cm design

Did you know I do freelance design work? My freelance business is CM Design.

If you need any of the following (or know anyone else that does), please email me at CMusicDesign@gmail.com

• Custom announcements and invitations
• Custom/Personal stationary
• Logo Design
• Business Cards
• Illustrations
• Marketing collateral 
• Graphic Design
• Branding 

When Wuhnurth is over and I have a little more free time, I hope to launch a website showcasing my portfolio of work and get some more things done with CM Design. In the meantime, I will post some things as I create them here so everyone can see! 

kitchen creations

Here are some of my first DIYs for the new house. Considering I spend a lot of time in the kitchen, these were both much-needed!

Canisters

I loved the look of these glass canisters from Target. The square shape and stainless steel lids give them a modern look, and the rough hand-blown-look glass gives them the perfect eclectic look I was looking for. Plus, they come in three sizes and are stackable... perfect for maximizing space!

I picked up some scrapbooking letters in a font I liked and some etching cream at Michael's. To reverse-etch the canisters, do the following: 

1. Tape off a rectangle with painter's tape. The area inside is what will have an etched finish. 
2. Inside your rectangle, spell out the word with scrapbooking letters. 
3. Smooth tape and letters out with a spackling knife to be sure they are pressed down everywhere; otherwise you may not end up with a clean edge after etching. 
4. Apply a thick coat of etching cream inside the rectangle using a foam brush. 
5. Set aside for 3-5 minutes. 
6. Rinse etching cream off and un-peel tape and stickers. 

 

Spice Rack

I made this spice rack using 3 Grundtal magnetic knife racks from Ikea, 24 twist top tins from SpecialtyBottle.com, and labels I printed on sticker paper.

With this spice rack, all my herbs and spices are quickly accessible... no dizzying lazy susans.

baby shower invitations

I can't wait til my nephew baby Music is born in October! Last weekend, Elizabeth had two baby showers, one in Plymouth, Indiana with her family, and one in Indianapolis with some friends. Below is the invitation I made for the Plymouth shower, given by her mom and sister.

My mom and I are hosting a shower for our side of the family in Cincinnati next weekend. The invitation I created for that shower is to the left. I am also creating some other custom items for the shower, so I will post those here when they are finished, too! 

wuhnurth

James is the founder of Wuhnurth Music Festival, a 3-day environmentally-based music festival celebrating music, peace, art, and community. Our mission is to spread environmental awareness and encourage activism, while promoting talented up-and-coming musicians. When the festival is over, a portion of the profit raised will go towards funding environmental initiatives.

We put a lot of work into this all year, and this year, it should really pay off! We moved the festival from the Water Bowl in Muncie, Indiana to a new place: Stable Studios in Spencer, Indiana. We are so excited to have Stable Studios as part of the Wuhnurth Family. They are like-minded people with the same passions as us, and are even making renovations to parts of their property to accommodate all the festival-goers this year.

There will be over 40 hours of live, original music provided by 35+ bands performing on 3 stages this year: a covered main stage, an all-sun stage with a field to sit in, and a circus-tent-style stage in the woods. Headliners for this year are Cornmeal, Marco Benevento Trio, and Papadosio. Some other of my favorites performing are the Ragbirds, Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, Mountain Standard Time, Midwest Hype, MC Sparkplug, and my good friend Megan Maudlin. See the website for the full line-up.

We will also have environmental speakers, lightshows, fire dancers, activities for adults and children, eco-friendly food and merchandise vendors, hula hooping lessons, morning yoga and meditation, and musician workshops.

I hope to see you all there!!

what i'm reading...

I just started reading a new book, Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip through the Islands of Figi and Vanuatu, by J. Maarten Troost. He is said to be one of the greatest travel writers of this time, and I can definitely say it makes me daydream of sitting on a remote island sipping drinks out of coconuts while lying on the beach!

"A delightful, self-deprecating, extremely sly account of life in a place so wretched it gives new, terrible meaning to getting away from it all." -National Geographic Adventure

our new house

James and I moved into our first home in the beginning of June. We have three bedrooms, two full baths, a finished basement, and an awesome deck in our backyard.
We are loving every minute of it so far! We have been busy doing yard work and deciding on how we want to decorate everything.

I'll post new pics of the different rooms as we get them done. Right now, some of our rooms are either empty or just filled with boxes waiting to be unpacked.