2015 Downtown Cartersville Window Contest
Lara J Designs won the Judges Choice Award for the 2015 Holiday window decorating contest and we are so proud of our team. We started in early November designing our Holiday cards and implementing the same theme on the window. We were so proud with the final product and wanted [...]
WPA National Park Posters
by Steven Cline, graphic designer & illustrator at Lara J Designs Between 1935 and 1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt started the new deal, and the Works Progress Administration was established with the goal of putting Americans back to work. Part of the WPA budget went to art projects, one area [...]
Career Day At Cartersville Elementary
Lara was asked to speak with fourth grade students at Cartersville Elementary School on Career Day! She shared her story about entrepreneurship and owning her own business, Lara J Designs. The kids loved seeing her work and even shared interest in becoming a designer some day. They also shared with [...]
Recent Website Design Trends
Many new website design trends have emerged over the past few years. In this article I will briefly go over a few of the most important ones that have gotten our attention. Full Width Elements Now that responsive design is the norm, many websites have been moving towards incorporating full [...]
Recent Design Trends: Color
October 22, 2015 by Casi Cline, graphic designer & illustrator at Lara J Designs Color is one of the most important tools utilized by Graphic Designers to convey the client’s intended message. For the last few years, color trends in graphic design have been heavily inspired by simple but striking [...]
Chamber unveils new logo
Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2015, Cartersville Daily Tribune News STAFF REPORT The Board of Directors of the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce last week unveiled a new logo.The first charter for the Chamber of Commerce was issued by Bartow Superior Court on July 13, 1889. The new logo, which Lara J Designs [...]
Is your website mobile-friendly?
Let's take a moment to talk about responsive website design. What does it mean to have a responsive website design? Why do you need it? Does it really matter? Wikipedia defines Responsive Website Design as an approach to web design aimed at crafting sites to provide an optimal viewing and [...]
So… What’s with the Ampersand?
Lara J is a little ampersand-obsessed. Ok, more than just a little. At any given moment you can walk into the Lara J Designs office and find at *least* 5 ampersands within just a few seconds. You can also find 40 of them on her business cards. There is even [...]
Graphic designer creates her dream job in Cartersville
The Daily Tribune News March 15, 2015 by Brandon Davis Lara Jeanneret is passionate about what she does. Based in a quaint but spacious office in downtown Cartersville, she works with a team of creative minds to bring new life to businesses through graphic design. Her firm, Lara J Designs, [...]
Lara J Designs owner receives DDA Chairman’s award
Cartersville Downtown Development Authority & Main Street Program honor grant and award recipients Posted on March 14, 2015 by hometownheadlines Media release: Approximately 50 people gathered at Louie’s Café in historic downtown Cartersville on March 12, 2015, for the Cartersville Downtown Development Authority& Main Street Program Annual Banquet. DDA/Main Street [...]
