Yet another name help post

My advise is different from several other people's. I think you should definitely indicate the kind of work you do in the name. Haveing the word "Jewelry" in the name should be specific enough, and cover both of your interests.

After experience with my own name/slogan, "Teva Yafae Original Designs (inspired by nature)", I have noticed the following:

  1. No one knows what I make. The big banner I have for our booth doesn't particularly draw people who want jewelry or nature-inspired apparel (although it draws many other vendors who want to know where I bought such a nice banner :) ).
  2. I thought the name would sound exotic and pretty, but actually it is just hard for people to spell or remember (except for people who speak hebrew. Those people insist on arguing with me about the meaning, and often insist that the jewelry's creator must be Israeli, denying the possibility that I myself may have created it!)
  3. Many people think it is my name. Since I am not incorporated, I have had a lot of problems with people writing checks to this name.
  4. I got my own domain with this name in it, but again it is not an easy combination to remember, and even people who know hebrew spell it wrong, because I took liberties with the transliteration to make it prettier.

As far as your list goes, I kind of like Magik Cat Jewelry, but I have seen a lot other companies with "Cat" in their name recently...not sure how much this matters. If you are planning to make a lot of items with cat motiefs, I think it would be great... a lot of people are looking for specific items like that and it will help your name connect with their recollection of your stuff. If you aren't it probably isn't as useful...but like someone said, it could make a cute icon!

Marisa

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Marisa Exter
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How about something that combines the two..your name and Magik?

Something like Cara Cattone Designs Magik in the Making

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lgreene

Trying to avoid it, but that wasn't anywhere close to my name so no biggie.

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Magik

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Magik" :

]Yuck! The east side got so hammered with the cold and wind. I saw a post ]elsewhere from someone that lives in the Gorge. They got their first mail ]delivery in 5 days on Sunday!

i know my niece's store [Build-a-Bear in one of the malls] was closed for several days, for which my sister was very grateful. Emilie hasn't been driving all that long.

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vj

No problem with a DBA though is there?

Tina

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Christina Peterson

Yep, my parents live in Gresham and mom wasn't able to drive to Hillsboro for work until Friday. We were under 24" of snow until Thursday. It's finally melting away!

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Kandice Seeber

Why not register Silver Cat Creations (or Designs) ... then in your title on the webpage, use Silver Cat Creations by Magik ??? It might add a little allure, and uses your name.

you could do something like what Lynda does:

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Mary

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meijhana

I *LOVE* Magik in the Making!

You could extend that into home jewelry parties...I could see that, when you are helping them create their own! WOW!

Mary

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meijhana

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Kandice Seeber" :

]Yep, my parents live in Gresham and mom wasn't able to drive to Hillsboro ]for work until Friday. We were under 24" of snow until Thursday. It's ]finally melting away!

Jamie said her's melted in about 18 hours. Michele says because her street seems to be shady, it's still on the yards and such - it's the ice on the roads now that scares her.

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vj

Yep, Jamie's west and north of here, and they got a different show than we did. It's weird - so many different weather patterns all in the same area! Shelton still has 2 feet of snow - that's west and south of here - and they are getting more soon. Ours is all but gone now.

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Kandice Seeber

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Kandice Seeber" :

]It's weird - so many different weather patterns all in the same area!

that's the thing that always amazes me about the area!

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vj

they're called microclimates, and can happen within a 6 block radius, actually... It can be kind of a pain if you're wanting a weather report for a specific area.. say Madras, OR (where I am)... but the weather reporting station is in Redmond, some 26 miles from here. Redmond is up on the highlands plateau, and Madras down in a "bowl" so even though the weather is forcast as FOR Madras, it's nothing like what we actually get. We still have snow all over the place, too.....

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Beth

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Beth" :

]they're called microclimates

yes - there are a lot of those in Northern California, too.

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vj

We still have a tiny bit in our front yard

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Jalynne

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