I run an online digital design shop where you can find pretty printables for your home, nursery, kitchen, office space, classroom, etc. I add new listings regularly and you can print my designs here.
Now, let me introduce myself.
I'm Kasey Strong. I'm married to the coolest dude ever, Garrett, and together we have three of the spunkiest kids around. My husband recently began his career with the US Foreign Service so every couple of years, we get to find a new spot on the globe to let loose our shenanigans. Currently, we are at our first post in Saudi Arabia.
Here's a little more about me: I grew up in Florida and lived in Utah for about a decade so I love beaches as well as mountains. I love to read, eat yummy foods, dance to fun soundtracks, go to plays with my husband, and play outside with my kids.
I also really love art in many forms. Growing up I was always doodling or painting or sculpting and I just couldn't get enough of it. By the time I went to college, I considered choosing some type of art-centered major, but I really felt like that would ruin my love for it, so I went another direction. (Although looking back, I sort of wish I hadn't, but I'm still happy with my choices)
I graduated with a Bachelor's in Therapeutic Recreation and then instead of working in that field, my husband and I decided to start building our family and caring for the tiny humans we had created.
After a couple years, I felt ready to get back to my artistic hobbies, so I started painting again and began a wooden sign making online shop. Designing those signs led me to look into digital art design since it was a medium I was new to, so I learned more, bought Adobe Illustrator and began designing for the shop I currently run.
Once we realized we'd be moving often as part of our new lifestyle, I closed my painted signs shop and have solely transitioned to my graphic design shop. Now I don't have to worry about lugging around large pieces of wood, saws, or paint supplies; all I need is a computer and occasionally the internet. It's fantastic.
Graphic design is amazing and so incredibly pervasive and diverse. If you don't know what it is, take a look around your house or your city and start taking notice of things like brand names, logos, wedding invitations, websites, billboards, wall art, greeting cards, business cards, brochures, book covers, fabric patterns, etc. everywhere, and you'll realize that someone somewhere had to design the layout of all those shapes, patterns, and text. That's all graphic design and there's so much you can create with it.
I love that I can create a perfect circle using design software, which I can't do easily with a pencil on paper. The coolest thing to me about graphic design is you can also create hand-drawn circles too. So really you get the best of both worlds. You can have perfectly symmetrical art as well as extremely lopsided, imperfect, weathered art if that's what you're going for too. Graphic art is just so diverse and I really love it.
So in my shop I have chosen to focus on art that is primarily used in the home or in an office setting for now. I just think it's important to beautify the spaces in which you spend your time as it sets the vibe for the whole area.
In the future, I'll be sharing more about my design process, digital storage organization, tutorials for creating your own digital art, and fun ways to display your pieces. So thanks for taking the time to get to know me a little and I hope to give you more reasons to come back and visit the blog and shop often!
~Kasey
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