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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 30 May 2012 01:22:52 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Blog</title><link>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/</link><description></description><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:55:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright></copyright><language>en-CA</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>Client Profile: Daylight Energy</title><dc:creator>Nephos Design</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:14:06 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/2011/11/2/client-profile-daylight-energy.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">471415:5328279:13573066</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>We were recently given the opportunity to work with <a title="http://www.daylightenergy.com" href="http://www.daylightenergy.com/" target="_blank">Daylight Energy</a>, a Calgary based oil and natural gas company. Daylight was looking for a professional way to present paperwork for situations such as hiring new employees, because using plain boring envelopes was no longer cutting it!&nbsp;</p>
<p><img style="width: 500px;" src="http://www.nephosdesign.ca/storage/daylight-folder1.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1320283649735" alt="" /></p>
<p>We kept it clean and simple, but with a pop of fun on the inside - utilizing the sun beams of their logo mark to create an unexpected pattern for the background.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>These folders feature 3 business card slots, and were printed on an offset press on 100lb Cougar Cover.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>If your business is looking for presentation folders or any other office supplies to help brand your company, please give us a call at (403) 999-7428 or drop us an email at <a href="mailto:info@nephosdesign.ca">info@nephosdesign.ca</a>. We'd love to help you out!</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/rss-comments-entry-13573066.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Lots of changes!</title><dc:creator>Nephos Design</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:02:03 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/2011/10/19/lots-of-changes.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">471415:5328279:13385479</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>As you have noticed, there are lots of changes going around our website. Our goal is to clean things up a bit and make things simple for our friends and (future) clients. Please be patient if anything is not working as it should or looks off, I promise it will all be completed very soon!&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the mean time, please have a look at our new projects page and catch up on everything we've been doing for the last few months. We've been too busy with lots of new clients to even update this site, but now it is priority and I promise you will like what you see :)&nbsp;</p>
<p>Let us know what you think of the new look and if there are any features you would like to see. My goal is to begin updating the blog regularly again and keep you up to date on all that is happening with Nephos Design.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Thanks for sticking with us through this transition!&nbsp;</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/rss-comments-entry-13385479.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Client Profile: The Pathway Church</title><dc:creator>Nephos Design</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:10:04 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/2011/4/18/client-profile-the-pathway-church.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">471415:5328279:11196877</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>I had the pleasure of working with The Pathway Church in 2009 when they needed a new logo and some large sidewalk signs designed to advertise their church plant (your can view them <a href="http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/2009/11/22/sidewalk-signs.html">here</a>). When Gerry contacted me again to help with designing some signage for the inside of their venue, I was more than thrilled to work with them again.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Pathway Church currently is meeting in the Beddington Community Centre, which looks like a gymnasium and not much like a church. Gerry wanted us to work together to help create an environment that represents their church a little better, but is also easy to put up and take down as this venue is not their permanent home.</p>
<p>Gerry had seen some of the pop-up banner displays I had done in the past, and wanted to get 2 sets of 3 done for their venue that would display their core values as a church. We also designed large black table cloth runners with the Pathway logo silkscreened in white to be used on information tables and sound equipment tables, as well as a large vinyl banner to be used as a backdrop behind the stage. Here are a few photos of what we came up with:</p>
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<p>It was an absolute pleasure to work with Gerry and The Pathway Church again. If you are in need of signage of any kind, get in touch with us at (403) 999-7428 or by email at <a href="mailto:info@nephosdesign.ca">info@nephosdesign.ca</a> and we'll take care of your needs!</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/rss-comments-entry-11196877.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Our newest team member</title><dc:creator>Nephos Design</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:00:03 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/2011/4/18/our-newest-team-member.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">471415:5328279:11195790</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>As you've likely noticed, things have been pretty quiet on our end for the last few months. But we have good reason! Our son Asher was born on March 12 and is the reason for our lack of updates. Life with a newborn is a whole new ballgame, but we wouldn't trade it for the world! Everything about him is amazing and we are so in love.&nbsp;</p>
<p>I designed birth announcements/thank you cards months before he was due because I was so excited. I sent them out in matching yellow envelopes but unfortunately did not snap any photos first. However here is what the front and back of our cards look like:</p>
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<p>I was so pleased with how they turned out that I just had to share them :)&nbsp;</p>
<p>A big thank you goes out to all of our clients who have been affected by the downtime due to this big event in our lives. We are so grateful for your patience and understanding, and all of the congrats we've received from you as well!&nbsp;</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/rss-comments-entry-11195790.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Client Profile: Health Fashion Home</title><dc:creator>Nephos Design</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:39:10 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/2011/4/18/client-profile-health-fashion-home.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">471415:5328279:11195592</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>As mentioned in a previous post, I have also done work for another business of our friend Sanjay. This other business is called Health Fashion Home, and is an International import/export company with a network of manufacturing companies from south east Asia with offices in Canada, USA and Guyana.</p>
<p>Sanjay asked me to come up with a logo for HFH that would have the clean look of the big box stores like Home Sense and Bed, Bath and Beyond - but with some Indian flair. He already knew he wanted to use a deep red and gold for the colors, so this is what we came up with:</p>
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<p>To go with the new logo, we also designed business cards for Sanjay as well as Betsy. Here's a shot of Betsy's cards:</p>
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<p>The website for HFH is currently under construction, however you will soon be able to find it <a href="http://www.healthfashionhome.com">here</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/rss-comments-entry-11195592.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage</title><category>Life Connection Church</category><category>advertising</category><category>website</category><dc:creator>Nephos Design</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:31:53 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/2010/12/22/laugh-your-way-to-a-better-marriage.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">471415:5328279:9803044</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 530px;" src="http://www.nephosdesign.ca/storage/LYW-banner.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1293053973400" alt="" /></span></span></p>
<p>Another project we recently helped with is the website and promo design for the "Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage" video event. This event will be taking place in Calgary at the South Calgary Community Centre on Feb 11th &amp; 12th, 2001.&nbsp;</p>
<p>This event will be hosted by <a href="http://www.lifeconnection.ca">Life Connection Church</a>, and is open to anyone and everyone, married or single! I guarantee this event will be worth your time and money (only $30 a couple with early registration!), and will be beneficial to your marriage.</p>
<p>For more information, please go to <a href="http://www.yescalgary.ca">www.YesCalgary.ca</a>&nbsp;to read event details, view You Tube clips, and to register for this event.</p>
<p>We also designed double sided flyers which may end up in your mailbox in the near future:</p>
<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 500px;" src="http://www.nephosdesign.ca/storage/Laugh-your-Way-flyer.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1293054663129" alt="" /></span></span>You may also be seeing larger banners advertising this event on the overpasses around Calgary soon, so keep your eye out!</p>
<p>Hope to see you there!</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/rss-comments-entry-9803044.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Client Profile: E&amp;P Finance</title><category>business cards</category><category>client profile</category><category>website</category><dc:creator>Nephos Design</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:22:29 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/2010/12/22/client-profile-ep-finance.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">471415:5328279:9802955</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>First off let me apologize for how long it has been since I updated the blog. I have a lot of projects I have been working on but they are taking a while to complete and therefore I can't show you them just yet! However I hope to have some more to show early in the new year.&nbsp;</p>
<p>I'd like to just quickly show off some designs I did for a great friend of ours, Sanjay Gupta. Sanjay is a jack of all trades and it seems he has his hands into everything these days! He's a very talented businessman and enjoys finding new opportunities.&nbsp;</p>
<p>One of Sanjay's newest ventures is E&amp;P Finance. I did some minor work for this business, including business cards and an informational poster that is currently up on their <a href="http://www.exploreproducefinance.com">website</a>. Here is a quick shot of the simple one sided business cards we designed:&nbsp;</p>
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<p>And also here is the informational poster we did:</p>
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<p>I have more designs that I did for Sanjay for another business of his, and once I have everything else together on my end I'll be sure to post them right away for you to see.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Thanks for stopping by!&nbsp;</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/rss-comments-entry-9802955.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Barb's Java Jackets</title><dc:creator>Nephos Design</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:25:38 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/2010/9/24/barbs-java-jackets.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">471415:5328279:8980114</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Hi everyone! Sorry for the long break in postings, but lots of exciting things have been happening this week so I am sure I will have plenty of updates in the coming weeks.</p>
<p>I've had these samples kicking around for a couple of weeks now and unfortunately just haven't had the time to show you them. If you recall my post about the revised logo for <a href="http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/2010/6/16/client-profile-barbs-bakery-bistro.html">Barb's Bakery &amp; Bistro</a>, I also mentioned that we were working on some java jackets (coffee sleeves), but had not received them yet. During my trip to Salt Spring Island, I finally got to visit Barb's Bakery and get some of the java jackets I designed. Here are a couple of photos of the bakery as well as the java jackets:&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Stay tuned for lots projects to come! Happy Friday!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/rss-comments-entry-8980114.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Birth Announcements</title><dc:creator>Nephos Design</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:26:07 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/2010/8/4/birth-announcements.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">471415:5328279:8459769</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>I recently had the privilege of designing birth announcements for the Sannes Family as they welcomed their daughter Emery into the world. These were great fun to do and even match her pink and brown bedroom decor.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>The back of the card was left fairly blank so the family could use them to write notes and send thank you's with them as well.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Nephos Design does custom birth announcements for $45.00 plus the cost of printing. It's a great idea to do these in advance of your little one's arrival and then just add the details and photos afterwards. If you are interested in birth announcements or any other type of invitation or greeting, just call us at (403) 999-7428 or email <a href="mailto:info@nephosdesign.ca">info@nephosdesign.ca</a></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/rss-comments-entry-8459769.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Client Profile: Sprout's Coffee &amp; Gelato</title><dc:creator>Nephos Design</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:02:23 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.nephosdesign.ca/blog/2010/8/4/client-profile-sprouts-coffee-gelato.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">471415:5328279:8459410</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>I am excited to finally showcase a business started by good friends of mine, Adam and Ariel. They have worked hard for so long with the vision of owning their own coffee and gelato shop, and it finally opened in Olds, Alberta this past May!&nbsp;</p>
<p>I worked with Adam and Ariel to develop an identity including logos, signage, business cards/customer appreciation cards, aprons and more. This afternoon I finally was able to take a trip out to their shop to experience their tasty treats and take a few photos.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Their shop is located at #1, 5001 49th Avenue in Olds, Alberta and I would say it is a must visit for anyone who loves to get out of town, experience something new, and of course treat themselves to some delicious gelato that they make right in their own shop!</p>
<p>Below are a few photos from our trip showcasing the shop and some of the work Nephos Design has done for Sprout's.&nbsp;</p>
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<p><em>a few of the gelato flavours Sprout's offers</em></p>
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<p><em>Chalkboard menus done by my sister in law, Camille Ganske</em></p>
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<p><em>The Driedger Family - Adam, Ariel and Isaac&nbsp;</em></p>
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<p>Take my word for it and go for a visit, I promise you won't be disappointed!&nbsp;</p>
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