Back to work

Back from vacation. Was it all a dream?

Florence is back home...poor girl went back to work just about on the same day she got back home to Hong Kong. Is that a little crazy? I think it is because I can never recover from jet lag that fast. But I think she did that to maximize the time she stayed here with me... and for that I can't thank her enough. That girl spoils me.

It's certainly hard to have a long distance relationship. On the other hand, I think there's a silver lining to this type of thing because it really makes you appreciate the time you DO have time together. I think having experienced this, the day we're both together in a more permanent setting, we'll be that much more appreciative & attentive of each other. Well.....I certainly think that's my positive way of looking at all this.

Back to reality though, I've been trying to catch up with all the going ons of working life again. Looks like I stacked the chips up pretty good before vacation, everything seemed to have gone smoothly and nothing blew up.

This will be my first time returning from vacation in my own business so I've been a little anxious what my clients think about me being away and if I may or may not return with more work in queue. There ARE a few things I need to jump back on so I am not twiddling my thumbs, but I certainly hope those verbal promises I have from various parties pan out into confirmed and payed work.

I picked up samples of a print job I did recently for Tiki's Grill & Bar. I made this card sleeve that holds their gift cards. Not a very complicated thing to do, which was good because I had only a few days before my vacation to do this.

I think they came out good. Quite and easy job since Tiki usually lets me run with my own ideas for a change. It reminds me of the time I used to design these things for LavaNet, Inc..... where I was given quite a bit of artistic freedom.

I'm happy with the way these came out. I hope to eventually lean my business a little more into the print design area....maybe 40% of it in print by next year. I'll have to strategize that somehow without stepping on any toes. I know a few of my own clients are print designers so I don't want to bite the hand that feeds me too. But certainly there's enough work for everyone out there.