Dayzee Love
Creative Web & Graphic Design
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Carl Rothwell
Based in Stockport in the UK, Carl originally asked me to make him double sided business cards. I went on to make him 2 sets of custom postcards and a banner for his Etsy shop.
Responsibilities
Custom Business Cards
Custom Postcards
Custom Banner
Dougal's Den
Based in the UK - I was given a group of illustrations to combine together to make stickers to match the branding of their blog. They also requested a matching set of double sided business cards with a voucher code area on the reverse.
Responsibilities
Custom Oval Stickers
Custom Business Cards
Fig Leaf Soap
Based in Florida, the theme for this new shop would be to 'Live with intention' so the customer wanted a mermaid logo. This design would continue on the banner, avatar and stickers to give a branded look.
Responsibilities
Custom Logo
Etsy Banner
Etsy Avatar
Matching Stickers
Sticker Layout PDF
Denise Black
Based in St. Joseph, Missouri - Denise wanted some custom thank you cards with a vibrant coloured butterfly like the one on her Etsy shop banner. She liked them so much she also requested some matching business cards too.
Responsibilities
Custon Thank You Cards
Custom Business Cards
Villas Yasemin
I have been designing the website for Villas Yasemin since 2004 when we prepared the first website for the 2005 holiday season. This is the third major redesign to give it a more modern blog type feel.
Responsibilities
Layout Design
XHTML
CSS
Image Editing
Welcome
Welcome to Dayzee Love, you will find graphic, web and product design examples from the last 18 months. Many of these designs were commissioned as custom designs from small businesses and start-up online stores that are part of the handmade community on Etsy.
Working with members of the creative community has proved to be a very fulfilling and enriching experience with many clients becoming regular customers. Quite a few of my best sellers were originally requested by Etsy sellers who then recommended the items to team members or their own customers that are also sellers on Etsy.
Supporting the handmade community is a pleasure and in return this community has provided a fabulous platform to meet the ideal customer and provide them with a much needed service.
Skills
Graphic Design
I started designing on an Atari using a package called Calamus. When I went to University I was introduced to Apple Macs and Photoshop and this broadened my horizons.
I use both Mac and PC and over the years I have gained experience and skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark, Flash and Dreamweaver. I mainly concentrate on using Creative Suite and quirky packages like PixelMator and was a big fan of Xara 3D.
Custom Graphic Design work is available from Etsy at Dayzee Love Designs.
Web Design
I moved quite naturally into web design learning both Dreamweaver and hand coding at the same time. I can write HMTL, XHTML and CSS.
Over the years I have used a number of software packages to create animations or interactive compositions, such as Flash, ImageReady, After Effects and Fireworks. I find the Adobe interface is very easy to work with and can transfer skills easily from one package to another.
I took a professional studies course in Web Design and Graphics for Web in order to bring my skills up to date. I am now studying CSS3 and HTML5.
Product Design
I like to design gifts such as desk accessories and other items of geekery. My latest range concentrates on upcycled materials like vintage scrabble tiles. One of these designs was recently features in a roadshow as part of a sustainable living exhibit created by StartUK.
I am regularly asked to make custom items and they are available to buy from Cheeky Geeky.