Making Business Cards is NOT Art

Posted by Jenn Greenleaf Apr 6, 2009

In my last entry, I outlined some ideas about how I WASN’T going to work on art this weekend. This was in an attempt to fool myself into the fact that, because I thought I wouldn’t . . . perhaps I actually would. Well, that plan sort of blew up in my face (and into smithereens.)

I did, however, end up spending three hours last night making business cards for my beloved. He needed them created earlier in the weekend, but other circumstances beyond our control held our attention for the bulk of the weekend. Everything that we had planned for the weekend, as a matter of fact, was quickly shifted.

So, does making business cards count as making art? No. The entire process did nothing but frustrate me and stress me out to the point of wanting to throw my pretty little pink laptop out the window…my printer, too. I had to fit A LOT of information on to that tiny little card and, while I managed to achieve that goal, it was no easy task.

What will happen next weekend? Who knows? I do know that, even when things are planned out perfectly and promises for attendance at events are made, life will throw a curve ball when you least expect. What do we do in these situations? We swing, and hopefully everyone understands that the game isn’t always going to be played as intended.