Role: Illlustrator
For Michelle and Ryan’s baby shower, Abi from Brown Bear created beach-themed illustrations for a onesie and the accompanying card as a tribute to the couple’s love of the seashore.
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Blue Steel Bicycle Company Logo
Role: Graphic Designer
When world cyclocross champion and cycling enthusiast Kathy Sarvary opened Blue Steel Bicycle Company, a full-service bike shop in Sunderland, MA, she asked Brown Bear Creative to develop a brand that was cutting-edge and current.
The result was a bold, contemporary logo that distinguishes the shop from competitors.
Website of Dr. Stephanie Torlone, DVM, CVA
Role: Web Designer / Web Developer
Dr. Stephanie Torlone, a licensed veterinarian in Niantic, needed a website to showcase her specialized skills. Certified in veterinary acupuncture with a special interest in geriatrics, Dr. Torlone manages chronic pain in companion animals.
Brown Bear worked with the theme of ancient Chinese traditions to create the graphics and calming color scheme of the website. Developed upon the WordPress platform, the website is fully editable using an easy-to-use administrator interface.
GumDrops & Lollipops Brochure/Menu
Role: Graphic Designer
GumDrops & Lollipops, a cute candy shop located on Niantic’s Main Street, needed a brochure/menu to showcase its wide selection of candy, chocolates, pies, fudge, and ice cream.
Brown Bear worked with the store’s motto of “Old Fashioned Seaside Charm” to bring together a vibrant, vintage-inspired piece. The brochure’s colorful panels bring you back to the days of ice cream parlors and drive-in movie theaters, while tempting you to indulge in the shop’s sweet treats.
The Great Animal Rescue Chase Identity Materials
Role: Graphic Designer / Web Designer
The Great Animal Rescue Chase is focused on bringing together a worldwide community of animal rescuers, sharing rescue stories, and inspiring more people to get involved in animal welfare.
Founder Laura Simpson approached Brown Bear Creative to design logos, business cards, and a website for the Great Animal Rescue Chase and its charity partner, the Harmony Fund. All the materials feature bright, vivid colors and inspirational animal imagery.
Although most of the website development was handled by Inorikunimi.com and Can 9 Software, Brown Bear contributed to the front-end HTML/CSS template development for the site.
Town of Lyme Official Website
Role: Web Designer / Web Developer
The Town of Lyme had shut down its website in the fall of 2008 when a new state law required towns to post meeting minutes and agendas online and on a deadline. The small town simply did not have the the manpower or the know-how to keep their site updated themselves in a timely manner.
After a long hiatus, the town came to Brown Bear Creative for a solution. Brown Bear developed a WordPress-powered website that the selectmen could easily update themselves without any coding knowledge.
Through an easy-to-use admin interface, the selectmen can update text and photos, add pages, upload documents, and post news to the website. Once they hit Publish, the changes to the site are instantaneous. This simplifies and streamlines the process of posting minutes and agendas online.
To capture the Town of Lyme’s unique qualities, such as their deep ties to the land and their rich historical background, Brown Bear designed the site to showcase Lyme’s farms, parks, waterways, and other picturesque town landmarks. A sleek photo slideshow in the masthead of every page allows visitors to manually scroll through the images or sit back and watch them fade in and out automatically. Photos are also peppered throughout the pages of the site and available in bulk in a photogallery.
Lyme Shores Tennis & Conditioning Center Website & Posters
Role: Web Designer / Web Developer / Graphic Designer / Illustrator
Lyme Shores Tennis and Conditioning Center in East Lyme needed a website that showcased their tennis and fitness services to the general public while providing the latest news and upcoming events to their current members.
Brown Bear designed a custom WordPress theme that captures the fun and friendly atmosphere at Lyme Shores. Customizing the WordPress platform to function as a Content Management System (CMS), Brown Bear developed the site so the general manager could easily update the information and photos sitewide. In this way, the content on the website will remain accurate and up-to-date.
To help visitors navigate through the site, Brown Bear organized the club’s offerings into four main categories: tennis, fitness, pool/swimming, and general club information. The right sidebar highlights featured events, latest news, and other tidbits of information for easy access.
Brown Bear Creative also designed posters to publicize various events hosted and organized by Lyme Shores.
One Book, Every Young Child Logo and Website
Twelve libraries in southeastern Connecticut came together to organize a program that encourages parents and caregivers to read early and often to their preschool children. “One Book, Every Young Child” features a series of events that focuses around one picture book every year.
Using bold, bright colors, Brown Bear Creative designed the logo and website for the program. The website showcases the book of the year, incorporating the storybook’s illustrations into the design. Powered on the WordPress platform, the site can be easily updated using an intuitive, browser-based admin panel. A site administrator can edit any page of the site, including the homepage, news, and calendar.
Medford Public Schools Website
Role: Web Designer / Web Developer
Medford Public Schools in Massachusetts was in need of a comprehensive website that housed information and news not only for the district but for each of their nine schools as well. Brown Bear provided a robust content-managed solution powered by WordPress that teachers and other staff could update themselves.
The website features a clean, intuitive design with a blue and gray color scheme based on Medford’s school colors. The homepage and each school landing page highlight latest news, administrator contact details, and other essential information.
All the content, including pages, news posts, and sidebar data, on the site is editable via WordPress’s easy-to-use administration panel. Site editors can also upload photos, videos, and documents and place them throughout the site.
Kara’s Bridal Shower Invitations, Thank You Cards, & Recipe Cards
Role: Graphic Designer / Illustrator
For Kara’s bridal shower, Brown Bear Creative designed fun, brightly-colored invitations and thank you cards that reflected the spring wedding theme. Both cards incorporate imagery of yellow tulips, a prominent flower in the wedding.
Brown Bear also designed recipe cards for shower guests to write down their favorite recipes. The cards feature an illustration of Merlin, the bride-to-be’s pet dog, wearing a chef hat.
