Good Ole Harvs

1st of March, the start of my favorite month... it was not a conscious decision of mine to pick a favorite month, it just happened, this is probably mainly due to the fact it is my birthday in the next few weeks (woo!) but also because we have also managed to crawl out of the deepest darkest depths of the Winter, to Spring, and the weather today did not fail us... it was gorgeous. Most definitely put a spring in my step. We can also safely say that a certain someone else was taking full advantage of the weather, my dog, harvey. Yes I know it was a mere 5 or so degrees, but who cares and it was great, any excuse for ole Harvs. (Just to avoid any confusion from the picture below, Harvey is the dog on the left not the right and yes we do have a Westie ornament.)

Anyways, less talk about the weather and back to business...

... today I have been sorting out my business cards as I am hoping to get them into print at some point this week. I have spent the past few days researching the identities of existing companies identities looking at how they choose to present themselves, through layout, use of colour and choice of typography.

Form Fifty Five is a blog site that features the work of young designers who specialise in creating identities, along with photography, typography and graphic art... a perfect source of information for my research. There is a mass of varitaion and types of work that will be bound to inspire you regardless of what design work you are doing . I used some of the work I liked from this website along with ideas I had previously collated and applied it to my logo and font so I could mess around with various layout ideas that I feel would be appropriate for my business card. I have been working on the dimensions of 90mmx55mm.

This may all seem like a lot of fuss just for one card, however I am really conscious of getting this perfect as it has to represent Lucy Jay in the most professional manor possible, while portraying the companies design styles.

Wirral Biz are able to print the cards for me, which is great as I know they will not only do a good job of it but will also be reliable. I popped in to see them today to get some samples of the finishes that are available and to have a quick chat about layout ideas etc and to check I was on the right track with everything.