Bricks

I have spent the last few days designing a new banner for my Etsy shop which, in turn, led me to use the same design to create some new business cards & packaging materials. Take a look: 

What do you think?! The first picture will be an oval shaped sticker placed on the wrapped product. I chose to only use part of my mission statement because the product itself is the "simply wonderful". The middle picture is my new business card with ALL my information (I left off the shop webpage on the first batch!); & the final picture will be an oval shaped product label. I will probably use these mostly for fairs, booths, etc.

I could have chosen something colorful, crazy, & tacky (all of which I LOVE) but something about the bricks just spoke to me. The main elements used to make a brick are relatively simple: usually clay & sand. And when you look at a completed brick it is also a pretty simple object. A single brick is strong, but when we put a bunch together....Think about all the things you can build with bricks: streets for traveling, garden walls for beautification & order, fireplaces for warmth, & homes in which we raise our families....

The bricks remind me of what I am doing with myself: building a strong foundation for me & my family. They also make me think of the items I make. Alone the materials are fairly simple. But when I put them all together, they are simply wonderful....