Business Cards: Darvie

I met Darvie through theknot.com in the Fall of 2007. She was a bride who almost hired the same horrible wedding coordinator that I did. Luckily, she changed her mind and went with Amanda Auer instead. {Smart move on her part}. The invitation designer she had originally contacted was unavailable. So, she asked me to design her invitations for her. I started working on them. Then, her original designer came available. She politely told me that she was going to go back to working with him. I was tad relieved because I was still working my day job. At the time, I had not even considered designing invitations professionally. Invitations were something I just did "for fun". I credit Darvie for getting me to consider making invitations for people that I'm not related to.

Darvie and her husband Kevin ended up having a gorgeous wedding. She and I kept in touch through facebook. This past spring, Darvie decided she wanted to sell Shure Pet products. She wanted atypical business cards. She sent me these images for inspiration.

From Zazzle.com

She also added she wanted something fun and whimsical. After a few short rounds of revision, this is what I came up with. Darvie had them printed through a local printer.

Darvie also sent me a few samples of Shure Pets Pet Shampoo. It's awesome. You should definitely check out her site.

http://socalpetpaw-ty.shopshurepets.com

Business Cards: Joellaann

photo borrowed from Facebook

My friend Joellaann contacted a few weeks ago. She was in need of business cards. Her old business cards from her previous employer were no applicable. She had been resorting to scribbling her phone number and email on random pieces of paper.

She told me her criteria. Instead of something formal, she wanted something feminine and girly. She wanted hot pink, black and damask. Here's what I created for her.

2-sided card with rounded corners

Business Cards: Robert

The man responsible for these culinary delights asked me about some design work.

From Wendy's Bridal Shower

From Wendy's Bridal Shower

Actually, the man responsible for the tasty treats is my husband Rob. This is definitely a case of "the cobbler's children have no shoes". He has been whining asking me to design his business cards for months. I kept shying him off because I was busy. To his credit, he knows how to motivate me. He threatened to have another graphic designer design and print his cards. I was horrified and immediately went to work.

The design process went fairly quickly. He threatened not to cook for me again until he got his cards. {Empty threats, BTW}. Rob ever the minimalist didn't want anything too fancy or too busy. I used his favorite Santoku knife as a point of inspiration. He also wanted cards that would easily fit in the pocket of his chef's coat.

Here's what I created.

Rob, now that I've done this, you'll have to wait another couple of months for any more design work;)