First Speciality Item: Menu

For some reason the quality is not good on these. I have no idea why. But anyway, here is one of my speciality items. I created a menu for Sweet Pockets. There is a front and back. I have to find a thicker cardstock to print it on so hopefully I can find some nice paper somewhere!!!!!

I am pretty happy with the design and actually incorporated the font used in my logo. I will post my second speciality item (cupcake box) after I make some changes since critique.

And in my second image the "P" is not there. I fixed it after seeing this but you get the idea!!! =)

World's Most Hated Font

Apparently the world has decided that Comic Sans just has to go. I found this article while I was surfing the internet earlier. Very funny!

World's Most Hated Font Article

Specialty Item Progress

I am currently working on my menu and cupcake box for my specialty items. I also printed out a few designs that I have finished and am starting to mount them! It is a pain in the butt!!!!!!!!!!!

Self-Mailer

Here is my self-mailer that I made earlier in the semester. I haven't posted it so I just thought I would put it up here! I made all the changes that Paige suggested and were said in critique. I like how it turned out!

Older Projects.... Any Suggestions?

Hey fellow bloggers,

These are a couple of old projects that I am submitting for the portfolio. Do you guys have any comments or suggestions on how I can improve these? Thanks a bunch!

Ads

Here are my advertisements! I still have to make a few changes and perfect the design before submitting it in my portfolio. 

Specialty Item?

I have been thinking about my specialty item. I think I want to do a set of items.

Possibly a Menu, Takeout box (for cupcakes), Gift bag, and something else......

I have a book from Sam Flax that has a bunch of ideas for package design. I am going to look in it and see if I can come up with some cool stuff!!!!!

Off to critique.......

Some cool ads......

Thinking of Ads...

So I have been thinking about my ads. I want them to be clever and possibly even a little sarcastic. I have been trying to come up with some cool sayings that I could put in the ad. I guess the main goal of the advertisement is to promote the cupcakes, but maybe I will feature one particular flavor. Not sure yet....

Here are some sayings I have thought might be cute:

-Make Cupcakes Not War (not sure what I can do with this, still need to brainstorm)
- Keep Calm and Eat a Cupcake (play on British war slogan "Keep Calm and Carry On")
- Everyday's A Cupcake Kind of Day! (Possibly featuring several photos of cupcakes with the colors I have been using)

Another idea I have is maybe taking one specific cupcake and putting a spotlight on it and putting something like "The Main Event" or something. The company offers giant cupcakes so maybe I could do that for it.

I will try and think of some more and post some sketches later.

Past Work

I have been working on my past works preparing for the portfolio review. These are a few that I have completed. I will post the rest of my works later......

Some Cool Stuff!

These are a few things I found on the website Paige posted on the blog earlier today. The website Graphic Exchange.com is full of inspiration. There is tons of stuff to look at. These are just a few that I liked while I skimmed through the site!

I am currently working on my self-mailer but am not sure where I am going to print it since it is larger than a standard printer and I don't know where I am going to get nice enough paper but still big.

How are you guys printing your self-mailer? Should I try Kinko's or somewhere like that?

Another....

Another one. Lori suggested that I make the circles smaller so I did!

Possible New Designs

Okay so I am trying to change the design up for the stationery set. I added the stitching to the stripes but I am not sure how that works. I also did one with circles and I think I like this one better than the original stripe idea.

Are there too many circles on the back?

I also thought about possibly adding stitched circles inside some random circles around the design to tie in the stitched idea.

Please give me some feedback! Merci!

Stationery Set

Okay, this is my final stationery layout. What do you all think?

Stationery Update....

Okay so I have been working alot on my stationery set throughout the break. I am almost done and will post some pictures soon......

What I have so far......

Okay so here is my letterhead and business card so far. I am still working on it. I want something clean for the letterhead and not too busy but still cute. What do you guys think?

Letterhead Front

Corporate Stationery

I found several stationery sets on Flickr and Google Images. I like these alot! The bottom one is a stationery set for Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite, the movie! I thought it was really funny but a cool design!

HERE IT IS!!!!!!!!

Tres had commented that the "P" and the "o" of Pockets were too close together, so I made a space a little bigger. What do you guys think? Do you think I should make it bigger?

Logo

Here is my logo. I changed the icing and made the cherry stem a little thicker on the end. I also changed the stitching. What do you guys think?

Final Logo

This is the logo that I have come up with for Sweet Pockets Cupcakes. I really like it a lot. I am still deciding on the font but I am leaning towards the first combo. I am still working on color as well but I think this color combo is pretty nice!

Logo Progress

Here are a couple sketches and then some earlier digital designs that I put in Illustrator. I am still deciding on font and color choices. I will keep you posted! 

I am going to post all my sketches when I can scan them in!

Some Cool Logos

Here are a few logos that I found that I think are successful. All of these places are located in Atlanta!

 Soho Restaurant

Highland Bakery

Figo Pasta

Knitch Knitting

Cool Typography Site

I found this cool site that is all about type. Check it out!

http://ilovetypography.com

Top Fonts of '08

Myfonts.com is one of my favorites sites for fonts and here are their top fonts of 2008!

Some Inspirations.....

Here are a couple yummy inspirations!

Client for Semester

I chose Sweet Pockets Cupcakes as my client for the semester. I am excited about designing for this company! It is right by my house and incorporates my love for pastries! Above is a picture of the inside!

3 Companies

I picked three companies and have to choose one to be my client for the semester.

http://www.sweet-pockets.com/
http://www.serendipitybaby.com/shop/index.php
http://www.littlecakebakery.com/

I also chose a few others that do not have websites!

Branding/Marketing Article

Here is an article I found on Branding!