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Hi Everyone!  Some great designs are coming in and this is very exciting for me.  I am reviewing them as they coming in and starting by "eliminating" the ones that I don't care for - so if you haven't heard from me, that is good news!  I haven't found one that strikes me as perfect and we have a couple more days to go, but there are definitely some that could work with a bit of revision.  Please let me share with you three things I have learned or decided from viewing the great work that has come in:  1.  No need to use a cherry.  To me a cherry is on the top of a bowl of ice cream, not on a cupcake.  2.  Regarding font - a lot of cake decorating work is "piping" with frosting, especially for me because I emphasize the artistic aspect of my cakes.  To me an attractive font is one that I would be able to pipe.  There are some great fonts coming in but the chunkier ones would need to be changed in a final revision.  3.  Many of the designs coming in feature a cupcake.  While I make cupcakes by the hundreds, and that tends to sustain the business, what I really love doing is making cakes, again, because they are more artistic rather than just a beautiful swirl that tops a cupcake.  I wonder if there is a way to design a three tiered cake with a bit of swirl/flower/design, with the top tier being a cupcake - then this would show both products.  My concern is that the design would come out too intricate and I think medium-to-simple works better for a logo, so I think that is a challenge...?   PLEASE KNOW that if you have already submitted a design with chunky lettering, and a cupcake with a cherry on top, that doesn't mean I don't like it.  There are several "concepts" of design that I do like and I think could work with minimal revision, but hopefully this information will be helpful.  THANK YOU ALL - this is really a cool process and I am actually touched that there are a bunch of people whom I haven't met that are working on something that is so important to me :-)  And by the way, yes, I will need business cards and a brochure type thing, and a print ad as well but wanted just to start with the logo.  Thanks -Karen


Added Friday, April 26, 2013