DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES...

(like lack of time and skills) I am not going to make my launch date of June 15th (which is tomorrow). I am actually feeling kind of discouraged today because I have been unable to get my first card printed correctly. The graphic artist said that the printer needs to adjust the color and the printer said that the graphic artist needs to adjust the color...all I know is that SOMEONE needs to adjust the color!!!! Hopefully, tomorrow will be a better day.

I ORDERED BUSINESS CARDS TODAY...

Yep...that was my exciting day. Well, I actually did a little more than that. I applied for a Seller's Permit with the State of California which, after the governor's statement today that he may just shut down the state government, might be a moot point. Then I actually designed three cards and gave up on the fourth one because I ended up flattening everyone like a pancake and couldn't figure out how to fix it...so I scrapped that one.

Since I didn't accomplish too much today, I actually made a list of everything I need to do which, oddly, makes me feel better!!

1. Finish designing (if you want to call it that) about 30 cards.
2. Work on my PowerPoint presentation that I will be sending to some major corporations.
3. Do the paperwork that those corporations require in order to submit my business proposal.
4. Work on my other marketing ideas because what good are these cards going to do me if I don't advertise?
5. Figure out what good this blog does besides giving me something else I have to keep up with.

I think that's it but I can't remember.

HERE'S MY LOGO

I THINK I'M GETTING THE HANG OF THIS...YES!!!

Yes...I finally kind of have a system down after many, many hours of working on this. You know how it is when you spend forever trying to figure something out and then you finally figure it out but forgot what you did? That's what happened to me yesterday. I spent 3 hours trying to figure out something I had actually figured out the night before...frustrating!!! Today I went through about 1,000 slides that my Dad took and selected 33 to get scanned to hopefully design into greeting cards. I have a lot of ideas and just hope that there's a market for them...which obviously I think there is; otherwise, I wouldn't be doing this. Tomorrow I am going to work on my Power Point presentation that I am going to mail to some major companies hopefully within a week to ten days. I am also going to see about getting my first card printed. It will be exciting to actually see one finally completed.

NEVER MIND...

I figured out how to upload the images but after reading the Picasa "terms and conditions" where Google has rights to do whatever the document said with your images, I decided not to post them here until they're completed. I hate all this legal stuff!

I LOST MY JOB A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO SO I AM BACK USING PRINTMASTER :(

Yep...after working for the same company for 32 years, July 31st will be my last day. I was 22 years old when I started working with them and we kind of all grew up together so it's kind of an emotional time for me. I feel even more pressure now to get these cards going and trying to sell them. I worked all day today and got 8 roughed-out at least but I know that I need to hire someone for photo restoration before I get them printed. Some of the photos are over 45 years old so there are some scratches on them. I am getting a little better with the program which is saying something for someone who this morning had text printing upside down AND backwards :) I think I'll try to post one now if I can figure it out. Let's see...

I QUIT THE PRINTMASTER PROGRAM, TOO!

After working for two days with this program and virtually accomplishing nothing, I quit this one, too! For someone with no artistic ability whatsoever (I still remember getting that "C" on my map of the United States in 5th grade) I sure have chosen a new business that really tests my skills and patience level! I think I need to continue to pay the graphic artists to do what they do and focus on the vision and the marketing of the business. That's it for now...