Jacki Schilberg
I have worked in the design and print industry for over 25 years as both an in-house graphic designer for a local printer and a freelance designer. For 16 years, while living in the Houston, TX area, I was editor and designer for The PowderHorn, a monthly neighborhood newsletter for Ravensway, which was named best newsletter by the Cypress Creek United Civic Association (CCUCA).
In 2010 my husband John and I relocated to Edmond, Oklahoma and I continued my freelance work and volunteered my graphic design service for our neighborhood homeowners association and our church. In 2015 we moved to Allen, Texas, to be closer to our family, where I continue my freelance and volunteer work.
John and I are the proud parents of two daughters, Gale Carter & Linda McMillan. Gale is President and CEO of Daughters of Our Living Lord & Savior (DOLLS), a Christian girls organization that she founded in 2006 while teaching junior high Speech & Drama. Linda runs her company, Linda McMillan Photography, and is Chief Digital Photographer and Social Media Manager for the UMC Health System marketing department in Lubbock, Texas.
Sewing & Graphic Design
This is a poster I designed for my sewing room. You might say, “What does sewing have to do with graphic design?” Well, for me it’s where I got started designing. I was about 8 years old and the mother of one of my friends sewed a little jacket and blanket for one of my dolls. When I saw that, I was absolutely fascinated with how she made it and I was hooked on sewing! Fortunately, my Grandma was an expert seamstress and well known for her skills in our little town of Port Edwards. She taught me everything I needed to know and I absolutely loved designing things I wanted to make; clothes, curtains, pillows, anything I happened to need at the time. That’s where I learned to design things, and when you sit down to design a newsletter or brochure you are doing the same thing. You’re creating, building and assembling everything into a final piece. For me, it’s as much fun as sewing!
So if you need an artistic graphic for a special place in your home, we could design a poster that tells your story too!
I’d rather be outside!
If I am not working on the computer you will probably find me in the backyard with our two dogs, Ben & Ruby. Truth be told, I love gardening just as much as graphic design!