I had the opportunity to design a cd cover for my friends Sanctus Real. They had a few designers work on cover ideas… in the end they went with a different cover. Their new cd titled Pieces of a Real Heart comes out in March. It is a great record so pick up a copy.

Here was one my cover proposals.

I recently worked on CD packaging and some promotional materials for pop artist Elizabeth South. Below is the cd cover.

For the next few weeks, I am designing weekly typographic announcements for Willow. Here is the video from the first week. Their current series is The 2010 Family Series, so the announcemnts reflect the visual language of the design pieces for the series.

Willow Announcements 1 from britt leigh design on Vimeo.

Pastor James McDonald of Harvest Bible Chapel here in Chicago, along with Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, are in Haiti as we speak getting the stories of how the earthquake has affected the church in Haiti. They are assessing what can be done to meet the immediate needs of the church in the toughest areas. The goal is to share what they discover and to raise support from churches in North America for the church in Haiti.

Please visit ChurchesHelpingChurches.com for more information, updates, and how you can be a part of this.

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. Galatians 6:10

I woke up yesterday to a beautiful snow storm. It was such a gorgeous sight to see. Every thing looks better when flocked with snow’s glimmer. My roommate thinks it’s funny that I get so excited over 2 inches of snow. What can I say… I am from the desert, and snow is a rarity there.  Matt and I decided to enjoy the snow for a bit. We bundled up, and met for a creative break (being out and about for inspiration purposes) at our favorite park nearby. Snow is so fun!

My family visited Chicago over Christmas. I had a blast showing them around my new home! Here is a snapshot of our holiday.

I have been asked many questions as to how I constructed the paper chain tree for Willow’s Christmas services. I thought I would show a few pictures of the construction process. The tree was constructed using cardstock and fishing wire. The top tier was suspended from the ceiling, then each tier attached to the tier above it. Each branch was attached to a 20 foot frame that surrounded the whole tree, in order to give the curve to each limb. The last step was to attach the letters that I cut out of foam board. The whole tree took two days to construct and shoot.

Now that is a lot of fishing wire!

Once we captured the final shot I had a lot of work to do in photoshop to get rid of the background and all the wire  lines that showed up in the photo. After a lot of work and a new background the tree was ready to be placed on all the promotional materials.

Below is the invitation for the Christmas services. The tree punched out of the invite to make an ornament for your Christmas tree.

Road Signs that were placed at the entrances of Willow to advertise the services.

Poster advertising at a shopping center.

Billboard advertising on the freeway.

Here is a picture from the Christmas service. You can see all the paper chains that the tree was inspired by.

At the end of the service the audience made paper chains full of prayers and passed them up to the stage, where they were hung together to make this paper chain wall.