And the winner is...

I just realized I should probably post about the winning logo for www.midcoastmagnet.com's logo design contest.

We had over 60 submissions and probably over 100 designs, as some of those submissions were concepts.

We are so proud to announce Joan Hantz as the winner! She did a great job and Joan's design embodied exactly what the board was looking for! As the board sat at the table discussing this design kept coming back to the discussion and we kept seeing uses for it such as conference tickets and street banners and hanging name tags. It was clean, simple and complimented Juice like we had asked, but it also provided a funtional design that could be incorporated into event branding.

The contest was sponsored by Paolina's Way of Camden, Maine. Thank you Christina Sidoti for your generous donation. Check out Paolina's! They have awesome Italian fod and a great atmosphere! They are also hosting the new Midcoast Lounge Project!

Windsor Street Design Associates, Inc. (WSDA) is a full-service graphic design studio that solves business-communication problems. WSDA started as Joan Hantz Design in Rochester, New York in 1981. Businesses and not-for-profits flocked to Joan, who offered fresh ideas and an easy manner. As workload and reputation grew, other talented designers were hired. In 1990, the team moved into a spacious Victorian house on Windsor Street in the city’s fashionable East End. Today, located in Maine, the studio continues to serve as a hotbed of creativity, strategy, and a wide range of graphic designs for businesses and not-for-profit organizations alike.

I have been really horrible with keeping my blog updated. It just hasn't been a priority.. not that I exactly have loyal readers, but the few that I do have.. I'm sorry. I know some of you enjoy my ramblings.

I've been super busy with work. Feels weird to call it that, but it's true. And I've actually found myself referring to them as clients lately...wow.. that's almost a bit too adult and professional. Kind of crazy that my big, bad, and expensive BU business degree might be paying off ...AND I only have $250 on my student loans left I just discovered.. that's a big woot woot.

So winter in Maine is officially here. We got hammered with 18 inches yesterday. It looks nice outside and luckily I don't ever really have to leave unless I want to.. damnit! These pics are from the dusting that lasted about 8 hours a few weeks ago. I didn't get outside to get pics today. Almost seemed kind of silly to take pics this year because the storm from last year was so incredible and today didn't even compare. Here's last years..So Christmas is only 3 days away.. that's crazy! I am so excited to head to NY and then NH. I can't wait to see Gram and can't believe it's been since May. I just have to lessen those gaps of time as sadly she's not getting younger, but I love how well she's doing. It makes me so happy.

This picture was from that light dusting mentioned above. The first day Kelsey got all bundled up. We were walking down to the stop sign at the end of our road which is also Julia's bus stop. A house down the road is having lots of work done and she was just memorized by the bulldozer (I think that's what heavy piece of equipment it was.. but maybe a front loader).

I think it's so funny that my husband loves the "Soup" (on now as I write) and even more amusing that he's now the second guy I know that watches it. The first however will gladly take Metro status and Jeff on the other hand would not be proud of that. But who says you have to be Metro to watch some guy make fun of Lindsay, Tyra and Heff's girlfriends.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays. Stay Safe.