Another job would be great. She still had emails and sales coming in, all because of Lucas mentioning her on his live stream, but she needed to keep those emails and sales happening. She had several people thinking about pet portraits, someone who wanted a custom thank-you card made for their shop, and a few other odds and ends.
She stared at her inbox. She should probably follow up with those people. See if she could turn some of those thinkers into actual customers.
With a sigh, she started doing just that, crafting quick emails to see how they were doing, if they’d made a decision, and to let them know she was booking up.
Not completely true, but she was hoping to urge them into action.
As she sent the last one, her phone rang. “Hello?”
“Frankie? It’s Stacy! Hi, how are you?”
Frankie smiled. “I’m great. How are you?”
“I’m fantastic and looking forward to a new logo design. How soon do you think you could start?”
In all honesty, she could probably start today if she worked really hard, but that sounded a little desperate. “I think I could schedule you for tomorrow or the day after. It would take me a day or two to create the mockups, then you’d have to review them. Once you know what you like, we can go from there.”
“That sounds awesome. What about for the T-shirt designs?”
“Which do you want to do first? The logo or the designs?”
“I def need the logo first, as the company that’s creating my skincare line will need it soon. It’ll be used in a lot of places, likeon the containers, but also on the packaging. And I can always put it on a T-shirt, too.”
“All right, then here’s what I’ll do. Once I send you the logos to review, I can start working on T-shirt designs. How many do you want?”
“At least three. But it could be more. Really depends what you come up with, I suppose.”
Frankie jotted a quick note down.Do five T-shirt design mockups.“And what kind of feel do you want for the T-shirt designs?”
“Pretty. Girly but not Barbie girly. Feminine without being overly sweet but with a touch of boho. I want them to be sophisticated in kind of an artsy way. Does that make any sense?” Stacy laughed. “I’d draw them for you, but my art skills are terrible.”
“That’s all right,” Frankie said as she hastily scrawled notes. “Do you have any examples of art that feels right? Anything like that you could send me would be great. Do you want words on the T-shirts? Slogans or anything?”
“Yes to both of those. Do you know the artist who does those art deco women with flowers? They’re all very soft and pastelly. Oh, what’s his name…”
Frankie had a feeling she knew. “Alphonse Mucha?”
There was a moment of silence, then, “Yes, that is totally him! I just Googled him. That’s exactly what I want but with slightly more vibrant colors. His stuff is great, but some of it feels a little washed out. Also, I wouldn’t hate a little touch of gold. Gotta keep it lux.”
Frankie wrote that down. “And the words or slogans?”
“One of my big sayings is, ‘Goddess on a Budget,’ but I don’t know if I really want that on a T-shirt.”
Frankie thought a moment. “What’s the name of your skincare line?”
Stacy sighed. “I don’t have one yet. I’ve really been trying to come up with something. I thought maybe that hiking trip and being out in nature would inspire me, but I’m still undecided.”
Frankie took a shot, digging into her extensive knowledge of art and history. “Antheia was one of the Greek Graces. She was basically a nature goddess and connected with flowers and gardens, as well as love.Andshe was one of the many goddesses painted by Alphonse Mucha.”
Stacy inhaled. “Oh, I really like that. Antheia, huh? That might be it. That might be the name I’m looking for. Wow, Frankie! Nicely done.”
Frankie laughed. “Happy to help. You’ve given me a lot to go on. I’m moving you to the top of my list and I’ll get started on your logo just as soon as I finish the book illustrations I’m working on.”
“You do book illustrations? Like covers?”
“Yes, but these are for a children’s book, so they’ll be the actual pages of the book.”
“That is super cool. So you do covers, too?”
