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Notes from Alt: Best Business Cards (Vol. 2)

As promised, here are five more of my favorite cards.

Inward Facing Girl is a case study in consistent branding. This design is also on her blog and Twitter background. She also handed out little chocolates with the same logo (not pictured because I ate it immediately upon acquiring).
Classic, non? Alexandra Hedin‘s cards give you a glimpse into her sophisticated, clean aesthetic.
I wish I could do Tabitha Evans-Johnson‘s card justice – it has gold painted edges! Luckily, she discussed their wonderful pretty on her blog, Glitter & Ganache.
Joel Flory is a wedding photographer. His cards spotlight his hometown.
Lyndsey Payzant‘s cards conveniently list what she does (blogging, tweeting, working) with relevant information to the right. Perfect.

I was handing out my (seemingly less impressive) cards like gang-busters to anyone with an open hand. I still have about 300 left with “Helena Butters” and only 9 months left with that as my name.

Notes from Alt: Best Business Cards (Vol. 1)

Non-bloggers may not know this, but most of us bloggers have business cards. Yep, just like you have business cards for your job. Why? Precisely for meet-ups and conferences like Alt Summit where we want to collect and trade blog links and Twitter handles.

I’ve collected so many lovely cards over the past few days - I had to share a few of my faves. Being surrounded by such creative people has been such an inspiration. These aren’t your standard calling cards.

Look at the beautiful scripty-calligraphic fonts on these cards from There Comes a Yes and How Joyful.
The following card from Brandi Bernoskie is deliciously vague. Who wouldn’t want to check out her site after receiving this?
Heather Davidson of Joy of All Crafts had such a clever idea – she sewed fabric to the back of her cards. So appropriate for a craft blogger! She blogged about the process as well, and I adore that she included “trial and error.”
Hillary Schuster did a fantastic job with personal branding – the picture below is also her blog and Twitter image. The party hat is famous; I got asked if I was “the party hat girl” and … part of me wanted to say yes.

Yes, there are more. This post had to be a two-fer to share all the lovely!

Altitude Design Summit: Day 1

Today at Alt, I got:

Thirty-five business cards (three with treats attached).
A total fan-girl moment when HGTV tweeted a picture of Emily Henderson and me (twice! omgdie).
Confirmation that the flash on my camera is the devil.*
A necklace with a wooden kitty on it (designed by Evie Kemp – see pic below!). I rocked it all day and will again tomorrow.
New blogs to read / twitter accounts to follow.
Many tips and ideas for future blog posts.

*Ok, but ignore this when looking at the images associated with this post as yes, I did have to use flash to get clear pictures of my goodies on the hotel bedspread.