Melissa has sharp listening skills, which translate into great project results. I hired her for a creative print project and she nailed my intended concept after just one meeting. At each step of the process, she was thorough, detail-oriented, and punctual. Her creativity is fantastic. I highly recommend her.
Melissa took my simple ideas and turned them into a unique work of art. She kept our budget in mind and offered many packaging options for us to choose from. The invitations arrived in a timely manner and were more beautiful in person. The whole process was smooth and easy with stunning results.
Melissa, awesome stuff. LOVE the business cards. WOW.
Recommending Melissa is easy for me. She was and is one of the most professional, honest, creative, team-oriented colleagues I’ve ever worked with. And I’ve worked with some very good people. I proudly recommend Melissa for her organizing, creative, no-nonsense, and timely way she gets it done.
Melissa was instrumental in the production of several niche magazines at The Charlotte Observer. Her design efforts and planning skills helped carry the magazine through a time of transition as the magazines were purchased by the newspaper. She is pleasant to do business with and her calm demeanor presents itself well.
Melissa’s work is impeccable! We were able to give her some general ideas about what we might like, and she created an inspired design that we used for our invitations, table settings, stationery and thank you notes. Melissa’s vision and creative input helped bring our wedding day to life!
Let me grab my jaw – it fell on the floor!
Wow! I love this! You are truly gifted! I’ve never had this much luck with a designer before and I’ve used quite a few.
Melissa brought a fresh and energized perspective when she came on board with Carolina Bride magazine. I managed the distribution of CBM and worked closely with Melissa. I always enjoyed working with her, and still miss her terribly. She was efficient and organized, but most of all, she was fun to work with!
I have seen Melissa’s work at Shadeflower and at other ventures, and her design sense is superb…
Shadeflower made some business cards for me and they turned out amazing!!! I get many compliments on how great they look. I will definitely be doing business with Melissa again!
As a manager, Melissa was extremely concise with her expectations and feedback. She gave clear direction without micromanaging and allowed me creative freedom and direction. Melissa inspires you to want to deliver your best work, because you know her own expectations and work ethic are so high. When Melissa works on something, you know it equals quality.
We came to Melissa with only a few ideas in mind and she used her ridiculously creative mind to come up with some amazing pieces. I’m not what you’d call a girly-girl by any means and Melissa completely understood and ran with what little we gave her. Everything was original, clever, and more than we could have ever imagined – we get compliments on our stationery to this day!
Melissa is fabulous at everything she does. We worked with her through Carolina Bride [magazine] and it’s a miracle that the magazine survived at all without her. She made that magazine from top to bottom!