Uno mas design: Opinions needed

everydayeve · June 2011

I'm making this to frame and put in our house. It's our anniversary date in the middle with all of our bdays.

After the input, here are some other ideas. Thoughts? (And I just added another one to incorporate SweetieP's suggestions)

Original:

Bird:

Two hearts:

House:

Different spacing and a border:

Smuches4u · June 2011

What a stunning idea! I love it! I'm no design person, but it's great.

I think the dates being off skew a bit adds to the visual interest. Who cares about center, but if you do, try playing with the margins on the page to offset the offset of the text.

I like the heart. Maybe a silouette of a Home? with a heart cut out?

A Bird?

futrkingsley · June 2011

I like the idea and have seen similar stuff on Etsy. I think what's throwing it off for me is that the dates aren't all in the same format. In fact, I'm not even sure what some of them refer to since the wedding date isn't picking up numbers from some rows but is in others. I'd format it so that all the dates have the same number of characters (two digit month, two digit day, two digit year for example). Maybe if you need ones and you don't have any in the other dates, use four digit year?

OR you could put them all in chronological order like so:

080158
122162
071200
061105
021211

With the wedding date still in red.

Smuches4u · June 2011

futrkingsley:

I like the idea and have seen similar stuff on Etsy. I think what's throwing it off for me is that the dates aren't all in the same format. In fact, I'm not even sure what some of them refer to since the wedding date isn't picking up numbers from some rows but is in others. I'd format it so that all the dates have the same number of characters (two digit month, two digit day, two digit year for example). Maybe if you need ones and you don't have any in the other dates, use four digit year?

OR you could put them all in chronological order like so:

080158
122162
071200
061105
021211

With the wedding date still in red.

The Image Insert is too large for the Nest Column, scroll right. Date formats are all the same MMDDYYYY.

quesarah · June 2011

I love it! I do agree that it needs something else to balance it, but I'm not sure what. The heart is cute though.

everydayeve · June 2011

futrkingsley:
I like the idea and have seen similar stuff on Etsy. I think what's throwing it off for me is that the dates aren't all in the same format. In fact, I'm not even sure what some of them refer to since the wedding date isn't picking up numbers from some rows but is in others. I'd format it so that all the dates have the same number of characters (two digit month, two digit day, two digit year for example). Maybe if you need ones and you don't have any in the other dates, use four digit year?

OR you could put them all in chronological order like so:

080158
122162
071200
061105
021211

With the wedding date still in red.

They do all have the same format. The picture is larger than the viewing window, maybe your screen didn't add the side-scroll? I thought about doing it in a block, but liked combining a scrabble-type idea as well.

everydayeve · June 2011

Smuches4u:
I like the heart. Maybe a silouette of a Home? with a heart cut out?

A Bird?

I love the bird idea and the house idea. I'll have to play with those. Thanks!

futrkingsley · June 2011

everydayeve:
futrkingsley:

I like the idea and have seen similar stuff on Etsy. I think what's throwing it off for me is that the dates aren't all in the same format. In fact, I'm not even sure what some of them refer to since the wedding date isn't picking up numbers from some rows but is in others. I'd format it so that all the dates have the same number of characters (two digit month, two digit day, two digit year for example). Maybe if you need ones and you don't have any in the other dates, use four digit year?

OR you could put them all in chronological order like so:

080158
122162
071200
061105
021211

With the wedding date still in red.

They do all have the same format. The picture is larger than the viewing window, maybe your screen didn't add the side-scroll? I thought about doing it in a block, but liked combining a scrabble-type idea as well.

Ah, now i get it. I didn't see the scroll bar before.

SweetieP · June 2011

I love it! Such a cute idea. The thing that throws my eye off is the spacing on the "0"s in each line (They appear to be further away from the other numbers due to the way this font is laid out - you can play with the kearning/spacing to move them in if you wanted to. The 1's have the same issue.)

I really love the one with the house and the heart !

quesarah · June 2011

I like the two hearts.

everydayeve · June 2011

SweetieP:
The thing that throws my eye off is the spacing on the "0"s in each line (They appear to be further away from the other numbers due to the way this font is laid out - you can play with the kearning/spacing to move them in if you wanted to. The 1's have the same issue.)

Good catch! This is why I needed another set of eyes.

heatherbeanz · June 2011

I like the house with the heart best. Cute idea!

scrapmama2201 · June 2011

LOVE the last one. So cute.

Smuches4u · June 2011

Swooning over the House Heart w/Border. 3/4-1" white high gloss frame?

Awesome!

EmmieB · June 2011

I like the border - that's a nice addition. I prefer the bird, but the house +heart is second.

kfishie · June 2011

So cute and so creative! I love the border, either with the house/heart or the bird! Love!

SweetieP · June 2011

everydayeve:
I'm making this to frame and put in our house. It's our anniversary date in the middle with all of our bdays.
After the input, here are some other ideas. Thoughts? (And I just added another one to incorporate SweetieP's suggestions)
Original:

Bird:

Two hearts:
House:

Different spacing and a border:

Lovely!!!!

The only thing I'd change now is make the distance between the house and the border the same as the 5 and the border. You could even reduce the size of the interior if you wanted (so that there is more blue between the numbers and the border). The other suggestion is that might want to have a bleed of 1/8" all the way around so that you'll actually see the border -otherwise the frame will cover it.