What is Good // Possible Further Future Product Range

As I have really enjoyed this project and feel like it is something I would like to carry on with in the future, I have got a friend of mine now also making bunting so we are going to join forces and use this project as a basis for selling our own Handmade Crafts in the future.

Further Products we are thinking of selling:

Dreamcatchers
Hand-sewn purses
Customized Fairy Lights

We plan to sell things like bunting and dream catchers at Mamsys restuarant and also at festivals this summer as we hope to do a full summer of festivals and we think these products would go down a treat.  

Below is my first attempt at making a dream catcher.  I learned how to weave the thread from an online tutorial.  I now plan to make giant dream catchers for decoration, using hula hoops as the base.  

Also everybody loves cake.. well nearly everybody!

For my friend Lisa's Birthday, as I have bunting on the brain I made her some Bunting Cupcakes (which you may have seen on my homepage).  This is definitely a possibility for selling.

What is Good // Bunting // Packaging

In order for people to buy the product, it has to look good on the outside as well as the inside. 

For the packaging I have gone for a hand-crafted style which works for the brand and the product.  To keep the costs to a minimum I have avoided printing large amounts, so the information will come printed on a tag.

The packaging is prepared and ready to wrap the bunting.

My progress so far:  3 down, hundreds to go!

The packages so far:

What is Good // Final Poster Designs

What is Good // Bunting // Poster Development

 

What is Good // Logo Design

For the logo design, I wanted it to reflect the brand/ products I am creating.  As the products are quite feminine and all packaged in natural brown colours, it seemed relevent to have an illustration.  I didn't want to limit myself to creating a logo which was only suitable for bunting as in the future I would like to broaden my product range.

You can see below a few of the small circular drawings are idea's for a logo design.  I then tried to take the design onto the computer.  However, when computer generated, I struggled to achieve a similar effect.

I then went back to sketching and after a while I drew out this pattern, which I think, is a good shape and size for a logo and could also cover many different products.  I then took a picture of the drawing and digitalised it from there.

 

 

Below you can see my logo design on the price tags which I designed to go on the bunting packages.  I am pleased with how they have turned out, now they just need whole punched and some string added!  These tags could also be used for anything which I may decide to sell in the future.

Poster Competition // Exhi

Concept One:  STOP LOOK DESIGN

attention grabbing

minimal use of colour

links to traffic passing through corridor

 

Concept Two:  GRFX XHBTN or "The Rotating Display"

laser cut

block coloured paper

use glyphs

Concept Three:  Graphic Design GEEK

feature: mac, stationery, glasses, keyboard, mouse

laser cut

"Exhi" re-drawn

the idea of only half the word being shown is to get people to question what it's about and engage in the exhibition process.

Traced with the pen tool and ready to take to the laser cutter.

What is Good // Bunting // IN THE MAKING

I've got triangles coming out my ears!

Thanks to a few of my friends donations of fabrics/old clothes and some old bed sheets I had lying around and a bag of £1 off cuts from the market I have been able to cut out hundreds of triangles of fabric in preparation for making and selling the bunting.

Re-using old materials means that I can keep the cost of actually making the bunting as low as possible which then means I can sell it for an affordable price.  (which is something I think is important - I hate being ripped off).  Also as the money from this project is going to Charity I would like to sell lots of bunting, and more people will invest if it is affordable.

As I wish to attract as large a target market as I can, I am making bunting out of patterns which aren't just the stereotypical ditsy floral patterns, as I spoke about in my presentation.  

You can see below the first strip is a more autumny coloured batch 

The second is much more feminine

The third, I like to call the "Tomboy" range as it has more blue colours and checks and stripes rather than flowers.