

^^Image by Brian Long aka Sparky

^^Image by Brian Long aka Sparky

^^Image by Brian Long aka Sparky

*All my photos taken with my iphone

Ian and Yumi were a pleasure to work with. Luckily the rain held out and the young vibrant couple that was open to all of my crazy ideas because I think we had a great time and got some great shots! Congratulations!

  

The Mayberry family put their house on the market and within less then 48 hours their childhood home had an offer on it. My friend Kaitlyn asked me to do a little surprise shoot for her family capturing some candid moments. Dad the grill master, mom the baker and brother and sister taste testers invited me into there home to share memories and stories over a delicious home cooked meal! Below are just a few photos from the night!

 

 

  

Good Luck Mayberry Family, in all of your endeavors especially safe travels to the Mr. & Mrs. on their journey to Utah! You are a fantastic family full of love and I’m happy you let welcomed me into your home with open arms.

Wednesday I had a meeting in Connecticut at Tracey Locke (an advertising agency, with clients like Pepsi Co. & Frito Lay) so the manfriend Carma came with me on the three hour car ride ($18 in tolls) then sat outside waiting for me while I had my three hour meeting. He’s a good man, supportive and loving and I wouldn’t trade Carma for anything. 

The Tracey Locke stuff went well, I got some great feedback on my work a lot of compliments about my photography and design skills (check my new site out at Jenn-Haskins.com ) so that was nice, the agency was pretty awesome, unfolding into more expansive rooms that held chalkboard walls and exposed ceilings. The best analogy I could use to describe the structure of the building was similar to Mary Poppins bag… you could fit a lot in to what seemed like a small space!

Carma and I went out and grabbed an appetizer and a delicious beer at this place called The Gingerman. DELICIOUS beer and food! Just before we were about to leave we ran into this graffiti of “Where The Wild Things Are”. If you know Carma at all he is max, so we quick snapped this picture, and were on our way three hour journey home!