Business card and logo for CC

[minnum]

Hi guys,
I'm trying to think of a business name and logo and have put together this first draft of a business card just to get some ideas going...

Do you think it works??... do the words "Be unique, Be beautiful...etc" work well and link in well with the idea of Minna B and the bee in the logo?? Don't want it to be cheesy or tacky!

Would love your thoughts,
THANKS

[ricktas]

I think the B in your name, and reflected in the Be Unique etc works well. I dont think you need the BEE at all.

[jev]

I'm sorry to say, but in my book you made a mistake in the design. When I looked at the card I immediately thought: "Hmm... contemporary? Looks like it was designed in the fifties!". The fonts used remind me of a couple of old books on lettering I acquired by inheritance. The bee just reinforces that idea.

[minnum]

Thanks so much for your input guys.

Jev, I really appreciate your honesty. Back to the drawing board I guess... you make a good point. I have a friend who is a graphic designer I'm hoping she'll help me, I just want to get a rough idea together first to show her. Will have a rethink.

Thanks again :-)

[ricktas]

Minna, go to www.clickbusinesscards.com.au and have a look at the template photographer ones on there, it might give you some ideas you havent thought of yet.

[NQ_Dee]

Minna, as I have done the business cards for our concreting business and some basic ones also to hand out for photography at events, I thought I would share my experience. Firstly, repetition is key. You have clearly put alot of work into your website and it is simple and beautiful. Try to follow this on in your business cards and stick with the same colour schemes and fonts. By keeping to the same "theme", your brand will be easily recognised whether people see your website, business card, signature on an image or letterhead. Just my 2c