Blog — The Maker's Mash by Mad & Dusty

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Hi! We are
Mad & Dusty.

We design for nonprofits, small business and makers. We write about life in the studio, our recent work, and resources for small business owners.

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It's been a little bit more than a year since these two joined the team. I realized we can now officially call ourselves a mom and pop design shop!

In design, there can be a huge disconnect between the vision and the reality. You send to content over to your designer and suddenly your sleek print piece is crammed full of content that no potential donor is ever going to get through.

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Worked on a little somethin' something down at the new @downtownwoodstock / @elmstreetarts playground! @dustybeaulieu designed a mural for the entrance. (More pictures soon!) If you haven't seen the new playspace yet, go take a look! It's AMAZING! H

All set up at @elmstreetarts Little Shop tonight!! Thankful to be a part of Woodstock's little shops! :)

Reminiscing on a sign painting project Dusty and I worked on right before the babes were born. Loved working with @myalmacoffee and bringing @tomcoxdesign's awesome design work to the brick! It's nice to get out from behind the screens. Plus we got t

How's your summer?!!! We're slowly getting back to design after the addition of our two little ones in June. (Say hi to Arthur and Theodore Beaulieu in their tiny road trip mirrors!) This has been the best, most challenging adventure. And we could no

Super excited to feature @kporter9876 of Signify on our blog this morning. KP is a badass copywriter. I've learned so much from her. She and I often talk about how the words on your site are JUST AS IMPORTANT as the visuals. A gorgeous site with no a

Friends! We have about 10-12 weeks to go before we hit the average gestational age for twins! I am nervous to see how the whole running a business and being a mom thing shakes out. So I asked my mama friends for advice. They came back with some AMAZI

Wrote a fun little recap on the logos we created last year. (How is it 2019 already!) So honored to be a small part of these clients stories - all are doing awesome things to make the world better and brighter. Swipe to see a preview and head to the

This is late, but I realized we never announced our new team members on this page! Two sweet boys will be joining us in June! We're excited. Current clients can expect your normal Mad & Dusty up until about May 15th. We will power down in June to