Top Glassball Ornament Designs of 2025
Capturing History in Glass 🎄 Treasured Scenes: A Look Back at 2025 Glassball Favorites Every March, Keystone Specialties releases our Treasured Scenes Catalogue, showcasing a curated collection of ornaments that celebrate artistry and tradition. This catalogue includes a wide range of ornament styles—glassball, cast pewter, etched metal, ceramic, jade-stained glass, and more. We also craft […]
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A Phoenix Rises for the Holidays
đź“Ś Nickel Etched Ornament Design for Novelis, Inc ✏️ From AI Concepts to Hand-Drawn Design For the past 6–7 years, through my positions at Keystone Specialties, Inc., I’ve had the privilege of designing Novelis, Inc.’s annual holiday ornament—a tradition that combines creativity with their identity as a global aluminum manufacturer. Each year, the ornament is […]
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Creating a Heartfelt Library Logo for ‘My Three Sons’
“My Three Sons Library” Sticker & Stamp Design đź“– Personalized Book Marking for “My Three Sons Library” | A logo project in progress…I’ve been working on a special logo/sticker design for a personal home library called “My Three Sons Library.” This project is for Dawn, who built the library with her three sons during the […]
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Nature and Art: Capturing Watkins Glen in Watercolors
BRUSHWORK: A Weekend Study; Upstate NY Edition 🌲 From hike to canvas.This weekend’s focus was an ink and watercolor study drawn from a photo I took while hiking Watkins Glen in early fall. The stone bridge and layered rock wall offered a rich mix of texture and structure–a quiet challenge in translating detail through brush […]
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Creating Unique Logos for Scout Organizations
Building Character Through Logo Design: Pack 245 🌲 Crafted for the Outdoors. Designed for the Journey: a Keystone Specialties Inc. project. Creating a logo for Cub Scout Pack 245 of Punxsutawney was a rewarding challenge. The goal was to design something that felt adventurous, rooted in nature, and true to the values of scouting—all while […]
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