Roslindale Village Main Streets Window Decorating Contest & Kick off for Roslindale Village Holiday Wander

Roslindale Village Business Holiday Window Decorating PosterBeing on the Marketing Committee at Roslindale Village Main Streets, I was asked if I would design a poster to help promote this years Roslindale Village business window decorating contest appearing at left). 

Read below for poster content.

Join in the holiday festivities by decorating your storefront and participating in the Roslindale Village and citywide Boston Main Streets holiday window decorating contests!

Window decorating must be completed by Dec.1st.

Decorated windows will be photographed and posted on the Roslindale Village Main Street Facebook page as soon as they're completed. 

Judging will take place from 5 to 8 pm on December 1st as part of the kickoff of the Holiday Wander.

Roslindale residents will participate in a walking tour of the Village and will submit their ballots to the RVMS office by 8 pm on December 1st.

The Roslindale winner will be selected by December 8th and will be entered into the citywide Boston Main Streets contest, with online voting taking place from December 12th to 18th.

The citywide Grand Prize winner will be announced on December 20th.

Click on the poster image above to learn more about the contest.

Roslindale Open Studios 2011 Update

Another year has come and gone including the 7th Annual Roslindale Open Studios, which was held Nov 5-6, 2011. It was my seventh year as an event organizer and my 5th year as a participant. It was a lot of work on both fronts and very tiring but in the end it was well worth it. I got to meet people, make some money and share ideas with others.

Again my best selling photo was the Pleasant Cafe, located on Washington Street here in Roslindale. The photo was taken in 1999 and as a framed image it typically out sells anything else that I have for sale.

Click on the image to go visit the Pleasant Cafe website.

Roslindale Open Studios Cluster Poster and Roslindale Holiday card for sale

Something I designed to help promote my home studio and others artists exhibiting in my neighborhood by designing a cluster poster called "The Village Triangle".

Stop by and watch my Youtube channel "bobdward2" and have a look at mostly Roslindale photographs/... some Boston pictures too. My images are mostly scenic view and locally inspired with the 4 New England seasons. But you will see mostly images of Roslindale.

I print my photos on my Epson 2200 inkjet printer using espson brand archival inks for longevity.

Stop by my home, site 37, 11 Cliftondale St and browse, look, ask questions and have a look at my images.

I am also selling my original Roslindale Village holiday cards of various wintry images. Price range from $3 each to packages of 8 for $16 or packages of 10 for $20.

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Roslindale Open Studios Preview Show Tomorrow Night

Here is a video that I made using Photoshop and iMovie to publicize the event and to help promote the business and home studio artists. This video will be playing continuously at the Preview Show Nov 4. 6:30-8pm, and throughout the weekend of the event.

Check Out the new Solera Wine Store front banner I designed

Solera Wine recently moved form Corinth Street to trendy Birch Street #16, Roslindale. I was asked to design a storefront banner using there logo and colors from the newly painted interior walls. Ironically Boston Cheese Cellar is next door—a perfect match for wine and cheese in Roslindale. (MA).

Business Card Design for SoulfulBody Fitness, Utilizing QR Code

Here is a business card I designed for fitness trainer Carlos Moran of SoulfulBody Fitness. Utilizing QR code technology, I included a QR code on the back side of his card. With a smart phone or mobile device, one can scan the code to go directly to his website to find out more about his affordable fitness packages.

3 designs for a storefont banner for Solera Wine

The design on the right will ultimately be the chosen. Colors were adjusted to match the colors of the new interior walls at their new location at 16 Birch Street in Roslindale.

Ads I designed for this years Roslindale Open Studios 24 page Brochure

Roslindale Open Studios 2011 brochure is now at the printer

Here is the front cover of the 24 page Roslindale Open Studios brochure that I produced. It is currently being printed at Park Press Printers, South Holland, IL, on 35# prime 80lb bright uncoated paper. Front cover design, ads, post cards, and posters are designed this year by another Roslindale Open Studios participant named Amy Joyce. See her web page for more info about Amy's artwork.

Using Adobe InDesign CS5, I designed/produced the remaining 23 pages which include; artist directories, advertisements, maps, and photographs of last years event. Also I have included a QR (quick response) code on the front cover so people with smart phones and mobile devices can scan to bring you directly to the Roslindale Open Studios web site to learn more about this years event.

In its seventh year, this event is the largest, with 111 artists exhibiting including; ceramics, textiles, paintings, photography, woodworking, jewelery, stained glass, sculpture, paper, printmaking, mixed media, collage, drawing, illustrations and graphic design in 45 different locations around Roslindale. So save the date: November 5 & 6, 11AM-5PM.

Don Woo at Park Press has this to say about my files submited.
"By the way, our prepress operators told me that your file was absolutely great...they wish all of our clients would send in files as perfect as yours!"
                                    — Don Woo at Park Press, So. Holland, IL

To learn more about Roslindale Open Studios 2011 please visit the website,

Here are a couple of pictures of the new banner for Matimbá on Birch Street in Roslindale

Banner produced by The Sign Post of Roslindale. Click her to find out more abouit the The Sign Post.

I just designed Matimbá Columbian Arts Gallery Banner

The client wanted a simple design. I prefered the concept with the dark orange background and yellow type but they decided to go with the red background with white type. You can find out more about Matimbá by visting this link.

Matimbiá is on Birch Street in Roslindale, MA.

These Are the People in Your Neighborhood: Roslindale, MA

I interviewed Donna Cabral of Jimmies Ice Cream Cafe of Roslindale Village for the series called "These Are The People In Your Neighborhood," sponosored by Roslindale Village Main Streets. The series is to inform local Roslindale residents of businesses in the Roslindale community.