These delightful cards look like they're ready to take flight with the 3-D effect of the raised butterfly wings. They also serve another purpose as part of the proceeds from the paper go to charities to help in the conservation of elephants and rhinos. The paper is 100% recycled and made from elephant poo. No, it doesn't smell and yes, it is safe and bacteria free.
To purchase head over to Ruby Wren Designs.
If you've been wanting to do custom greeting cards for the holidays—now's your chance. Zazzle is offering 50% off all greeting cards, invitations, flat cards and photo cards today only (November 16, 2010)—plus FREE shipping. There are thousands of styles to choose from and you can create your own design if you don't find an existing design you like. The above two-sided card is my design for our holiday cards. So handy to have a pre-printed signature if your penmanship isn't the best in world which mine isn't.
To get the discount enter ZAZZLECARD50 during the checkout process.
I'm all about some good coffee and supporting smaller, locally owned businesses. On a recent trip to Portland, OR I discovered Stumptown Coffee Roasters. They make a dizzying array of coffee beverages and as their name indicates, they do all the roasting themselves. You can even see it person at their Division Street location.
I'm also a fan of their business card design. I love way the stack of cups resembles a rough woodcut print and the rounded corners and textured paper are just the type of careful attention to detail I respect. Even the cappuccino is a mini work of art. I mean just look at that heart in the foam. I heart Stumptown.
I liked the retro feel of the vibrant gold and bronze tones with the super-saturated turquoise. I've also been fascinated later with Moorish patterns and designs so I decided to combine the colors and pattern inspiration into a very modern calling card. It's oversized and two-sided to stand out from the crowd of regular business cards.
I also decided to have minimal contact info on the back. Just a mobile number and e-mail instead of the old school street address, land line, mobile and fax. Those are really the two most common pieces of info most people now use to communicate.
I've only been using those two bits of info for my personal business cards for the past year now and I haven't run into any problems yet.
What's your experience with this? Do you have tons of information on your business cards or just the bare bones? I'd love to hear your experiences.
I love companies that make use of existing materials and turn them into something new. Kornflake, a division of Urban Cottage Industries makes these wonderful Christmas cards from old cereal boxes. The "snowflakes" are die-cut using a letterpress that's one-hundred years old! They're available in packs of 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 and 500. What a great way to go green for the holidays.
I'm finally getting around to some Holiday designing and I wanted to share this cocktail party invitation I just finished. I'm really smitten lately with the retro color juxtaposition of red and robin's egg blue. All the text is completely customizable so it could be used for something other than "holiday." It's two-sided, so head over to my zazzle shop if you'd like to see the back.
Like most graphic designers, I adore letterpress printing. It has the most elegant look and the designs and letterforms are literally "pressed" into heavy, 100% cotton paper. I just received samples from Jazyrain and am looking forward to printing some of my invitation and business card designs. The samples were exquisite and I can't imagine a beautiful printing technique—especially for wedding invitations.
