Mk's Journal

01/31/2006 18:13 #29256

Pick my business card for me!
Category: opinion

I think I've talked about this before, but I'm thinking of getting business cards made. I would like lots of opinions. I know I should probably put more information on it, like, offers voice lessons, wants to sing professionally (like be hired for weddings/funerals, etc.) but anyway this is just an outline.

Names and addresses have been changed to protect the innocent.

So pick a number and tell me which you think is the nicest, most professional, most like my personality, etc. Thanks : )

jenks - 02/01/06 14:54
haha, this reminds me of "American Psycho"... I like classic/minimal/clean myself. And personally i think you'd have to be careful with any sort of music-y theme- I fear it would be too easy to come across as amateur or juvenile. But that's just me, and I have no creative talent whatsoever... I dunno... how to stand out without going overboard. I think understated is better. Subtle ink color or a different font. maybe a vertical orientation... That all said, I probably like 1 and 2 the best. 3 the least. That's my 2 cents...

hodown - 02/01/06 12:35
As a working professional myself I'd say either 2 or 4.

ladycroft - 02/01/06 03:53
number 3. just enough flash to catch your eye, but not too busy and not too bland.

paul - 02/01/06 00:58
I would say the last one for sure.

metalpeter - 01/31/06 20:39
I admit I don't know much about Business Cards. I have seen a few really sharp looking ones. The one thing I know is that you want your card to stand out. If your cards are only going to be for music jobs then you should work music into the card somehow. Maybe the use of a music symbol of somekind either raised or engraved on the card maybe even in a light reflective color so that it is seen but dosn't jump out. I am a fan of contrasting colors so that everything sticks out and is super clear. Sometimes high contrast can look really nice but to much can look kinda chessy.

leetee - 01/31/06 19:18
My personal preference is #3, but i am so biased about reds and oranges. And since i don't know you that well, i can only give you information i have from my parents business -- printing.

In general, the less information on a bussines card, the more complicated the background can be. If there is nothing further on the card, then #4 is about at its max when it comes to design. Anything else tends to be too busy looking and too often, dismissed, or some of the information is overlooked.

It also depends on how you are printing them. If the colour goes all the way to the edges like #4, it is called a "full bleed" and printers will charge you way more for it. It means that one card can't be printed on a sheet of paper right beside the other, and it involves way more cutting, and useage of paper, and therefore, more money. Of course, if you are doing them at home on your comp's printer, that is entirely moot.

I tend to like business cards that are a bit unusual, but that is just me. I like the idea (e:Kara) mentioned, with my own twist...

How about an eighth note screened down in the background, with your information in the same colour, but at 100% density, with the orinentation vertical instead of the horizontal ones you have? It will encorporate the eighth note really well, i think. And with only one colour (like say, i dunno, royal purple?), it will appear as though you have 2 -- a lighter and a darker, which will cost a lot less at the printers.

Hope some or any of that is helpfull. :O)

codypomeray - 01/31/06 18:59
i like number 4 its artsy kind of, but one is clean. you have to think which one they will remember....i think 4

jessika - 01/31/06 18:46
i like #1 myself. nice and simple.

kara - 01/31/06 18:35
Graphically, I like #4 the best.

Why not try to incorporate some musical notation, like a G clef. One element on the card, big and bold, would me more memorable than blocks of (pretty) colors.

01/30/2006 11:47 #29255

fun at Frizzy's
Category: bar life

Some pics from a Frizzy's going away mini-bash for Mo. ahh I love my camera

I love candid shots, and (e:mike) and (e:beast) were my favorite subjects for the evening.

Guzzlin down a Long Island

(e:Maureen) enjoying her last evening in the B-lo before heading back to the Harvard

(e:Maureen) and (e:MK).

We hit the pool table in the back...showing our awesome skills as athletes/generally cool people as usual.

(e:Beast) (and for the record that spill on the table was there before us...yummy)

(e:Mike), pool player extraordinaire

01/18/2006 12:38 #29253

You need a title to publish
Category: food

I really, really love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Like I truly get sad when I look down and there's less than half the sandwich left. It's just such a great combination of tastes. (Sidenote, another favorite combination I enjoy is movie theater popcorn and Coke...it has to be Coke...not Diet and not Pepsi...)

The history of PB & J

- I googled this. Is that officially a word yet?

I am going to run races starting in March and I'm really pumped about it. The next thing I have to do to reach this goal is either buy more winter running gear or join a gym, but (e:Mike) is indecisive about our gym prospects. Fortunately he just called me and sounds pretty set on joining Terrie's gym. Frankly as long as it doesn't cost TOO much money and they have treadmills and spinning classes, that's all I care about!

hodown - 01/18/06 13:11
Terries gym is owned by Kosta's wife. I worked for Kosta and they suck. I suggest the JCC- but really if you must join Terries I'll understand.

01/10/2006 14:00 #29252

Dinner Party Fun
Category: friends

So a week and 2 days after, here are some samples of the dinner party - one of the most fun nights I've had in awhile! I love getting together with the old gang.

A candid shot.

Around the living room before dinner ((e:Mike) was running late...can you imagine?!)

(e:Jill) and (e:Diana), striking a pose.

At the table.

Jen and (e:Maureen) (formerly the two most powerful women of Kenmore West NHS).

Everybody at dinner (except of course yours truly...I was either taking the picture or in a corner somewhere obsessively playing 20 Questions...)

(e:Jessbob) and Jen won the crowns!...

Oops...(e:Jessbob) 's head is just too big

We ((e:MK) and (e:Mike)) are so freakin sexy!! We challenge anyone to a game of Celebrity...if they aren't sore losers cuz you are guaranteed to be BEATEN!

p.s. is anyone a member of a gym in the Buffalo area that offers spinning classes?

01/04/2006 21:50 #29251

happy new year

So it's been over a month since my last post, and yes (e:Mike) I will put up pictures soon but my computer here is too slow and the pictures are huge soooo I'll have to make them smaller and then they will be up!

Anyways until then I wanted to post the fun news that my friend Nicole asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding and I'm really excited : ) I thought I'd post a picture of the dresses she's probably going to have. I know, how exciting. Stay posted for pics from (e:Mike)'s great party (aka the night of the greatest partnership in the game of Celebrity EVER!!!!!!!!)