Logo design and illustration for kado, a high-end business specializing in flowers for weddings and events.

My wife Brenna is starting another flower shop, she took over a franchise location called Flowerama. It was an established shop with a cheesy name. She’s pregnant right now and was convinced she was having a girl. Her name for the girl was going to be Pearl. Well she’s having a boy but she got to name her new shop Blooming Pearl.

As a designer I should love working on logos, but without enough time they can be a struggle for me. My original concept was a pair of hands that look like petals holding a pearl, presenting as a gift. Below are the final 2 versions.

I think we’ll go with the top version. The store has a big horizontal awning that we’re reusing.

This is the card I designed for my wife Brenna, a floral designer. It was printed by my friend Ben at The Mandate Press in SLC. The cool thing is, he posted these photos on his Flikr page and this card is now on like 10 different design blogs.