There is bound to be plenty of love that comes out of something when there is a lot of love put into it. What brings me to write about helping others through design is company that I am excited to be doing a new design for called  SEVENLY. Sevenly is an organization that perfectly combines gorgeous & trendy design with giving to charities! They do this with weekly cause campaigns where people can buy a lovely tee shirts, sweatshirts, etc. with an original design based on the subject matter of the cause – and they donate part of the profit to charity. That’s pretty awesome! I love it! Above are some of my favorite designs.

If you visit their web site, you will find their weekly cause and the shirts for sale (and let me tell you, from experience, those look like quality & comfortable selection of garments. I wonder who prints them? ;) Hmm…) You can also visit their  past campaigns  section for a selection of their past causes & designs!

There was once a time when I’ve asked myself “Dear Self, What is it that you are actually doing with your life & carreer that is actually benefiting others???” I then experienced a tiny spout of self-doubt and comparison. There are plenty of occupations out there that are 100% defined by helping others all day, (i.e. nurses, vets, volunteers, social workers, charity organizers, therapists, nutritionists, the list goes on..) and what am I doing? (Cute drawings, blogging, obsessing over letterforms, and making pretty screen prints.) Sounds awesome to me! So I told my brain to can it because the down-talk is seriously a bunch of garbage. The everlasting result is the most uplifting thought ever. Good design & pretty things & creative creators make people happy all of the time! Oh yeah!

I LOVE design and always have the constant urge to create, mostly because it makes me happy and I like to work – But the energy & love I put into the things I like to make isn’t just for myself – I am always thinking “How can my next project make someone smile? Like, even just a little bit, you know?” That is where it truely makes me happy. There have been times when I’ve been at art shows, or online, or saw a visual or message somewhere that really gave me that “super happy – excited – warm – good  – YES!! – laughter – identification – made-my-day” feeling (see: anything ever by Laura Berger). Whenever anyone buys one of my prints for themselves, or for a gift, or wants me to design their logo – I feel a zap of joy. On top of feeling grateful that someone chose MY design or ME as their designer for something – It just makes me so glad that I enable myself to use my creative talents to make just a small difference in someones day. <3