Want FREE Stuff?

Okay, so I wouldn't use these for client's photos without seeing the quality first, but wanted to let you all know about this new printing company. It's called Artscow. They offer 4x6 prints for $.06 and 5x7 for $.12, plus when you sign up with them, you receive a code for 200 4x6 prints and 2oo 5x7 prints for free, as well as an 8x8 book. Perfect pricing for your own personal prints...great for scrap-booking or giving to family members. They also have watches, mousepads, buttons, magnets, mugs, etc. And hey, what's better then free stuff, right???? So, what are you waiting for? Go sign up and get your FREE prints!

Seeing spots...

and stripes with this fun and funky card that can be used for pretty much anything. Birthdays. Holidays. Thank You's. Party Invites. You name it, it's called being versatile.

Colors of the stripes and borders can be changed. You can have all stripes, all spots, grunge only, mix and match, your choice! How cool is that?

Swept Up Logos

Yes, I've been very busy lately working on logos, among other things, and yes, my waiting list seems to be growing by the minute. I'm still accepting new clients for design work, but if you don't feel you can wait, I might just have a solution for you...

As you know, it usually takes more than one try to get a logo perfect and ready to go for a client. Along the way, many great design concepts are cut to the design room floor. Well, I've swept up those logos and decided to try to find them a home. The solution, the Swept Up Logo Center - providing quality logo designs to those who need them quickly! Does this mean that everyone will have the same logo as you...no, it simply means that if you like any of the logo designs in the collection of Swept Up Logos, then you can purchase it. The logo then becomes unavailable to anyone else. I will then customize the logo with your business name and change the colors to suit your needs. (No other changes will be made to the design.)

Swept Up Logos are available for only $80.
Click here for more information!

a design for brown...

Melissa Brown, of Springfield, Illinois, contacted me about designing her logo. She was looking for a logo that was appealing to both young and old alike. Something that was simple enough to use on everything. She also requested a coordinating watermark for her photos and back of cards. Here is the design we finalized last night...

I used brown to play off of her last name and her favorite color is blue, so we had to add it into the mix. The best thing is that this logo has a variety of simple variations that she can use depending on the promotional piece she's using it on.

www.melissabrownphotography.net

Could it be Gold?

Nah, but it is some beautiful jewelry! I was thrilled when I was asked to work with Kimberly Smoot Photography to create a logo, business cards and website for this wonderful company.

Elizabeth and Victoria sell beautiful jewelry and accessories with a portion of proceeds going to the Children's Miracle Network.

The website is designed to compliment her business cards. It displays her jewelry and accessories on a crisp, white background with gorgeous hot pink accents.

http://www.allthatglimmersjewelry.com

We've even set up a blog with a header that mirrors the website design.

If you're looking for a great gift idea, check out All That Glimmers!

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!