We started this venture in July of 2007 (sort of a happy birthday to Karen event) to fulfill of our lifelong dream of designing the way we like and what we like... and we've never looked back.

We offer highly personalized design solutions for your business or personal project. Our goal is to create designs that will set our clients apart from their competitors and bring their business to the next level of success. Our years of constant vigilance towards improving our talents, adding to our teamof experienced developers & designers and staying ahead of the technology curve keeps our clients happy and our business on top.

Whether you need a new brand, better marketing materials or an updated and impactful website, Kelpworks Creative is your creative design house for all of your design needs. Look for our future projects and updates on our adventures in design, through our blog and on Twitter & Facebook.

Karen L. Pellegrin's digital design studio, Kelpworks Creative, is the culmination of over 10 years of design experience, education, and a lifetime of artistic passion and family influence.

Born in Australia and journeying into the mountains from Cajun country, she is inspired by her life around a variety of vibrant & rich natural environments, a diversity of people & unique cultures and travels across the globe. Like nature, many of her designs start as the tiniest seed of an idea and blossom into something simply amazing. Karen utilizes her vast design knowledge & worldly experiences to nurture every project to perfection.

When she isn't just designing everything she can get her hands on, as well as the stuff that’s just floating around in her head, Karen is riding the fabulous South Suburban trails, doing yoga on her Wii or geeking out on PC games.

On the side, Karen also designs custom stationary, children's book illustrations, vintage inspired graphics, dabbles in wood sculpture, furniture making & fabric art.

If Karen is the design master, then Michael Pellegrin is the code keeper. He is our project manager, makes sure the best code is written and the "really smart math stuff" is done right. As the studio's right brain, he's our resident genius with web, game and user interface design.

Michael's excellence comes from his bachelor of fine arts in computer animation, a master of science in telecommunications management and a lifetime of digital immersion. When he isn't coming up with new games, new software or new methods of code & development, Michael is rolling around the trails with Karen or brainstorming with his fellow brainiacs.

... and we can't forget the endless attention that Newton gets from him in the studio.

Newton is our crazy half Jack Russell and half Cocker Spaniel studio mascot. When he isn't bouncing off of the walls (we'd swear he is made of rubber), tearing the stuffing out of another toy or he's being lazy on our studio futon. He's also a big kisser with lots of love to give.

He's got a great job, too. Policeing the cat from trying to add unrequested changes to our work. We love him to pieces and he gives an excuse to "step away from the computer" when our eyes start getting blurry, or we're ready to *zing* the wireless mouse across the room.