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Pineapple Expression

By Pam Winters

  • Pineapple Expression

    Inspired by the tools at hand, I let the project unfold. (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Pineapple Expression

    The journey began with a pencil sketch and quickly evolved from there. (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Pineapple Expression

    In order to “color in” the pineapple, I created shapes in Illustrator (left) and cut them on a CAMEO using special stamp material (right). (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Pineapple Expression

    The stamp pieces made by the CAMEO are mounted onto acrylic blocks, then inked. (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Pineapple Expression

    Once the colors are stamped, the pineapple image is inked and stamped on top. (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Pineapple Expression

    I started creating lots of gift wrap, cards and prints! (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Pineapple Expression

    I then decided to turn the image into digital art using Illustrator. (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Pineapple Expression

    Once the digital art was complete, I created a pattern and ordered custom gift wrap from Spoonflower! (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Pineapple Expression

    This project required a few tools and lots of patience! (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

Pineapples have been dancing through our minds and hearts in recent years. Based on this trend, I had pineapples on the brain when I met with some coworkers for a craft night. Before long, while chatting with my friends, I found myself sketching a pineapple, and then began hand carving a stamp using the supplies I had with me. As we wrapped up for the evening, sharing our projects with one another, I tested out the pineapple stamp on a piece of scrap paper. Not bad, I thought. Someone suggested the possibility of making pineapple gift wrap with the stamp, so I decided then and there that was exactly what I would do! I mean, even at the height of the pineapple’s popularity, it’s not every day you see pineapple gift wrap, right?

I came home that night, and stamped it again using darker ink. I could see my pineapple vision taking shape. Within the next day or two, I got the image carved the way I wanted, and that’s when the process of surface pattern experimentation really began for me. The pineapple looked good stamped on its own, but it needed something—a bit of color to fill it in. I started with colored pencils, making a few cards for friends that way, before gradually expanding my reach to other tools, including the Silhouette CAMEO and special stamp material for the CAMEO to cut. I now had shapes I could stamp first for the color portions of the pineapple, with the pineapple stamp being layered in a darker (chocolate) color on top. This was happening!

There is something unmistakably special about handmade gift wrap, but it’s also quite a challenge. Encouraged to keep going, I decided it was time to take my art to the professionals for the production side of things. So, I digitally traced a scan of the stamped pineapple image in Adobe Illustrator, for the purpose of creating a pattern to upload to Spoonflower’s website. Soon, my first roll of custom gift wrap made with the pineapple pattern arrived in the mail, and it was literally just what I had imagined!

It’s fun to look back and see how this project unfolded, one bit of inspiration at a time. How many things inspire us every day that we could potentially turn into something we only dream of right now? Please take a moment to let me know what’s inspiring YOU these days in the comments section!

Filed Under: Creative Journal Pam Winters Studio, Illustration Projects Pam Winters Studio, Uncategorized Tagged With: blog, design, drawing, Graphic Design, hand carved, handmade, Illustration, journal, pattern, pineapple, Portfolio, project, stamp, surface design

Graphic Design: Easter Event at the Red Door

By Pam Winters

  • Graphic Design: Easter Event at the Red Door

    Custom signage I designed for the Red Door’s egg dyeing party. (Event photos by Stacey Winters Photography; All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Graphic Design: Easter Event at the Red Door

    Custom signage I designed for the Red Door’s egg dyeing party. (Event photos by Stacey Winters Photography; All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Graphic Design: Easter Event at the Red Door

    Custom flyer I designed for the Red Door’s egg dyeing party. (Event photos by Stacey Winters Photography; All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Graphic Design: Easter Event at the Red Door

    Custom signage I designed for the Red Door’s egg dyeing party. (Event photos by Stacey Winters Photography; All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Graphic Design: Easter Event at the Red Door

    Custom signage I designed for the Red Door’s egg dyeing party. (Event photos by Stacey Winters Photography; All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Graphic Design: Easter Event at the Red Door

    The front of the custom save the date postcard I designed for the Red Door’s egg dyeing party. (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Graphic Design: Easter Event at the Red Door

    The back of the custom save the date postcard I designed for the Red Door’s egg dyeing party. (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Graphic Design: Easter Event at the Red Door

    Custom flyer I designed for the Red Door’s egg dyeing party. (Event photos by Stacey Winters Photography; All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Graphic Design: Easter Event at the Red Door

    Custom signage I designed for the Red Door’s egg dyeing party. (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Graphic Design: Easter Event at the Red Door

    Custom signage I designed for the Red Door’s egg dyeing party. (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

  • Graphic Design: Easter Event at the Red Door

    Custom signage I designed for the Red Door’s egg dyeing party. (All images © 2016 by Pam Winters)

Ads and Signage for a Festive Easter Event

The project pictured here was done for a special seasonal event at the Red Door, located in the Mission Hills neighborhood of San Diego. The Red Door is known for its original seasonal menus based on fresh, local, organic and sustainable ingredients, as well as for offering a unique “casual fine dining” experience. This particular event was to be an all-natural Easter egg dyeing party for children, held at the restaurant and hosted by the Red Door’s chef, Karrie Hills. I met with Kelsey Doonan, the event coordinator, who gave me a rundown on event details, including the specific printed pieces needed. I was excited to start work on these promotional and event signage pieces, which were to coincide with the look and feel of the restaurant’s branding, but also bring to mind the playful fun of spring and egg dyeing, through colorful touches of pastels and watercolor effects.

Kelsey followed up with several digital inspiration boards full of spring party ideas, which helped steer me in the right direction, so that I could quickly create and find the perfect design elements to bring together. Most of the work was done on the computer, including digital brushes I used to create the watercolor effects on the signs. The final pieces were utilized in both print and digital format (e.g., for advertising the event at the restaurant, as well as online). The Red Door has a phenomenal staff, and one of the bonuses of working on this was getting to know many of the wonderful people involved in the restaurant’s day-to-day operations. I was also fortunate enough to work with my sister, Stacey, on this project, as she was brought on to be the photographer for the event; the slideshow above gives a glimpse of the beautiful job she did of capturing the day.

Read about Kelsey’s experience working with me.

Filed Under: Creative Projects Pam Winters Studio, Uncategorized Tagged With: Business, businesses, design, Easter, flyer, Graphic Design, Portfolio, projects, promotional, save the date, signage, small business, Special Event, Special Events

Program: Kaslin & Andrew Wedding

By Pam Winters

  • Program: Kaslin & Andrew Wedding

    Photos of custom wedding program by Stacey Winters Photography (Interior of open program shown here), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Program: Kaslin & Andrew Wedding

    Photos of custom wedding program by Stacey Winters Photography (Back of folded program shown here), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Program: Kaslin & Andrew Wedding

    Custom wedding program (Digital mock-up of back and front covers shown here), © 2015 by Pam Winters

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: gift tag, Graphic Design, Portfolio, program, project, wedding, Wedding Graphic Design

Table Numbers and Signage: Samantha & Logan Wedding

By Pam Winters

  • Table Numbers and Signage: Samantha & Logan Wedding

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Table Numbers and Signage: Samantha & Logan Wedding

    Custom signage (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 10″ x 8″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Table Numbers and Signage: Samantha & Logan Wedding

    Custom signage (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 10″ x 8″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Table Numbers and Signage: Samantha & Logan Wedding

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Table Numbers and Signage: Samantha & Logan Wedding

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Table Numbers and Signage: Samantha & Logan Wedding

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Table Numbers and Signage: Samantha & Logan Wedding

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Table Numbers and Signage: Samantha & Logan Wedding

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Table Numbers and Signage: Samantha & Logan Wedding

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Table Numbers and Signage: Samantha & Logan Wedding

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Table Numbers and Signage: Samantha & Logan Wedding

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

Click here to read about Samantha and Logan’s experience working with me. 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: design, Graphic Design, Portfolio, project, signage, signs, table numbers, wedding, Wedding Graphic Design

Graphic Design: Custom Wedding Table Numbers

By Pam Winters

  • Graphic Design: Custom Wedding Table Numbers

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Graphic Design: Custom Wedding Table Numbers

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Graphic Design: Custom Wedding Table Numbers

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Graphic Design: Custom Wedding Table Numbers

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Graphic Design: Custom Wedding Table Numbers

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

  • Graphic Design: Custom Wedding Table Numbers

    Custom table numbers (Digital mock-ups shown here; each printed card measures 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″), © 2015 by Pam Winters

Read about Monica and Tyler’s experience working with me.

Filed Under: Creative Projects Pam Winters Studio, Uncategorized Tagged With: design, Graphic Design, Portfolio, projects, table numbers, wedding, Wedding Graphic Design

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