Father Lovers

If you signed up for the StudioDIY newsletter, this is all OLD NEWS but if you didn't (lame!) then here is what I made this week! 3 downloadable and printable Father's Day cards! Kelly wanted to do some "Dad Joke" cards and I was all for it! She came up with the copy and I just made them come to life. Yep, just in case you're behind schedule, we totally saved your booty by GIVING you the perfect card for your poppa!

Work in progress shot. I was SUPER struggling to draw that burger guys. It took me way too long to make it even look semi beef-ish.

I love a good dad joke, but my dad is genuinely the funniest guy I know, so I don't think I ever heard jokes like these when I was growing up. I love them though and apparently readers of StudioDIY are totally loving and relating to these. YAH.

PS. That's jelly lettering and PB lettering... if you're thinking it's anything else... Like blood- NO.

PBJs are like my 2nd favorite food, it's the only think I know how to cook (yes, I consider spreading condiments a special form of cooking) and I literally eat them almost everyday and everyone I know makes fun of me for it. So obviously drew one to show it some more love.

My dad had one of the first cell phones and first laptops ever and I remember them so vividly. HUGE. Also he had an awesome briefcase cellphone that he had in his car and I THOUGHT IT WAS SO COOL!

Burgs are like top ten fave foods at the DeLorenzo house because. Uh. Duh. Like, when I lived in DC I mostly missed In N Out burgers.

If your dad lives too far away for you to physically hand him one of these babies, go ahead and save the file above and send it via email! Hopefully your dad knows how to email, otherwise you're out of luck and you're officially the worst son or daughter ever... Kidding. Sort of.

Anyways, if your dad is nearby and you're seeing him tomorrow, here is the link to the downloadable PDF's that are super easy to print and cut out! Just click HERE, homies! (Heads up, they are an A2 size card (aka 4.25x5.5inches) so go to Michael's or Paper Source or some other paper store and pick up some cutie envelopes for these guys!)

This project was too fun, and I hope you guys love it and love your dad's reactions! Please have a fun, relaxing day with your pops and hug him extra hard tomorrow! Dads are way cool.

xoxo.

(These are copyrighted! They are only for personal use. You can't steal these and sell them.) 

Ps. If you think I'm NOT giving these to Papa D tomorrow, you crazy.

I printed mine on a speckled rainbow color paper, they are gorgeous. 

Mystery Team

What does a burger, a cell phone and peebeejay have in common? No clue. But if you quick (!) go sign up for StudioDIY's newsletter, the mystery will be solved tomorrow morning! Kelly sends a once a week, totally cute roundup email and she'll be giving away 3 of my stationery designs. Exciting!

I'll share the designs later this week, but if you want the first peeks, head on ova to the StudioDIY blog! Like, cmon guys. 

Ps. Life has been kicking my butt the past (long pause---) forever and this commish was tough!!! But SO fun! And turned out cute as fudge... 

Working real early in the morning and being sick and snotty AND trying to stay up late to finish quick projects is testing me mentally/physically/emotionally but I'm still alive. Success. 

I'm Headed DOWNTOWN!

As you know, I work with StudioDIY to create some kick butt, totally cute graphics and printables for their cool and colorful blog! I love it, truly.

Here is one of the projects I finished in March that just got blogged about! (Side note: SO hard to keep an exciting project secret for so long! But I DID IT.)

Anyways, it's a Choose Your Own Adventure guide to how to successfully spend a day in Downtown L.A. and it looks like SO much fun! Road trip, anyone?... Like for serious. 

Number one reason it looks so AMAZING is all the yum snacks! Food is my most favorite expense and hobby. (StudioDIY, you have my heart.)

It involved a lot of lettering, which I am totally about! But I can be so picky about how my writing looks, so even though it looks cute and casual, I put in some major love perfecting it all!

Anywho, fun project and I made a cute little Instagram teaser too :) 

I painted a palm tree quick and made a pattern and laid the title of the piece on top!  (Funny story, I didn't have ANY palms in the original piece, but after making the teaser all about them... I had to add them at the top of the guide! Cohesion. Oops.)

The silly pattern.

The Instagram teaser!

Another version of a potential Instagram teaser- this one was unused but I still like it :)
(Rough texture of the letters is from actual gouache painting of words that were scanned in.)

Always looking forward to working with StudioDIY again! If you want to check the post out for yourself (you should!!!,) just click here!

And for the heck of it (and to pay homage to the title of this post...)

Ooooh, Mack is too real. 

Hearts & Girly Stuff

If you know me or just follow me on social media, you've probably seen what I am about to blog about and you're going to be like "OMG, get over it IDC." Unfortunately I can't and I won't and I'm going to talk about it even more. Right now. Get ready for it.

I am now designing for StudioDIY and I'm making some super cute shit (excuse my language) for their posts and it's really fun! I've been following Kelly Mindell for years and honestly, I think we can all agree she is so cool and fun and colorful! Working on their Galentine's Day themed post was so dreamy. They wanted a redone MASH game (remember that?) and a movie playlist of some of their favorite throwback movies! So cute.

I got free creative reign (SO NICE!) and just drew some girly crap, which is my favorite thing to do! Love pink, love hearts, love love.

Art credit: Danielle DeLorenzo (me, duh!)

 

Photo Credit: Jeff Mindell of StudioDIY

Photo Credit: Jeff Mindell of StudioDIY

Art credit: Danielle DeLorenzo (me, duh!)

Want to see more? Want to download or print your own? Go to the source and see what StudioDIY is all about! Click here! xoxo