UnrealisticExpectations 3.0

Thanks for all the feedback–I ended up going with the logo shown and pushed the blue color to something a little more… “Elmer’s”, I think.

I’ve been diligently working on trying to put together a design for the website–it’s a struggle as design isn’t my strongest point, but I’ve got the basics of positioning, etc. set-up so the rest should start to fall into place.

But, alas, what’s a company without a website? What’s a company with collateral?

Well, anyone who’s done anything with design knows that if you make such things as business cards and you cheap out… people will know, and you’ll just look, well, cheap.

Especially the business cards.

But, I’m a bit of a miser about this sort of thing, so I decided to explore some online options. In the end, I wasn’t comfortable with VistaPrint for business cards–I don’t like things tooooooo glossy gloss, so even though they were an inexpensive option, I keep remembering some people passing out their free cards at networking events and how… tacky it felt–even though it was going to be 100% my own design and not the freebie stuff.

So, I kept looking. I found a bunch of different places for a bunch of differnent things. From 4by6.com to OvernightPrints.com and the aforementioned VistaPrint, I’ve found reasonably-priced resources for just about everything I could ever need.

My business cards arrived today from OvernightPrints–I uploaded my order on Thursday night, it printed Friday, shipped Monday and arrived today for the low low price of around $66 for 500 business cards with a 14 pt stock with a satin finish and rounded corners. Good quality stock, good printing and that’s the important thing.

I’m awaiting envelopes from VistaPrint before I get too carried away; I’m currently exploring the world of new gigs as my contract is up at the end of May and I grow weary of being a contractor, however, if a solid, fun contract keeps me in that world a bit longer, then it may be high time to go and seek out some additional collateral (post-its, pens) to leave behind.

Vote for me!

Thanks again for the input. Now if I could just be better at visual design, I could be happy. Happier. Or something.

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