It’s a sign!

Today’s project for February’s manini things was a simple one: make a new sign for my jewelry booth.

You may recall the 2012 Summer Market Friday downpour/hailstorm/lightningpalooza. Although, apparently, I didn’t write about it here, even though I could have sworn I did. Anyway, one of the many things affected by that storm out of nowhere was my sign.

It was a simple thing, just my logo, name, and tagline, laser printed, tape-sealed, and tacked to a painted board. The board had hooks so I could hang it from my sign stand.

In the deluge, the water seeped between the tape lines and behind the tacks and warped the paper. Redoing it has been on my list to fix it since then.

(Yes, I’ve done three shows between then and now. Yes, I used the bedraggled sign. Sometimes I’m lazy, if you haven’t picked up on that yet.)

Since I’m doing a new show in a new-to-me area this weekend, I figured it was time to do the sign. So, I simply printed out another copy of my sign on cardstock, cut it down a little on each side, attached it to an olive green sheet of cardstock, and used packing tape to laminate the front. Voilà!

It’s a little curled up from the tape,
so it looks crooked here.
But it’s fine in real life. 

Did you notice the cheat, though?

It’s not attached to the board. Why, you ask? Well, the show I’m doing Sunday is an indoor show, and I’m already using my large earring display, which will be perfect to attach this to, and thus I won’t have to also haul the sign stand. That’s the minor reason.

The major reason is that after far too long of noodling it over and fruitlessly brainstorming to come up with the perfect name, the stars have finally aligned and I have a new business name, and that business will soon be its very own limited liability company, instead of being just a sole proprietorship under my name.

This is big news for me.

I’m not going to jinx it all by revealing the name before all the paperwork is finalized and approved by the powers that be, but I’ve already registered the domain name and the Etsy shop name and the Twitter handle.

I also need to work on a new logo. (I do adore the one I’ve been using, but it’s modified public-domain clip art, and I’d rather have something more custom.)

Once I’m official, believe me, you’ll hear all about it.