http://blog.janetlackey.com Graphic Design for Interactive Media and Print Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:00:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Heads up! My favorite printer, Sharpdots.com, is running a sale this month on business cards. 5,000 cards for $47. Not too shabby. Although their regular prices are very reasonable too. They're my favorite printer to deal with because the printing, service, and speed are consistently awesome. Click here to get the special ... http://blog.janetlackey.com/2008/06/06/business-card-sale/ What is a favicon? A favicon, pronounced "fave (short for favorite) icon" is the little icon that shows up next to the URL in the address bar of most browsers. It's also commonly the icon that shows up next to a web site name if you bookmark it or add it ... http://blog.janetlackey.com/2008/05/08/favicon-101/ I was about to post about one of my logos being featured on a cake for the first time ever. But then I realized that's not entirely true. Two of my logos have been on cakes! Here's the one I received a photo of today: This is an Orthodontist's logo. Late ... http://blog.janetlackey.com/2008/02/07/logos-on-cakes/ Martha Stewart and Oprah are both bigtime players in the media market. They each have their respective television programs, magazines, radio programs, and various endorsements. I was surfing sites as part of research for a design I'm creating, and I was interested to see how the womens' enterprises measure up ... http://blog.janetlackey.com/2008/02/01/martha-stewart-vs-oprah/ For the past few years I have been active in a St. Louis team called the Squids. We are a softball team, but we use the team name when we participate in Trivia Nights as well. Last Fall I started a St. Louis Kickball team under the name too. The group ... http://blog.janetlackey.com/2008/01/08/site-launch-squids-trivia-night/ Happy New Year! Just launched: the new web site for Benton Park Photography Company, owned by Becca Young and Adam Williams, a husband-and-wife photography team. They have been building a successful business for awhile now, and are excited to launch this just in time for Wedding Season 2008. Becca and Adam ... http://blog.janetlackey.com/2008/01/08/site-launch-benton-park-photography-co/ I'm happy to announce the recent site launch for another new business - Little Fishes Swim School. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Little Fishes Swim School is the brainchild of Ruth Zarren, a very talented and creative businesswoman. The swim school is geared towards children aged 6 months and up, ... http://blog.janetlackey.com/2007/12/11/site-launch-little-fishes-swim-school/ Hot off the press! A new site I've been working on, Wedding Distinctions, has officially launched. It's a wedding store specializing in unique wedding favors, reception trinkets, gifts for the wedding party, etc. They've got quite an impressive and still-growing selection. I was responsible for developing the site and implementing ... http://blog.janetlackey.com/2007/12/02/site-launch-wedding-distinctions/ As my freelance workload has increased over the past several months, and I found myself more frequently quoting estimates on new projects, it became clear that I was in need a better way to track my time than waiting until the end and guessing how much time it took me. ... http://blog.janetlackey.com/2007/11/27/harvest-great-tool-for-tracking-time/ One of the most exciting parts of working on a logo is to see it in action - on a business card, t-shirt, mouse pad, signage, anything! A few years ago I created a logo for a new children's clothing boutique, Bella and Max, which specializes in unique and gorgeous ... http://blog.janetlackey.com/2007/11/24/bella-and-max-work-in-action/