Freelancing & Invoicing

   Well, I promised a post about Avaleigh but instead I have something else for you today. NEWS.

   Freelancing has been going well for me, slow but I do get a couple jobs here and there. Today I was asked for an invoice. Panic ensued; I've never had to invoice anyone before. So I set out to create an invoice of my own.

   First I had to create a logo. Of course this was my favorite part of the process. I have a colorful clare logo, yes, but I felt for invoicing I really needed something more professional.

TA DA the rebranding of me.

   WHY THE BEE, you ask? Well for some reason growing up, my nickname was Clarebees. It was a nickname that my aunt gave to me for no particular reason, but it stuck. So anyway I decided to incorporate that into the logo :) I thought of the things I do that I might have to charge for in the future and created 3 separate logos for the different facets of myself. I might just use the plain logo or the 'graphics' logo but I thought it was cool to have different ones.

Thanks for caring <3 have a fantastic day everyone

polyvore

ok, so i broke down...

beach adventures by clare-mulderink

comfy couture by clare-mulderink

beauty is different for everyone.

but the popular idea of beauty changes with every decade.

the truth is,

beauty is only skin deep.

so why do we put so much focus on it?

musing on the fact that i'm seriously creating outfits...wtf. haha.

sweet summertime

sweet summertime by clare-mulderink on polyvore


Broke down & got a polyvore.... made this one with dddulcie

happy v-day

Today's St. Valentine's Day. This statement may either feel you with happiness, dread, elation, depression, or some combination of these.

For me, I'm filled with the desire to make desktops.

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I will leave you with a picture of me and my Valentine :)

clare + trevor :)

the valentine i made out of unused sales fliers from work

making cards

Did you miss my cards? :) Did you miss my cards? :) Here are some I made this holiday season

  

HOW TO MAKE CARDS

with limited supplies

 all i had to work with were scissors, tape, white paper & markers.

:) hope you liked them!

freelance

when i was 14, in the golden age of the internet, and instant messenging, i started making little graphics like avatars & icons for instant messenger, desktop wallpapers. it progressed until i got an opportunity to create the cover for a book my mom was putting out, and a logo for my dad's new business. from there i went crazy on graphics, learning especially how to edit photos and make whatever kind of graphic was necessary for the situation (and a few websites in the process). ANYWAY the point is, from the time i was 14 or 15 i knew i wanted to be a graphic designer. which brings me to the point.

#2 - I've been doing some freelance graphic stuff.

This is a program for the pageant that I was asked to do. It was rushed, because the chairman of the pageant, Yvonne, found me very last minute. I spent about four days staying up until the wee hours to finish this 40 some page program, which mostly consisted of ads. In the end, it came down to my mom helping me scan the ads in, my sisters double checking to make sure i included them all, and trevor helping me to enter all the ads in the first place. teamwork! love it. that was on sunday afternoon / evening, the program needed to be done by monday!

 

these are posters i did for Holy Family Radio, 1140 AM in Grand Rapids. My dad is really involved with the station and they were in need of some graphic work, so i volunteered :) I made them a bumper sticker, and about four posters overall. The bumper sticker is the white cross in the poster above. (that one's my favorite poster too)

I've also been doing a lot of photo editing, but I think that's a category on its own, which I should save for another blog post. So, ta ta for now.!