1000 Facebook ‘Liker’ EXTRAVAGANZA

03 Jun 2011 by Emilyin Competitions Tags: 1000, competition, Facebook, free, likers, logo, stationary No Comments

To celebrate that advent of 1000 ‘likers’ on Facebook I have decided, since I am also launching my new look website to have a wee bit of an extravaganza! I will award one lucky Facebook ‘liker’ with an amazing business identity package.

The winner will receive ONE Basic Logo Package worth $99, Letterhead and Business Card design Package worth $90 and a massive Social Media Package worth $200. This is all you need to completely transform the face of your business! But don’t forget you have to be a liker of Designem on Facebook to be eligible!

To Enter email me using  my  contact from with the subject ’Facebook Competition′.  Once we hit 1000 likers I will advise of the shut off time.

For an extra chance to win, you can tag yourself in one of the 1000 Liker Extravaganza photos on the Designem Facebook Business page.

You can check out my new Pricing Plan Page for a full list of my Services.

1)  This competition is open to fans/likers of Designem on Facebook, who are over 18 (Parents can claim prize on behalf of any child under this age)

2) Entry into the competition is only by emailing me using my contact from.

3) By entering the competition, you are acknowledging that this  promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You are providing your information to Designem and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used for picking a winner and notifying them.

4) Once Designem on Facebook has reached 1000 ‘likers’, there will be an extra 2 days opportunity to get emails sent to allow time for the newest likers to enter. The time of the impending draw will be published before the 2 days begins.

5) The winner will be chosen at random using my son … he draw a name from the hat again, since he was so good at it last time I will video this again and post it here

6) Winner will be notified by email as soon as possible following the draw, once contact has been made I will announce the winner in Facebook.

Bluewaves Swim School – Logo, Website and Stationary!

12 Apr 2011 by Emilyin General Design, Logo Design, Web Site Design Tags: awards, blue waves, bluewaves, certificates, development, logo, school, stationary, swim, swim school, website No Comments

I’ve been itching to show you all this! Introducing the new website for Blue Waves Swim School (and logo and stationary). I’m just so in love with the logo and well, pretty much all of it. Take a looks *squeal* That’s Jo’s Daughter on the left, my very own Mr Chaos in the middle and One of the trouble monsters with teacher (and my sister) Jess on the right. Honestly, if you are looking at getting  your children swimming lessons and in driving distance of Manakau then you CAN’T go wrong with enrolling your child here. Captain Chaos has been having swimming lessons with Jo since he was 6 months old, and first started swimming solo when he was just three years old. He might be taking  a break while he adjusts to school, but he is joining Judy again for the first week of the holiday intensives. Here is the logo (which I said before but will say again I LOVE) I just hope Jo loves it as much as me The following is an overview of the development, believe me when I tell you I went down a few false paths before inspriatoin stuck. The first logo in this series is original logo (As this was a revamp). And of course no design would be complete without a little stationary (in my books anyhow) But wait, there’s more! Certificates! No facebook at this time, but don’t worry I’m working on it. I’ll let you know when Jo sets one up.

The Cupcake Princess Logo! Featuring some of the Development.

25 Mar 2011 by Emilyin General Design, Logo Design Tags: Cupcake Princess, cupcakes, cute logo design, logo, logo development, stationary 2 Comments

I have been holding off from posting this so Crystal would have a chance to show her loyal followers first, so let me now introduce you too the new Ms Cupcake. You can check out the fantastic cupcakes and other yummy things that she makes on her facebook page. She went though a few transformations! And she is also on a sticker advertising Crystal’s blog! And of course no new business logo would be complete without  a little stationary. I am rather pleased with how she turned out, but as usual feel free to comment as I always welcome constructive criticism  (looks pointedly at Himself “Heavy emphasis on ‘constructive!’” hehe

Onesie Bummsie – Logo Development

07 Feb 2010 by Emilyin General Design, Logo Design Tags: body suit extender, business card, childlike, cute, letter head, logo, logo development, Onesie Bummsie, playful, stationary 1 Comment

Onesie Bummsie is a small business run by entrepreneur Jess, who has come up with, what is in my opinion, a fantastic and invaluable product and invaluable to any parent who like myself use cloth nappies. The concept is actually very simple but works so well. A Onesie Bummsie is an extender that snaps in between the legs to get that extra mileage out your babies Bodysuit or Onesie. Often (and I have found this myself) cloth nappies mean that onesies or body suits don’t fit over them, and even if you are using disposables babies grow sooo fast its hard to keep up with them! This is a little demo.

In the words of ‘Onesie Bummie‘, its ‘The little extender that goes a long way’ I set to designing Onesie Bummsie a logo keeping in mind a score of things. Including keeping it playful, childlike and cute while conveying to the the consumer what Onesie Bummsie is for and about. Like I do when start out designing anything I first grab out my ever present sketch pad and followed my creative nose by drawing out a couple of ideas that end up crowding my brain. Running parallel to this I also set about doing some research on the business, noting down ideas and directions my design may follow. And the stationary was soon to follow. I was lucky with this one I think. The idea manifested itself inside my head and I chased it to a satisfying completion. Once when I was much younger I met the composer Howard Blake who wrote both music and lyrics for the movie ‘The Snowman’ and he told me that if a piece of music didn’t come to fruition within several days then he would abandon it as it was never meant to be. I feel much the same way about my design work.