I posted that we would be sharing the logo soon, but alas, I lied.
A short explanation: I am a creative person, but, my creativity has not translated at all to computer graphics. A year ago, I paid $100 for a logo I will never use. I can, with paint or markers, or pencil, in a minute come up with the perfect logo. Put me in front of a computer, where I am forced to choose someone elses ideas, colors, and drawings, and you can forget it. It's never quite right, not exactly what I wanted.
So, my daughter who is 17 and the true heart and soul of SmartyPants and exactly like me, has been doodling amazing and fun stuff since she could hold a pencil. She "gets" SmartyPants, shares a brain with me, and I love her style, so...she's created our logo, in the good old fashioned manner of drawing it, and then painting it. I absolutely LOVE it.
So often I am torn to "fit in" the business world. I see channel letter signage, and think I should proabably have that, it's easy to see, and it lends credibility to a business, as in, I paid a bunch of $$ for this sign, I'm sticking around. But ya know, it occured to me...people LOVE SmartyPants and SmartyPants is me...quirky, unconventional, not always fitting in.
Very soon, a bright, clever, and cool sign will grace the front of SmartyPants, and you'll see why I won't conform to the biz world, or settle for some computer graphic I found! I'll post a pic as soon as it's done.
In the meantime, here are some photos of the shop...sigh! It's pretty much a disaster, closing up shop 1 doesn't leave much time for creating shop 2. Lord knows if I'm not out of my current location by Feb. 1, my lovely landlord will charge me for the entire month, therefore, I must stay focused, and keep packing up the original shop.
See the spotlights? I'm super excited about that!
Here are my son Josh on the ladder, 6 foot 4 inches tall at age 13, he's a great worker, and darling daughter's boyfriend, Trent trying to remove the flocked wallpaper...
These are "The Teds" my husband and father (who happen to share the same name) removing a half wall.
Darling dauter Ashley, my little artist takes time out of her busy basketball schedule to help out at the shop
Both daughers, Ashley on the left, and Carmen on the right are a huge part of SmartyPants. They work the shop, everyone loves them, but more importantly, they inspire me to try new things, and think outside of the box.
We have finally decided on colors:
