PERSONAL PROJECTS

Projects just a little bit closer to my heart... or that I got a bit carried away with :)

LITTLE FREE LIBRARY OF COOPERSBURG | WEDDING SOUVENIR BUTTONS | DOCTOR WHO CHRISTMAS PARTY | KILTED SANTA DISPLAY PIECE

A Little Free Library of Coopersburg

Inspired by the Little Free libraries installed all over the world. Made from finding pieces – electrical cabinet, tin roofing, machine legs, and a milk crate shelf – and assembled with help from my father. Hand-painted with One-Shot enamel paints.

To learn more about Little Free Libraries, visit LittleFreeLibray.org

LITTLE FREE LIBRARY OF COOPERSBURGAll waterproofed and ready to go. — **LITTLE FREE LIBRARY OF COOPERSBURG**
All waterproofed and ready to go.

LITTLE FREE LIBRARY OF COOPERSBURGInstallation  day for the Little Library! — **LITTLE FREE LIBRARY OF COOPERSBURG**
Installation day for the Little Library!

ANNUAL 'TRICK-OR-TREAT, TAKE-A-BOOK' NIGHT
In what is coming to be an annual joy, I've managed to hand out over 400 books to kids during the Coopersburg, PA trick-or-treat night. It's a happy time, which both promotes the use of the Little Library, and gives kids and parents something to be excited about. I spend the year stockpiling children's and teen books, and just about run out of them each year.

**SET UP FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL 'TRICK-OR-TREAT, TAKE-A-BOOK' NIGHT**

2nd ANNUAL 'TRICK-OR- TREAT, TAKE- A- BOOK NIGHTGave away over 250 childrens' books in under two hours. — **2nd ANNUAL 'TRICK-OR- TREAT, TAKE- A- BOOK NIGHT**
Gave away over 250 childrens' books in under two hours.

Kelly + Adam Get Hitched
• Souvenir buttons

For my cousin's wedding at Lake Nockamixon State Park I created 1" souvenir buttons reflecting some of their passions – hiking, canoeing, and ice cream – and used Kelly green with a contrasting bright orange for Adam. The green cigar box was a lucky find at a cigar shop, and I painted the interior orange to match the pins and sign. Pin badge production by Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations.

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Doctor Who Christmas Party

Given free rein to create the atmosphere for the Doctor Who Christmas Party held in McCarthy’s Red Stag Pub’s Great Room,
I went a bit overboard, taking inspiration from the annual Christmas specials…
The bar became a London newspaper booth - complete with ‘Vote Saxon’ and Christmas posters recreated from the 2007 Christmas episode, ‘A Voyage of the Damned’. A white Christmas tree became a giant silver Dalek, with the donated items for the Center for Animal Health and Welfare and Turning Point LV stacked underneath. In other words, it was an out of this time and space party for Doctor Who fans to celebrate Christmas together.

BEST COS-PLAY AWARD"I am and always will be the optimist, the hoper of far-flung hopes, the dreamer of improbable dreams." Quote typography poster made and framed as first prize to the best cos-play party attendee. — **BEST COS-PLAY AWARD**
*"I am and always will be the optimist, the* *hoper* *of far-flung hopes, the dreamer of improbable dreams."*
Quote typography poster made and framed as first prize to the best cos-play party attendee.

SILVER DALEK CHRISTMAS TREECreated from a white lit up Christmas tree, scrap cardboard, and found items from the dollar store. It was AWESOME. — **SILVER DALEK CHRISTMAS TREE**
Created from a white lit up Christmas tree, scrap cardboard, and found items from the dollar store. It was **AWESOME**.

CAROLS IN CAMDEN 24 x 36" POSTERA poster created to decorate the bar decorated as a London  newspaper booth, as from the 2007 Christmas episode, "A Voyage of the Damned". — **CAROLS IN CAMDEN 24 x 36" POSTER**
A poster created to decorate the bar decorated as a London newspaper booth, as from the 2007 Christmas episode, "A Voyage of the Damned".

Themed Drink + Food Menus:

The process

'Kilted Santa' Christmas Shop Display

Created "Up on the Rooftop" Christmas shop display pieces for competing in the "Doors of Bethlehem" competition. All pieces made from found materials– scrap plywood, recovered sheets of cardboard, and shopped a flea market for the deer.
• Final 'Kilted Santa' stands 4'5" tall.
SKILLS: Painting (Acrylics), Scale Drawing, Hand Jigsaw

THE REINDEER AND ROOFTOPS

The Reindeer were recovered at a flea market, and were then reinforced, repainted and glittered. The Rooftops were drawn in perspective for Donegal Square's entrance, so that they would fit into the windows. They were painted on cut-out cardboard, and coated in white glitter for the snow. The trees behind the houses are separate pieces, created the same way.