Business cards.

I looked at different business cards, I have a stack at home that I also looked through.  Just as an immediate response, I find a lot of business cards too bulky, too white, and too matte.  I really liked Laura Weeks business card from last year, as well as the card of the first World War nurse in your office because of the curved corners.  They stand out immediately for me, and look more expensive. 

I had a look at business card printing on line, which is cheaper than most printers I have looked at (unless you print them double sided on their card stock and then cut them out.  I particularly like the smaller mini-cards that Moo do.  I like the idea of a small image on a card rather than trying to squash down a large painting into a small space, and then adding text.  I also like the idea of a gift-tag that turns into a business card – or vice-versa. 

I also like the idea of customising business cards, I don’t think it’s practical to do so by changing the shape radically, and would increase the cost if they had to be lazer cut.  I think I could do so by adding ribbon or beads, and although this might make them irritating in a wallet, they would have a double life as a bookmark.

I need to be careful how much I add to the cards though, because too much ribbon/beading makes them difficult to stack and store neatly, so I will tone down my 'extras' to make them easier to handle in bulk. 


I made these card by getting them double side printed at the printers and then cutting them out myself to save money.  As usual, it has printed darker than I imagined (you cant make out the text as well as I would like, and I need to look at where I position the text so that it is not compromised when I punch holes in them.  This is another 'back-to-the-drawingboard' item, which I will work on before the show.