Art Deco’s Lasting Influence on Design
Art Deco is a design style that was the dominant look throughout the 1920s and 1930s. It grew out of France in the 1910s and firmly established itself after the 1925 Paris Exposition. This movement influenced virtually every aspect of design—skyscrapers, furniture, art, typography, posters, and more. Its influences were [...]
Why is it important to refresh your website every 3+ years
What is a website refresh? A website refresh is an update to your site’s look and feel, without recreating the entire website’s content and structure, such as is done during a website redesign. This can involve new photos, colors, and graphics in order to give your site a new [...]
Why Print Business Cards are so Impactful
In a modern world increasingly dominated by the digital, are print materials still useful for anything besides filling up wastebaskets and using up trees? It depends. Some things are better paperless. With online account management options, paper bills and statements have become unnecessary. However, the digital landscape where we [...]
The Lara J Designs Logo Redesign
In 2023, after 15 years in business, Lara Jeanneret, owner and lead graphic designer of Lara J Designs decided it was time to introduce a fresh new logo to our clients. The original logo, which Lara designed when she opened the business in 2008, was still a good design. [...]
A Holiday Greeting from Lara J Designs
At Lara J Designs, we have a deep appreciation for classic design that continues to resonate across time. This year, as we planned our holiday card design, we wanted to create something that both reflected our brand style and colors and conveyed feelings of warmth and nostalgia, calling to mind [...]
Lesser Violetear Hummingbird
Colibri cyanotus The Lesser Violetear is a medium-size hummingbird that lives throughout the forests of South & Central America including Nicaragua, Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. They can also be found at feeders and gardens. This hummingbird has a beautiful sparkly green feathers with patches of blue and [...]
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata The blue jay is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to eastern North America. The blue jay can be beneficial to other bird species, as it may chase predatory birds such as hawks away. It has also been known to sound an alarm call when [...]
Violet-Green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina The Violet-Green Swallow is a relatively small Northwest American bird. Mature males have a white face and green upperparts and a purple rump. Females and juvenile birds are duller on the upperparts, sometimes just gray. They are common in a variety of open habitats, often foraging over meadows [...]
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris The European Starling is a beautiful bird found primarily in Europe and North America. A small number of these birds were originally released in New York in 1890. Since then, they have become a common sighting in the United States. Averaging 8½ inches in lengths, they are a [...]
Paradise Tanager
Tangara chilensis The Paradise Tanager is a vibrantly colored bird that resides in the tropical forests of South America, particularly in countries like Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Known for its beautiful appearance, this species has a plethora of colors, including deep blue, vibrant green, and sometimes red. The [...]
