Process of Designing/Illustrating ‘Vintage’ Labels

This is another one of the fun projects that I did while back for the Silk Road Spice Merchant and just never got around to posting. They wanted a custom label inspired by old fruit labels, apothecary labels, and shipping labels. They liked the idea of something that looked old and maybe felt like what their logo might have looked like if they'd ...

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Hot Cocoa Labels

I have worked on a bunch of fun projects for The Silk Road Spice Merchant over the last couple of years that I didn't end up posting about. One of those projects was designing labels for their line of hot cocoa mixes. Because the hot cocoas aren't spices, they wanted the labels to have a different look than their spices, but still feel like one ...

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Chalkboard Process

Last spring I got to design and illustrate a large chalkboard for The Silk Road Spice Merchant. I love the look of hand lettered chalkboards and have wanted to work on one for a while, I just never had the opportunity. I was delighted to get to work on one for them :) Colin and Kelci from The Silk Road Spice Merchant wanted a functional chalkboa ...

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(click on the map to see it larger)I love the look of hand drawn maps and have been wanting to try my hand at one for a while. I just completed this map for a local business, The Silk Road Spice Merchant, for a postcard they're printing to show their new location. They'll be moving a few blocks North of their current location onto 9th Avenue in I ...

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