Happily, it’s been an insanely busy week. New clients & projects, sorting out the plan for some killer products, and having the freedom to spend some time with my awesome wife and son during the day. I love it.

One of the large items to strike of my to-do list is to get an identity system worked out for the new company. So, call this a (sort of) announcement that our new design & consulting company is called J. Blackbird LLC. We’re all set up and ready to do business, we just don’t have a face yet. We need all the basics. Yknow… sites, cards, estimates, invoices and all that jazz.

I’ve set to work narrowing down the style we’re going for. Both Janey and I are drawn to old print. Ephemera of many sorts. Trying to take some of the bits of inspiration we find and simply choose a direction is very difficult for me. So I’m asking you. Take a look at these options and let me know what you think in the comments.

Not to sway you at all, but I think we’re both leaning for #1… and to give myself a little breathing room, I’m going to say some variation of #1. Speak up if you’d like…

And for your perusal, the scratch sheet I was narrowing from…