3/28/11

Beautiful Baby Birth Announcements

This beautiful classic yet modern baby birth announcement design by The Spotted Olive™ features a stylish damask frame with with the words "Welcome To The World Beautiful Girl" or "Welcome To The World Beautiful Boy" in an ultra stylish typeface and a place for your photo. Additional information or a handwritten note for that extra personal touch can be included on the back of the card. Easily personalize with a photo and information. Available in a variety of color choices and paper stocks.

Beautiful Girl Modern Baby Birth Announcement invitation


Beautiful Boy Modern Baby Birth Announcement invitation

3/15/11

Support for Japan

Our hearts and most sincere thoughts go out to the people of Japan affected by the devastating March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunamis. We are send you hope and love and want to help with the relief efforts.

In response to last week's tragic disaster, our printing partner, Zazzle, has opened the Japan Relief store to support and allow shopkeepers to help in the aid of the Japanese people. Members of the Zazzle community have been contributing designs and will be donating their royalties to the Japanese Red Cross via Zazzle. The Spotted Olive™ is pleased to contribute several designs to support this very important cause. To help customers find our Japan Relief designs easier, we have created a Japan Relief section in our shop.  Additionally, Zazzle has created an official Japan Relief T-Shirt and will donate $10 from each of these shirts sold to the Japanese Red Cross. I am proud to be partnered with Zazzle and a member of such a caring community.

Official Japan Relief T-Shirt by Zazzle
Designed in support of relief efforts in Japan, this t-shirt is made for you to wear as you stand in solidarity with the earthquake victims and their families. For each purchase of this shirt, $10 will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross as they provide relief aid during this difficult time. Due to the large number of orders, please allow 4 to 5 business days for production. 

Japan Relief T-Shirt shirt


Kawaii Little Pinkie {With Love To Japan} Design by The Spotted Olive
This kawaii character original illustration by The Spotted Olive™ features our cute character, little pinkie, floating up to smiling clouds holding a balloon and represents love, hope and support for the people of Japan. On the balloon are the words "Japan Earthquake" in Kanji and 3.11.11. Royalties from this design will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross via the Zazzle Japan Relief store. Available on t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, iphone 4 cases, ipad cases and buttons.

kawaii little pinkie {with love to japan} button button


kawaii little pinkie {with love to japan} shirt



 Sakura Love Japan Relief Design by The Spotted Olive
The Sakura Love Japan Relief design by The Spotted Olive™ features a red circle representing Japan with sakura branches inside framing the word "love" in kanji above the words "Japan 3.11.11 Earthquake & Tsunami Relief." Royalties from this design will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross via the Zazzle Japan Relief store. Available on t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies and buttons.

Sakura Love Japan Relief Button button


Sakura Love Japan Relief Shirt shirt


The people of Japan desperately need our help in their recovery from this devastating natural disaster. You can also donate to Mercy Corps, the Red Cross or any other reputable charity. Any contribution helps. And if you can't help financially, please share the link to this blog post with other and help spread the word.

3/10/11

Modern & Trendy Class of 2011 Zebra Chic Graduation Announcements

This ultra hip, trendy and cool graduation announcement and party invitation by The Spotted Olive™ is certain to make a memorable impression. Featuring a stylish zebra pattern with the words "Class of 2011 Graduation Celebration", this fashionable invitation is the perfect way to announce your accomplishment. Personalize with your information and photo. Choose from a variety of color combinations and paper stocks. Also available as business cards and premium photo cards.

 5"x7" Announcement (2 sided printing)
Class of 2011 : Zebra Chic Graduation Party Invite invitation


4"x8" Premium Photo Card (1 sided printing)
Class of 2011 Zebra Chic Graduation Photo Card photocard


3.5"x2" Business Card (2 sided printing)
Class of 2011 Zebra Chic Graduation Busines Card profilecard

3/9/11

The Spotted Olive™ Wins The indiExhibit Logo Design Contest!

The indiExhibit recently sponsored a logo design contest for a new graphic to go with the wonderful wordmark created by Deborah Mazarakes. The prize was a one day display package at The American Music Awards celebrity gift lounge. We entered the contest with two submissions and are pleased to announce that one of our submissions was the winning design!

 

The indiExhibit is a group of artists helping artists promote their work through participation in celebrity gift lounges at some of Hollywood's hottest events. The previous logo graphic was a QR code and many in the group were concerned about losing the recognition they had established with the brand identity. Our goal was to create something fresh and modern while not completely veering away from the established brand. The winning design is a bar code—a contemporary representation of goods for sale. To tie into the celebrity gifting theme, we made one of the lines bold and red to represent the "red carpet." The lines of the bar code have an abstract, modern art feel and tie into the wordmark nicely. A big thank you to Shannon Rene' Justice of Lollipop Labs Studios, the founder & CEO of The indiExhibit, for choosing our design. We are honored to to have our work represent this group!

Currently The indiExhibit is raising funds on Indie GoGo to send the work of members of the group to the Kids' Choice Awards Gift Lounge. Visit The indiExhibit on IndieGoGo to learn more about how you can help with this cause. Pledges start at $5 and come with some wonderful perks provided by members of the group based on your contribution level. If you can't help financially, please spread the word. :)

Office Organization

I have been in a spring cleaning mood lately. My office has been in need of a huge organization overhall and I finally spent the time to get started on it. I still have more to do but I managed to go through my storage boxes to organize and label them! It's a start.

3/3/11

Happy Thursday & A Nice Comment From A Happy Customer!


It's already the first Thursday in March and I can't believe how quickly time is flying by! It's hard to believe that we are already in the third month of 2011. I hope your week is going well.

I love a day that starts out with a nice message from a happy customer! We customized one of our designs for Karen and here's what she said...
  
"Hi Debbie, they look great! Thanks for taking the time to design them for me. Love your designs, you are really creative and very talented."

Wow! How absolutely nice. Thank you, Karen, for taking the time to write me and your super sweet comment. I truly appreciate it. You made my day.