Business Cards to Bookmarks

 I had thought about this as a possible marketing idea a while ago, but of course never actually did anything about it. The last few days, however, I've been little by little going through the disorganized shelves and piles of do-dads, who-zits, and what-zits to try to bring some order to the regular chaos that is my work area.

I have these terribly ugly glass beads in an enormous quantity, together with this pack of embroidery thread that I would only ever use for something other than embroidery...

So I took a few minutes to finally see how these business card bookmarks might come together.

I'm hoping people would be less inclined to simply toss them if they are also somewhat functional.

Easy to make, so I'd thought to keep all the supplies in a box and ready to go so I can mindlessly make a bunch while I also mindlessly watch TV.

And if I can start putting to use these otherwise useless odds and ends, I will be very happy!

Beach Days and Business Cards

It was a great day at the beach, can you tell?

Aiden took the sand-castle building very seriously. Though judging from this picture, I'm not sure a career of engineering is in his future.

Garion's classic picture pose.

In other news, while working on my shop face-lift, I'm also designing new business cards. Here are the two that are my favorite so-far:

I want it to convey pretti-ness and softness, so I'm using the cherry blossom graphics. I like pink, and think the black adds a crisp, modern edge.

My previous cards just had all my info on a pretty background, but I think it's important for people to know what you're offering, so I've added some photos.

I designed them myself in Microsoft Publisher, which uploads easily to Vista Print and other online printing companies. What I like most of all is that I can change photos at any time and switch things around as my needs change.

My previous cards were professionally designed, but now I can't change anything - I would have to pay all over again. So this is a great option.

I love MS Publisher and use it to create all my business forms, thank you cards, promos, etc. It's not as fancy as a lot of programs, but it does everything I need, has ready-made templates, and is easy to work with. Give it a try, and see what you come up with...

So what I really want to know is - do you prefer one of the above cards over the other? Please let me know - I can't decide!