Krista Creates

Now I’m more available I’m knocking out a bunch of freelance and designs 💃 here are birthday invites for my niece

🍃🍁Fall is my favorite time of year for many reasons but one is it shows that change is a beautiful thing 👏 sometimes we all need to start a new! Josh and I bought our own home in August and got fully moved in! 🏡 Getting settled in and used to new routines! Such an amazing time 🤩

The light shines in the darkness 💡 and the darkness can’t overcome it
I literally have barely been creating stuff the last multiple months because of 5 12 hour days a week and then looking for a house with my wonderful husband 🏡 I am beyond thankful for my during these busier times of life because it makes me feel like I am still scratching that itch of needing to make something during these times 👏 can’t wait for when we find our place and life slows down just a tad again so I can crank out a bunch more things! Just know life is what you make it, even the super busy times 🩵 social media is full of the most exciting parts of people’s lives, but we need to remember we all have struggles, hardships and stress - and we all can still find beauty during those times 🤩

🌸 April came and left faster than I could make anything but my 📔 pages for April! Going to enter May, with the goal of making more time to create! Let’s doooo this 👏

📕 🎨 It’s the little things that makes us who we are, and that’s the most beautiful thing. We’re not just one thing, but we’re a million little things, like a work of art pieced together🖼️ the birthday gift I made for my frand 😻🤩🎨

🌵🌺 Feb’s theme in my was all things cactus 🌵 love some of sketches and drawings I’ve made

It was amazing be able to be a part of making this 😻😻

School 🏫. When you hear that word, how does it make you feel? Do memories come flooding back?
We invite you to take a trip down memory lane with us as Storer College Alumni and their family from over 50 years ago tell their stories. Come, listen and maybe see how you relate to their experiences!
To hear Storer College Alumni, visit our website http://ow.ly/sGxy50MGHNS or wherever you get your podcast! Stay tuned 🎧, as we share more stories from Storer Alumni and their families!
NPS/ Graphic Rhodes; Photos Remsberg
Alt text: Storer College Alumni pictures in the background with the storer college logo and the Podcast name "Storer Stories" in the foreground.

🌵💕 stuck on you theme for February

🌱Fresh graphic for a fresh new podcast! Coming soon from 😻 🎧 I LOVED being able to be a part of the graphic design process with Julie! Stay tuned for when it goes live!

All the birds are done! 🦅 going to set up a layout for various designs at the bookshop at Harpers Ferry! You’ll get the design later, after approval and/or print 😉

✍️ 🖍️ 🎨 LOVED making my own bullet journal last year so kicking off 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ the same way! And loving my nature theme for this year 🖤🌿

When your cat is a boss babe like you 😻💃

Say hello to the vectorized osprey 🦅 🐟! 2nd bird done ✅ makin’ some birbs for the Ferry

🌌 🎨 “For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” ~ Van Gogh
I’ve been having dreams of things to make lately, and I can’t sleep until I at least sketch them out. I put to thought for a one day end result. This is one that I sketched out a while ago that I knew my good friend would love 💃 Sooo once I finally had my brain explode 🤯 happily on the canvas, I stopped dreaming of making this and my brain was happy I finally put my thoughts to canvas 👏 and just in time for a Christmas gift! I attempted to take pics along the process of painting but definitely didn’t take enough to make a time lapse like I originally wanted 🤣👏 swipe to see my rough progression, adorable treat at the end 😉
Imma hopefully knock out some more of these ideas keeping me up at night 🤪😅

🎄 Married & Bright 🤩
& yours is my favorite hand to hold 🎶👫have a wonderful holiday season!

🎨😻🖤

🎄 Loving the theme I chose for December in my

Something small but I designed the hours signs at Fort McHenry & Hampton 👏🤩

I am in love with how these look 💙😭💙 a little over a month left 👏 so thankful for Josh’s mama being willing & able to print our stationary 😻

Made the flower bouquets 💐 for Josh and I’s wedding 💙😻 I am NOT a florist but I’m pretty proud of what I did!! Mine is the first swipe 👉 for the bridesmaid’s

💪 She believed she could, so she did.

But what did it take for her to? Her mental health? Her physical health from strain and exhaustion?Regardless of your goals remember to take time for yourself, working none stop, even if you love it, can take a toll on anyone. This is my recap in my for June, clearly I need to re-examine my mental and physical health starting now 👏 I love doing bullet journals because it helps with creativity but also helps you gauge how you’re doing before you steer too far off course.

Coming to a mailbox 📬 near you…. Maybe 😉… The printed versions look amazing 🤩

I made dis 👀 🪧 Next time you explore a park/place, stop and wonder: “who made these signs/graphics?” People like ya girl make those signs, brochures, maps, logos, designs, art. As funding is approved and stuff goes to print and then installation you will start seeing more and more stuff that touched my computer at some point. I’m not trying to boast, I’m proud of my achievements, but I still have so much further to go! Let’s keep climbing that mountain ⛰ 🧗🏻‍♂️

It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s about who you have beside you 👏🚙 finally happy with the background I painted for Josh and I’s wedding invites, next step, digitizing 😻💙

April recap in my ✍️

My adorable 🐈 🌎 sketch in my 📓 I haven’t had a lot of time to draw more than sketches here and there. I’m working on a couple pieces, one is an “Earth Day” kind of piece, but everyday is earth day so it’ll make since whenever I finally finish it regardless…. Right 🤪🥰lol! For now here is another quick, cute sketch ✍️

Thought this sketch was fitting in my bullet journal for my first week of being in green n grey again (National Park Service employee)👏

Made a photo frame out of a book for Leni’s birthday, and of course a mushroom lamp 🍄 📖

Krista Creates updated their website address.

🦒👩‍🚀 Remember to always keep your head above the clouds but your feet on the ground! Dream so big it scares you. And then realistically reach those dreams 👏

Really proud of this sketch lol 😂 what’s going on? Well, When your weak wizard 🧙‍♀️👹 💼 🐈‍⬛ doesn’t show up for the D&D session so you put him in the bag of holding, and he needs to come up to breathe every so often 🤪🤷‍♀️👏

📚 Adding all of my books imma read this year to my planner I’m making 👏

Making my own planner this year 👏 here’s the cover 🦒😻🎨

Another crafted gift 🎁 I made for someone for Christmas 👉 custom paint cup 🎨

ART 🎨 👏 takes many forms! I am so thankful for my amazing friend who randomly makes me amazing skirts like this! And yes I am an elf 🧝‍♀️💙

One of the gifts I made this year 😉 I made this for my internship supervisor at Harpers Ferry, a plan on but instead it’s coffee because she buys ME coffee as an intern, Starbucks specifically and she just got a new office and has no pencil holder ✏️

Have yourself a Merry little Christmas 🎄