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National Stationery Show 2012

Alison M. — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:11:53 -0800

Hi Designers,

We're planning some fun events for this year's National Stationery Show, taking place at the Javits Center in NYC, May 20-23. Please keep us posted on whether or not you will be attending or exhibiting. We really enjoyed meeting so many talented Minties last year and can't wait to see everyone again!

Best,

Alison

Alison Michael | Associate Manager, Community Relations | minted.

Merchandising Advice for Minted: Missing designs

Alison M. — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:17:08 -0800

Hi Designers,

Often times the very best feedback we receive as a company comes from you, the Minted Community. We'd love to open up the Forum with discussions on how you feel we can better direct our consumers to your incredible products.

Topic number two is designs missing from the assortment.

Do you have any advice on our assortment or specific kinds of designs you think are missing from one of our categories?

We can't wait to hear what you have in mind!

Newbie Welcome Kit

info@designlotus.com — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:16:52 -0700

If there were a welcome kit for new designers, what would you put or want in it?

Minted Designer Community Wishlist

Sydney Newsom — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:02:35 -0700

I know this has been brought up before but Minted has made a lot of changes and the older threads and thoughts have become a bit stale (and lengthy). Minted genuinely wants to help out the design community in every way possible. So, let's make a new wishlist of things we would like to see. Ann brought up the option of being able to zoom in to see the details of designs during the voting stage (an excellent suggestion).

What else would you guys like to see/have access to? What can Minted do to make your experience as a designer better- whether it be as a designer in general or as a designer for Minted, specifically?

Minted Mentors - Reach out!

Alison M. — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:18:10 -0700

Hi Designers,

We have an amazing team of Minted Mentors; Amy Ehmann of Design Lotus, Sydney Newsom, Ann Gardner, Hailey Myziuk of Hello Hailey and Jennifer Wick. The Minted Mentors will be kicking off fun, interesting and informative threads right here in the forum, connecting designers with the resources they need to participate in design challenges, and making sure that Minted receives the feedback we need to constantly improve the community and customer experience. These helpful designers will be checking in on this thread often. Ask your questions and leave your feedback here!

Best,

Alison

Alison Michael | Community Relations | minted.

Merchandising Advice for Minted: Cross-category designs

Alison M. — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:10:27 -0800

Hi Designers,

Topic number one is cross-category merchandising.

If you were to suggest a design that is currently in one Minted category but should also be sold or repurposed for another category and page, what would it be?

We can't wait to hear what you have in mind!

Designer Directory

hannahcloud DESIGN — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:27:45 -0700

One thing that's frustrating about the forum here is that unless you use your minted.com username it's hard to tell who you're talking to. I, personally, would love to be able to put a design with a name, blog, etc. This may get tangled up with the whole privacy issue, but it would be great if when you clicked on a forum member's name you were given the option to link to their minted.com designer's page. Is this possible and I'm just not seeing it?

Until then, I thought we could start a thread that ties all our secret identities together. So if you're in, post a comment with your screen name, your minted designer name, and your blog or website if you have one, your etsy store, and maybe the first minted challenge you ever entered.

By the way I used "Mighty Mintie" Design Lotus a.k.a. Amy's instructions for inserting a link into my post and you can too:

Make sure to format comments as html

INSERT LINK TEXT HERE

Example -
Hannah's Blog

Michigan Minities

Dreaming Inspirations — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:39:05 -0700

Are there any other Michigan Minities? wondering who is and where you guys are located maybe a Mintie meet up sometime?

What do you think the next winner's announcement will be?

Loree Mayer — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:43:59 -0700

I'm dying here. :) I check the blog way, way too often.

I'm also having a really hard time keeping track of when an old challenge reaches it's 90 days so I can try to sell them on Etsy. How do you keep track?

Holiday Design Challenge?

edeegan — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:28:28 -0700

I was wondering what happened to the Holiday Design Challenge that was supposed to start today? It's no longer listed on the website. I was interested in submitting designs.

Commission Check Questions

Serenity Avenue — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:39:58 -0700

Good evening Minties! I received a check today from Minted for my "Untitled: The First-Ever Minted Art Print Challenge" designs, but I thought it would contain all winning designs through the month of March. Is that not the case? Are checks mailed out individually for each challenge? And is a commission check simply just commission? I am not sure how this works exactly, since I have only begun winning challenges recently. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch.

Ashley

Ipad Vs. Wacom Tablet

sweet ollie designs — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:12:21 -0700

Hi Minties!

I recently got a Wacom tablet but haven't tried it out yet (was hoping to this weekend!) - then earlier today I was in a meeting with an architect and she was sketching on her ipad with a stylus and just with her finger. She downloaded an app for about $10 called Sketchbook and she said she absolutely loves it, can still work in layers, etc. I've read some really positive Wacom tablet reviews by Minties but now wondering if the ipad is the way to go.

I guess I am just looking for another tool with more flexibility than the mouse for illustrations and lettering. I'd love to hear what other Minties think of these two products.

Thanks :)

Monica

Completed Art Collection

Rebecca Bowen — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:46:43 -0700

i would really like to buy some art for my bare walls, but i am afraid as soon as i do, more designs will be launched. is there anyway we can find out when the art launch in complete so i know when to make my final picks.. i dont want to miss anything;)

Selling Designs to Photographers

Sara Heilwagen — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:14:19 -0700

I've been asked by a couple photographers to do holiday card designs that will be exclusive to their clients. I'm interested in hearing how others have done this in the past. Have you sold them the design and sent the PSD/AI/ID file to the photographer to manipulate and handle the ordering themselves or do you have them order for each client through you? And how have you priced it if you choose the first option?

Private face book group for designers?

Moe and Me — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:53:26 -0700

I was just wondering if it would be beneficial to have a private
facebook group for designers were we would feel free to talk amongst each
other. On topics perhaps the public/ design lerkers shouldn’t see!

What are your thoughts?

looking for good paper resources

Kirstin Nagy — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:47:44 -0700

Does anyone know a great source for paper if I want to try some of my own printing techniques at home? I'm especially looking for a luxuriously thick quality paper in size A6 flat and folded cards. It would be a huge plus if the paper was recycled or from an alternative source (bamboo, for example).

I'm also curious about the price range in general for papers and good sources to get supplies. For most of my work all I need to worry about is the digital side, which makes me a bit new to the whole printing and production process, so any help would be appreciated! Thank you!

Pin Your Own Work to Pinterest?

Cordial Punch Press — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:32:11 -0700

I searched through the discussion boards to see if this has already come up (and I apologize if this is beating a dead horse). It was touched on a little in the "Mintie Eyes Are Everywhere" thread, but I'm interested in everyone's input on pinning your own work to Pinterest. I briefly started an account for my business and was pinning up my designs, but then quickly yanked them down after the copyright bru-ha-ha came to light (that you basically give your rights to Pinterest to use pins however they like-what?). However I feel like a lot of people go to Pinterest to look for stuff before they even use Google sometimes, so it's a huge opportunity to 'get found' by a potential client. But my husband chimed in with a good point that people who are looking on Pinterest aren't looking to buy something, they want to DIY something, so posting up my work is just giving people ideas to use for themselves. Plus I feel like it's a little bit of an abyss; I found a funny art print that was repinned by a creative studio who didn't give credit back to the original creator. I tried to track it down and just went in circles. That part of it kind of stinks.

SO, being wise and awesome designers, what is everyone doing? Pinning or not pinning? I feel an inevitability coming about but I guess I need a push.

Thanks!

Introducing myself (And some news!)

Jonathan Howard — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:00:39 -0700

Hi Designers!

Most of you don't know me, as I've been wanting to introduce myself for some time, but then... not doing it :) I had a great time yesterday meeting ERAY and Hello Hailey while they were in town. It's about time I met everyone else too!

I'm Jon, and I'm a member of the Engineering team at Minted, as well as an aspiring Minted Newbie Designer. I have a B.A. in Studio Art from Univ. of Maryland, College Park (as well as an Engineering degree). I focused on traditional media, then 3D graphics like modeling, texturing, and animation, so I have a lot to learn about the design world! For the next few weeks I also get the honor of working as a one-man PM/Engineer/UI team to build some of the design community features we've been wanting to launch for so long. I'm happy to say the first fruits of that labor just launched last night, and are things we know you've asked about for some time:

1) The forum now lets you delete comments!

To test it out, just write anything as a reply to this thread. You should see a "Remove" link in the bottom right, which will remove your comment. You can also remove an entire discussion you've started the same way, as long as no-one has commented on it yet.

2) We also had a lot of requests to edit or delete comments on design critique pages.

That's live now too! To check it out, go to any design critique page, like http://www.minted.com/design-rating/57452. If you've commented, then next to your name and the time you commented, there should now be two links: 'edit' and 'delete'. Should be pretty intuitive: Click 'edit' on your comment and you'll get a form to change it, then just hit submit. Click 'delete' and it'll delete it! (After asking to make sure).

Looking forward to having more good news to share, and meeting more of you soon (both online and offline!)

-Jon

ps. I'd really like to grow as a designer while I'm here. If you ever stumble across one of my submissions, please do tell me what you really think! I absolutely LOVE serious critiques

http://www.minted.com/designer/staringispolite

Can someone recap the Voice It call?

Hello Hailey — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:56:59 -0700

Hey guys - could anyone recap the call? I missed it and now I'm itching for some news :)

Minted Art Tour

Alison M. — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:44:42 -0700

Hi Designers,

If any of you missed the live Minted Art Tour with Eric Comstock of ERAY, Hailey Myziuk of Hello Hailey and Mariam, you can check it out here.

Enjoy!

Alison

Alison Michael | Associate Manager, Community Relations | minted.

Happy Hour Sunday Night During Stationery Show

Kimberly FitzSimons — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:41:35 -0700

A few Mintie designers will be staying at the Hilton Times Square next weekend during the stationery show and are planning to get together for happy hour on Sunday night at 5pm. If you are in the area, we would love for you to join us. Email me at kimberly@dailysipstudios.com if you are interested so that I can make sure to keep you in the loop to confirm our location and timing.

Looking forward to meeting many of you!

I spy a Mintie!

Hello Hailey — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:05:44 -0700

I feel like we started a thread at some point to give a shout out to Minties featured in design blogs, etc... but I can't seem to find it??

So...

I spotted Linda & Harriett today on Oh So Beautiful Paper!! Their gorgeous limited edition calendars are featured in the OSBP Calendar Roundup, here:

http://ohsobeautifulpaper.com/2011/09/2012-calendar-round-up-part-1/

Congrats Liz & John!!

Happens in Photography Too

Sara Heilwagen — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:11:40 -0700

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-picture-of-dishonesty-social-media-slaps-down-a-wedding-photo-faker

This was shared by a photographer I follow today. Reminded me of what happened on here recently with the design theft. Just thought I'd share, thought it was interesting!

What is your method for drawing?

Kal0824 — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:07:24 -0700

How does everyone draw? Do you use a pen tablet, draw and scan on computer or use a touch screen monitor?

I have a wacom tablet, but I just cannot get the hang of it. In school we had the wacom cintiq where we could draw directly on screen. I would love to buy one of those but can't afford it, so I thought about possibly getting a regular touch screen monitor to use. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Weird Dreams

Hello Hailey — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:57:13 -0700

I had a dream last night that everyone was entering holiday themed thank-you card designs for this latest challenge...

Does anyone else have minted-inspired dreams? Ha - one time I had a dream I got to work with Jennifer Wick on a really big freelance project! How creepy is that Jen? : P

I need help with a Celtic design!

kerri spath — Sun, 06 May 2012 19:58:12 -0700

I have a bride who is looking to have some sort of a Celtic design incorporated into a circular monogram/motif for her wedding invitations. I have searched everywhere online and even went to the bookstore to try and find something to work from and have come up with nothing!! I have spent way too many hours trying to come up with something on my own and am getting no where (it does not seem like it would be that difficult but somehow, I just can not wrap my mind around it.. I am not the type of person to give up but I am beyond frustrated at this point : ( I am hoping that someone in the amazing group of talented designers might have some experience creating this sort of thing or may have any suggestions for where I can find help with this? I would love to be able to just find something to purchase to incoporate into it and be done.. the idea is to have an initial in the center of a circular celtic motif. The tricky part for me has been finding something to work within a border (meaning, she does not want the design to stand alone, she wants it knocked out of a ring shape) Hard to explain.. Any help would be so incredibly appreciated : )

thanks, kerri

More information in our "sold" emails

Loree Mayer — Sun, 06 May 2012 11:06:51 -0700

I would love more info in our sold emails. It's so great to hear when we get a sale, but I have no idea if my print that sold this week was an 8x8 or a larger size or what color sold. From what I understand, there will be more information in a quarterly statement, but it would be helpful to have that information upfront.

Thanks!!

-Loree

Printing Services

Fine and Dandy Paperie — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:39:16 -0700

Hi everyone!

I am looking for any info or advice when it comes to finding a printing company to fulfill my invitation orders that I would use on a regular basis. Unfortunately I'm not able to do the printing on my own and am in need of a quality print shop with no minimum on orders, that offer a variety of paper styles and print options!

Majority orders would be Wedding Sets, Announcements and photo cards.

I've looked into some local shops around town where I live, but no luck here.

Thanks in advance for any input or help, it's much appreciated!!!

Rachel

Worst piece of advice ever...

Jennifer Wick — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:31:05 -0800

Thought it would be fun to share the worst advice a colleague, professor, friend, frenemy, or family member gave you regarding your career! This probably isn't the worst advice I've ever received, but it still bugs me when I think about it. My main design professor in my senior year who had an ego larger than life, would ALWAYS say that we were only as good as the last design we created. So even now, when I create a design that is okay, but not, wow great, I start to feel like a crummy designer. Then I have to remind myself that even he created some stinkers in his career!

Wedding signage challenge

Dreaming Inspirations — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:42:37 -0700

I guess they changed their minds about the wedding signage challenge? anyone hear anything about it?