This was a project I did for a trucking company. I made recipe jars for the salesmen to deliver to their clients over the holidays. Attached to each recipe jar was a little thank you note. This was on one side, the directions on how to make the brownies was on the other. The image was downloaded from their website, cropped, and resized to work. The original file was done in MS Publisher however, in order to make it work in my portfolio, I had to save the image as a .jpg.

This was a project I did for a trucking company. I made recipe jars for the salesmen to deliver to their clients over the holidays. Attached to each recipe jar was a little thank you note. This was on one side, the directions on how to make the brownies was on the other. The image was downloaded from their website, cropped, and re-colored to work. The original file was done in MS Publisher however, in order to make it work in my portfolio, I had to save the image as a .jpg.

This is the format that I as a Jaycee used to plan the Easter Egg Hunt in 2006. In it you will see all the stages of planning including a budget. I won awards at both the local chapter level and the state level for this project. The chapter itself did not have any funds for the project so everything was solicited, most of it by myself.

I put together this quick little presentation to showcase some of my abilities in powerpoint presentation design. Unfortunately, due to it's size, I had to convert it to a PDF file so you cannot see all the "cool" things it can do unless you visit my portfolio on guru.com or elance.com.

I was contracted to write a "frugal" parenting blog and chose to write about how I furnished a nursery with just $200.

An example of my writing on community topics.

Some of my book reviews that show my writing style.

Word processing in the form of flyers, posters and documents.

A more complex website featuring ZenCart for gallery specializing in antique prints, jam labels and maps.

After 10 hours of research I was able to deliver 7 generations (past 1745) to this client. All data can be provided for viewing on the Ancestry.com website and also as a Gedcom file.

This is a very simple, two-person interview transcript. Each speaker is identified on the left side and the text is broken up into five- to eight-line paragraphs for easy reading. Our transcripts are always formatted to the clients' specifications, but if they have no preference, this simple format is used.

This webcast graphic was created for the company's three-year anniversary interview of the founders, so a festive background was added to enhance the celebration.

This is my very first PowerPoint presentation that I recorded with Camtasia. Unfortunately, running both programs at once kind of bogged down my computer so the recording is a bit choppy, but hopefully you can get a sense of how great it looks when running smoothly! I'd be glad to send you a copy if you'd like to see it full size as well.

This is a PDF report I created a while back to explain the hard work that goes into each and every transcript I produce. It contains a bit of humor, but is informative as well. This also showcases how graphics can be used in a document.

I helped the author of this e-book on acne to format his book and proofread it as well. We worked together over a period of time, he added and subtracted content and made revisions until he was happy with the finished product. It started as a Word document and we converted it to PDF. If you happen to purchase his book, you'll be able to see how well we did! I'm sure that the author, John, would also be glad to give you a testimonial about me and my services.

This is a custom made Invoice.

Business Card

This is a job costing spreadsheet that I created for the owner of a flooring company. It is used to track job expenses and profit margins.

This is a basic manual cover I created for a client in desperate need.

This is a workbook I created for a client using MS Excel, as the client requested. It contains a custom made Invoice & Estimate.

This research was conducted for a client wanting to relocate his business to Aruba. It contains all the information the client required. This report, including all research, represents approximately two hours' work.

This document includes some formatting not seen in the first. It is also needed in the same folder as the first document (sample.doc) for the in-document hyperlinks to work.

This image was created using Adobe Photoshop. The parliament building was cut from a photograph and then coloured in a solid colour. It was placed upon a blue background, and finally a layer of yellow was added in a gradient from bottom to top at 50% opacity.

This is a sample of a data entry project. DO NOT RUN THE MACRO! This .xsl file displays the end result of running the macro. The project began with importing the email addresses from a Word document. The macro then copied the email addresses to the second column, converted them to hyperlinks, and opened each of the web pages. The rest of the data was entered manually from the websites. Coding the macro notwithstanding the entire project took one hour to complete.

This document demonstrates my proficiency with Microsoft Word. The second document (sample_summary) needs to be in the same folder for the in-document hyperlinks to work.