﻿{"id":517,"date":"2011-07-31T12:19:50","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T02:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/suzannecronin\/?p=517"},"modified":"2011-07-31T12:19:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T02:19:50","slug":"identity-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/suzannecronin\/2011\/07\/31\/identity-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So yet again, I took advice from Etsy on how to succeed in business. \u00a0The idea was to create a profile photo that connects the title of the shop\u00a0<em>The Laundry Collection<\/em>, with the products being sold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">All I could think\u00a0of was to throw some tools into a laundry basket.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-461 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/suzannecronin\/files\/2011\/07\/2011-07-06_4841_edited-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/suzannecronin\/files\/2011\/07\/2011-07-06_4841_edited-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/suzannecronin\/files\/2011\/07\/2011-07-06_4841_edited-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: -webkit-auto\" align=\"center\">Not one of my better days. \u00a0I did curse Esty as I put all the tools away!<\/div>\n<p>For now I&#8217;ll stick with my current logo\/icon\/maker&#8217;s mark, whatever you like to call it. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-522\" src=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/suzannecronin\/files\/2011\/07\/TLC-stamp_edited-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/suzannecronin\/files\/2011\/07\/TLC-stamp_edited-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/suzannecronin\/files\/2011\/07\/TLC-stamp_edited-2.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-521\" src=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/suzannecronin\/files\/2011\/07\/TLC-Final-ICON-Square_edited-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/suzannecronin\/files\/2011\/07\/TLC-Final-ICON-Square_edited-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/suzannecronin\/files\/2011\/07\/TLC-Final-ICON-Square_edited-2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/suzannecronin\/files\/2011\/07\/TLC-Final-ICON-Square_edited-2.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am looking into getting a stamp\/punch made and as much as\u00a0I&#8217;d\u00a0like\u00a0the\u00a0TLC as you see it on the left, it would\u00a0probably be simpler, and cheaper, to go\u00a0it\u00a0the letters as they appear on the right.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever happens with the stamp, I&#8217;ll\u00a0keep\u00a0the\u00a0black\u00a0background and white text as my logo, basically, because I prefer it.<\/p>\n<p>The reason I&#8217;m mentioning my maker&#8217;s mark at all is because\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/melbournejeweller.wordpress.com\/makers-marks\/\">Melbourne Jeweller<\/a>\u00a0blogger Karen has taken it upon herself to\u00a0archive the marks of Australian jewellers. I&#8217;m all for it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TLC<\/strong>\u00a0stands for The Laundry Collection which is the name for anything I produce and sell out of my workshop.\u00a0The icon inside the\u00a0<strong>C<\/strong>\u00a0is paying homage to my front loader!<\/p>\n<p>So for now, my identity crisis has been averted. \u00a0I&#8217;m sticking with my established image and I&#8217;ll think twice before throwing my tools into a basket again!<\/p>\n<p>For my full blog site\u00a0please\u00a0visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/thelaundrycollection.blogspot.com\/\">The Laundry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So yet again, I took advice from Etsy on how to succeed in business. \u00a0The idea was to create a profile photo that connects the title of the shop\u00a0The Laundry Collection, with the products being sold. All I could think\u00a0of was to throw some tools into a laundry basket. Not one of my better days. 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