Blog & Articles

Why is Everything so Serious? – 10 Fun Things Worth Sharing
Family movie night has been all bangers lately: Cool Runnings, Rookie of the Year, The Pacifier (feat. Vincent Diesel). All these movies are 20 years old – do they still make movies that are just…. fun?

My Favorite Cocktail Recipes
Recently an old co-worker texted me because she had misplaced my “amazing margarita recipe”. I was kind of shocked because I’d never realized that my drink recipes might actually be that interesting to other people…

Spice Up the Dog Days 🌭 of Summer: 10 Things Worth Sharing
It’s hot in Kansas. I don’t really like the phrase “beat the summer heat” – I think you just have to give in and let the sweat overtake you. On that note, a few things that might make the Swamp Ass™ more bearable:

Darkroom Class and Finding Your Inspiration
You guys, it’s my birthday! You know those people who keep their birthday a secret from everyone and you find out 3 days later that you were eating lunch with them on that very day and they said nothing? That ain’t me.

Writing, Thinking, and Independent Bookstores
This weekend is Independent Bookstore Day, so don’t forget to go support your local bookstore on April 26. No matter where you live, they probably have some fun things planned!

10 Things We Learned from Opening a Neighborhood Bookstore
This list may not be “business advice”, but sometimes you just need someone to hype you up about trying a crazy idea.

Baseball, Trains, and Hat Sales – Newsletter #002
I love baseball. Here’s 10 things worth sharing to celebrate Opening Day:

Humans are more interesting than algorithms – Newsletter #001
Each month, I intend to share some interesting thoughts, quotes, articles, etc. Nothing fancy, but I believe in today’s algo world there is value in human curation.

Reimagining The Rio: the process behind a brand
Nobody asked me to do this project – It’s a passion project I created during a course last summer. BUT the cool part about that is that I can share every single detail about the process to show how a brand is made.

Podcast: Raising Kids & Running a Business
I recently joined my friend Kate Christy on her podcast, Raising Kids & Running a Business, to chat about parenting and running our own design businesses.

How to find a new career when AI takes our design jobs
So, uh… what now? How are you going to replace that graphic-design-shaped hole in your life?

Video: The best design inspiration – Baseball Cards!
Designers and creatives find inspiration from all over the place. I've admired baseball cards since I was a kid, and they still bring me so much joy as a designer and sports fan.

Podcast: Innovation through Collaboration with Crema
In May '23, I joined George from Crema to talk about design teams on their podcast: People of Product

Video: How do Polaroids actually work?
Listen to me nerd out about how Polaroids and instant film are an incredible invention... a self-contained little darkroom.