Orange Gecko Designs | Graphic Design Services by Trisha Robertson

life...art

Natalie of Milano Photography is really fine tuning her business. Earlier this year we did a redesign on her logo to more suit the direction she was heading with her business. Now she is taking a new turn on her style and focusing on "turning a moment of time into art for life."

Here's a 2-sided promo postcard that she will be setting out at a local doctor's office.

With a new logo, we couldn't very well keep with the same ol' business cards, so we had to revamp them to fit her new style as well. This first card we had printed on pearl stock which gives it a warm, shimmery look - BEAUTIFUL!

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The other card we did we printed on linen - also beautiful. Isn't this little girl so pretty in pink?

Overflowing with LOGOS!

Jill contacted me a couple weeks ago to design a logo for her business. Her company, Creative Touch, specializes in invitations, handmade cards, and other unique items...each item customized just for you! Jill was looking for a logo that was as creative and unique as the cards she makes.

Heidi is Jill's daughter's dance instructor. Jill referred Heidi to me to update their dance studio's logo. Heidi was looking for a logo that was a bit more current and something that the boys in the classes wouldn't mind wearing on a t-shirt.

Kevin was looking for a logo to bring their radio station a bit more current. With some great ideas and input from him, we were able to accomplish the task!

Are you in need of a logo?

Then you might be interested in the fact that I'm having a

SPRING SALE

on logo design

Instead of the $160 it normally costs, for a limited time I will be designing logos for only $100.

Same designs, less money...what more could you ask for?

Imagine . . .

Imagine having a beautiful child.

Imagine finding out your beautiful child won't survive past two years old.

Imagine having ONE wish for your child.

Imagine everyone banding together to make the wish a REALITY.

That is exactly what some of my photographer friends are doing!
Please check out their efforts here.

Action Group Buy

Okay, my new action sets are done and have been tested by several helpful people (Thanks you guys!). I can now offer many of my actions for PSE5 and PSE6 users as well as those of you with CS, CS2 or CS3. What does that mean? That means it's time to celebrate with an

Action Group Buy!

Here's the deals you can get from now until Monday,3/10/08*:

$5 off any action set for participants 1-10* (11-20 participants, the discount becomes $8 off any action set!*)
Buy Two, Get One Free on all individual actions (for the first 10 buyers. The discount becomes Buy One, Get One FREE if 11+ people take part in this sale!)
$50 off the "I Deserve It All" Set of all 46 actions

This Group Buy will run from Wednesday, March 5 until Monday, March 10. If you’re interested in participating, add your name to the list on 2Peas and what you’re interested in (be sure to include your e-mail address). On Tuesday, March 11, I will send your invoice out from PayPal with the amount due according to the number of participants and your order. Once payment is received, the actions will be sent out to each buyer.

*If 20 people take part in the action set sale, the discount will get even higher. I'll post more details if we hit the 20 person mark on one of the offers. CODE: action-group03

Please note, not all actions are available for PSE users, please ask if you're unsure. Due to the nature of the product, refunds are not available.

PS - Keep your eye on this blog - subscribe in the upper right corner if you have to - we will be having another group buy on Templates in the coming weeks! You don't want to miss out! Also, are you looking for a new logo? If so, we're having a Spring Sale - logo design is $60 off!

Life is like a box of chocolates...

...you never know what you're going to get. ~ Forrest Gump

Well, in this case you do. Let the Box of Chocolates Action Set calm your sweet tooth and add some fun variety to your post-processing line-up.

White chocolate is my favorite, which one would you pick out of a box of chocolates?

What's your favorite flavour?

How about a bit of Neopolitan?

This new Neopolitan action set will give a sweet look to any of your favorite photos.

(Sorry, THE vignette action not included with the Neopolitan action set.)

Have you heard about the PhotoShop Fairy?

If not, you should check it out! I started this a little while ago, not sure why I didn't let all of you know about it. Anyways, if you have PhotoShop and are a bit confused by some of the awesome features it has, I'll be posting some how-to's periodically to help you out. Enjoy!

It's Senior Session time...

have you started getting your promotional items into the hands of those upcoming seniors yet? If not, you better get to it!

Postcards, Ads, Senior Rep cards, you need them? I can design them!

Fun session over the weekend...

Last weekend I had the pleasure of photographing Matt and Elle.

Elle will be celebrating her 2nd birthday next week, so mom wanted some pictures of her in her birthday dress. Elle had quite a fun personality...really kept me on my toes.

I had fun capturing some pictures of Matt in his awesome bedroom...decorated with trains. His red room gave me a bit of trouble, but he was awesome!

Mike and Julie - Thank you for letting me be a part of your day.

Here are a few more of my favorites from the day.

Color-fully Fun Logo!

Karly wanted a logo that matched her fun personality and wacky sense of humor. The script font used for Karly adds just a touch of whimsy and the bright, fun colors really helped this logo to cause Karly to say this: "OMG! That totally screams me! I love it! You totally rocked it out of here! It is amazing how a color can say a person's name! I am so thrilled with it you have no clue!" I just wonder if she could have used a couple more exclamation marks!

Karly - I wish you much luck with your business.

Isn't it time...

heatherwoodwardphotography.com / hwphotography.typepad.com

...to update your website banner?

'tis the season for LOVE...

and that means it's time for ENGAGEMENT session! Be sure to have a few Wedding Invitation ideas on hand when your couple shows up to view their proofs.

A special thanks to kimberlysmootphotography.com for providing engagement photos for these templates!

A New Style...

Shelley (of Shelley Williams Photography) decided that this was the year that she was going to hit the senior market hard and in order to do that she wanted a fresh, new look that would catch their eye. After some trial and error to get the perfect amount of flourish, we finalized this concept as her new Studio S logo.

Put those bandaids away...

There will be no more paper cuts...

Check out the new line of digital scrap-papers that I will be offering. Each set will contain three separate digital paper files. Each individual "paper" file is sized as 12x12 file at 300dpi.

Let me know what you think!

A little bunny...

just hopped by and said that a bunch of peeps were waiting for some Easter card templates, so I'm working on a basket full. Here's one of them...

keep checking back, or subscribe to the blog, for more!

Design Delay

Just an FYI for those of you that I'm working on designs for...I'm working a bit slow at the moment due to some lower back problems that aren't allowing me to sit at the computer for long periods of time. Please know that I am still working on your designs and will be getting them to you as soon as I possibly can. Thanks for bearing with me.

Sincerely,
Trish

Hit the road, Jack

...or more specifically, Cherry Lane! Jamie contacted me looking for a fun logo with swirls...nothing to fancy, but not too plain either. After losing my route a couple times, I decided to ask for directions and got back on the right path.

So, if you're in the Rio Dell, CA area, contact Jamie to capture your moment for a lifetime!

Jamie - I wish you much luck with your business!

Vintage Pop Action Set!!!

These actions combine a color pop with a twist of vintage.

Works great on photographs that have a wide range of color and/or textures.
The action finishes with an overlay so you can adjust the opacity of the effect.

Let me know what you think, I love to get comments about what you like (or don't like) about my stuff!

A Heavenly Design

Summer had been watching my designs as I posted them on the blog, wanting me to design her a logo. The last sale I ran, she decided it was time to get it done. This "angelic" B is just what she was looking for to give her logo a twist of fun.

blessedbphotography.com

If you're in or near Little Elm, Texas and needing photos done, give Summer a call!

Good luck with your business Summer!

New and Improved for 2008!

Natalie had me design her logo early last year and we thought we hit it right on the nose ~ but now that she's been doing photography and really "getting into her niche", she decided the logo didn't quite fit the direction she's going, so we updated . . . nah, we completely overhauled it...none the less, this is the official unveiling of the new look of Milano Photography!

milanophotography.com

Cannot wait to see her website and business materials once they've all been updated as well! You go girl ~ good luck to you in 2008!

And the winners are . . .

First, let me explain why some of the cards have multiple winners...since the contest originated as a "facebook" contest, I felt that those people that participated on facebook before I changed the contest rules should be rewarded, so I drew from those names separately. Either way, you all had pretty good chances of winning.

Thank you all for participating and for all the great comments that were left - any of you who did participate are entitled to any of the templates that you didn't win at 1/2 price until this coming Wednesday. Enjoy your templates!

Without further ado...the winners are...

template #01 ~ Sarah Raanan (fb) & rlorky
template #02 ~ Melissa Brown (fb) & flute4peace
template #03 ~ joseegert
template #04 ~ Melissa Brown (fb) & summeranns
template #05 ~ Melissa Brown (fb) & rachel
template #06 ~ Shawn Bashaw (fb) & karly k
template #07 ~ jan
template #08 ~ Melissa Brown (fb) & angie
template #09 ~ Shawn Bashaw (fb) & Nicole
template #10 ~ Shawn Bashaw (fb) & shawna

If your name is listed above, please e-mail me and I will send you a link to download your template!

What's better than a box of chocolates?

What could it be? A contest ~ your chance to win something for free!!!

Sorry, this contest ended January 14th at 9:00am. Keep checking back for more contests and discounts!

Don't forget, we currently have a sale going on:

Add your name and e-mail in the comments and I will send you a invoice from PayPal or you can just PayPal the total to info(at)orangegeckodesigns.com with the details of your purchase in the notes. Once payment is received, I will send you a link to your download. Please be sure to post any questions that you have as well. This sale ends on Wednesday, January 16th. Due to the nature of the product, all sales are final, no refunds will be issued.

Want a better offer than this...contact me about setting up a Group Buy!