On Bramble Hill

I am so over the top hooked on MpixPro’s new Luxe line of cards.  The minute I saw them I knew I wanted to create and create and create some more goodies using these cute die cut cards

These info forms (the wording) have been in use in my studio now for the better part of 5 years.  The paper design, of course, has changed because I am a designer and can’t leave anything alone for long but the wording… I love the simplicity of these information forms.  Plus, I can easily hand over the menu card at the end of our session so they have it with them when the time comes for their online ordering. I can e-mail the menu card to them as a PDF or JPEG when they request pricing online and it makes for a pretty presentation.

If you have studio policies these little cards would be great to print those on as well!  The templates are layered .psd’s so you could easily remove any wording I have added and just replace it with your own studios.

We are currently using these cards in our studio with the “hole added” option (via Mpixpro) and tie the two cards together with hemp rope.  We have an Epson R200 that allows us to print directly onto our clients image discs.  If you haven’t had the joy of working with a printer that will print right onto these DVD’s you are missing out!  I love this printing option!!  We then use a self adhesive DVD hub’s (just google DVD Hub’s) to attach it to the center of the scallop circle card.  They make such a cute little combo!

So the first set is all complete and up!  When we got them in from my beautiful Fed-Ex man you would have thought it was Christmas over here with all the oohing and awing over how beautiful they are.  I think the number one response has been how folks have never seen anything like it before.  Now of course those of us in the photography world may have but not the clients and non-photogs.  New and different…my favorite part of all?
Affordable printing.  I had looked into having custom die cut cards made about 3 years ago and the prices started in the $500 per batch range and I quickly decided against it for that purpose alone.

So now I figured I would go a step further than just designing a marketing set for sale.  I created a New Year 2011 calendar template for you to have for the grand price of FREE! I love “free” and figured you guys may enjoy it too I enjoy it so much so, one of  my goals this year will be to create a free download at least once a month to share with you guys!

Click Here To Download Free 5×5 Calendar

Now there is more!  It’s Christmas you know…that means I am in a very good mood.
Very. Good. Mood.

From now until December 26th do these two things to be entered to win a free complete Sage Idea Marketing Set:

1. Hit the “like” button at the bottom of this page and comment and you will be entered!
2. See the box that says “Find Us On Facebook” with the little “Like” button at the top right of this page?  All you have to do is hit “Like” …now I am not making that a requirement to be entered because I know how cluttered an FB feed can get..but it is a great way to keep up with the weekly contests and freebies we will be holding this year…some will be for the FB page readers only

Do at least #1 and it will enter you for a chance to win this weeks contest for the new Sage Idea Marketing Set!  I will be giving away sets to some very lucky readers this week!