About

Brands I’ve worked with:
12 Sycamores
Ale Asylum
American Players Theatre
Appleton Coated Paper
Aura Cacia
Bailey's Screen Printing
The Bruce Company
Big Water Coffee
Broyhill Furniture
Buffalo Wild Wings
Duluth Trading Company
Ecker’s Apple Farm
EM Swanson Events
Envision IT
Fetch Rewards
Frontier Co-Op
Furthermore Beer
Gatorade Endurance
High Noon Saloon
Hog’s Back Brewery
Iristocracy
J. Stanek Woodworks
Jersey Mike's Subs
Just Coffee Co-Op
K2
Kline's Greenhouse
Lands’ End
LeAnn Rimes
Magnificent Living Institute
New Pig
Ortho
Polaris
Porcupine Band
Renaissance Farm
Simply Organic
Spring Green Chamber of Commerce
Spring Green General Store
The Shed
The Shitty Barn
Swarovski
Victoria Sterling
Wisconsin Riverside Resort
Wolf Family/Old Hickory Smokehouse
Yahara Guitars
Zoot

I'm a music-loving/playing, creative director, art director, award-winning designer, feminist, traveler, interior design nut, DIYer, curious-minded, type-loving, independent Aries mama.

Been hustling in the advertising and design industry for 20+ years. Dedicated and hell-bent on doing great work, pushing boundaries, driving creative and captivating solutions for passionate brands and companies. I am devoted to defying long-held, antiquated stereotypes, gender and cultural bias in advertising and strive to represent gender, age and race and cultural diversity in every project and the companies I partner with. 

Side hustle(s):
Having a deep affection for music gives me a creative itch to scratch outside of of design. I flew my freak flag high as a legit band nerd in high school and music major in college before switching over to art. This affection took form of my band, Building on Buildings (and my lovely vintage 1962 Gibson ES 125 TDC that smells like an old library book and plays like velvet). 

Besides playing in a band, my love for live music also sparked the idea of starting a live music venue in a small, progressive village outside of Madison with a few other like-minded, music loving friends. This became The Shitty Barn. I was a founder, co-producer and creative director for the venue that has consistently sold out seasons for the past 10 years.

Beyond music, I'm a home renovator and interior design nut. Full geek-out can be seen in all it's glory on my vintage home centric instagram account here.
 

Acknowledgement/Press:
• Little Black Book: The Essential List

• Communication Arts: Exhibit - Stray Forth Packaging

• Little Black Book: Ale Asylum Strays Forth

• Ad Age: This Brewery wants to cash in on the hard-seltzer craze

• “How My Son’s Favorite Cartoon Made me a Better Creative” on Muse by Clio

• Multiple appearances in Print's Regional Design Annual

• Featured on Oh Beautiful Beer website

• Published in Oh Beautiful Beer: The Evolution of Craft Beer and Design book

• Featured on Design Work LIfe

• 1 Minute With Interview

• 2012 WMC Fest Blog Interview

• 1 of 20 Designers to be featured at the 2012 Weapons of Mass Creation Fest

• Featured in GOOD's list of  Designing Women: 25 Female Designers and Illustrators We Love

• Featured on Eight Hour Day's Blog

• Artist of the Week on  VAU Indie Bag's online "Vlog"

• 2009 Silver ADDY for In Acting Shakespeare

• Winner of The Spring Green Area Art's Coalition Logo Design Contest