The Business Cards of Alt Summit 2012
Hi guys! I thought I'd start my Alt Summit posts off by sharing some of the many awesome business cards I collected while attending. This year I wasn't as prepared as I was the year before, so I only had standard cards to pass out. I must have had a momentary brain-lapse and forgotten how impressive all the cards were last year. It was kind of embarrassing handing mine out by comparison. Anyhow...here are a few of my faves that I arranged by the common themes that I spotted. I hope you enjoy. And by all means, be sure to pay a visit to some of the bloggers/businesses represented here (plus it took me ages to add in all the links, so it will make me really happy if you enjoy them). Everyone is super nice and talented...if you hadn't already figured that out. xo Ez
Turquoise crush:
Love Creative Blog | Linniebell Design | Turquoise Ink | Seconsister | Sweet Muffin Suite | Michelle Edgemont | Okay...this last one is totally not a business card, but I couldn't help but include the gorgeous letterpress coaster by Henry + Co. (given to speakers by Mail Chimp) along with these other turquoise beauties.
Pink and Black Pop:
Little Bird Soda Co. (I really hope she sponsors at Alt next year so we can have the chance to taste her yummy organic sodas) | SF Girl by Bay (Victoria hit it out of the park with her awesome tattoo "cards") | Joy of all Crafts (check out how she made her DIY Fabric-backed Business Cards here) | Armelle (P.S. I road in a car seat in the backseat of Caroline's car while at Alt - true story) | Biggest Little | Rachel & The City | Camille Styles (check out her tutorial for her classy DIY Gilded Business Cards) | Beeteeth - the other side is a sticker!
Artistic:
Spark | The Bedlam of Beefy (Bradford is one of the sweetest and funniest gents you'll ever meet - even more beguiling than the illustrated caricature on his card) | Courtney Khail | Little Pincushion Studio | Cake | Creative Thursday (Marisa was my lovely roomie and another one of the most genuinely lovely people I've ever met) | Dose of Happy (Deb was my roomie last year, and has a permanent place in my heart. I adore this talented and kind lady!)
Photographic:
Chookooloonks | Tracey Clark | Oops...another card from Chookooloonks | Under a Pink Moon | The Cuisinerd - My Alt experience started off on the right foot when I happened to be seated across from Kristin at dinner. Not only is she hilarious (she had me posing with aioli only a little way into the meal), but she makes delicious food and blogs about it too. Yum! | Not Merely Living
Letterpress:
See Jane Blog | Big Cartel | Crow and Canary | The Lil Bee | Reverie Daydream | Alexandra Hedin | Mike Loveland - the reverse of the card featured his wife's details (true awesomeness in letterpress card form)
And one last snapshot for you:
Victoria's tattoo "business cards" were a huge hit. Here my daughter is rocking one. Awesome, right?!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 
Reader Comments (47)
such an amazing collection! fun!
and the tattoo is my favorite. brilliant.
enjoy a lovely day, ez!
arranged very nicely ;) such a lovely collection of biz cards!! i am learning about new people as i go through this post! thanks for sharing :)
Thank you so much, Ez, for the shout out. I'm honored to be among so many beautiful turquoise beauties. Thanks again and it was so great to meet you! See you next year.
ha! thanks ez! i just had to post your daughter wearing the tattoo today, too! thanks again for sharing it! :) xo
Thanks for your comments guys! Aren't all these bloggers so inspiring with their card designs?!
@Victoria - My daughter is seriously going to be so excited to see her wrist on your blog today. Can't wait to show her!
xo Ez
These are all amazing! I love seeing the variety of the designs. And I love that coaster! Thanks for sharing. I'll definitely be checking out the blogs!
bookmarked! this is an amazing collection of cards.... thanks so much for sharing these :)
EZ!!!!
This business card collection is fantastic!! So pretty. SO inspiring!
Jana from Little Bird Soda is super sweet- so glad you got to meet her!!!
XOXO
Such beautiful business cards! I'm especially loving the turquoise ones. Makes me want to redo my own cards!
Love how you grouped all these together. So creative and lovely! And a big thanks for including my card. Made my day! xo
Regardless of how the trends in communication are going, I feel that I well-thought out and created business card is better than the most interactive website. Love ALL of these!
So many gorgeous cards! Blown away. I'd have a full bulletin board for sure :)
I thought a couple weeks ago how much I'd love to start putting custom temporary tattoos into my packages. I think this may have been the final match to the fuse. Off to go buy tattoo paper!
So many gorgeous cards! Blown away. I'd have a full bulletin board for sure :)
I thought a couple weeks ago how much I'd love to start putting custom temporary tattoos into my packages. I think this may have been the final match to the fuse. Off to go buy tattoo paper!
Such fun idea Nicole. If you visit Victoria's blog today she has a promo discount for the tattoo printing biz she worked with. xo Ez
My stack looks just like yours, Ez! Including the holder! ;) I'm nuts for all the cards and love how you curated them! But, didn't see (or get [sad face]) the beeteeth one! It's awesome looking! So, many great cards but papa wants to 'beef' things up next year for sure!
p.s. - SO great to have finally met you!!! xo :)
very Pretty*! I love business cards with heart. mine = hand~made one of Kind http://www.lucky2bu.com/2011/11/aligned-stars.html thank You.
wonderful design cards, they are all so pretty and creative!
I love how you placed the cards in categories. Beautiful cards. I'm marking this page so tonight I can click through all the links. Thank you! : )
I love how you placed the cards in categories. So beautiful and unique.
I'm marking this page so tonight I can click through all the links {with a cup of hot chocolate}.
Thank you! : )
Great collection! Would definitely love to make it to Alt one year! :)
These are amazing!! I love the creativity people put into business cards!
What a great round up! So fun to see you at alt!
All the Business cards are just amazing, so much creativity on the design as well. I could imagine the lovely people own it.
These are ALL so creative but Bradford's are hilarious!
woo*hooo! thanks for the link love! you created a great display of all the beautiful cards! xo.