
About
Who is Karen Burton? I am a creative professional with more than 15 years experience in graphic design, marketing and social media development. I joined the printing industry in 1997 and fell in love with design almost immediately. Prior to starting Poodles Doodles, I was the lead designer for a small family owned printing company in Maryland. When the news of the company closing presented itself in 2003 I made the decision to go back to school to earn my degree in graphic arts and marketing. In 2008 I decided it was time to add web-design and coding to my skillset. I love a challenge and will find a way to make my clients happy no matter what. Need a project completed by tomorrow morning, great! Give me a call and I will stay up all night to make sure it gets completed. I pride myself on my dedication to my clients, my quick turn-around and my ability to meet almost any deadline. To read what some of my clients have to say, click here. For more information, … [Read More...]
Recent Posts

My Pet Peeve!
As a professional designer and typesetter, there is nothing more irritating than receiving files for a project that were created completely in Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop. Illustrator and Photoshop are programs, not desktop publishing, type handling programs. For the love of printing and graphic design, please STOP using them as such. With that being [...]

Newest Websites
Just a few screen shots of my latest website customizations using WordPress. All wordpress sites use Studiopress genesis Parent/Child Themes. Rock Block Summer Camp Studiopress Genesis Parent Theme Amped Child Theme Custom headers, colors, and all images created by Karen Burton Create Your Own Luck Book Studiopress Genesis Parent Theme Social Eyes Child Theme Custom [...]

My Son is Graduating!
Congratulations Matthew! Time sure does fly, my son is about to graduate from HIGH SCHOOL! Wow! It feels like just yesterday that I was taking him to kindergarten for the first time. So much has happened in our lives, but he and I remain incredibly close. I am so very proud of my son, but [...]

Flyers and More
Wow! It’s been a busy couple of weeks. I have created several new print pieces including several flyers, 2 program booklets, a few brochures and a couple of websites. Please feel free to scroll through the gallery of images – or- for the larger versions and more information scroll down the page. All images are [...]

Murfreesboro Rock Block – New Website
Newest website creation Murfreesboro Rock Block. Murfreesboro Rock Block is another rock band program for the Non-Profit organization YEAH! Rock Block is a year round music education program offered in Murfreesboro Tennessee. We’ve used the Amped theme by Studiopress once again and customized it out to suit our needs for the site. A similar site [...]
