I had a dream…
So with MCM coming up this weekend (I’m so frickin’ excited!) I wanted to go full on with the Bearrito brand. I mean, it’s not just about bears and cool things (it is that though, right?) but it’s also about FOOD!
I love food and I really wanted to have that as the thing that tied everything together so I had an idea and it meant updating a few things starting with the flyers that I’ve had for years and that have (sadly) gotten a bit out of date…
So I thought, why not a menu? Like, it would list the different products I have on sale but be worded like a menu and describe what each item was like as if they were dishes!
And then when any awesome person bought something from me I’d pop it in a brown paper lunch bag (I’ve since found out they’re called Kraft paper bags – I seriously need to look more in to the history of that. Like, are they related to Kraft Mac & Cheese? I mean, probably but still…) and pop a sticker on it with our logo and a QR code to the website.
And I thought this would all be so cool. Like, I was even looking at little fryer pans to hold the books in but then after having designed everything I looked at costs and realised – much like a lot of my ideas – I should’ve worked out if it’s a realistic plan before starting anything and yeah…. this was going to be expensive. Plus, there was WAY too much text on the menu so the writing was really small and that wasn’t great.
So my idea hasn’t played out BUT it did mean I went back to an old, old, OLD idea of mine (okay, it was one my better half had been pushing me to do) and do business cards rather than flyers (it seems to be a thing now? Always? I don’t know…) and I’ve come up with this!
What do you think? Personally I’m really happy with it! Like, I know I really wanted to do the whole food thing but how these cards have turned out means I’m not bummed by all the (postponed) plans (and I say postponed as hopefully I’ll come back to some – or all – of these ideas at some point).
But yeah, that’s my big idea (um, dream) that didn’t come to be but still ended up pretty sweet.
Oh, and if you’re at MCM London this weekend I really hope I see you in Artist Alley! We’re at table H11! Woo!
More soon! Bear hugs!
