Oh dear. I took another break.
To catch you up, and to apologize, here are the reasons why I’ve not been writing:
-C
Here are a few I’ve mocked up. The text (along with everything else) is still up in the air. 
This is my favorite so far. I don’t love the back, but I like the idea of incorporating watercolor. I would paint one side of the card with actual paint, and maybe use stamps for the text instead of printing. Could be pretty nifty.
I’ve had this font on my computer for ages and I keep looking for a chance to use it. This might not be the best place, though.
This idea was born out of a desire to play with typography. The clovers are made out of capital Cs. I prefer the back though; I think the clover could work but it needs more time. I love the colors.
As I make more, I’ll post them on here. Let me know what you think!
-C
I’ve been toying with the idea of designing my own business cards for some time now, and I have a lot of fun looking at the creative solutions other people have come up with.
Here are a few of my favorites:
I don’t love the font or the colors, but I do like the way the front and back are tied together.
I adore the style of the logo, which fits so well with all the other choices: the paper, organization, font.
LOVE the front. Not a big fan of the back, particularly the shift in text direction.
Really cute idea for a small group who will all have the same card.
My only complaint for this one is the shade of purple; it makes the whole look much less sophisticated.
I’ve seen this one on a dozen blogs, and I still love it.
I wish I could see the back of this card! 
The colors are great; I like his illustration style as well as using multiple designs for the back. 
Simple, chic, to the point.
I’m torn on the idea of a square (or other shaped) biz card. I like it in theory, but a lot of blogs warn against it. Business card holders are made for a particular shape and size. What do you think about them?
I love this blue.
Very classic, but not boring. It stands out for its sophistication.
These and more can be found on the following blogs:
When I couldn’t find the pictures I needed online for my Pearl’s project, I went outside and took a few myself. These four didn’t make the cut for my ads, but I like them anyhow.
I was going through my pictures folder recently and realized I didn’t have many that I actually took. Photography used to be a regular hobby of mine; unfortunately I lost a lot of pictures that I was really proud of when my hard drive died. I am now a strong advocate for external hard drives.
Anyway I thought I’d share some of the few pictures I still have. These are from a trip to Hawaii I took in 2008. I have a lot of pictures from the trip, but these are my favorites.
Some recent ads by the World Wildlife Foundation:
I wish I knew what the Chinese (?) characters said. But the picture is actually interesting enough to stand on its own.
Yesterday I was reading the usual ad blogs, and one of them clicked to Alex Bogusky’s twitter account, where his bio read, ‘I worked in advertising for 20+ years. That was fun.’
As in, Past Tense.
Apparently the rest of the Ad World knew that he left advertising for a couple of months now, but it took me by surprise.
Bogusky, if you don’t know, is something of a modern-day advertising hero. He is the B of CP+B, now one of the most well known and most respected creative agencies around.
So I look forward to hearing about his next endeavor. And when I do, I’ll try to mention it on here :)
C
Sorry about the brief hiatus. Want to know what you missed? I turned 22, I packed some bags to get ready to move, I unpacked them and took stuff out so I could pack more in the same bags and leave some here so I wouldn’t end up taking stuff I wouldn’t need, and got good presents. That was kind of covered by ‘turning 22,’ but I figured I should be a little more specific.
So now I’m going to try to get back on track, blogging every-or-at-least-every-other-day. That’s the plan.
Til next time,
C
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