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Sami Walthall

We are a holistic brand design studio that crafts intentional visual identities for businesses who make the world a better place.

01/08/2024

File Under: Word of the year 2024

What it means to me:
✨ Showing up for myself every day
✨ Not relying on motivation to get things done
✨ Pushing myself to be the best version of myself
✨ Making time to practice my craft
✨ Not letting my goals fizzle out within the first few months

Excited for whats to come in 2024! What is your word of the year?

2024goals

12/27/2023

INS / OUTS list for 2024

After reflecting back on this past year, these are what I decided I want more and less of in the new year.

What are your ins + outs??

#2024

06/21/2023

This past weekend I decided to finally take action and take the first step to making one of my dreams a reality. ✨

Learning to tattoo has been on my vision board for the past two years. I have been toying with taking an online class to learn but I’m so thankful fate led me to ‘a tattoo course.

I had the opportunity to learn hands on, and meet some really inspiring women who also wanted to go on this journey!

With lots of practice, I hope to offer tattooing as a service this year, and expand my art to this new medium.. leaving life lasting impressions of the people who give me the honor of tattooing them 🥹

06/20/2023

4FORTY4 - This has to be my favorite logo design to date 😍

An esthetician spa coming to the Chicagoland area next spring 🌿

06/14/2023

SURPRISE! We eloped 💍🖤

Traditional weddings have never been my cup of tea… what is more important to me is to spend the day with the person who matters most. I’m so thankful to have found someone who accepts me as I am, constantly puts smiles on my face, and chooses to grow with me. 🖤

With this being said, I’m changing my design business to my name Sami Walthall. You can see this reflected in my handle, my new website is coming soon ✨

Here and Now Design will live on through my shop of Notion templates and planners. You can shop these through my Etsy, linked in the bio!

Shout out to my lovely photographer for taking these breathtaking photos! I highly recommend her 📸

06/13/2023

Moodboard for an esthetician spa opening next spring 🌿

the vibe:
- minimalistic visuals
- reflective of the therapeutic nature of the business
- earthy color palette rooted in neutrals
- clean and balanced

04/13/2022

A gentle reminder ✨

We can’t always use past experiences to navigate future ones. Especially when the past experience is paired with negative emotions. “It was like ____ last time so it will probably be _____ again” this stops us from experiencing things in a new light.

I personally struggle with showing up on social media (mainly here on IG). Especially when taking a break from it, because I then feel intense guilt and refuse to even open the app. But I since decided that I’m moving forward differently. I’m not going to take is as seriously as I have... I’m not going to force myself to show up on here everyday... I’m going to just let go, try new things, and not expect everything to be perfect.

And this reminder can be applied to anything, business or personal. Maybe you had an unsuccessful launch but you are scared to put yourself out there again. Give yourself grace it try again.

“What if it ends up like last time” … but what if it doesn’t?

Here is to new beginnings, experiences, and feelings. 🖤

01/25/2022

My long-awaited website revamp is finally here! 🖤

Back in September, I rebranded Here and Now Design after starting a new chapter in business... going full time. My website, however, needed a little extra time to be updated to reflect these changes. And while it took a few weeks longer than anticipated, the day is finally here!

My website is a true reflection of my design style, and I couldn’t be more happy with how it turned out. ✨

Welcome to Here and Now Design’s new home: www.hereandnow.design

01/13/2022

Reminder: The past is in your head, but the future is on your hands ✨

Just as how the past shaped who we are in this moment, the present will shape who we become. Let’s seize the moment, and build lasting habits in the HERE AND NOW that will benefit our future selves. 🖤

12/15/2021

New Brand Identity: Prime Fitness & Wellness 🌱

One of my favorite parts of being a designer is working with people/businesses whose goal is to improve the lives of others! Steve is a ~prime~ example of that. He is a personal trainer He feels great joy from seeing his clients hit their goals and transform their lives, both inside and out. Even his philosophy is "Your results are my success" ✨

I loveeeeed working on his new identity, especially his brand mark where I combine the P from Prime with a lightning bolt to represent strength and power. Still got a few things in the works for this project and I'm excited to wrap it all up!

What are your thoughts?

12/08/2021

REMINDER: You can rise up from anything ☀️

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Hello friends, I've missed you!!! Some updates:

✨I'm currently 'rising up' after a much needed IG break, as well as, recovering from being ill after the holidays (thankfully not covid!) Thanks to those of you that have stuck around during my hiatus. I appreciate you!

✨Expect to see me on here more frequently and more intentionally. Lately, I have been more active on Pinterest and Tiktok, would love if you followed along with my journey there.

✨I'm excited to announce that my redesigned website is A L M O S T here! I have been working on it behind the scenes for the past 2 months to completely recreate it so that it is in line with my current branding, and has up-to-date portfolio projects and service offerings. Will most likely be up a week before the New Year.

🖤 Sammi

11/04/2021

The New moon is here 🌚

I thought I'd share a little about the new moon and my monthly ritual for it.

Astronomically: The new moon is basically the opposite of a full moon. The moon hides itself fully, allowing the darkness to grow greater in the sky. This phase marks the end of one lunar cycle and the beginning of a new one.

Spiritually: The new moon represents a clean slate. This is the perfect opportunity to plant seeds, make intentions, and visualize all the goals you want to achieve.

New Moon Ritual: I typically do this the night of, right before going to sleep.

01 Light a candle, diffuse oils, or burn incense

02 Lower the lights

03 Play calming, meditative music

04 Five minute meditation

05 Pull tarot/oracle cards

06 Journal → I begin writing about the tarot pull, then I write down a few positive intentions I want to manifest in my personal life and business, followed by visualizing the process to achieving them.

PS - check out for some great new moon prompts, she had plenty posted on her page!

💭 Do you do anything special for the new moon?

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