Missouri Botanical Garden

I'd say two months is a decent hiatus from updating this blog, yes? I recently wrapped up a four-month long internship at the Missouri Botanical Gardens and was able to pump out several designs for them. I also decided to become a horticulturist (jokes...)

The biggest project I was able to work on was for the Garden's annual Holiday Flower and Train Show, titled Gardenland Express. My job was to come up with the overall look of the show and design any and all promotional material for it. Check out some of my work:

General "look" of all Gardenland Express promotional material

Banner on Ridway's exterior (at the Gardens)

Bus advertisement

E-Blast, sent to all members

Billboard, seen here at Highway 44 and Kingshighway

Button

I Spy game, handed out at the event

A CHANGE OF PACE....

For the brochure (to be handed out at the event) I was asked to design a 1-color piece and save some money. Obviously 1-color meant that everything else I had designed for the show was not going to fly for this brochure. The next two designs show the inside of a tri-fold brochure. The blue one was my initial design, but look-wise had absolutely nothing to do with the show (I still think it is pretty, however). The black and white version is the one that was printed for the show. I made the black urns and columns, etc in illustrator. There was also a matching poster, which was very boring. But, alas, I must do as I am told.

Version 1, blue (not used)

Gardenland Express brochure (inside)

I also got to design this web header for the website:

"Holidays at the Garden" web header

Now, I know what you're thinking...."Man, this girl has done so much work! Did she ever have any fun?" The other interns and I made sure to squeeze some playtime into the work day. When you work with all creatives, how could work not be fun?

Cara and I set up camp at a Starbucks to make a birthday card. We put this sign on the table and only one woman came to talk to us!

One of several "formal invitations" for lunch

We sent this into Little Debbie and they sent us 40 free muffins!

Happy Holidays from some of the interns!

Cara on the left. Me on the right. And yes, this WAS taken at work.

Some of the interns riding the sheep at the Gardens. (photo taken by "little sheep," AKA Christy Siebert, thanks to her tripod)

The Fall 2009 interns, illustrated by me!

And finally, we made this lovely video. Please ignore the highly awkward face that I am making in the still frame, blogger must think it is soooo funny. The full quality version can be found HERE.

Thanks for checking out my work! Now that my unpaid internship is over, I'd really like a job! Please keep me in mind if you hear of any graphic design opportunities :)

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Merry Christmas!

(photo taken by me)

Have a Great Day!

~Christy