About Khristina Helmich

B.S. Graphic Design, emphasis in advertising and writing

THE DESIGNER::  I have extensive experience working with small and large businesses, from apparel and production, to retail and healthcare. I’ve had the privilege of designing for marketing teams, advertising firms, and in creative design teams. Working for myself at one point in my career, I was able to gain experience on the business side of things, planning and implementing, really seeing how a small business worked from start to finish. Although I am very comfortable and experience in Adobe Creative softwares, online web hosts like Squarespace and Wordpress, and photography and videography, I also am humble enough to know that design is ever changing and I will always have more to learn in order to keep up with that. 

I’m also an enneagram type 6 & 9. 

THE SPECIALTIES:: Adobe Creative Cloud including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign & Premiere Pro // Squarespace // Wordpress // Shopify // Magento // Google Drive // Google Docs // Google Spreadsheets // Hive // Wacom Digital Illustration // ECommerce // B2B Marketing //

THE OFFICE:: My office space is shared with my soul mate, our three tiny humans that we grow locally here in Illinois, along with our several fur babies. They are not just inspiration – they are collaborators.

THAT NAME THOUGH:: It was around the birth of this venture that my then 2 year old son started having this obsession with acorns. People, I kid you not. He would come into the house with pockets full of acorns. He hid piles of them in his toys and under the furniture. I finally found myself looking up the deeper meaning of "acorns" and discovered that they symbolize growth and potential, life, independence and strength – all things that I as a human & mother strive for. Life is a wild ride for us all and I choose to embrace it. So the name was perfect. I hope we all embrace our wild side as we fly and fall through life trying to plant our roots and grow into a mighty oak... legendary even.