Book a Designer for a VIP Day!
Beta Offer
SPECIAL BETA PRICE FIRST 4 BOOKINGS!!
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SPECIAL BETA PRICE FIRST 4 BOOKINGS!! 〰️
Book a Designer for VIP Days!
The Designer that’s me.
The VIP that’s YOU.
With my VIP Design Day Intensives, you’ll get food or beverage branding, packaging, or web design—done in just one to three days.
VIP Intensive Days is designed to get your project done in record time.
SPECIAL PRICE
HALF OFF for the FIRST 4 who book!! Yowza :-)
Be a VIP for a Day or Four
You need design help, but most designers are juggling five other clients. Your project drags on for weeks, and maybe you end up re-explaining details thought you had already signed off on. Meanwhile, momentum stalls, eating up your time and sanity. And frankly, mine too!
Let’s not do that.
When you book VIP Intensive Days with me, you get my undivided attention. The whole day (or four) — Just you, me, and your project — handled, polished, done, and launched into the world. No endless emails threads. No diluted focus. No details slipping through the cracks or drawn-out timelines. Just clear goals, quick wins, and the satisfaction of seeing ideas come to life today, not “someday.”
You don’t need a full-time designer on payroll - you need the right one when it counts. So book me for a day. Watch that to-do list shrink, then get back to doing what you do best.
Less background noise. More attention on you. The relief of “DONE✔.”
Got another project? Hire me for another day, it’s simple!
What my Beta Offer means for you?
Half off price for the first 4 people to Book a VIP Day.
Why? Because…
I'm looking for 4 beta food/beverage industry clients who want to make progress on specific tasks or projects that you want to get done in a short amount of time.
This is a brand new offer, and I’m still honing my process and flow. I’m offering it at a special beta rate of $875 for the first 4 clients. After 4, the price will double.
After struggling to come up with ‘the one perfect’ offer or package of services to extend to my clients and leads about how I can help them, I’ve made a decision — to offer a VIP Intensive Day!
Now you can hire me by the day for an intensive focus on your project — and the total number of days you need to book just depends on what you need done.
The Beta Guarantee:
When we wrap up the day or days, if all goes as planned, your task/project will be finished! If it’s not finished, because I’m still figuring out my flow and process, I won’t leave you hanging — I’ll work extra if necessary to get it done for you. :)
It’s a WIN-WIN because you’ll get my undivided attention crossing something off your list, and I get to test my process, and hopefully walk away with a case-study or testimonial that I can use in the future!
Great food and drinks deserve great design! I help food and beverage companies that struggle with invisible packaging and non-converting websites by providing strategic on-brand packaging and website design so they can stand out on the shelf and online, attract the right customers, and increase sales.
Here are some things we can do in a day (or four)...
Don’t have your brand figured out yet?!
Or maybe you need a tune-up?
Nail Down Your Brand Day
A well thought out and clear brand helps your people find you and know that they want to engage with and ultimately buy from you. A brand is the personality, character, values and tone of voice of your company.
Once we have that figured out we can decide on:
a color palette
fonts
supporting images
a tagline
create a logo design
You’re rockin’ your brand.
Now you need Stand Out Packaging!
Package or Label Design Days
Once you know who you are and have the brand essentials, we can elevate your food or beverage product to come alive on the grocery shelf with a standout package or label, print-ready design in 3 days!*
Custom illustrations will require at least one additional day.
Book an additional day if you would like me to handle scheduling and managing a custom photo shoot or the print management.
*Food and beverage packaging and labeling require specific ingredient and other information to comply with government regulations which you will need to provide before our day together. We can discuss that during a Discovery Call if necessary.
You got a brand… You got packaging…
You need a website!
Website Design Days
You provide the content, and we will have a up to 10-page Squarespace website live in 3 days. If you want to expand your number of website pages and/or add special functionality, additional days may be required.
Book an additional day if you would like me to handle scheduling and managing a custom photo shoot.
You can book a 1-Page website to be completed in 1 Day. Choose Book a One-Page Website VIP Day when Booking .
Here is a list of some other things I can do.
If you have other projects to check off your list, let’s talk.
We can design a VIP Day just for you!
Complete a punch list of general design or content updates you need done on your Squarespace website.
Clean up the overall look and feel of your website.
Create specific-to-your-needs marketing materials and delivery truck wraps (E.g., sell sheets for your products, swag, event banners, and signage, to name a few.
Manage a custom photo shoot
Not sure? Have more questions?
To get the most done in our day(s) together:
Have all your pre-work done a few days before our Kick-off Call. Schedule your VIP day(s) 2 or 3 weeks out so you don’t feel rushed.
Set aside the day of our Intensive to be able to make quick decisions and give timely feedback. Response time is key to accomplishing our goals.
PLEASE NOTE: I am guaranteeing my expertise and full attention on your project for our Day(s), not a set of deliverables. Preparedness and response time will be key to get the most our of our Day(s) together!
The Future Pops Story
“Many thanks Darla…”
I really love the design work that Darla has done for my company. The decals and pop labels have helped tremendously towards making Future Pops well-known and successful during its first year in business. Many thanks Darla, I look forward to many more fun projects in the Future Pops adventure!!
Michael Shillingford
Owner, Future Pops
Portland, OR
McKenzie Mist Water Company
Logo | Labels | Vehicles | Website | Everything else
Tragedy struck!
McKenzie Mist Water Company is a pure, artesian, bottled water company in Eugene, Oregon. It is family-established and woman-owned. Since the Holiday Farm fire in 2020, company president Molly Morris has been rebuilding her company’s infrastructure. The fire in the Oregon Cascades raged for weeks, destroying forest, landscape, businesses, and leaving many homeless. Molly lost her production facility as well as her home located near Blue River, Oregon.
The phoenix rises.
Before the fire, Molly and I had been talking about new labels for her bottled water, after the fire and having rebuilt her facility, we started to talk about a whole new look. A rebrand. A refreshed look for a refreshed business.
Out with the tired and in with a bright new face for the brand’s new beginning! Brighter, crisper, and more refreshing like the water itself. So starting with word descriptors like pure, pristine, unaltered, refreshed, and icy, we painted a new picture of what McKenzie Mist looks like. As Molly, McKenzie Mist’s owner, likes to remind people, McKenzie Mist is not just another bottle of filtered tap water! The water is gathered from the rain and snow in the Cascade Mountains. It hasn't been disinfected (or made lifeless and de-structured) by chlorine, bromine, or ozone. It’s naturally clean, pure, and ready to drink right at the source. The bottle labels, delivery trucks, website, and every customer touch point are designed to make that clear!
Read the story and see more images on the following pages:
Here's what every intensive includes:
Access to my BONUS Brand Questionnaire and your Pre-work Workbook
BONUS pre-VIP Day Kick-off /strategy call
Your VIP Day Intensive
A post-intensive walk through video of completed deliverables
BONUS 30 days post-intensive email/messaging support period
BETA OFFER INVESTMENT:
Book a Designer for a VIP Day $850
Book a Designer for VIP Label,
Packaging, or Website (3)Days $2250
4 simple steps for success:
(Still flexible while I fine-tune my process.)
Step 1
Click the BOOK NOW WITH 50% DEPOSIT button below to access my scheduling calendar. Get booked with a 50% deposit.
Choose an open date, remembering to allow yourself ample time to complete your pre-work without feeling rushed.
Pre-work involves getting to know who you are, what you want and what you need, plus any files you already have so we can spend our day creating, not gathering information.
Step 2
Watch your inbox for an important WELCOME email! This email includes the vital information you need to begin our day together:
your BONUS Brand Questionnaire, access to your Pre-work, a link to book your BONUS pre-VIP Day Kick-off call, and information about file sharing and communication.
If you don’t receive this email, remember to check your spam folder!
Step 3
On your VIP Day we will communicate through a pre-determined instant messaging service. I will give your project my full attention to achieve our goals for the day and send you proofs throughout the day. You will be available to give quick and timely feedback through the messaging service.
Your fast response time is critical to what we will get done that day.
Step 4
After your VIP Day you will make any payment still due. You will have access to me by email or our chosen messaging service for the following 30 days if you need help making sense of any of the work completed on the VIP day.
I will answer questions and provide personalized walk-thru videos if needed.
LET'S DO THIS!
Ready to book? When picking a day remember you will need time to receive and complete pre-work before our kick-off call and have our kick-off call before the actual day. I would suggest that you schedule your VIP day 2 or 3 weeks out so you don’t feel rushed.