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May 20th, 2010 Studio News, Templates

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Announcing our VERY FIRST Mini Accordion Albums: Flora Mini Square Accordions | $60

Mini accordion albums are a great way to offer affordable variety to your clients. Use them as client gifts, grandparent albums or simply as a unique option for greeting cards. 4 unique styles are included in this collection (vintage, organic, modern and a little funky too).

PRODUCT DETAILS:
• 4, 3×3 mini square accordion album template designs
• Designs for front, back and covers
• All text and colors can be edited
• All fonts used are standard or free
• Instructions for use & font information included
• Compatible with Photoshop CS and later, Windows and Mac


YOU MAY ALSO PURCHASE THESE INDIVIDUALLY:

Antique Flora Mini Accordion Square Album | $20.00

Funky Flora Mini Accordion Square Album | $20.00

Vivid Flora Mini Accordion Square Album | $20.00

Flora Doodles Mini Accordion Square Album | $20.00


Images in samples courtesy of Stacy Larsen

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May 13th, 2010 Marketing, Studio News, Templates

Business Forms by LUXC

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Don’t underestimate the importance of well designed materials, even when it is something as simple as your business forms. These clean and simple, pre-filled forms are a perfect starter set for a new photography business or a great way to unify your currently used forms. You may use the included text or fill in with your own.

Included:
• copyright notice
• digital release
• dvd label
• invoice
• model release
• notecard
• client questionnaire
• caring for your canvas / caring for your prints
• client folder checklist
• price sheet

PRODUCT DETAILS:
• All text and colors can be edited
• All fonts used are standard or free
• Instructions for use & font information included
• Compatible with Photoshop CS and later, Windows and Mac

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May 10th, 2010 Show & Tell, Studio News, Templates

We love to hear that our customers are happy with our products and we love it even more when we get to see how they used them. After all, one of the best parts of what we do is getting to see it all come together! Every now and then one of our customers will send us photos of a product using one of our templates and we want more!!!

So, Luxecetera customers … send us your show and tell photographs! And if your’s get posted you will receive an instant gift credit to our store for any template set you wish (up to $80!!) You will be linked to and credited but please send only non-watermarked images.

We can’t wait to see what you all have to show & tell ;)

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April 23rd, 2010 Branding, Studio News

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We are so excited to announce the winner of our Anniversary Contest … and she is Elizabeth Leighton!!! Please know that this was HANDS DOWN one of the most difficult decisions we have had to make. We poured over the emails and agonized over the decision but in the end all of us here at LUXC were so touched by Elizabeth’s story. We received MANY entries and after sifting through them all we felt that Elizabeth’s called out to us the most. Please know that this decision wasn’t easy and we thank you ALL for your entries and especially your kind words about LUXC :) We would also like to announce our 2nd and 3rd place winners:

2nd: Jessica Schaack

3rd: (tie):

Leah Kua
Stephanie Lyell

Congratulations to our winners!!! And here’s to all of our amazing (past and future clients) and another wonderful year ahead for us ALL!

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April 21st, 2010 Branding, Studio News, Templates

Along with our anniversary we have inevitably found ourselves evaluating many things about the progress we have made, struggles we have had, where we are and where we want to be. I don’t know if any new business can look back on their first year and think, “We did exactly what we set out to do and are exactly where we thought we would be.” Well, we are no different. Although we are humbled at how well we were received, accepted and employed, many things that happened this year were more than we expected (much good and some difficult!) We HOPED we would be successful and that people would like what we were doing but never imagined that we would be booked 6+ months out. It isn’t something we expected or like … we promise!!! Please don’t misunderstand, in NO WAY are we complaining about having work on the horizon, in this economy, who would? We couldn’t be more pleased about that. But what we DO want you to know is that we A). We understand the heart, sweat (and funds!) that go into starting (or reinventing) a business …we just did that very thing! and B). We are doing everything we can in order to get to our clients as fast as we can. From hiring, to working weekends, to restructuring packages/rates, we are ALL doing ALL that we can. Please know that although the 3 of us are running a business and strive to be successful (and hopefully make enough to feed our babies) the MAIN reason we are here is because we LOVE design, we BELIEVE in design and we desperately want to share it with as many people as we can. So, in honor of our one year anniversary and to celebrate and express this to you all we have 2 new ideas that we hope you will LOVE!

The first was our anniversary giveaway. This is a truly no strings attached brand giveaway to thank you and offer a gift to those who may not be able to afford (but want and appreciate a well planned, designed and thought out brand).

We have also come up with an additional idea that we think may help. Because we are currently booking for November and feel awful (really!) about the people who call /email daily and tell us they just can’t wait. We TRULY understand and have been wracking our brains for months to come up with a solution. Well, we think we have one (for some of you ;) ) LUXC NOW is a pre-designed brand that is available for you RIGHT NOW. A full brand, including several pieces of collateral and all that you need to get started with NO WAIT. You will receive:

• Logo (vector/pdf and psd)
• Watermark(s)/Element(s) (vector/pdf and psd)
• Pattern(s) (vector/pdf and psd)
• Brushes of logo & watermark(s) (psd)
• 2 sided business card (vector/pdf and psd)
• Folded Notecard (vector/pdf and psd)
• Multi purpose 8.5×11” page template (use instantly as letterhead, for a model release/contract, price sheet, invoice, etc.)
• Style guide including list of fonts used, colors (pantone, web/hex, rgb and cmyk), directions on using files and recommendations for printers.

These Brands are available for sale ONCE, so like each luxc brand, the business that purchases the selected brand will have something unique and their’s only. So, this means also, that if you like something, grab it quickly because it will be gone after the first purchase.

If you are on our waiting list now but find that one of these brands fits what you are looking for, you can purchase now and will be removed from the waiting list.

So, without further ado, please take a look at our LUXC Now Brands RIGHT NOW…


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April 21st, 2010 Branding, Freebies, Studio News
Thanks to everyone who entered our anniversary contest. We were so excited to read all your kind words. We had SO many entries that it has taken us a little longer to read them. We have narrowed them down and are very close to a decision. We’ll be announcing the winner this Friday April 23rd.
~ Ash, Eva, Lisa

Thanks to everyone who entered our anniversary contest. We were so excited to read all your kind words. We had SO many entries that it has taken us a little longer to read them. We have narrowed them down and are very close to a decision. We’ll be announcing the winner this Friday April 23rd.

~ Ash, Eva, Lisa

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April 1st, 2010 Branding, Freebies, Studio News, Templates

Isn’t it ironic that our anniversary is on April Fools Day? To answer your next question, No, this is not a joke…

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To celebrate our first official year in business, we will be giving away several high dollar goodies!

GRAND Prize: BRAND DEVELOPMENT + Business Card design + $300 template credit
2nd Prize: $200 template credit
3rd Prize: $100 template credit

So, how do you enter? Send us an email (inquiry@luxecetera.com) and answer the following questions (please keep it to a few paragraphs):

• Tell us why you need, deserve or just have to have new branding!
• Tell us why you are choosing LUXECETERA to develop your brand – and because “it’s free” is not an answer ;)
• What you are looking for in regards to your brand identity
• Send us a sample of your work (1 image) or a link

Please note: Contest is open to prospective clients as well as those on our waiting list. In order to be fair to our current wait listed clients, we will be commencing this brand development in October 2010 as if you were a newly booked client.

And we couldn’t post about our anniversary without giving a HUGE THANK YOU to all of our existing brand/template clients, blog readers, vendors, contractors, employees and friends for making this year so rewarding and successful for us.

***Deadline is April 10th at Midnight***

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March 23rd, 2010 Studio News

We are discontinuing several of our template sets and before we do that officially we are offering them at 50% off. If you want them, now is your chance to get them before they are gone. The sets being retired are:

William & Lydia $60, NOW $30

A classic baby collection full of florals and delicate touches that is sure to please almost any client.

PRODUCT DETAILS:
• 16 (5×7 or 5×5) flat card template designs (8 girl/8 boy)
• All text and colors can be edited
• All fonts used are standard or free
• Instructions for use & font information included
• Compatible with Photoshop CS and later, Windows and Mac

OTHER USES:
• Party Invitations
• Thank You Cards

Images in samples courtesy of Stacy Larsen

William & Lydia

William & Lydia

William & Lydia

Chocolate Animal Asuka $60, NOW $30

A sweet and simple Asuka album template full of colorful animals against a rich chocolate background.

PRODUCT DETAILS:
• 20-page, 10×10 Asuka album layout
• Includes front/back cover design
• All text and colors can be edited
• All fonts used are standard or free
• Instructions for use & font information included
• Compatible with Photoshop CS and later, Windows and Mac

Images in samples courtesy of Stacy Larsen

Chocolate Animal Asuka

Chocolate Animal Asuka

Chocolate Animal Asuka

Chocolate Animal Baby $60, NOW $30

A sweet and simple template collection of colorful animals against a rich chocolate colored background.

PRODUCT DETAILS:
• 10, 5×5 flat card template designs
• All text and colors can be edited
• All fonts used are standard or free
• Instructions for use & font information included
• Compatible with Photoshop CS and later, Windows and Mac

OTHER USES:
• Party Invitations
• Thank You Cards

Images in samples courtesy of Stacy Larsen

Chocolate Animal Baby

Chocolate Animal Baby

Chocolate Animal Baby

Chocolate Animal Baby

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