I have officially moved into the realm of creating my own WordPress themes. I had previously been using Coraline as the theme for this website. But since I bought my own space on the web, I’ve been wanting to personalize my website with a theme I created from scratch. I’m so excited to learn more […]
Over the past few months, I’ve worked with Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Lowell, Michigan put them on the Web. The church had no pre-existing website, so I had create a solution from scratch. I bought the domain name and hosting package, and decided to use WordPress as a CMS, along with a theme from […]
Getting married? I Do… Wedding Designs. Now that I’ve had more than a few couples approach me about doing their wedding invitation designs, I’ve decided to make a new weddings section of my website. I had a lot of fun with the typography design of this site. Kudos to Google Webfonts, which has become such […]
I recently completed my first set of wedding invitations, programs, and thank you cards for a couple from school who got married. I’ve received several queries from couples of how much it costs. That’s a hard question to answer, since it all depends on the quantity, paper types, and overall design of the wedding “system.” […]
I recently completed two large temporary signs for the Dwelling Place Midtown Village project. Midtown Village is a renovation of the historic E.E. Fell Junior High, and Dwelling Place had a school-themed advertising campaign in place. I helped visually design two large “academic” signs: a 2 x 12 ft. ruler and a 5 x 6 […]
Recently I finished typesetting and binding my own short stories book, with the help of Adobe InDesign, Acrobat Professional, and my home printer. The book is a collection of three short stories written by me: “The Orchid Shop,” “Doctor Greenbourne,” and “Act One.” I wrote all three of these stories for my creative writing class […]
I’ve brought my family crest into the 21st Century. I traced the crest from a technical drawing my father did when he was young, in Adobe Illustrator. Now the Overbeeke family crest is fully digital and in vector format. My brother and I are thinking of creating an Overbeeke family genealogy website, and I was […]
The semester and my time here at Calvin College is wrapping up very quickly. This week, I present my senior design project to Health Intervention Services. I’ve provided a little preview here. Check out the new Client Design section of my portfolio. I’m green to the client design and freelancing world, but I hope to […]
I recently hosted a presentation/workshop at Calvin College about publishing your own book from scratch using Adobe InDesign and Blurb.com. Here are the slides from that presentation.
I love designing and making books. Ever since my January Interim class when I hand-crafted books, I’ve been addicted. I love layout, but now I have a much greater appreciation of the physicality of books, too. I just posted photos of a few of my best books from my Bookmaking class. I’m on spring break […]