So it's early morning Tuesday, the day after a particularly bleak and wet August Bank Holiday Monday. I've just given Scarlett half her bottle and she seems to be torn between finishing it or returning to sleep.
It feels a bit like the end of summer, its another miserable looking day and people will soon be leaving for work knowing that that's it... no more holidays. I'm guessing the schools will be reopening any day and all the children will be going back - I remember how miserable I used to feel when the summer holidays were finished.
Personally I'll actually be glad to see the back of the summer, for me it's been one long hard struggle. Business has been pretty poor, summer always seems like a bad time for a designer. The work dries up, the phone stops ringing, projects seems to take twice as long to finish. I think its because people, businesses tend to wind down a bit in the summer, people go on holiday or spend more time at home with their children. Its perfectly understandable and i hope that next summer I can be in a position where i can afford to take some time off and not worry so much about work!
This summer has also been pretty bleak for a couple of other reasons, we just seemed to have a spell which lasted for a few weeks where nothing seemed to go right! Eric my dog had to have an operation on his knee, Suzie had to have an operation on her toe, the doctor thought I was diabetic (thankfully I'm not!) and Scarlett has really suffered with her teeth. There was a week or two where all four of us had medical appointments - it felt like we were living in a waiting room. On top of all that my main computer crashed, the hard drive had fried, so I had to have that replaced which took nearly a week - good job work was quiet!
So now things seem to be getting back to normal, the last week or so has actually been quite busy work wise and September is looking like it will be a busy month. I suppose not everything about this summer has been bad, I think I'm pretty lucky really and it's been brilliant watching Scarlett grow and develop over the last few months. I'm looking forward to next summer when hopefully we can go away for a few months and not worry about work. So I guess I better knuckle down, get some work done and make some money!
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Monday, 22 August 2011
Work Work Work
Right then... a very quick little work update for those of you that are interested.
First up is new client, who I've quite recently started working for, there a building company that specialises in loft conversions. We've very nearly finished an A5 flyer for them, which I think will go to print this week. I've already redesigned their logo, which, actually I've just remembered I need to send over to the company that designed their website... I'll add that to my to-do list! Today and tomorrow, I'm hopefully going to finish off their business stationery and I think after that there might be another job which I think is some kind quote/job folder.
I'm very close, finally to finishing the artwork for the Peake Health Website, this has been ongoing job for quite a long time and hopefully we're very close to putting it to bed.
September is looking like it might be a busy month - I've got projects lined up for a couple of new clients plus a couple of old ones. We might be busy on the web side of things with possibility of building a couple of new websites as well. I'll let you know how we get on!
First up is new client, who I've quite recently started working for, there a building company that specialises in loft conversions. We've very nearly finished an A5 flyer for them, which I think will go to print this week. I've already redesigned their logo, which, actually I've just remembered I need to send over to the company that designed their website... I'll add that to my to-do list! Today and tomorrow, I'm hopefully going to finish off their business stationery and I think after that there might be another job which I think is some kind quote/job folder.
I'm very close, finally to finishing the artwork for the Peake Health Website, this has been ongoing job for quite a long time and hopefully we're very close to putting it to bed.
September is looking like it might be a busy month - I've got projects lined up for a couple of new clients plus a couple of old ones. We might be busy on the web side of things with possibility of building a couple of new websites as well. I'll let you know how we get on!
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
The Dreaded Summer Lull
What a difference a week makes...
I've had a brilliant few days with work, my phone started ringing again and thankfully i'm nice and busy! A week or so ago things were looking a little bleak - I was trying not to worry too much about it because to be honest I went through something very similar last year when work dried up at exactly the same time. I got through that period and went on to be very busy up until Christmas and work has been fairly decent until this little dry patch.
Well now I have work in fact I have lots of it and my schedule for the next couple of weeks is going to be very hectic. I'm working for four new clients, a building company that specialises in Loft Conversions, a new bridal shop thats opening quite close to where i live, a fashion boutique and a local business magazine. I'm doing lots of work for all four of these companies including logos, stationery, signage, flyers, brochures and websites.
On top of that I've also had a bit of good luck in that three of my current clients have also commission more work from me - so I'm going to busy!
I will try and keep you all updated and post some of the new designs as they are finished.
Cheers
I've had a brilliant few days with work, my phone started ringing again and thankfully i'm nice and busy! A week or so ago things were looking a little bleak - I was trying not to worry too much about it because to be honest I went through something very similar last year when work dried up at exactly the same time. I got through that period and went on to be very busy up until Christmas and work has been fairly decent until this little dry patch.
Well now I have work in fact I have lots of it and my schedule for the next couple of weeks is going to be very hectic. I'm working for four new clients, a building company that specialises in Loft Conversions, a new bridal shop thats opening quite close to where i live, a fashion boutique and a local business magazine. I'm doing lots of work for all four of these companies including logos, stationery, signage, flyers, brochures and websites.
On top of that I've also had a bit of good luck in that three of my current clients have also commission more work from me - so I'm going to busy!
I will try and keep you all updated and post some of the new designs as they are finished.
Cheers
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
June Newsletter
Well our first newsletter is finally here, I know its a bit late and I probably should have waited a week and called it the July Newsletter but I was pretty determined that I was going to get it out in June. If you would like a copy then please send me an email (jamie.jmedesign@ymail.com) and I will happily send you one. Thanks Jamie
Premier Foods Health & Safety Notebook
A quick little post about another job that's been concluded this week. Premier Foods are a massive company with something like 50 or 60 sites across the UK. I've been lucky enough to have been given the opportunity to produce some Health & Safety awareness materials for them such as Flash Cards, Posters and Notebooks. So far we've done work for two sites and the latest batch of notebooks were produced for Wisbech. These were posted out on Monday! What do you think?
Monday, 20 June 2011
Manchester Therapies
Two posts in a day - is that a record?
This is going to be the first, of hopefully many posts featuring work that I've done for my clients. I'm kicking off today with Manchester Therapies, basically because I've finished the artwork, the clients are happy and I've just five minutes ago sent the artwork over to the printers. So I thought I would give you a sneaky peak!
Manchester Therapies are a fairly new client of mine and this is the first project that I've completed for them. They are a team of therapists specialising in Counselling, Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Stress Management & EMDR. They asked me to design them a Double Sided A5 Leaflet, a Letterhead & a Continuation Sheet.
Our Very First Twitter (& Facebook Competition)
This should be the first of many more blogs, I know i've said it before but I'm determined to start blogging on more regular basis and hopefully there should be at least a couple of new blogs every week (maybe more)! I will also be blogging more about my business and the services that I offer as well as keeping you up to date with how Scarlett is getting on. She had me up at 4 this morning... on a Monday!
Anyway, what better way to start than with a competition and your chance to Win a Free packet of Eccles Cakes, I was going to give away an Ipad but they didn't have any left at the Tesco's on the bridge. So I went with a prize that best represents me as an Eccles based Graphic Designer... The Mighty Eccles Cake.
To win this World famous packet of small round currant filled cakes, all you need to do is to visit my Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/jmegraphicdesign) and 'LIKE' it or Follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/JmeGDesign). You could even do both and have TWO chance to WIN. For all of you that are already 'LIKING' or 'FOLLOWING' then don't worry, your already in the hat for the first draw. I'm going to be giving away 1 pack every two weeks so the first Winner will be announced here in Two Weeks Time!
Thanks and Good Luck!
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