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Indecisive Musings

As it turns out when it comes to my own blog, website, branding, personal focus, and goals I am a very wishy-washy person. I flux between wanting to change things and make them better to panicking because I can’t wrap my head around what I want to make it. If I’m honest, anything is better. Currently, my old blog is crumbling and outdated and my website is super outdated and somewhat null and void. I just don’t rely on it to find new clients.

Don’t get my wrong I still do freelance work. I love doing freelance. It keeps my brain sane from being a SAHM and it helps me to feel as though I am using the giftings God has given me.

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My sweet girl! Getting so big.

As a designer, I learned before I was even fully finished with my BFA that I had picked a career which can often be full of unsatisfying work or worse full of selling people what they don’t need by means that I don’t agree with. Freelancing has allowed me to work for non-profits or companies/people I do believe which has been an answer to pray. I asked the Lord during my first internship to redeem my career choice and I believe He has done just that.  All of my clients I have through word of mouth or personal relationships.
So all of that to say, I have a website I don’t really use to drum up clients, a blog that needs transition, and lots of projects I want to accomplish all of which I am not sure what style I want it to be viewed through. Sigh.

Desires:
Incorporate recipes from our new mostly plant-based eating lifestyle.
Incorporate projects that I do – which means I need to do them 🙂
Add new work I have created – because I have a website so I might as well; maybe someone wants to see it.
Blog again. (This is a start I suppose)

 

How do I want to be viewed through a website?

I still like using Ray as a starting point.  A ray of light is distinguished from a beam of light in that it describes a smaller quantity of light. I want my website to be a ray of light in the www and in whomever’s life that is possibly viewing it so I was to keep that idea.

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I also want to still keep my logo.

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I want it to be all encompassing life blog rather than a portfolio feel. A landing place for what God is teaching me, recipes I’m learning, typographic designs perhaps, projects I accomplish or random soap box moments….and probably a few nail polish colors or techniques I’m loving, because if you have known me over the past 5ish years, you know I really love having my nails painted.

 

so…

 

while I work it out it will be a little unorganized but I’m setting a goal to get things back on track – if only for myself.

 

 

 

 

Sister’s Engagement Photos

Just for fun I snagged my sister and her fiance for a mini shoot so they would have a few fun engagement photos.  This was a MINI session of epic proportions; I think it was literally ten minutes.  My lovely cousins threw a bridal shower for her in Houston at one of my Aunt’s homes so after the shower we ran into the backyard for a quick shoot and I think we ended up with so really great shots.  I really hate Houston but thank goodness of pretty scenery in Tomball, who would have thought a backyard shoot could be so pretty! Although I think the humidity was 2000%. But they look cool and not sweaty.

They were mortified I asked them to kiss. 😉

Can’t wait to show you her bridal portraits!!!!

Father’s Day Typography

This year for Father’s Day I decided to make a typographic design for my Dad’s office.  We recently redid his office to update it and to make it more modern and office chic.  So I thought and hope that this piece will find a home in this space he spends so much of his time.

I decided to honor him with Proverbs 20:7 a scripture that talks about the integrity of a man. My Dad has been such an amazing example of integrity to me and to our whole family and we are indeed blessed by it.

Under Construction

I am finally getting a website up for myself, which takes time. So for now the website isn’t complete but I am very excited about having an official website where my portfolio can really be showcased. For now if you want to see more of my work you can check out my blog at: www.crayportfolio.blogspot.com.