things

Meat company logo concepts.

Feliz Cumpleaños, Sara!

The Original 3000 Blackwood bag was printed! The rest of them are here.

Thanksgiving Miche loaf.

Pear Frangipane Tartlets for Monday morning.

Plaid.

Here's a sweet coffee table my friend Mike Kosowski made for me. It's made out of a birch tree from Minneapolis.

Fun fact: His brother, John, taught me how to whittle and they're the ones who supply me with wood for my spoons.

The Macaron Front.

Latest spoons. And a knife. More here.

The Macaron Front logo/sticker concept. What do you think?

A few sketches for photography direction.

Ta-da!

James (photographer), Jenny (client), Katie (food stylist), Stefan (my boss) and me on day 1 of the Scrumptious photo shoot. Stefan took a picture of the monitor when a proof of the cherries came up (right photo). The photos are looking amazing!

Day 2 of the photo shoot. I tried to style food with my broken finger.

Ashley and Shawn's wedding on Windbeam farm. It was a hot day and a gorgeous night.

photos by Vinnie Urgo.

This is the magic of retouching. I can now say I have digitally clipped someone else's toe nails.

I giggled all the way home.

Yikes.

Some of the bags are finally printed and finished! Check out the rest of them here on my work page.

Life!

There are some funky looking squirrels in Loring Park.

Italy.

Top: Mille Miglia in Brescia.

Bottom: Aperol Spritz in Verona.

Left: Melon and proscuitto! Pizza and arugula! Right: Cascina delle Rose in Barbaresco.

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Left: Picnic in Brescia. Right: Breakfast in Barbaresco.

Blackwood dog food packaging. Bags are being printed in Korea!

Back of the dog food packaging.

Whittling is awesome.

Photos from the printer in Seoul.

Scrumptious logos: still tweaking.

Final logo selection.

I fought so hard for these – with sweat, tears, and lots of smoke inhalation.

I love my apartment.

A bowl of lemon macarons to embrace spring. Now it just has to get a little warmer.

Tarte aux pommes. Mmmmmmmmmm.

33rd Street and Grand Avenue, Minneapolis.

Part of my Minneapolis Corner Store photography project.

32nd Street and Bryant Avenue, Minneapolis.

My new favorite dessert: Ile Flottante.

A stolen shot inside Pierre Herme in Paris.

Bam.

Paris was perfect.

Snowed in = Dark chocolate coconut macarons.

Birkie 2011! It was so cold. So. Cold.

photos from skinnyski.com

Hand type. Logos. Cereal. French-Canadian?

Watercolor of a tree trunk.

City of Lakes Loppet Snow Sculpture Contest 2011! It was great. We made this 4x4x8' snow block into...art?

A bear-ish figure! Diana Quenomoen and Suzanne Mahoney are the best!

"It looks like a turtle." It is not a turtle.

The first sign for the company! I designed the logo for Studio Gata, a new video production shop.

HK at BLB.

We won.

My initial logo concepts for a Minnesota Meat Company.

Dinnerware?

Beet Brigade. This is getting out of hand.

BEET BRIGADE. Never forget.

Pear Cardamom turnovers. It was a very good morning.

Flower? Grapefruit?

I made some macaron boxes for the holidays. I love macarons. A lot.

Introducing Monsieur Tomas and Papi Boody with their sweet, delicious mustaches.

The Wall at HK. I designed it to display HK's work.

The Wall at HK close-up.

I had to take these for school.

Fun with screens.