Last Friday – on a very very wet and rainy day I held a Biggest Morning Tea in support of the cancer council and also to celebrate my new business direction for creative hardt.

We raised over $43.90 on the day which is not bad for a small group -
By raising $20- you can help train a volunteer to provide one on one support
for those diagnosed, so I am so happy we were able to do our small bit for this valuable cause.

Well done everyone, Sorry i totally forgot to get a “teapot” photo.

I hope to do it again bigger and better next year! Thankyou again to all who came along and braved the rain!

This week i finally was able to update my mailing list & newsletter program.

With the launch of this new system i have decided to offer all new members who signup a FREE greeting card* of my artwork. *In order to receive this gift you will need to include your postal address when signing up and you will also need to be an Australian resident. Apologies to international members, i just cant afford the postage for your free gift atm, but you may receive one in the future!

My plan for my mailing list is to occasionally send out newsletters or postcards in the mail on events, exhibitions or sales i might be having. If you are on my list you will also receive special discounts on prints or other promotions, you might even get a christmas card or two . I promise not to SPAM you though, i hate spam and you may unsubscribe anytime.

Its a plan for a future looking forward to sharing it all with you.

So if you like my work, Signup Todayfor my mailing list and newsletter

http://www.belindalindhardt.com.au/wp/index.php/mailing-list-newsletter/

One of the draw backs of being a designer is that your constantly on the improve,  “unsatisfied” with what you have or “revisiting” for want of a better word.

I  suppose it’s a good thing in one way, i mean many people would love to design at the drop of a hat… but it means that its very difficult to find a “solution” that you can enjoy and that sticks for a while.

I haven’t been happy with my logo for a while, during my struggle of trying to discover where i need to go art, business and illustration wise…i have tried multiple times to come up with something with no great end result on either the logo or on my direction.

I still feel like i have much more defining to do, but the reality of the situation is i have to move forward and go with something or i will be stuck in this nothing-limbo forever. So with that in mind after many different versions i think i may have found a new logo! Or a version of my logo….yes i am going for the heart.. kinda tacky my name being lindhardt, but i figured why not utlilise the fact that this might be an easy way for people to remember me by Why must i make it harder than it already is… ?

There are quite few other things going on as to why i have selected what i have, why i chose these colours, why i choose a squiggle, why do i really need a logo in the first place, (many artists i see just have type) particuarlly gallery type artists…. I will leave all that analogy  for some other lonely rainy afternoon. but for now, here is a logo that i think i like for myself…

Until tomorrow comes, and i decide that i want to “REVISIT” and design myself another one.

Wow, I feel really privileged to have been interviewed and published for www.herbusinesslife.com.au.

This is my first online interview, i have been published in art publications and magazines, but this is my first one to be published coupled with some other truly amazing and inspiring business women.

Thankyou to Anni from www.herbusinesslife.com.au for selecting me, and if you wish to checkout the interview go to: http://herbusinesslife.com.au/belinda-lindhardt-illustrator-graphic-designer/ make sure you checkout all the other wonderful women as well

Well, here is a little squizz at the prints i matted up yesterday which i am offering as spot prizes for the Business Mums Conference starting tomorrow.

They are 11X14 inches and i think they came up pretty good (even if i do say so myself i just hope the recipients like them.

At the moment i am busily getting ready for the Business Mums Conference i will be attending in Melbourne on the weekend.
As well as a design services voucher for my graphics business I have also offered up 3 X 2-packs of my art greeting cards as spot prizes, as well as some prints of my  artworks -

Lovely Tomatoes Print

White Rose Print

Blue Swirl Pot Print

Tree Girl Print

I only hope the recipients like them

I am also thinking off offering some of these as giveaways for the regular readers of my blog with a little competition coming soon. So stay tuned. I will be online during the conference, i hope to post about my experiences as they happen if i have the time. Stay tuned.

Business Mums Conference - http://www.businessmumsconference.com.au/testimonials.html

Its not too late to get tickets if you are able to i really reccommend you attend.

Well here we are my first post for this blog. Why change you ask ?
That is a long story and i promise i will post more about my research as to why i moved to wordpress from blogger and all the trials and tribulations that have come with it.

For the moment all i need to say as i begin to swim out of the sea of code and graphics that I have been in, in the last week or more, is that i am here. I still have bugs to iron out. Some bits and pieces aren’t working but for the few of you that may come across this until its sorted Welcome.

Any feedback you have is appreciated.