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As a brand ambassador for Shutterfly, I am having so much fun creating new projects each month to share with you! I hope my ideas inspire you to create something fabulous for your own home. This month, I designed my own set of canvases for our new vacation home. I’m so excited to report that demo has begun on the house and our goal is to have the remodel completed by early October. With my mind on decorating the house up North, I couldn’t help but decide to design something that we can use there. The inspiration came from the creative artwork that is everywhere right now that incorporates awesome typography, words and quotes.

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You may have seen a peek of the first canvas I designed last week, which is the circle custom logo. The inspiration for this design is very ironic, because I spotted a pin on Pinterest that led me to an article that basically bashes this type of “hipster, artisanal” logo, yet teaches you how to create it. Well, I happen to love this style, so thank you very much to Fast Company for teaching me how to make one!  I used the free fonts they suggested and then incorporated our last name, details about the vacation house and a silhouette of a deer. I think the design turned out amazing and when it arrived printed from Shutterfly on a 16″ x 16″ canvas, I was giddy!

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The second canvas I created was a modern collage of “trees” using this font I purchased. Each tree represents a member of our little family of four. I love how the trees also look like arrows which are so popular in design right now. I also did this as a 16″ x 16″ canvas.

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The third canvas I designed was a typography print that describes what we do when we are in Flagstaff on vacation! It is 16″ x 20″ and I used the same fonts I used for the logo canvas and varied the sizes of the fonts until it looked balanced.

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If you are looking at these and saying, “Well, I like those but I can’t do that!”…YES, you can! I am going to be showing you how to make your own custom artwork for canvases, using a free program, free fonts and graphics. Come back after the long weekend and get ready to design! Find instructions for the circle logo design here

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I hope you like how my canvases turned out! I can’t wait to get the house ready and hang them up there. I’ll be sure to show you when I do!

While I was playing on Shutterfly, I also made this Curved Glass Print for my husband’s desk at work using one of our family photos. It was hard to photograph because of the reflection, but it is super cool in person.

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 Be sure to visit Shutterfly to check out the full line of home decor items!

THIS IS A SPONSORED POST. THE TOMKAT STUDIO HAS RECEIVED PAYMENT, TRADE AND/OR PRODUCTS FROM SHUTTERFLY IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMOTING, HOWEVER ALL OPINIONS STATED ARE MY OWN.

August 31, 2013

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  1. Tina Dahl says:

    These are so awesome Kim!! My style is on the clean and crisp side, so I really appreciate how non-fussy these are. Love the frameless canvas style. I are something like this for our new house. How fun! Great job, as always :). Can’t wait to see the renovation plans!

  2. Tina Dahl says:

    Sorry, I see something like this for our new house!!!!

  3. This is really cute Kim! Love what you made. I always LOVE everything I order from Shutterfly.

  4. Hilari says:

    I love these! My favorite is the custom circle logo canvas- such a personal addition to your vacation home. I can’t wait to see more!

  5. Anne says:

    This is a great series of prints! I love the theme and the symbolism for each. So inspired to try out some of these ideas…thanks

  6. Kristine says:

    That typography print canvas is a wonderful idea. I just might have to do something similar for our home.

  7. laura Thomsen says:

    WOW…Can’t wait to get Creative.

  8. AKMA.me says:

    Hi, nice artwork. look very cute.. 🙂

  9. Oh Kim, that post made me laugh! I loved that you linked the article and used their tips. Hilarious! They’re great, perfect for a vacation home.

  10. Laura says:

    Love this! Totally want to do this for my home. I kept trying to create a logo through their site but nothing worked. Then I read your comments and realize you made yours somewhere else. Can’t wait for your post on how to make our own logo and signs.

  11. susan says:

    These are just amazing, thank you for sharing!!!

  12. Teri says:

    Wow! I LOVE your canvas prints. I love the whole remodel. I want to make some of some kind of canvas print for my livingroom. You have such loveley ideas.

  13. Teri says:

    Wow! I LOVE your canvas prints. I love the whole remodel. I want to make some of some kind of canvas print for my livingroom. You have such loveley ideas. Ok now im addicted to your blog!!

  14. Kim,
    I’m just now reading this post….so now I know how the logo/sign was created! Great art work!!

  15. natalie says:

    i am looking for the next post where you show us how to design these but can’t find it 🙁
    can you point me in the right direction? 🙂

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