Showing posts with label moonshine hill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moonshine hill. Show all posts

Friday, September 20, 2013

Calligraphy Flourish Friday - Logo Design for Moonshine Hill Inn

I was delighted to receive these promotional images from my client, Ann Johnson. Ann owns Moonshine Hill in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee and has hired me for a few special projects, including this logo design.

 She gave me permission to share these images of her beautiful getaway.

 Ann wanted the logo to have a "seeing double" feel to it as a nod to the property's moonshine making past.  The Leiper's Fork area, just outside of Nashville, is gorgeous - lots of rolling hills - and I wanted to incorporate that feel in the design as well.  I normally do logos in black ink, so it's always great to see how an art director brings them to life.  

The fire looks so cozy.  Looking for a special getaway?  A venue for a wedding or special event?  Call Ann at Moonshine Hill!
To visit the Moonshine Hill website, CLICK HERE.
(Be sure to watch the video.)

I am sad to learn of Gwen Weaver's passing.  I admired her novel approach to the pointed pen.  She created and developed her own alphabets - some with crazy, bent nibs - and she shared them generously with all through her teaching.  Years ago when I was a student in one of Ellen Simon's classes, other students were showing what they had done in a Calligraphy Guild of Indiana workshop with Gwen Weaver the previous weekend...and that was it for me....I didn't want to miss another opportunity like that...so I joined the guild.  Thank you for that Gwen.

I think I will go find some of my favorite Gwen exemplars and practice.
Go forth and flourish, Friends.

Friday, February 22, 2013

Calligraphy Flourish Friday - Logo Design

Whenever we stay at a place that has a book for guests' comments, I have fun writing the name of the property in the book rather than leaving traditional comments.  Moonshine Hill Inn is a special place, and we loved staying there.  It is in Leiper's Fork, TN - one of my and Tom's favorite spots. (I guess we should learn to like country music...)

The owner of Moonshine Hill loved the lettering in the guest book.  She tracked me down and asked me to create a design for her.  She wanted a hillbilly feel to the design, so I played around with different ideas.  I'll show you the finished design in a future post.

 I took this photo while we were staying at Moonshine Hill. (I did the lettering with a Zebra G and Moon Palace Sumi and then layered it in Photoshop. This isn't the design I did for the client.)  If you are looking for a special getaway, then I highly recommend Moonshine Hill.  (It includes breakfast at the famous Country Boy Restaurant in Leiper's Fork - yum!)  For all you Nashville folks, Moonshine Hill would be a great wedding or special event venue. For more info on Moonshine Hill, CLICK HERE.

There is a special, Creative Lettering book giveaway going on over at Martha Lever's blog.  Act fast, Martha will announce the winner tomorrow, February 23.  Hop over to Martha's giveaway blog post by CLICKING HERE.

Have a great weekend everyone.
Drive safely!
xo
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