Postcards!

Postcard Front

Postcard Back

After designing my business cards I started on postcards.  I created them to put in the envelope with purchases.  The printers called me the day after sending them the images.  For some reason the text had pixelated.   I blew up the images to 300% and sure enough, there were little gray dots all around the letters, when printed they would show up as a shadow.  I’m so glad they caught that and called me to fix it!  After some experimentation I found that my Photoshop files were clean.  The pixelation happened when the file was converted to a jpeg.  Easy fix!  I just sent them the Photoshop files instead.  For the future though, I need to figure out what happened.  Any suggestions? 

Business Cards

Business Card Front (the black border will be trimmed by the printers)

Business Card Back

Last week I got to work designing my new business cards.  I wanted something a little more fancy than what I’ve done in the past (Microsoft Word and “snap to grid” Avery cards.)  I think they will come out great, but I won’t know for sure until they arrive in the mail.  It’s always so nerve wracking, pressing that final “send” button, knowing that if I change my mind, the order can’t be undone.