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Gray Star Design offers branding development, marketing services and web design in Long Island, New York

Creative Director and Lead Designer Melissa O’Connor-Arena works with clients on transforming and expanding their business through artistic concepts, advertising and online presence. With over two decades of experience and a BFA in Graphic Design, she is qualified and ready to take on any project that comes her way. Welcome to Gray Star Design.

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This week I finalized a project for Patti Green that was a previous guide we had done, but now adding much more to it. The Ultimate Thanksgiving Playbook was designed to take the stress out of planning, cooking, decorating, and celebrating. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Homeschool Recap: We’ve been busy over here the last few weeks with our studies. Our marine biology has been fun. We covered marine life and coral reefs. For history we are still reading Pilgrim Stories and it’s been great learning about
This week I worked on getting @pattigreenhealthyliving store up on her website, where she’s offering her entertaining and recipe guides. I also designed each of the guides and now they are available for immediate download. Starting at $6.95 you
A chill park hang scootin around. Loving this fresh crisp air. Hello autumn, I’ve missed you so much 🍂 #parkdays #naturelover #atthepark #autumndays #fall #autumn #ny #longisland #tgif
Our growing season is just about done over here. We still have a few tomatoes waiting to get ripe, some bell peppers, and lots of cherry tomatoes so I can’t complain. No more cucumbers but we had a great harvest this year. And I will miss seein
A sales page I designed for @cosmicchristine to promote her upcoming retreat, The Primal Woman. Warm earthy tones and beautiful photos really shine here. This is an experience to help woman return to and awaken the primal and wild self. It’s su
I recently worked with @aaplenyc on giving their website a refresh and helping out with some technical issues. It’s projects like these I love because I get to give new life to something. Now the site looks streamlined and professional, and jus
Homeschool Recap: summer is over and we’ve been slowly diving into our full schedule over here. We read Charlotte’s Web and Puff the Magic Dragon, which really brought me back. And Elliot has been doing really well with new vocabulary wor
Autumn is here and I’m so excited 🍂 #homesweethome #autumn #decorations #fall
First day of 4th grade co-op 🥳 Elliot is excited to get back to school to see his friends and to make new ones. We wish him an awesome year of learning and can’t wait to see how much he grows this year. Love our little man ✨ #backtoschool #fou
This past weekend my family celebrated my Aunt turning 70 and we had such a good time. I was also happy to design the invitations and the menus for the party. Black and gold were the chosen colors and we brought in some glitzy confetti for that festi
Giving a shout to my longtime client and friend @cosmicchristine to celebrate the publication day of her 2nd book, I Am Worthy 🥳 Proud of you Christine! Hope the book is a big success and helps a ton of women to realize their worth. I have no doubt