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About Studio HMH<\/h1>\n

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STUDIO HMH = HILLARY MARIE HELLESTO<\/h2>\n

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Nice to meet you<\/h3>\n

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How it all started<\/h4>\n

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Hi! I\u2019m Hillary – the nerdy design brain behind these operations.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Growing up in the 90’s was a wild time for learning technology – it feels as if it grew up with me. I vividly remember the first computer that my parents brought home and the first Barbie Dreamhouse game I was allowed to play for a few hours per week. In school I shamelessly hung out in the technology classroom and would geek out over Type to Learn and Kid Pix.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The other classroom I spent the most time in was art! I would spend hours on recreations of Christian Riese Lassen<\/a> paintings, won a school-wide art contest in 4th grade and the teacher even laminated and put my dolphins on the art cabinet doors. I told EVERYONE<\/em> I wanted to be a marine biologist who painted on the side well into my teen years. My mom was also an artist, and we would spend free time browsing the aisles at Michaels & Joanns – mastering every craft under the sun.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Myspace took over the internet, I was in middle school and I became slightly obsessed with HTML and would research how to do exactly what I wanted. I read an unhealthy amount of design and coding blogs and crossed paths with some designers who are still leaders in the industry today.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fast forward to my formal start in design, I attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado (originally for Chemistry?!) beginning in 2010. My roommate was an amazing artist and I started sitting in on her art history classes for fun and realized I belonged there as well. I became a preschool teacher full-time while I attended college, something I fell into because I was a lifeguard during high school summers and they needed assistance with a summer camp that went to the pool every week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Being a preschool teacher kept my creativity flowing in and out of art school! I learned so much about myself and design while working with children and seeing how they interacted with toys, books, and their decorated environments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While still in school, I started thinking about web design again and found an internship under a marketing umbrella that handed me a messy wordpress site and a million change requests. I had to figure it out, fast! I really enjoyed the puzzle solving aspect of it and I would say it really helped me land my first full-time graphic design job in a fast-paced print shop. I loved the variety of work that challenged me daily and learning the laser, router and giant vinyl plotter. I worked in 2 cities in a similar position for close to 10 years. My intention was always to break free and start my own design business when I felt comfortable doing so, and 2020 pushed me to go that path earlier than I anticipated!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, when I’m not at my oversized command center of a desk, you can find me exploring new cities with my husband, crocheting in front of a Harry Potter Marathon or trying out a new recipe. If you read this far, thank you! Send me a little, “hey hello,” here<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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