I finished my business card last night, and managed to get a REALLY bad scan of it, but the scanner wouldn't do any better, and neither will my digital camera.
Please take a look and give me some feed back if you can. Just follow the link under my sig and look in the misc. stuff album.
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:23:04 -0500, Marissa Undercofler wrote (in message ):
I like it. I'd change "and other crafts" to "and other quality crafts," though. You do such beautiful work, give yourself some credit. :-)
Kathy N-V
Thank you Kathy. That means alot to me coming from you. I will change it to say quality crafts rather than other crafts.
Marissa
I would lose the mailing address and put your name, phone number and web/email only.
I like Kathy's suggestion of 'quality', too.
Ok I took Kathy and Barbara's suggestions and changed two things, and I also changed the color behind the text 4 times with a pic of each one. Some more feedback would be nice, as well as which color you think I should use or if I should use all 4 alternately.
Again the scans are REALLY bad. The cards look MUCH MUCH better irl. -- Marissa Undercofler
"Marissa Undercofler" wrote in message news:qE6Ab.3183$ snipped-for-privacy@news1.news.adelphia.net...
My 2 cents?
The blue and green backgrounds make for too much blue. The pink or purple make the contact info stand out more.
Also, I'd leave on at least the city and state, even if you leave the mailing address off. Why? As a customer, I feel having a physical location to associate with someone makes them more "real".
HTH, Alison
no cheesewheels........ no swords...... *sigh* Hehe looks good Marissa, best of luck Big D The Barbarian Artist
Ok, my 2 cents-- way too cluttered! The basket is cute, but what are you trying to tell your customer? That you sell baskets? That you sell baskets full of stuff? Use the basket as one of the top pictures or as a logo. Showcase the one thing you do best (and sell the most of). If you want a picture of something, add a picture of that item, or something representative of that/those items. Personally, I would lose the pictures across the top too. Clutter. The eye doesn't know which way to go. Remember KISS Barbara Dream Master
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~~ Albert Camus
If you look at the pictures I included in the folder with the business cards, the basket full of stuff is my logo. It is titled as such and the other pictures that go across the top represent the other things that I do.
I really haven't sold anything except I sold a necklace to Sarajane (I am pretty sure it was her. It was one of my very first. It was an amethyst heart pendant with purple and clear silver lined seed beads). I did donate a few of my pieces to help benefit Carol (the one who died to lung cancer a while back), and each of them sold, but it wasn't me who sold them, it was Kandice. Other than that I can't think of anything I have actually sold. I have given several as gifts.
The reason I need this business card is to go with the pieces I am donating to the Chinese Auction at the Christmas Party at my husband's work, and also because my hubby is kinda nudging me along to make something of a business out of all my craft stuff, because he says I am good at what I do, and I am also always looking for something that I can do from home to help make a little extra money for us.
Marissa
The people who get your card aren't going to see the other things in the folder. I would still make the basket smaller, more or a logo and ditch the pictures across the top. Why? Because on a business card they are going to be too small for anyone to really see them. Sure, they can make out is its a necklace or something else, but not any detail. And if they're over 40, they probably won't be able to see that much without glasses! And because so many people need glasses, make sure that your phone number is large enough to read without glasses. I have a hugh collection of cards that I've picked up from other artists over the years. When I wanted a shawl made I had 2 cards from different artists, both very talented. I called the one whose number I could read without hunting for my damn glasses!
The reason you need a business card is so that people can contact you when they fail to purchase something they later decide they have to have. It doesn't matter how much or little you have sold. They don't know if your work is carried world-wide or not. They need enough of a reminder of what you do to remember what the card was for, and they need to know how to contact you when they're ready to buy. Your husband is probably right, you can bring in extra money for the household. When you do, it's a business. Treat it as such, always. If you do, it will become a successful business. I'm certain you have the talent to make the goodies. And no, you don't have to focus on one thing. (Which is something gallery owners have been trying to force down my throat for years. Also show judges, yuck!) "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Go with whatever you like to do, and do well. All this is now my four cents worth. But simplicity is not always over-rated.
Barbara Dream Master
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~~ Albert Camus
I found the things across the top to be distracting too. And I found the things in the basket to be unrecognizable. Maybe use your trademark basket, with a couple beads on a threaded needle going into a piece of fabric, and a paint brush.
Tina
"Marissa Undercofler" wrote in message news:PdtAb.5824$ snipped-for-privacy@news1.news.adelphia.net...
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Nice job! I like the basket logo. :)
Thank you very much Kandice. That means alot to me coming from you too as someone who's work I admire.
Marissa
:) That's sweet of you, Marissa.
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