by Sarah Spoelstra | Mar 12, 2022 | Creativity, Graphic Design, Photography
There are six elements of design in photography—line, shape, form, texture, pattern, color. They all work together, and without one, you can’t have the other. Using these elements you can create powerful compositions and images from everyday subjects. First up line....
by Sarah Spoelstra | Feb 24, 2022 | Consumer Product Goods, Creativity, Email Marketing, Graphic Design, Packaging Design
Happy Super Bowl Weekend! Who are you rooting for? I’m a Bronco’s and Vikings fan. Since, by default, you were one or the other if you grew up in South Dakota with no home team like I did. And since neither of those teams is in the Super Bowl, I’m there for the...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Jan 5, 2022 | Business, Creativity, Digital Marketing, Graphic Design, Inbound Marketing, Marketing, Packaging Design
Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were filled with love, laughter, and joy and you’re looking forward to 2022. This month I’m finding focus, feeling heartbroken by the Marshall fires, reducing the plastic packaging I bring into my house, watching...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Dec 14, 2021 | Branding, Consumer Product Design, Creativity, Digital Marketing, Email Marketing, For Fun, Graphic Design, Packaging Design
Welcome to the inaugural edition of 5 Things to Share. It was inspired by the desire to shorten the monthly newsletter while still sharing news, trends, interesting bits and pieces, and tips in marketing, design, and photography with you. So here are 5 things worth...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Aug 29, 2021 | Creativity, Graphic Design, Photography, Photoshop
The Story Behind the Image Once I got all my credits transferred from Northwest College, I was about halfway to a degree, but I needed a few more credits. One of them being a photoshop class. I’d been using Photoshop since its 2.0 inception for the yearbook in...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Mar 7, 2021 | Branding, Creativity, Graphic Design, Product Development
How does the creative process work? Do ideas just float down from somewhere in the sky and you pluck them out? Believe it or not, there really is a method to the madness. Well, at least there is to my creative madness…here’s how it works for me. ...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Dec 30, 2020 | Crafting, Creativity, Graphic Design, Work-Home Life
No matter what way you look at it 2020 was a year we won’t soon forget. We started off the year like any other but it soon turned into a reality that none of us could’ve predicted or imagined. The first Covid-19 case landed on the ski slopes in Colorado on...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Apr 12, 2011 | Branding, Business, Creativity, Graphic Design, Marketing
You’re serious about your business, so you should look like you are. And in a rough economy, it’s even more important to hold onto the market share you’ve worked so hard for over the years. So dig your heels in and brand your business like you mean...
