Alumni

Grad Opens Storyboard Delights Chocolate Shop in Washington

Several months ago, we posted that Visual Communications Alumna Julisa Wright was in the process of designing a chocolate shop she was planning to open with her husband, Eric, in her hometown of Longview, Washington. Update: It’s open! And she hand-stenciled the entire floor of the place.

Julisa earned her Visual Communications degree from FIDM. Drawing on her rich background in design and storytelling, she named her shop Storyboard Delights centered around classic literature. She came up with the concept of the store as a student in FIDM Instructor Brad McCall's class. Her artisanal chocolates are organic and fair trade, and made from hand-sculpted molds.

“Eric and I both have a love for reading,” she said. “While in LA, we worked on a few film projects together and one of our favorite parts was creating the storyboards. You could tell so much of a story in just one little frame; Eric's first chocolate bar was the image of the Big Bad Wolf in Grandma's bed waiting for Red Riding Hood. Since the classic literature stories are now all in public domain, we didn't have to worry about royalties and we had an endless supply of stories to pull from.”

They opened Storyboard Delights a little over a month ago and “things could not be going better.” They are very busy keeping up with the demand of their highly sought after chocolates. She sent us before and after photos, she said, as a testament to all the wonderful things taught at FIDM.