Mr Yen Business Cards

Hello, I hope you're having a nice relaxing easter weekend! I've been back from Manchester for the weekend, where I've been training for my new job at Dwell (that will be opening in Leeds very soon) and I have had my new business cards delivered while I've been away. I got them printed with Moo.com and I decided to go for their new luxe business cards and I have to say, I'm quite impressed! These snap shots are just a little peek - I will be taking some better photographs once I get time.

These new business cards are the start of the new Mr Yen branding and they feature a photograph of a botanical silhouette of me - along with my contact details. I really like the effect of using a photograph of the paper cut as I love the fact you can see it slightly lifting off the page - giving it a slightly 3D element. I will definitely be creating some postcards using the same technique to give away with all new orders after the re-launch. Oh and check out the black middle section of the business card...very nice indeed!

I'm so excited to get back from Manchester for good, so I can work on finalising a few new paper cut designs too. I'm still planning for an August re-launch and there is still so much to do. I expect the blog will be quiet throughout the upcoming week (as I will be living out of a hotel room for six days) but when I get back to Leeds for good, it will be all systems go!

I hope you have a great week!

{Monday Morning}

Today was the first time Toby visited the vets with us and we thought it would be time for his next injection, meaning he could go out within a week, but the injection is not for another two weeks! Now he has been to the vets and is starting to settle in, I can get back to some work!

I feel like it has been a long time since I have created anything new and have slowly been making progress with the notepad covers for these notepads while trying to get some Christmas designs finished. I am aiming for a few Christmas card designs & a limited edition, Christmas themed papercut to be released soon....so keep your eyes out for sneaky peeks of those in the next few weeks!

{Hand cut paper notepad covers above}

{Monday Morning}

This is the first Monday after I have finished University and have decided to have a relaxing day off from doing any work. I still have work to be finishing for my exhibition, but I really need a day off to do nothing. I finished University on Friday, started my part time job on Saturday and worked all weekend, so today will be my first day off!

So.....now University is over and done with, I plan to work full time on developing my papercut products for my etsy shop, for stockists and making them available for wholesale...all while working part time to earn money for rent/bills etc. If a great design job or opportunity came along I would definitely take that too as I would still like to work on freelance graphic design projects.

As selling my products will now be a full time job for me, my prices will be going up but I will be introducing lots of new products too! I already have a few of these planned and ready to be brought out, but I am waiting until I can make sure it is all cost effective and I can plan to properly launch each new product at the right time and to the right audience!

I will be using this blog on a more regular basis now too as I have more time to do so, showing inspirational pieces, development of my business and the details that go along with it and I will still be keeping some of my regular features such as a Monday Morning blog post and weekend goodness posts.

Here's hoping that my papercut products all work out and that I can do this as a full time job as it is my dream to be self employed, creating paper products that have simple clean aesthetics and that are beautiful enough to be framed or practical enough to be used!

{Oh and below you can see I have finally got around to getting mrYen stationery printed and photographed with my new logo and branding on - which is a letterhead, notepad, business card and compliment slip}