Life Is A Great Big Canvas
I came across this uplifting graphic over at Everything Etsy (definitely a good site to check out). Isn’t it fun? Plus, Kim is offering this and another color variation as free printables so that you can creatively display them as a reminder that life is suposed...
The Multipotentialite Pickle
Hello friends. It’s been a while. I haven’t meant to leave you hanging, but it seems I’ve gotten myself into a slight pickle. (And in case you were wondering, it’s dill, not sweet). You see, being the multipotentialite that I am, I love so many...
All Good Things…{Inspirational Image Friday}
I can’t get enough of the prints in this delightful shop. Click on the image above to purchase or see more.
High Dives and Six Year Olds – Lessons On Fear
Over the weekend, I went to the park district aquatics center with my soon to be husband and his adorable six year old daughter. This was the first time we had been to the pool when the outdoor area was open and little E was excited to spy the diving boards outside....
Joy Cultivator Interview {Cathy Connolley of Caitlihne & The Far Away Hills}
Today I am thrilled to be sharing the amazingly detailed and dreamy artwork of Cathy Connolley from the UK. Her work is incredibly intricate, and you can tell that each piece is made with immense amounts of love. Read on to learn about her motto, her background, and...
Incredibleness! {Joyous Links}
There is a lot of incredibleness going on around the internet and lately I seem to keep stumbling upon one awesome website after another. I wonder how much of this has to do with the popularity of WordPress and other website creation platforms that make web design...
Joy Cultivator Interview {Julia Da Rocha of Poz-Art}
Have you ever met someone who just radiates good and positive energy and you immediately know you want to be friends with them? That’s exactly what happened when I met Julia a few years back. She was such a sweetheart, she even sent me a beautiful piece of her...
Paper Butterflies in a Ranunculus Garden {Inspirational Image Friday}
I love it. That’s all.
The Importance of Partying {Rock Out For A Better Business}
It has been a crazy past couple of weeks for me because aside from planning a wedding, business has picked up drastically. In fact, I had to actually turn work down! That’s a glorious place to be, but the bustling business also brings new lessons of time...
Joy Cultivator Interview {Ula Phelep of Ula Bazaar}
This was a hard post for me folks. Not because Ula isn’t fabulous, but because her work is so fabulous that I couldn’t choose what to showcase! Just one look at her dreamy and oh-so-imaginative art and you will be sucked into a world of color, texture, and...Never Stop {Inspirational Image Friday}
Joyous Links {Wide Open Wednesday}
There is so much juicy content on the web and this morning I am feeling particularly inspired by it. I’m not feeling very verbose today, so why not send some good links your way instead? Here are a few of my recent favorite articles and inspirations: The Balance...
Joy Cultivator Interview {Yvonne Stewart of Coramantic}
Today we have Yvonne Stewart of Coramantic as our second joy cultivator interviewee here at Joyful Roots! Yvonne Stewart lives and creates in St Andrews, Scotland. Her adorable and imaginative art often takes form in cute girls and crazy creatures! 1. Please tell us a...
10 Ways To Inject More Joy Into Your WordPress Site – Get Your Free Copy!
Are you looking to give your WordPress website some punch? I’ve accrued some valuable knowledge in my time as a WordPress website designer and I want to share some of my best tips with you. Bring more joy to your website with my ideas for improving layout,...
My Favorite Thing…{Inspirational Image Friday}
Passion in Action: Planning for Success {By Laura Simms of Create As Folk}
You’re a passion-driven entrepreneur. Think about all the things you’re supposed to be doing…blogging, tweeting, Facebooking, guest posting, SEO, and oh, doing the billable stuff like working with clients or fulfilling orders and creating...
La Dolce Dough: Logo Design
By now you’ve probably realized that I love designing for creative, passionate entrepreneurs, so when I was presented with the opportunity to design a new logo for La Dolce Dough, I was thrilled! All you have to do is take one look at these mouth-watering...Howdy {Inspirational Image Friday}
I couldn’t resist. This is just too cute.
Spice Up Your Work: Easily Add A Watermark With The Brush Tool In Photoshop {Tutorial}
You’ve just had your logo designed and you love it. Now you want to show off your brand on everything you share online! You also want to protect your brand and your creations, in many cases. One way of doing that is with an image watermark. Oftentimes when I am...
Living the dream? Nah… say yes to living the I-Never-Dreamed. By Casey Addinsall
At this point in time I sit in the home I call Flamingo Manor, feel an ocean breeze waft over my skin, write and ruminate over my newborn project The Flamingo Society. TFS is an online youth community lining up to bring matters image and identity to the forefront of...
What do chocolate and social media have in common?
I love chocolate, but sometimes I forget that I need to limit myself. Sometimes it seems like the more chocolate I eat, the more I want! Dark chocolate with Caramel and Sea-salt, Nutella and Bananas, Thin Mint Girlscout Cookies, Chocolate Truffles, Chocolate Caramel...
Find Your Happy Thought… {Inspirational Image Friday: Helen Dardik}
Joy Cultivator Interview {Mishel Valenton of Aeropagita Prints}
Joyful Roots has the great honor of interviewing Mishel Valenton of Aeropagita Prints for our first interview! Mishel’s work is focused on self awareness, positivity and enlightenment, so who better to be our first guest?! 1. Please tell us a little about what...Revisiting Etsy Success 2011 with Blacksberg Belle: Attract Your Target Market — You’re Not Walmart
While searching for this years Etsy Success Symposium recap, I stumbled across a video of last year’s symposium with April of Blacksberg Belle. I’m so glad I did! This video is still extremely relevant and delves deep into suggestions rather than just...
7 Things That Make Me Joyful {My First Video!}
I promised you video and gosh darn it, I’ve made you a video! So, hello and nice to meet you! My lovely Australian friend, Caylie Price, recently posted 7 Things We May Not Know About Her on her business blog and she challenged others to do the same. Well, I...
Give Fear A Good Sucker Punch
On Thursday, during the second #joychat (a twitter chat for creative entrepreneurs hosted by Sera Bishop and myself), we delved deep in to questions that shed light on the path to moving toward our visions. We started out with a moment to envision our dreams, to feel...
I like People Who Smile When It’s Raining {Inspirational Image Friday}
Patterns In Nature
Nature is one of my greatest inspirations for design. It is simply amazing to me that the very rules we use to determine good design are the same equations and patterns that are abundant throughout nature. We are specifically tuned to be attracted to the elements we...
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Good Things To Come at Joyful Roots
Hello Joy Cultivators! I’m working hard to bring you inspiration and information that is postive, helpful, and relevant. Things are a brewin’ so don’t miss the fun that is to come. Here are a few of the things in store for the near future at Joyful...
Pruning Your Sense Of Self {Plus A Gift}
Do you ever get a song stuck in your head for days? Ever since I posted “Bottle It Up” by Sara Bareilles a couple of days ago, it keeps spinning round and round up there, and it won’t let go. So I’m rolling with it. Right now, it’s a...Even If… {Inspirational Image Friday}
We Have A Winner! Oh Joy!
This is one lucky girl, I tell ya! Caylie Price is the winner of our logo or business card design giveaway! This is the second giveaway of mine that Caylie has won (first from my old website), but I swear it’s not rigged! It must be all the good vibes Caylie has...
Spring Makes Me Joyful For…
I Do It For Love – A Paradigm Shift
A couple of years ago, my mom and I were sitting at a cafe in Berkley, California, when an interesting man on an even more interesting bike approached us. His name was Martin Krieg, and we learned that he had recently survived a traumatic brain injury, a coma, and a...The Simpleness of Stones
When I was little, I used to paint on stones with my grandmother. We would comb the shoreline of Lake Michigan looking for our perfect canvases (the round, smooth, dark colored stones always worked the best). I’d paint ladybugs and butterflies; Grandma would...
What’s In Your Closet? {Guest Post from Tiffany Harrison}
Cranky pants-we’ve all got ’em. They’re the pants thrown in that dark corner of your closet-the one with all of your ‘I’ll fit into these again someday’ attire. They mock you in the morning, in the few moments just out of bed when...
Inspirational Image Friday
I would like to start a little tradition of posting inspirational images every Friday. It will be fun way of showcasing all of the talent in this world and taking a break from words. Let’s call it a bit of mental space in preparation for the weekend. Have a...
Joyful Roots Give-Back Day: Win a Logo or Business Card Design!
Hi friends! I want to first say thank you for all the love and support you have been giving me and Joyful Roots since the launch on Monday and even before. Your support and kind words mean the world to me! You make what I am doing here possible and meaningful....
When the World is Your Oyster but You Can’t Decide on a Pearl
Are you like me – creative, passionate, inquisitive, and always wanting to learn and try something new, and all over the board? You’ve got so many interests and are good at many things, and you just can’t see how anyone could choose one thing to do...
Rainbow Splinters – Moving Past Obstacles and Fear to Perserverance
“Life Isn’t Easy.” “Life Is What We Make of It.” “Turn Lemons Into Lemonade.” We’ve all heard these proverbial quotes before, but it can be hard to actually live them when you are in the thick of it, cant’t it?...
Welcome to Joyful Roots! Let’s Grow Joy Together, Shall We?
Hi and Welcome! I’m Kim. I love to create. I love design. I love nature. I’m passionate about finding inspiration in the world around me. I own my own business, rooted in my passions, and I don’t ever want a job again. I created Joyful Roots in the hopes of...
Garden of Joy: Resources
Attention: Good Stuff here! Welcome to our garden. Here you will find an abundance of resources and links to information, ideas, and inspiration. Enjoy! Business Advice: Tara Gentile: She’s definitely one of my gurus and she’s...
Cultivating Joy: Manifesto
So, you want to create more joy in your life, the lives of others, and in your work. But how? There is no definite answer but let’s start with a little manifesto to cultivate the joy that is at the root of our being. Commit to putting your joyful...
The Joy Cycle: An Analogy
It’s Amazing how many things in life can relate to nature. Throughout this site, you will often see concepts and ideas spun from elements found in nature. After all, our name is Joyful Roots! You can think about your relationship with joy as a lifecycle that...
Bird Sanctuary Plan
This landscape plan was developed for Oasis Bird Sanctuary in Cascabel, Arizona. The sanctuary rescues hundreds of abandoned and neglected birds. They needed a site concept to plan for future additions, to create a more appealing and vegetated environment, and to...
Courthouse Landscape
This landscape design was created for a competition to redesign the outdated side courtyard to the Tucson Public Court in Presidio Plaza. This wildlife garden is called Patches and Corridors, reflecting the biological concept that animals use patches and corridors to...
Wedding Website
I had a blast designing my website for my upcoming wedding. Since it was a personal project, I took the liberty of trying something new and creating a bulletin board style website.
Twin Satori Website
Just like the accompanying identity package, Twin Satori wanted a website that was elegant yet upbeat, that showcased their stunning photography.
LJ Design Website
LJ Design & Consulting out of Tucson wanted a clean and sleek website to showcase their landscape architecture. It was important that the website work as a backdrop to let the beauty of their work shine through.
Yoga Mike Identity
Created in Part for a Website Landing Page, this logo signifies the calm and rejuvenation that is wholly a part of Mike’s teachings and practice.
Green Business Cards
This business card template was designed for Graphic River and can be purchased to use as your own template.
Interpretive Panels
The U.S. Forest Service hired me to create three large interpretive panels to recognize and celebrate all of the amazing volunteers that attribute to making Sabino Canyon the incredible place it is. This is the series of the three panels.
Twin Satori Identity
Bright and Fresh. Clean and elegant. Sophisticated yet a little whimsical. This describes Twin Satori Photography’s work and they needed an identity package to express those feelings. Two Logo Variations Two Different Business Card Designs Web Design...
Digital Identity Package
The identity package for this client included a website, two logos, social media account design, and business cards.
Engineering Infographic
Created for Parsons Brinckerhoff, Tucson, Arizona.
Blake Residence
This concept was developed for a client of the architect, John Riggs. The luxury home in northern Tucson has amazing mountain views and a dense native plant population. The homeowner wanted to keep as natural landscape, but include a large and livable outdoor space so...
New Year’s Goal 5 – FOLLOW THROUGH
So, you’ve got a lot of ideas for the year, but you don’t know where to begin? Well, It’s time to put all those goals into action! Knowing where to start may be a bit easier than you think. What’s the number one goal you want to accomplish this...
New Year’s Goal 4 – ORGANIZATION
This year, it’s time for an ORGANIZATION overhaul. Being organized lays the foundation for everything else and this year I’m going to get behind a better organizational system in order to manage my time more effectively. Care to join me? Last year, I...
New Year’s Goal 3 – FOCUS
Are you bursting at the seams with creative energy and always have another idea on your mind? If you are a creative person, like me, you know it’s sometimes hard to focus on one thing. That’s not necessarily bad, unless you have so much going on that it...
New Year’s Goal 2 – OFFERING VALUE
Hello Again. The topic today may be my favorite New Year’s goal. It’s all about OFFERING VALUE to the world. Caution: I may get a little sentimental here because this is the kind of “warm and fuzzy” stuff I like. {The talent here is...
New Year’s Goal 1 – CONNECTION
Good Morning friends. Hello 2012! I’m happy to be starting off this New Year with you and it seems we are already well on our way. Are you ready to make some changes this year and grow your business to a new level of health, support, and success? I know I am....
Certified Wildlife Habitat In Your Backyard {Arizona Landscape Design}
Did you know you can certify your own yard as wildlife habitat? Even the smallest space, like an apartment balcony, can become a haven for little creatures. Whether it’s your home, school, church, farm, community park, or other location that you have been...
Killer Plant Duos For Your High Desert
Some plants just seem like they were made for each other. Check out these killer plant combinations I put together for you. They compliment each other in color and form, making them dynamic duos for your garden! Angelita Daisy, Hymenoxis acaulis (photo by Stan Shebs)...
Thinking Outside The Pot: DIY Planters That Are Anything But Ordinary
Add a plant to just about anything, and it will be transformed. What could be better than bringing new life (quite literally) to old things by turning them into planters? The following ideas are sure to inspire you. Do you have your own DIY planter idea to add?...Wild About Wildlife: Backyard Habitat Gardening
Birds, Bees, Butterflies, Bats…and lizards. Ok. So I was hoping I could start with all ‘B’ words, but those darn lizards just wouldn’t cooperate. Would you like to attract more wildlife to your yard? As promised in my previous post, I am...Live Now – A Beautiful Reminder To Us All
I think I’m a little bit strange in the sense that, ever since I was a child, I have been keenly aware of my own mortality. Growing up, teachers often called me “sensitive” and I guess I still am sometimes. It’s not that I am sensitive in the...Southern Arizona Show Stoppers: Eight Interesting Plants That Will Add Color To Your Garden
Want to add some flare to your garden this year? Here are a few of my favorite plants that make a big impact. All of these plants will grow in the Sierra Vista area which is in the USDA zone 8A. Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens) This Salvia’s large green leaves...11 Things to Check if Your Plants Keep Dying {Southern Arizona Landscape Design}
Is there something going awry in your garden? One question I get asked very frequently is “why are my plants dying?” Well, that sure is a good question, and not always an easy one to answer. There are a multitude of reasons why plants fail to thrive....
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