Friday, June 14, 2013

OUR NEW LOGO!



There she isssssssssss y'all! Our logo in all it's glory!

I can't believe it! WE HAVE A LOGOOOOOO!

You KNOW I've been booty dancing like a fool over here. I don't know if I'm more excited about HAVING a logo, or more excited to have finally decided on a logo. We had so many awesome choices, but this one just kept whispering those sweet little nothings in my ear.

The journey getting to this point has been a long, and sad/crazy ride...but from the moment we started working with our designer, Keith, well...it just has been the best experience in the entire world to put it lightly.  He has been nothing but a complete blessing to us, and I just couldn't be more thankful.

 I guess this makes us super legit now...and I'm totallyyyy cool with that!

WE HAVE A LOGOOOOOO! :)

As Chris Brown (not a fan of the dude) would say.... LEGOOO! But imagine me saying,

"LOGOOO!"

Haha! :)

I'm so proud of it and I absolutely LOVE IT. Drew and I couldn't be happier. I realize it's not "So Shay" but it's so "US" and we feel like this logo will target the market we want.

In all honesty, this logo was our third runner up for awhile. I loved this logo when I first saw it, but it wasn't "the one", or so I thought. But, after time, the little turd grew on me, and it grew on me good. Welcome to the family little one! :)

It's complex, prominent, official, thoughtfully crafted, hand-drawn, and the perfect kind of busy. We needed it to be masculine since Drew was a part of the company now, and still find a way to give it a touch of femininity. Also, when we were making our decision, we asked ourselves, "CAN WE SEE THIS ON BUSINESS CARDS? CAN WE SEE THIS ON FOLDERS? KOOZIES? ETC. ETC." And we could.

I think the deciding factor, too, was that it was our designer, Keith Davis Young's, favorite logo, too. We completely trust his judgement and after-all he is pretty much just OUT of the world amazing, and UBER freaking talented.  He put our logos on a website a couple of weeks ago called Dribbble. The batch of logos were in 2nd place on the NUMBER ONE featured page. He called me the day he put them up and was so excited! The response was HUGE! The guy who created the Shiner (beer) logos even commented on how much he loved them. I'm not professional designer (obviously), buttt I think that's pretty stinking cool! :)

Our decision was SO hard...and all of the contenders were strong and I loved each of them so much. So, we have decided to take our second place contender for our logo and are going to use it as our signature.

If you are ever in the market for an awesome designer? Call up Keith. He's brilliant, unique, kind, excited, more than talented, and just the most rad guy to work with. I couldn't recommend a better person, honestly.

You can check him out HERE, and HERE! :)

Well...dare I ask what do you think? I KNOW most of you are probably surprised, but we love it and I guess that is all that matters. It's different, it's not what you see out there right now (atleast we don't think so) and it's just perfect for us. WHOO-HOO! WE ARE SO PUMPED! :)

HAPPY FRIDAY FRIENDS!!!!! :)

45 comments:

  1. I absolutely LOVE your new logo! It is fantastic and I know it will attract tons of clients.

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    1. Thank you so much Gabrielle!!!!! :) We hope so!!! :)

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  2. LOVE IT!!! Seriously, I need to come to Texas asap so you can take photos of me and my man. Love love love love yours and ddhp's work!!!!

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    1. Thank you so much Lindsay!!!! :) YES YOU DO!!! :) OR we could always come visit you! I can't wait for the day I get to hug your sweet self! :) You're the best friend!!!

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  3. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!! i am doing a happy dance for you right now. now i need to convince my guy to move to austin so you can take pictures of us. i'll bring the chocolate lofthouse cookies.

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    1. WHOOHOO!!! Happy Dance it up!!! Love it!!! :) You best get to Austin RIGHT NOW with those cookies!!! :) OR we could always come to you! :) Just say the magic words! ;) XOXOXO!

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  4. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    you guys worked so hard on this and I LOVE SEEING IT HERE!!!

    YAYY!!!

    LOGGOOOOO (chris breezy voice heheh)

    love you muffin!!!!!
    xoxoxo

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    1. AHHHHH! HOLLA !!!!! :)

      THANK YOU ERICA!!! :)

      LOGOOOOO! :)

      Love you so much! <3 XOXOXO!

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  5. Yay! Congratulations Shay, the new logo is too cute for words.

    xoxo,
    Chelsea & The City

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  6. Shay & Drew takin over!! Watch out y'all! Love the new logo yay!!

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    1. Thank you so much Dara!!! :) This made me laugh! Love it and YOU!

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  7. congratulations!! it's perfect!!

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  8. I LOVE it!!! Your designer did an awesome job! Isn't it funny how it's usually ends up being one that you didn't think much of at first!? Congratulations, I'm so happy for y'all! Have a great weekend!!!

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    1. AHHH! YAYAY! Thank you Shayna!!! He really did! His style is freaking awesome. We couldn't have gone wrong with any of the choices honestly, but this one just seemed right! :) You can see the contenders here: http://dribbble.com/shots/1061154-Love-The-Nelsons?list=users :)

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  9. I love it!!! It's so perfect! So happy for you two! (:

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    1. Thank you Brianna! :) Means the world!!

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  10. Love it, love it, love it! It's great! I can't even imagine how great the others must have looked if this was originally your *third* choice. Dang!

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    1. You can see them here:

      The heart was our first choice until like two days ago! We love them alllll! I really don't think we could have picked a wrong one though, honestly. But the middle one (signature esque one) will be our signature! <3

      http://dribbble.com/shots/1061154-Love-The-Nelsons?list=users

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    1. Thank you Carolyn! :) I love you girl!

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  12. I lovvvvve it. Y'all are friggin' amazing. The end.

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    1. I am so happy you love it Ash!!! You are friggin' amazing and that's that! :)

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  13. love it and how simple it is! I'm not far from Austin & I would love new pictures taken of hubs and I!! Maybe for Christmas cards! If you are ever in the DFW area, let me know! So exciting for yall!

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    1. Thank you so much Allison!!! :) I would absolutely LOVE to take photos for you and your hubs!!! Count us in! :) E-mail us at [email protected] and we can plan a day this fall! :) XOXOXOXO!!!

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  14. I love it!!! It's perfect! Congrats :)

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  15. I think it is soo cute! Great job, people.

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  16. dude. congratulations, it is sooo cute.

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  17. this looks SO good Shay! I totally love it as a girl and I love how any guy will love it as well! So happy for you! Its perfect!

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  18. Congratulations, girl! I'm so excited for you and all the great things to come in your business!

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  19. Looove the look Shalyn, congratulations to you and Drew! Power photog couple! :)

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  20. I think it's perfect! Love it!!

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  21. Love, love, love, love, love, love, LOVE...and as Rhi said above, I, too, am so, so proud of you, Shay!!! Yay! Happy dance time! :)

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  22. I love it! So cute, yet professional!

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  23. Love this logo!! Congrats to you guys!! Have a great weekend!

    Jayme @ Her Late Night Cravings

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  24. yay logo! i want to have a logo dance party just so i can see you and ddhp and furleeee!! mmmmwahhh!

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  25. I am so proud of you friend!!! Love you so much! The logo is perfect and so are the Nelsons!!!

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  26. OMG! It's amazing!! Love it to pieces.

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