This accordion fold capabilities brochure stretches out to showcase Lifeline's full line of services at a glance. 

The "lifeline" of imagery established in the collateral materials is extended to the web site with a slider on the home page and horizontal collages of photography throughout the site. Terry Clark shot many of these images.

Your Choice. Your Journey. Your Strength. Your Life. Your Beautiful. Nipple and Areola tattooing is a very personal decision, and FORMA Naturalis tattoos are uniquely tailored to each individual woman. The website features a series of images of women paired with empowering words that reinforce the tagline.

I think this is my favorite logo. It's the first one I did in my professional career, it was for a great organization, and it won a national ADDY. Not too shabby.

Meet "sad g". Isn't it interesting that a slightly bent letterform somehow looks like it's sad? This logo is an award winner, and also for a great organization - nothing sad about that.

So, my dad needed a logo for his neighborhood crime watch. You just never know where a great logo opportunity might come from. We also printed t-shirts for the watch captains - the triangular "eyes" in the negative space between the trees was printed with glow in the dark white ink for late night crime watch activity. This mark is also an award winner.

Blog created by two Canadian school teachers about their adventures in Korea. You gotta check out this blog: eatyourkimchi.com. Seriously. You won't regret it.

An incredible photographer who also happens to collect cigar bands. Check out his website here.

A wonderful medical and dental care practice with five locations in Cleveland, Ohio.

Logo for a festive annual soiree/fundraiser for the Garden.

I created this mark and wrote the tagline for a very talented and caring Neuropsychologist.

THE LOTUS PEOPLE
This mark is for an incredible yoga instructor. If you are in need of a little zen in your life, visit TheLotusPeople.com.

Academic logo for the Northgate Flames. Norhtgate is a school district in Pittsburgh, PA.

Athletics logo for the Northgate Flames. Their mascot is a phoenix. Illustration by Gregg Valley.

The official seal for the Northgate Flames.

BELLEVUE DOG WOODS
This logo for an off-leash dog park was inspired by my rescue pup, Max, who’s ears are insanely expressive. I was excited to create the perfect mix of “dog” and “woods” in this simple, fun and friendly mark.

WIZARDVUE
I’ve lived in and around Bellevue, Pennsylvania for nearly 30 years, so when I was approached to create a logo for a one-day festival celebrating the magic of Bellevue, I jumped at the chance. Check out WizardVue.org and come conjure the magic that is WizardVue on 8-11-18.

FLAMECREST ACADEMY
On 8-11-18, Bellevue, Pennsylvania will be transformed into a magical land called WizardVue. Known to most people as Bellevue Elementary, FlameCrest Academy will be the hub of learning, featuring Herbology and Potions classes, and a very special owl during the one-day celebration of the town and everything it has to offer. (Bellevue Elementary is located in the Northgate school district where the school athletic moniker is the Flames.)

Mark for Bellevue, a Pittsburgh borough with the tagline, "Possibility everywhere you look."

BELLEVUE YARN BOMBERS
An outdoor art installation in Bellevue, Pennsylvania created by crafty citizen volunteers to generate excitement about activities in the community, Bellevue Yarn Bombers covered the borough of Bellevue in colorful yarn to the delight of the locals and beyond.

A nonprofit initiative working to enhance Pittsburgh's image locally and beyond through a series of glass related festivities. Glass is my maiden name, so this was a natural for me, and once the logo was applied, my dad was thrilled with receiving what he considered his own personal Glass letterhead and various tchotchkes.

A joint project of the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, this institute explores the use of people's individual characteristics to tailor medical treatments. Pretty incredible stuff.

Healthcare risk management software.

Pediatric dentist with whimsical ocean-themed office decor.

O'Toole Plastic Surgery is a patient centered, patient focused, individually customized practice lead by Dr. Jim O'Toole, MD, a board certified plastic surgeon. Dr. O'Toole's office has a beautiful and serene water theme.

PMI Films is the film division of Production Masters, Inc., a video/web production and syndication house. The colored sprocket holes in the film are pulled from the original PMI logo in order to unify the brand while differentiating the film arm.

A Pittsburgh architect who incorporates landscape design into her work.

Compass made up of rotated "V" letterforms for a fantastic practice of child, adolescent and adult psychiatrists.

Seminar series in celebration of the senses.

A community educational facility that offers sensory-based outdoor programs.

Online retail eyewear. 

Massage therapy company owned and operated by two women.

A non-profit that collects hand knit scarves for the underprivileged.

An upscale retail clothing store.

A Pittsburgh-based life coach.

Designers and builders of mobile websites.

An electrical contractor.

Daycare for children with developmental delays.

Pilot for television crime show.

Pilot for television crime show.

Pilot for television hidden camera show.

Proposed for a roller coaster.

WEINSPIRE TALENT SOLUTIONS

A consultant who helps companies inspire greatness by developing strong leaders and a healthy corporate culture through smart talent strategies.

Proposed for flooring company.

Proposed for window company that manufactured the windows for the Statue of Liberty.

Advertising industry happy hour with a peacock theme.

Badger, rat, mole and toad seem to always be on a road trip somewhere. Why does toad always get to drive? I mean, I realize mole can't really see. But I think rat would do a good job. Anyway, the audience for this is young children. These characters have been illustrated countless ways so I thought photography would be fun. Aren't they cute? (It was hard to make mole cute, I must admit. Dave Bernhardt, retoucher extraordinaire, helped me out with mole.)

This play is a bit of thriller about a blind girl who has surreal visions. The audience is teens. I got all excited about the symmetry of the word HUSH. It's just a darn good word for typography.

It's a spelling Bee, it's a comedy, it's for teens. It's all like, OMG.

This whimsical mark looks both like a fish and molar to reflect the ocean theme of the office.

The website brings Dr. Amy's logo, Dentin the fish, to life with an educational slideshow about dental hygiene, and images of patients playfully interacting with Dentin.

It just makes me so happy that "pink eye" is in the front and "diarrhea" is in the back. Doesn't take much to make me happy, I guess.

I'll never forget the look on 6 year-old Wish kid Evan's face when he popped out of his trailer to begin this shoot day. He looked around at the crew, madly scurrying about to prep, and he said, "Whoa. THIS is BUSY."

Molly was so gorgeous, and so sweet, and so very sick. I love how the photographer, Ron Fehling, gave her a halo. She deserved it. Her little sister was crazy woman. We spent more time chasing her down and retrieving her from the opposite end of the park than we did taking photos. I still think about Molly, and her family, quite a bit.

This family was hilarious. They really embraced the snow. And trust me, snow was hard to find that particular October day. We drove up a very big and very far away mountain to find it.

Sent to parents of toddlers and pre-school age children.

Sent to parents of pre-school age children.

Sent to parents of elementary age children. This execution highlights WT's sports program - in this case lacrosse.

Sent to parents of pre-teens. This execution highlights WT's arts curriculum.

This home page features a single, bold pair of Penn Avenue frames. Inside the frames, an animated series of stories unfolds. The story and the frames change seasonally. This particular pair of tortoise sunglasses has "shades" that open and shut to tell a fun boy-meets-girl-meets-crustacean type of love story.

This brochure for Chemistrie Eyewear is a sales tool targeting retailers. Chemistrie is a line of adjustable magnetic eyewear. Tiny magnets are embedded near the edge of the lenses so that theys easily click on and off. It's pretty cool, actually. 

The WellSpan Ortho docs have some pretty impressive resumes and Frank Walsh took some pretty impressive photos to go along with them.

An empty frame established on the cover is filled with a different winning piece of art for each month of the calendar. The back cover showcases all 12 winning pieces.

Hard bound, embossed, foil-stamped cover of yearbook-themed capabilities brochure.

Like a signed yearbook, the inside front cover and back covers of the brochure are covered in signed quotes from educators and students describing why they love WIN.

This spread uses the "most likely to..." format of a yearbook to highlight the unique success of WIN's students.

Slide show presentation used as support for the WIN Learning sales team. I love working with Prezi. It's like Powerpoint on steroids. Easy and so much fun to use.

Bayer sponsored a Pittsburgh Symphony concert in a park in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. The copywriter and I actually went to the park to check out the venue before we began concept development. The park is a clearing at the top of a hill surrounded by trees, and we felt like we were standing in the middle of a flower. Illustrator Joseph Feidler really brought the concept to life.

Making Science Make Sense is a Bayer companywide initiative which advances science literacy across the United States. I was involved in the early branding of the initiative including this roll fold brochure of science experiments for students. Juliette Borda created the fantastic illustrations.

The direct mail piece unfolds to reveal a poster with bios and photos of eight Pitt Law professors. 

Front of poster with instructions to fold the origami hat, and a finished, folded hat.

Back of poster with professor bios. Frank Walsh shot these fantastic portraits.

This elephant was insanely cute. She rubbed her trunk all over me during the photo shoot. I got elephant snot all over my new suede coat but she was so awesome I didn't even care.

Even her elephant backside was cute.

And I thought I had giant feet....

The exhibit was about chocolate, but Phipps also wanted to incorporate flamingos into the show and into the promotional materials. That's right, chocolate, foliage and, um, flamingos. So, I made a subtle flamingo pattern on the bar. (I'm pretty proud of myself for figuring that one out.)

I built the chocolate bar wrapper prop myself, and then the wrapper and Coleus flats were photographed by Cwenar Photography and retouched together by Dave Bernhardt. They say it takes a village to build a dirt candy bar....

Sandwich board in parking lot in front of Phipps.

Before concept development began on this project, the copywriter and I got to see a preview of the exhibit. It was so full of creepy crawling critters that we left feeling a bit ill. Knowing that kids love to be grossed out, we decided the feeling was a selling point. Inspired by an old restaurant choking poster, this series of bug posters has a vintage feel. We even went so far as to have the posters silk screened out of register. (The printer was quite alarmed that we actually wanted them printed 'badly'.)

Created with MARC USA.

Created with The Savvy Group.

Created with The Savvy Group.

Created with Roberts Communications.

Created with Roberts Communications.

Created with Red House Communications.

Created with Red House Communications.

Created with MARC USA.

Created with MARC USA.

Created with MARC USA.

Created with Red House Communications.

Created with MARC USA.

Created with Red House Communications.

Created with MARC USA.

What is more symbolic of the annoying effects of static than a freshly laundered sock? This ad illustrates the problems that static filled thermal transfer ribbons can cause with an image pretty much anyone can relate to.

Static just isn't pretty. 

The effects of static might be fun on a balloon, but who wants to deal with it on their bar codes?

In this animated video, a sock is brought to life as a spokes'person' who demonstrates the anti-static properties of DNP's TR485plus thermal transfer ribbon. Mr. Sock lives though many trials and tribulations in order to illustrate the importance of specifying TR485plus.

I just have to say my golly this video was fun to produce. I love this sock so much. Tom Megalis directed this - check out his custom made space ship at the end. Spectacular. The AE on this project was asked at the 11th hour (the morning of the shoot!) to be the sock puppeteer. She had not planned to be talent that day, but she was a good sport and rocked it even though we had to put her arm in traction the next day.

This outdoor board was created for the HERO project, a community-based, media-driven, child sexual abuse prevention program of PCAR designed to educate and motivate adult community members to call the 24-hour HERO Hotline if they suspect child sexual abuse. 

PCAR hosts a annual Vision of Hope Gala to raise money for its Vision of Hope Fund. The fund raises money and awareness to prevent child sexual abuse and help victims heal. This invitation was created around the theme "Color Their World" and unfolded to an interactive color-by-number poster with art created by illustrator, Gregg Valley.

Each execution of the campaign featured a pair of juxtaposed images telling the story of Pittsburgh's amazing impact.

The juxtaposed images established in the Pittsburgh brand campaign were extended into ads for the celebration of the city's 250th birthday.

I know these are super bad puns, but we just couldn't help it. All in all, I think we created about 30 of these with slightly different potty humor, here are the top three.

This deck of 49 cards was created for daily reflection and introspection. The idea is to choose one card at a time and reflect on how it can inspire you to "be". Active, bold, calm, courageous, beautiful...one side of each card is a different state of being and the flip side contains a quote that supports it. 

Of course, no one is defined by just one state of being.The fronts of all 49 be cards can be assembled, like a puzzle, to create a bigger picture – an image of butterfly taking flight.

The home page of the Positively Human web site features an interactive series of four "be" cards that flip when moused over. This site was developed by Wahila Creative.

Gas monitors are critical, life saving tools, but who makes sure the monitors are being used properly? Who monitors the monitors? Industrial Scientific not only makes top of the line gas monitors, they stand behind them with a team of maintenance professionals committed to making sure they are used correctly each and every time – much like a Formula 1 pitt crew.

ISC is so committed to saving lives that they don't stop at creating great gas monitors, they also provide a system that can predict and prevent monitor user error. This ad illustrates how ISC monitors go above and beyond, seeing what other monitors can't – three dimensions in a 2-D gas monitor world.

This accordion fold direct mail piece highlights a cross section of Lutheran SeniorLife facilities.

Targeted tri-fold direct mail piece for St. John Specialty Care Center.

This was so much fun to produce. Full of original photography and utilizing a variety of papers, metallic inks, embossing, hand-applied stickers and hand binding, I'm not sure I'll even see the likes of this type of print budget again, but hey, a girl can dream.

Part of the museum's permanent collection contains a painting of George Washington by Rembrant Peale. It just made sense to use Washington's image to help raise a whole bunch of bills.

Scott Goldsmith shot the images for this brochure. We spent an entire day covering pretty much every square foot of the museum. What art director wouldn't want to be set loose with a fantastic photographer in an art museum all day long? I was in hog heaven.