Hello! Things are looking different on annasghost.com and here is why:
1. I have felt recently that I have fallen in a slump with my site and the content on it. Don’t get me wrong I love love love talking to bands and sharing their new music, thoughts, etc. but recently it just feels like my heart isn’t in it.
2. I am a very visual person. I’m a graphic designer, I take photos, paint, I love event planning, interior design, I love looking at color palettes, the sky, clothes, movies, concerts, etc. I like to make crafts and color in coloring books haha. The point is I am super visual and recently my site has been used mostly for text. I am not much of a writer or one at all honestly (and obviously.) SO it doesn’t make much sense for my site to be so text based. I want more visuals. It makes sense and it is what I love.
3. No more posting guilt. In the past my site has sometimes been a source of anxiety. I have anxiety that no one will read my posts, I have anxiety I am not posting enough or that what I am posting isn’t living up to what I want it to be. That is all silly because the whole reason for the site has always been for me to express myself in a way that can include bands, writers, artists, etc. This isn’t my job and it shouldn’t feel like one! It is time I focus on making content I love and feel good about rather than let anxiety rule the way I post.
4. Lucky Sound! Lucky Sound is Lucas and my baby. We work on things together all the time and the large divide between this site and his studio doesn’t make total sense. That is why I want to try and include the studio more in my posts and the projects I take on!
5. I am a designer. This is what I do. On Monday-Friday from 8-5 I am a graphic designer. It is my full time gig. In my free time I make designs for fun. For my side gig I do freelance design for bands/musicians ( merch, flyers, cd layout, etc.) I have always included a few examples of this on my site but it is a HUGE part of my life and should be a huge part of my site. Again, why am I trying to be a writer when I am literally a designer? Not that I can’t be both but I find myself wanting to be less and less.
All that and more has lead me to this big change. Posts will be different and look different. It won’t be the same style/layout/process anymore. Doing this will change/eliminate a big part of what my site has looked like in the past but for all that’s lost or altered there will be so much more!
I am excited about this site and hope you are too.
-Anna
The 3rd year of Ghost Fest
All Annasghost.com blog posts before 2019 live here.
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Our little home was (mostly lol) clean today so I thought I’d share a some photos. It’s cozy and we are doing a little at a time but I’m so proud of how hard we’ve worked to make this feel like our space. It may not be the biggest or the most fancy but it’s ours and it’s colorful, comfy and warm. If I would have known when I was little I’d have a little house full of pink furniture, thrifted knick knacks (nick nacks? Nick-nacks? Knick-knacks? Idk and idc lol) and love I wouldn’t have dreamed it could be true. But it is! And despite all the annoyances that come with having a house, this one feels more and more like us.
LuckyGhost is a collaboration between Lucky Sound Studio and Anna’s Ghost.
LuckyGhost is focused on sound, visuals and creativity.
A pink sparkly dream come true.
Photos by Ashley Kickliter
A look inside a Christmas party lol
party photos by Kenslie Mcguire
bright photos of me by Catherine Lester
Logo, website, photos, shirt design and more by me for Lucky Sound Studio!
Be on the lookout for shows/events we have coming up!
HEEL TURN | Territories CD/Tape design
Art created for Headwires
Created with the art from Somehow I’ve Always Known in mind.
A play off the same story but in a different mindset.
A reminder to take advantage of your right to vote!
Shirt design by me for Ghost Fest 3
(Shirts still available, contact for details)
iPhone backgrounds created for Vina. “The Tinder for (girl) friends app!”
@vinazine on instagram.
VIna is a global women’s empowerment & friendship community.
Show Flyer for Lucky Sound Studio on 11/19/18.
Somehow I've always know by Headwires.
Original painting by me titled My Father’s Secret
Record design by me.
R.I.P. to The Roach Motel venue
Sticker Design for X.Y. Spaces
Design and tape layout by me.
Show flyer for The Cobra 7/10/17
During a time I wanted to explore who I was, my experiences, the way I had changed and the way life works I created many self portraits. Here are a few of them.
This Is How I Love Myself was a project my friend Jessica and I did to uplift ourselves and other women on instagram. This was one of the images for that project.
Sound monster illustration/design for Headwires by me.
Made By Ash is a homemade, organic and fun company that creates soaps, bath bombs, body scrubs, beard oils and more!
I created the logo and their first photos of a few of their products.
AD design for San Antonio Taco, Nashville, TN.
This Is How I Love Myself was a project my friend Jessica and I did to uplift ourselves and other women on instagram. This was one of the images for that project.
The 2nd year of Ghost Fest
A fun design I did in my free time.
Show flyer for 6/8/18 at Lucky Sound Studio
X.Y. Spaces Live at Lucky Sound Studio on May 19, 2018.
Flyers by me, Anna.
A few of my older flyer designs.
There are more but not everything needs to be on this site lolol.
Show flyer for 8/3/17 at Vintage 1889 in Fort Payne, AL
Kristan Snay modeling merch for Ghost Fest 2017
Design, photos and shirts by me.
Savannah, GA Trip Summer of 2017
X.Y. Spaces + Camacho Tour Flyer
The first year of Ghost Fest
The Dead Heroes reunion show flyer was important to me because before I even started going to shows Dead Heroes was such a staple in our local music scene. They brought so many bands to town, inspired people to start bands, got people to come to shows, etc. Doing this flyer was also a big deal in my design life. I was trying new things and trying to find my style.
The Ghost Archive was created to celebrate the first year of annasghost.com. This is a collection of art, music and words collected during 2016.
Just some snaps I snapped.
