my moo mini cards

while researching on line I found this great company that makes business cards, mini cards etc...

I ordered a box of 100 to see how they would turn out and here they are:

this is the box that came in the mail

You upload your own pictures or design on one side, you can have up to 100 different images. Next step you ad your personal info on the other side, you can also choose different designs here. 

This an example and what got delivered to me :

 

 

I love these and it is a great way to share your portfolio or art work.

Have people go through and choose there favorite design and they will remember you, I am sure of it ;) 

Here is the web page info:

www.moo.com

brain storming.....

After spending the last couple of weeks educating myself about starting my own business and  knowing that I have to come up with a solid concept and business plan I decided to default to a brainstorming technique that one of my favorite co workers tough me:  

use sticky tags.

We did this during crunch time, towards the end of a project, to be able to quickly identify what is left to do and how we can tackle it so we can hit the deadline.  In this situation and since I have limited wall space they ended up on my front window.

I now ad to them every day and each row is its own subject and part of the plan. The top row left to right is the Mission statement.

From there I went back to my" rather large" chalk board and created a one month calender and weekly to do list. That way I can keep myself  in check and don't miss any of the events, workshops and appointment. I know it is rather old fashion (and I do have an IPhone) but this is really not about technology this is about going through the process in a very conscious way. I have always been a visual person and this is how I work best. 

To top it  off and  since this will be part of business I started creating a vision board for the business concept and also for the design of the actually space. This is a lot of fun and one of my favorite parts of the process, it is like being in a candy store, at leased for me ;)

Time for the farm table ....

It has been a long winter but slowly but surely every day we think more and more about when we can eat outside again. That is why I looked through pictures today and found these from last year. 
Can you all see the delicious food that will be served  on this table this summer ?? I can :) it is right around the corner. I will keep you posted and the invitations will be in the mail soon .....

......the rather large chalk board cont....

Today I finally  got around conditioning the chalk board.

I followed the description on the can rubbing the side of a pice of chalk over entire surface

and erasing it (I used an old t-shirt )

The first attempt writing on it, I sure have to get used to it, looks a bit mmmmm

shapeless ;) First try, will see how we will progress........