Stationary designs

In the beginning of August I had to use up a budget from a grant which I can use on stationary and marketing materials. At the same time printing.com was nice enough to come up with a stationary offer. 1000 business cards, 1000 leaflets, 1000 mailing stickers, 1000 compliment slips and 1000 header paper all for £299 (originally £799). Being the shrewed business man that I am, I chose the package and also ordered some CD jackets for the educational material CD's. The happiness pretty much ends there, due to the fact that design is NOT my forte, and I could not stretch the budget to hire a designer. So down goes many late nights again, ALOT OF HELP AND ADVICE FROM FRIENDS and my amateur photoshop skills.

I didn't even know the difference between CMYK and RGB.. Problem really arose when I did it all in RGB and had to do them all again in CMYK, and then got told it was not in the correct resolution and had to do it again in 300dpi... Result was ugly artwork designed 3 times... minus my sanity and calmness and probably a few hair. Replaced the mouse and keyboard a few times as well...

In shame, I have posted up pictures of the designs here for you to criticize and for the designers to cringe with hatred and disgust.

header paper:
Compliment Slips
mailing stickers:

CD cover inside and outside:

OvO leaflets (the front is designed to fold over, so stop your quick snapping on the upside down photo)


In the end it all looks very similar, which is good because it brings this format out as the BEEcycle brand. However in all honesty its simply because I am not creative enough to bring in new ideas...which worked for the better!