Ticket Week: 5

Ticket save the date magnets are very popular here at Save the Date Originals.  This week, blog posts are featuring new ticket ideas & variations that people have had me (the designer) working on this year.

Number five is a new 2.25x6 inch photo save the date ticket design.  This is also yet another new magnet size.  Pricing would match up with the 2.25x5.5 inch and 2.5x5.7 inch magnet sizes, posted here.

This magnet design is fairly simple.  A photograph, the "seat row section" wording to add the ticket-like feeling, and a cute wordplay for baseball in that the couple is going to "step up to the plate".  There is plenty of room for the featured photograph.

Ticket Week: 4

Ticket save the date magnets are very popular here at Save the Date Originals.  This week, blog posts will feature new ticket ideas & variations that people have had me (the designer) working on this year.

The fourth ticket design is also a save the date, but for a surprise birthday party, not a wedding.  This ticket is a variation on the TicketMT1 magnet design.  This version is still 2x5.5 inches, so to make room for more wording, we scrapped the photograph.

The guests are notified, shushed, and awaiting more details in the forthcoming invitations.

Ticket Week: 3

Ticket save the date magnets are very popular here at Save the Date Originals.  This week, blog posts will feature new ticket ideas & variations that people have had me (the designer) working on this year.

The third ticket design is a new version of the 2.5x6.5 inch TicketMT11 magnet design.   This design was originally a baseball ticket design...  now it becomes a hockey ticket design.

One of the fun things about tickets is the various cute wording plays that people come up with for different sports;  In this case we have a couple that is "going for a goal".

Ticket Week: 2

Ticket save the date magnets are very popular here at Save the Date Originals.  This week, blog posts will feature new ticket ideas & variations that people have had me (the designer) working on this year.

The second ticket design features this week is a variation on an existing save the date ticket design.  The original ticket (TicketMT2) is fairly neutral with regards to exactly what team it would represent.  And though the design features a football graphic, that football could just as easily be switched to a baseball, hockey stickers, bat, or some other sports related item.

The new version of the design is similar, still for a 2x5.5 inch magnet, but is meant to clearly show some Houston Texans spirit.

This ticket was another example of trying to find a way to incorporate the team imagery without using any logos. In this case, horns, a star, the helmets, and the colors, do the trick.

Ticket Week: 1

Ticket save the date magnets are very popular here at Save the Date Originals.  This week, blog posts will feature new ticket ideas & variations that people have had me (the designer) working on this year.

The first new save the date ticket design is based on a football ticket.  This couple went to  Auburn University, and wanted to show off some team spirit along with their photo and save the date info.

This ticket is mostly brown and white, but there is a bit of the orange and blue Auburn University colors.  This is a good example of a ticket design that closely mimics an actual ticket, but, without the use of any trademarked logos.

This ticket design ended up at about 2.6x5.7 inches.  Pricing for this magnet size would be the same as that which is posted on this page:http://www.savethedateoriginals.com/magnetpricing5.php

Taking care of business(es) part 8

This post isn't technically about promoting a business, but rather, a person as a professional.  It's a post about a recent business card order.

There are a variety of options when it comes to business cards, and you have probably already seen a lot of them- glossy cards, linen texture cards, rounded corner cards, cards with foil printing, cards made out of clear plastic material, and more.

This example isn't about any of those special options.  Instead, it's about a nice colorful design for a business card.

Check them out:

These cards were created for a science teacher in Idaho.  They include a personal photograph of the mad scientist himself experimenting with colored fire.

It's not a super special printing or production process that make these interesting, but instead just the quality of the printing.  A good design with rich colors.

Mr & Mrs Movie Save the Date

My pick for a favorite project this January month is a recent order for a movie poster look a like save the date magnet.  The idea of a save the date that looks like a movie poster isn't uncommon.  Not all movie posters are made equal though- there is plenty of room for quite a variety within this idea.

In this case, they wanted their save the dates to look a bit like those for the 2005 movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith, which was about a married couple that were each a spy for a different group.

The most important part of this movie poster design was, of course, the photo.  That part was up to the couple.  Key elements for the photo: the right clothes, poses, and a light background.

Their idea ended up just fitting onto a 4.15x5.35 inch magnet.  Larger and custom magnet sizes are available, but this size happens to fit easily into A2 envelopes (a common size) for mailing.

Result: fun save the dates.