Parsippany/Montville Adventure Bootcamp

I am so absolutely thrilled to be helping out the wonderful Jessica Kucinski with the social media and marketing for both her Parsippany and Montville Adventure Bootcamps.

I can't be more excited to help get more people involved with this wonderful organization (as well as Jess's personal athletic training business, Little Black Dress). I've also created a brand new Twitter account to go along with the two fan pages, so be sure to follow! If anything can get me up and going at 5:30am in the morning, you know it's a good thing, so I'm looking forward to promoting her business and helping her reach the next level.

It's just a summertime, summertime update...

The title of this post is obviously inspired by Lana Del Ray's ubiquitious lead single off her newest album (which, although it was only released at the end of June, has become so overplayed as to make it the bane of my existance driving to work in the morning). It's been a musical sort of month for me, which has lead to some good art, as well as some interesting opportunities.

What's this? More updates to the Tiny Little Boxes series!I've got some fun new updates to the Tiny Little Boxes series, which has been a lot of fun for me. If you've been a regular follower of the R Rutledge Online tumblr, I started creating collage art for the different mixtapes I burned based off the playlist (check out the /mixtape archive for some of my earlier.. um, well, attempts haha); music still plays a huge part in my creative process, especially when it comes to this series.

I also updated my digital photography archives, and am currently sorting through my newest rolls of film for the next major update. I'm also really thrilled to announce after some time away, I've started getting back into the Book Project, with updates to that to be up before the end of the summer. Yesterday I posted about working with the Parsippany Historical and Preservation Society, which I'm really excited about. It's a great group based out of my hometown that I've always been happy to support, and I'm thrilled to be able to get them their start within the social media platform.

The last little bit? An updates to my links sections - there's some awesome new blogs up there you should check out, so definitely don't be shy :)

Enjoy the rest of this beautiful summer weekend... more things will be coming before you know it!

Helping out the PHPS

I've lived in Parsippany my whole life, residing in the same old, historic house that not only my dad grew up in, but is one of the only remaining historic homes left in town. The history of Parsippany is such a great one, and in that vein, I've been a member of the Parsippany Historical and Preservation Society since my interest in history (and in my family home) became a defining character trait ;D

I'm excited to announce that I'm currently running both the PHPS main webpage/blog as well as their Facebook fan page, both of which went live a little over a month ago. Everything's still a bit under construction, but I'm looking forward to adding more content and helping the Parsippany Historical and Preservation Society reach a broader audience about the historical sites and future events of the town :D

The newest Dean Michaels Studio contest...

It's that time of year again! After the success of both the 2012 and 2013 Facebook Contests for Dean Michaels Studio, today's the start of the 2014 contest. After three years of this promotion for the Facebook page, I've learned a few things regarding getting our customers both interested and involved. This means that I made a few changes this year regarding the overall design and feel of the samplers (based upon the past winners and their preferences/changes they've suggested), and how I collect information for the grand prize round at the end of the year.

Be sure to click here or on the photo below to check out the start of the 2014 contest!

Another year, another contest...

After the success of last year's Facebook contest for Dean Michaels Studio, we recently started our newest contest just in time for the start of the 2013 wedding season! The popularity of the 2012 contest not only allowed the overall likes for the studio's Facebook page to grow, but gave me some wonderful opportunities to reach out to other vendors to expand our reach throughout the New Jersey area. And just like last year, I'm also in charge of creating all of the samplers and artwork associated with the contest, which is always a lot of fun from a design perspective :D

Click here or on the photo below to check out the start of the 2013 contest!