One Year Sweet...

In celebration of dear little Kaylee Jo's 1st birthday, I created this card for her mommy to use for a thank you card.

Front

Inside

Back

This template now available....watch for more non-holiday templates to come!

...and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sweet Kaylee Jo...love ya, sweetie!

It should be illegal...

to use such a snazzy looking logo! LOL Just kidding.

Stacey Steel contacted me about designing a logo for her business, Steel (a play on her last name, ha ha) the Moment Photography. After a few tries, we finally narrowed it down to this one.

If you're in California and looking for a photographer, don't forget to check out Stacey at www.steelthemomentphotography.com.

Good luck with your business, Stacey. Thanks for making me a part of your design process. I wish you the best!

a sleek, sophisticated logo

Last week I received this e-mail from Kia Hinz:

"I recently came across your work and love what I saw. I am starting a business in Chicago as a children's contemporary portrait photographer, and wonder if you would be able to help me create a logo? I have been looking forever for someone to create my vision of a sleek, sophisticated and timeless logo (to be used for website, business cards, stationary, etc) but have yet to find exactly what I am looking for."

So, after finding out a bit more of what she was looking for in a logo, we finalized her logo today and in her words, "...it is p e r f e c t!..."

Without further ado, here's the winning logo:

www.kiahinzphotography.com

If you're in the Chicago area and looking for a photographer for your kiddos, be sure to give Kia Hinz a call! 312.492.6777 or 773.510.0821

Thanks, Kia, for allowing me to work along-side of you to create this beautiful logo.
You were a pleasure to work with. I wish you the best!

The wait is over!!!

And the winner, drawn from a bowl by my daughter - she thought it was quite fun and drew everyone's name before it was all over, but since it doesn't work that way...the winner is

northpte@lighthouse.net

(Sorry, didn't have your name.) You need to let me know if you want the prize package or not by Sunday, September 16th at 6pm Central time.

For those who didn't win, keep checking out the blog, I will be posting a no-purchase-necessary contest in the next week, I'm just thinking of some fun guidelines.

ROYALTY FREE music at a great price

Looking for that perfect song for your website or slideshow?

Just thought I'd share a site with you that I've used in the past and been very happy with...Stock20.

They have a large assortment of music and their prices are great (all selections are $7) - best of all, it's free to join so you can look around and see if something catches your ear!

YAY for me...and you!

The site move/update/clean-up is DONE! Did you hear my huge sigh of relief?

The site is now up and running (hopefully smoothly!)

Thanks to all of you for your patience during all of this!

As a token of my appreciation, I've got a special offer (good for three days only) for everyone...

Sorry, this offer has ended. Please check back soon
to see any new discounts or contests.

...and for the cherry on top...

I will take the names of everyone who took part in this special offer and one person will win the entire kit and caboodle (and their money back)...yes, that's right, every action, all the storyboards, the border sets, and the holiday 2007 card templates! What more could you ask for???

This purchase is limited to one "complete" purchase per person - no signing up to buy each item separately to raise the number of buyers. Discount not valid on the purchase of printed items. This offer ends at 6pm central time on Friday, September 14th. (To make it easier to keep track of how many we have taking part in this offer, please enter your name in the comments below, even if you e-mail your request or purchase online.) Discount Code:OGD-YAY

Do I see a light???

I'm sure nobody is near as anxious as I am for the site to be up and running...completely done...well, it's getting close - all the links are working now, except my sample galleries for the business pieces and the ads, my border sample gallery and a few of the client proof galleries that need to be cleaned up and reposted. YAY! I can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel!

In celebration of the update completion I will be offering a special deal on a few things, so check back soon for the details!

New web addy, same great designs...with style!

Sorry to anyone who is trying to visit my website right now - I'm switching my site from trisharobertson.com to orangegeckodesigns.com and since I have to reupload everything anyway, I'm reorganizing my files and stuff as I do it...all that to say - my site will be down for a couple days while I do the cleaning. I'm still available for design work, so don't hesitate to e-mail me with any questions. I will post on the blog when my new site is up and running!

Thanks!

Something to tide you over...

My website will be going down very shortly, as I'm in the process of changing my web address, but thought I'd post a few recent designs to tide you over until it's up and running again!

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Jaime specializes in children and family portraits and was looking for a fun logo that centered around a beach theme. Watch the blog for the rest of her design pieces.

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Lindsay needed an ad that featured various samples of her work and that could double as her business card. This ad was designed for use in a local school's yearbook.

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Andrea was looking for a simple, eye-catching logo with clean lines and simple fonts.

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This business needed something high-tech that had great contrast that made the
logo really pop. He was looking for something that would look sharp embroidered
on shirts as well as on stickers and business pieces.

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Family Picture Time!

A special thanks to Kimberly Smoot who made an almost 2 hour drive to come and take our family pictures. If anyone is in the Springfield area, this girl ROCKS! Check out her website and blog! www.kimberlysmoot.com and then give her a call! 217.793.2167...what are you waiting for?

Dog Days of Summer Sale!

The dog days of summer are officially here, with temps in the 90s, heat indexes in the 110s and super high humidity...all we can do is try to stay cool and come up with things to do indoors...so, here's something for ya! I'm having a

Dog Days of Summer Set Sale!

This sale has ended. Sorry! Check back soon for upcoming deals!

Just having fun!

It's Sunday...a day to relax, go to church, spend time with family and have fun before going back to work on Monday. So, that's what I did. Just thought I'd show a progression of this photo using some actions and borders that I've created. Please let me know what you think!

The final photo, shown larger below uses the enchantment action,
the vignette action and a swirly-grunge border.

A "Snappy" new postcard...

Sarah Ra'anan asked me to create a postcard for her to hand out in celebration of the Jewish New Year...and just to keep me on my toes, she asked me to add a few lines in Hebrew. The colors were chosen because one of the themes of the Jewish New Year is apples & honey - which would also explain the pictures.

www.sarahraanan.com

The lines in Hebrew read: "A quiet year, a beautiful year, a tranquil year. A year of peace, a year of dreams and love." The translation was so beautiful that I felt I had to share it...hmmmm...maybe I'll have make another card that says that in English as well.

One more template...

This one will replace the 4x8 that was in the embellished holiday set.


This is a 5x5 press-printed bi-fold card. It can also be easily printed as a 5x5 2-sided flat card.

Fun & Whimsical Logo

Angie was looking for a scrapbook style logo, something flourishy and textured, for a new forum that she was starting.

Angie - good luck with your new forum, I wish you much success!

I was framed!

Oh, wait...no...I guess my daughter was framed...in the borders below! I already have a grunge set of borders, but have been working on a grunge-flourish set as well. Well after much trial and error, here's my first few flourish borders...

Keep watching, I'll have more soon!

More templates and a slight change...

I just finished this card...
...which I will be adding to my Holiday 2007 collection. Several people have asked specifically for 4x8 cards, so I will be pulling all the 4x8 cards from the other sets and adding a couple more to it to create a new 4x8 holiday set. Keep your eyes out for it very soon!

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This card is the new Milano Grunge 07 that will replace the 4x8 in the grunge collection. It's a 5x7 press printed card, shown here with the special back for it and a sample text for the inside.

Are you making your list and checking it twice?

Action Group Buy

Sorry...This group buy has ended!

You can view the actions on my website by clicking here!
The group buy ends Friday, August 10th, so sign up today!!!

Thanks to Tiffany J. from 2peas for organizing this group buy - she will get 50% off
of her purchase if the minimum participants for one of the buys are met.

Do you belong to a different forum that you'd like to set up a group buy for?
Let me know and we get it worked out!

Actions are compatible with PS7+

Fingerprints of God...

Lindsay Vinson of Bell City, Missouri just had me design this logo for her business...

www.fingerprintsofgodstudios.com

Lindsay style is fun with a sophisticated edge to it, so we needed a logo to match. This logo incorporates a fun handwritten text with a clean cut font to give it just that touch of sophistication. The logo style also allows for easy customization of the colors for use on any type of print piece she would need.

If you're in the Bell City area and looking for a photographer,
call 573-733-4477 or e-mail fingerprintsofgodstudios@yahoo.com

Thanks Lindsay for letting me put my "fingerprint" on your logo design. You've been great to work with and I hope we can work together again in the future. Good luck with everything!

And the winners are...

1. Daphne J
2. tania (tai on 2 peas)
3. susan robichibaud
4. margie @ smiles forever photo and
5. catherine dillberg

Do you see your name in that list? If so, send me an e-mail to t.l.robertson(at)trisharobertson.com and let me know what template you'd like for free of if you want me to apply the amount to a set!

Not that you'll probably wait this long, but you have until Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at 9pm Central time to send me your request.

Thanks to everyone who posted! Be sure to check back again for future contests and discounts or sign up with feedblitz to receive my blog updates by e-mail!