Moo Cards
08/14/2007 @ 09:44 PM Filed in:
Photography
I received my note cards and mini
cards from Moo in the mail tonight. For the most part I'm pretty
happy and a little surprised.
First my grievances...ordering multiple items from Moo seems to be a pain. If you try to order multiples of the same product, that's easy. Try ordering say 1 mini card set and 1 note card set all in one order. I couldn't find a way. Never saw a "continue shopping" button or something similar. So I was forced to make two separate orders and thus may full price for shipping. Its gotta be cheaper to mail things in a larger container than mail several small packages. And I'd like if the mini cards were twice as wide. If I have to pay twice the amount or get half the number of cards, fine. The mini cards are cool, but coming from a photography point of view, its tough trying to get a good portion of an image on one of those cards. Instead I have to really be selective (which can be cool and fun but if you are wanting to use them as advertisement materials, I think its best to include photos that represents your work not just a portion.).
And now what I like...The note cards are cool. I dig em. I really like how thick the card stock they use and the feel of them. I think the card stock is laminated. The cards themselves and Moo's packaging remind me of Apple's packaging. Granted they don't conform to a 3:2 ratio, they are large enough to place a decent amount of your photo on them (maybe similar to cropping a 3:2 image to an 8x10). But at the same time they are small, but the right kind of small. And I liked the look of the text you can have Moo print on the back. I included a copyright symbol and name on one line in the center of the back of the card and my name and URL at the bottom. Looks good and looks professional. Maybe work not only as advertising but maybe as promotion too. And I dig the small side flap. The extra paper that is small but enough to make the whole piece called a "note card". The flap is great at propping the card up for display on a desk. No frames necessary.
The mini cards seem fun. I think I went the wrong route with them. Instead of using them to show off my work seriously, maybe I should design each card with the idea that I need to heavily crop. That way I go through my library looking for small components to print. Then use them as small business cards and use them to generate intrigue to drive web traffic.
First my grievances...ordering multiple items from Moo seems to be a pain. If you try to order multiples of the same product, that's easy. Try ordering say 1 mini card set and 1 note card set all in one order. I couldn't find a way. Never saw a "continue shopping" button or something similar. So I was forced to make two separate orders and thus may full price for shipping. Its gotta be cheaper to mail things in a larger container than mail several small packages. And I'd like if the mini cards were twice as wide. If I have to pay twice the amount or get half the number of cards, fine. The mini cards are cool, but coming from a photography point of view, its tough trying to get a good portion of an image on one of those cards. Instead I have to really be selective (which can be cool and fun but if you are wanting to use them as advertisement materials, I think its best to include photos that represents your work not just a portion.).
And now what I like...The note cards are cool. I dig em. I really like how thick the card stock they use and the feel of them. I think the card stock is laminated. The cards themselves and Moo's packaging remind me of Apple's packaging. Granted they don't conform to a 3:2 ratio, they are large enough to place a decent amount of your photo on them (maybe similar to cropping a 3:2 image to an 8x10). But at the same time they are small, but the right kind of small. And I liked the look of the text you can have Moo print on the back. I included a copyright symbol and name on one line in the center of the back of the card and my name and URL at the bottom. Looks good and looks professional. Maybe work not only as advertising but maybe as promotion too. And I dig the small side flap. The extra paper that is small but enough to make the whole piece called a "note card". The flap is great at propping the card up for display on a desk. No frames necessary.
The mini cards seem fun. I think I went the wrong route with them. Instead of using them to show off my work seriously, maybe I should design each card with the idea that I need to heavily crop. That way I go through my library looking for small components to print. Then use them as small business cards and use them to generate intrigue to drive web traffic.
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