TYED ART, INC - HISTORY IV

The Gift Basket Era:

I’m still not sure how, but by some miracle, I received an email one day from a lady in Wasola Montana, who had actually been to my “website”, seen my photo album…ahem, I mean, online portfolio, and wanted to know how much I would charge her to design a “Tyed” art Name Design for her. I was in shock! Not because she wanted me to do a name design for her, but that my plan to generate clientele through an online presence had actually worked!!! Stunned, I replied to her inquiry and ended up not only designing a Name Design for her family, but also securing a contract with her for a logo design for her new gift basket company. After creating the logo for her in only 2 days, I had a check in hand and my first satisfied logo customer. I was ecstatic!

In our final exchange of emails, Liz told me about an online forum that she belonged to It exclusively consisted of gift basket makers and companies who posted ideas to exchange with each other. She said the one of the most commonly asked questions was if anyone could recommend a good, affordable logo designer. Liz told me that she had written all about her experience with “Tyed Art” and even posted a picture of her new logo there. In the next few years, gift “basketeers”, as they call themselves, would become a staple of “Tyed” Art income. I’m still amazed at how BIG the gift basket industry really is!

To date, as I write this (August of 2006) I’ve designed over 40 different gift basket logos! To my utter surprise, I’ve still not totally run out of ideas for these companies. Word of mouth, along with a growing portfolio has led to other industries contacting me to design logo as well. I started designing logos for start-up companies of all kinds, all over the country. I’ve even done a few over seas. To date I’ve designed 84 logos.