MMNH featured a museum gift shop promotion which highlighted products from their Bird's Eye View exhibit and Bird Bonanza event. They required a whimsical promotional poster to draw attention to the bird items in the shop.

When MMNH has special promotions on memberships and admission prices, they require posters to hang from the front desk which reflect the museum's aesthetic, but could easily be changed in color when the museum undergoes re-branding.

The Midwest Museum of Natural History required simple, editable pamphlets to advertise their volunteer opportunities, programs, events, and special exhibits. The museum participates in community outreach and it is important for them to have these pamphlets available in large quantities whenever they are needed; because of this, printing in color and relying on a graphics designer for more "professional" materials is not a sensible option in the long term. It is imperative that the flyers be consistent in branding and design and adaptable to changes.

Posted May 28th, 2016
Promoting an upcoming sale at Anthropologie.

Styling and photography by me.
The @anthro_highlandparkil Instagram account has since been replaced with @anthro_chicago.

t’s very common for widows to lose 75% of their friends after their spouse’s death. When a couple is friends with another couple and a group of four becomes three, it upsets the “balance” and the intact couples will bail. Then there’s the matter of married women fearing that widows are “predators” who are after their husbands. It sounds absurd, but it’s a real thing. It has happened to my mom.

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I’m really into opera.
It’s one of those super dorky things about me that I shout from the rooftops. I gave speeches about opera in high school. I wrote research papers about opera in college. I frequently spend my weekends going to Met Live in HD performances at my local movie theater. When I’m at a red light and the car next to me is blasting bass-booming hip hop, I crank up “Un bel di” and laugh at the confused stare I get from the adjacent driver. Who needs Kanye when you can have some Puccini, right?
It’s weird, I know. Just roll with me for a minute.

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Posted May 3rd, 2016
A showcase of the Artist's Studio beauty line at Anthropologie.

Styling and photography by me.
The @anthro_highlandparkil Instagram account has since been replaced with @anthro_chicago.