So this week I made my way to the craft and office supply stores to do some research. The craft store had the paper I wanted to print on. The only problem with this is I do not have a paper cutter. Future paper cutter needed! The office supply store had pre-cut ready to print business cards but these were flimsy. No thanks! The paper I chose is an artists cold press water color paper. I love the way it looks, a little texture in a creamy organic color and it's stiff but no so stiff I can't use my own printer. After coming up with my own design and tweaking it on three or so programs I think I have something I like. I have it printed and ready to cut into cute individual cards. This took me about 3 days to finish. Partially due to the fact I am new to a mac and it's programs. Lot's of search, find and experimenting going on here. I'm very happy I've done this myself but it would have saved a lot of time just to pay someone else to do the work. I will use these for now and maybe continue to improve on them. Or I may choose to have someone else do the work for me in the future. Probably on some pretty recycled paper. Oh I have a new idea! Recycled paper business cards with seeds embedded. Ok I may have to learn how to press my own paper. I'll add this to my growing list of things to make :)
