Love these folks… I’ve done a couple of other labels for their bottles, this one will go on the lid of their 1 pound tub of creamed honey.  If you have never had creamed honey, you’re missing out!  This product is absolutely delicious!!!  You can find Mincer’s at the Redding Farmer’s Market at City Hall on Cypress Ave.  Find their booth and eat their honey!!!

We’re going to print these full color labels on pre-kiss-cut 2.5″ label stock.  There are 12 labels on an 8.5×11 sheet, so at $1.50 a sheet for full color, the labels are pretty cost effective in small quantities (each circle label costs $0.125).  You can’t get full color labels for less than 12 and a half cents wholesale unless you buy 10,000 or more.  (I checked with an outside vendor on that one).

I’ve done a few projects for this client, including their grand opening posters & postcards.  This project was pretty easy once I understood that it was actually an advertisement for 2 different things!  On one side (the blue side), they wanted to advertise to new MMA (mixed martial arts) students for summer sign ups.  I use the burst looking dealy-ma-bobber behind their logo on a lot of their stuff. It’s kinda part of the look ya know?  The client really wanted to put photos on this project so newbies would really know what they’re about: they are not a karate class, they teach everything from physical fitness to down and dirty fighting.

The red side of the card advertises their MMA camp to the same age group as new students, and explains what is covered at the camp.  The client actually suggested the different colors so that folks reading the advertisement would get the idea that it actually is 2 separate things being advertised.  I gave them an awesome deal on 14pt UV Gloss coated cards, and even printed 100 free digital cards so they could start handing them out the day they approved the artwork.  The Team Quest people have become great clients, and I really enjoy doing their artwork because it gives me an opportunity to do something different than the stuff I normally do.

Palo Cedro Barber's Biz Cards: Old vs. New

These nice folks asked me to “reproduce” their business cards because they had run out.  I love redesigning old stuff that’s so generic it’s sickening.  The old design probably came from a template at office depot or something.  Soooo obvious what to do…  Give these old school barbers a fresh look, but keep it clean.  I put together a reproduction of their old one, along with the new surprise design (yeah guess which one they picked haha). They went with digital business cards, and I had them ready the next day.  Clean and simple just like their old card, with a little more color.  By the way, this barber pole was a freebie I found on vecteezy a long time ago… not sure if it’s still there (see my favorite places links).