Please Welcome...

Dylan Anthony Berry



born 2.12.09
5:35 am
8 lb 3 oz
19.5 in.

what a birth! my water broke at 4:15am and we got to the birthing center at 5:00 am and he was born at 5:35 am! it's 8:35 am and we're already back home with the new baby! :)

we're so proud!

want to see...

the cutest kid ever? (isn't he getting big???)



we should be adding to our cute kids any day now! :)

Let's talk business cards

let me first say if the pictures don't come up - just let me know, i had to host them through another site because blogger wasn't letting me upload pictures.

it's the new year (thought i missed that didn't you?) and it's time to start re-thinking things when it comes to marketing and your etsy shop. personally, i've opened a new shop where i sell premade and custom banners, avatars, business card designs, logo design...some of the same stuff i sold in my other shop, but i didn't want to bury my jewelry with graphics.

so, i'm posting an idea here for your business card designs (or i can design it for you - hint hint ;) and unique ways to use that little card.

first i spent a couple weeks figuring out the new design for my cards (funny, i can turn out a design for someone else in a couple hours, but mine - a couple WEEKS!) i wanted something unique, different, and eye catching (who doesn't?)

so, this is what i came up with:



looks odd, right? that's because my business cards will be a little labor intensive on my end, but i end up with a few different options and things i can do with them.

first, i have to cut them lengthwise:





then i cut the smaller part into half (following the faint guideline)



now, i have a small business card (about the size of a moo card and two small cards (about 3/4 inch x 1 inch).



so, i can use the business card itself as is, or i can mount it on some coordinating paper (i happen to have some awesome silver metallic paper left over from some wedding invitations i did a while back that match perfectly) but you can find paper at your local scrapbook store.





the smaller cards i plan to use as jewelry tags (maybe i'll think of other uses later) and can use them as is with a hole punched in the corner or i can put another small piece of silver paper behind and connect them with a metallic eyelet - either way i will probably run a piece of string through the hole and hang it from my necklaces and bracelets or tie it to a pair of earrings.

new logo

i have a new logo :) just in time for the new year



designed by me of course. :)

what do you think?

i'm going to have a stamp made of these 'b's for my jewelry. i also have a new ring i have to photograph and post. you'll like it, i'm sure

(another!!!) new venture

i opened up a shop on 1000markets.com



you can visit my shop here.

don't forget to buy something while you're there :) not enough time for christmas delivery now, but you can always get new years delivery and celebrate the new year with something beautiful and ahem...new? ;)

2 updates

1) i was published in the January 2009 Bead Trends Magazine (woo hoo)

bracelet is for sale in my shop: here

bracelet:


necklace (should be available tonight after i list it):


2)i LOVE photoshop and i'm glad i'm good at it! (shameless patting self on back here) today i had an 'emergency' photoshop for a family who needs photos of their kiddos to send them out in their Christmas cards (yes, for THIS christmas). Unfortunately, the younger one just did NOT want to cooperate, so, here are my before and after images:







go me! :) come on, admit it. they're pretty good, right?

i love to learn

how to do new things

like this ring: