A Long Way From the Theta House

When Melissa contacted me about doing her blog design, I went to her blog and began to read through it to get a feel for her style and was hooked. I think I might have stayed for an hour reading - she's got a wickedly superb sense of humor and her family has some pretty interesting adventures in the inner city where they live and minister.

She wanted something that married who she is and where she lives. When I asked her what she thought would describe her surroundings - she said "graffiti and gunfire". I thought to myself, "oh goodness." But then she added, "skinny white girl and shopping", so we were in business once again and this is what I came up with for Melissa: