Comments on: Add your name to the front of your postcards

By: Sandra Cherry Jones

Sandra Cherry Jones — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:28:45 +0000

Great suggestions. I recently had postcards printed with the title and my name printed under the image of the painting.

By: Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo

Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:30:26 +0000

I’ll definitely keep this in mind for my next postcard order. So simple yet so not thought of before! Thanks Alyson and Casey!

By: Susan Buret

Susan Buret — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:47:08 +0000

I am just about to order some postcards. Thank you so much for this tip….. and all the other wonderful advice you share with us.

By: marianne hornbuckle

marianne hornbuckle — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:20:26 +0000

Your name on the front of the postcard in a complimentary font is a great idea – for some unknown reason have done that for years! Then you can repeat your name on the info side or not, giving yourself more space for good design, or other info. my work is abstract, so black in the background often works well, or a very deep version of a color that compliments the image.works even better…

By: Alyson Stanfield

Alyson Stanfield — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:15:25 +0000

Tina: I am fairly sure that I wouldn’t like your work on a black background. Most of the time I don’t like black (SO harsh), but sometimes it looks just fine. Be careful. Black can weigh down a work.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:29:02 +0000

The front of my postcard has an image of one of my Ancestress shadow boxes, and type which says: Michelle Davis Petelinz invites you to…

This has served me well in inviting customers to shows, and informing my mailing list members of various newsy events. I purposely did not use my business name since between the time I did the postcard design and now, I’ve changed it!

By: Lynne Oakes

Lynne Oakes — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:47:38 +0000

I only did this for the first time on my last postcard….and NOT because I knew it was the right thing to do! Thank you Alyson for putting our attention on these very important details!

By: Judith HeartSong

Judith HeartSong — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:58:22 +0000

Always! You are branding yourself just as any other business brands itself. I just recently created a new postcard with lots of thumbnails on a black background for mailings and studio handouts, and of all the postcards and bookmarks, that one is frequently picked up first.

To get a look at the design you can take a peek here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judithheartsong/4289761049/

By: Tina Mammoser

Tina Mammoser — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:15:06 +0000

Alyson you’re just so good at pointing out these blindingly obvious things that I never do!

I’d love to see other artists’ examples of their postcards or invites, by the way. To see basics. Yesterday I saw an invite on a black background and it looked amazing (Lisa Call’s next show) – I had never even considered a black background.

By: Alyson Stanfield

Alyson Stanfield — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:50:15 +0000

Casey: My pleasure. Thank you for sharing.

Linda: That works, too!