By ycd, on December 6th, 2011%

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This is the pretty YCD Happy Holiday card – 2011 Edition – that we designed for our clients & friends. It’s always great fun to spend some time doing design work for ourselves and to have carte blanche for all stylistic choices (including the choice of a reindeer photo amongst . . . → Read More: Our pretty 2011 Christmas cards!
By ycd, on September 26th, 2011%
I like to use my design skills in real life, for example when it comes to creating birthday cards for people. I designed the one above for my goddaughter Arianne who turned 10 (already!) last week. Call me cheap, but I do find that paying $6-7 (ofter more for the very fancy ones) for a generic . . . → Read More: Steve Poses for Birthday Card
By ycd, on March 14th, 2011%

We were contacted by the organizers of Folded Dreams at the beginning of 2011 and asked to design a poster, a postcard and some templates for the website of their Annual Paper Airplane Festival & Competition taking place in Ottawa. They wanted something “simple and clean”, and below is what we came up with. This event . . . → Read More: Designs for Paper Airplane Festival & Competition
By ycd, on December 6th, 2010%

A few weeks ago Felt & Wire was giving away packs of lovely Mohawk Paper envelopes to their Facebook fans following a discussion on what size(s) of envelopes designers/paper lovers were using the most. I received mine in the post a few days later and was very excited about posting about them here, but . . . → Read More: Recycled cards for the Holidays
By ycd, on November 30th, 2009%
Christmas Card for Chantalle's Daycare
Sometimes our designer’s skills come in handy for our family and friends who need help with a project. For us, it’s great fun as it’s low pressure work (let’s put it this way: we do it for free as long as we have total control on the art direction ) . . . → Read More: Chantalle’s Daycare Christmas Card