New website, need logo

[HomeSpaSupplies]

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Hi all. have been sitting back watching and drooling at the quality of work that is presented here.
We have a new website project, just barely online and still adding products getting the bugs worked out.
We sell all natural bath and body products. Most are aromatherapy oriented.
The type of products normally enjoyed at a day spa but for home use and gifts.
We have a temporary placeholder logo on the site (albeit ugly :tdown: ), throw that whole thing out the window. The site is pretty simple, white background with purples and blues. We're open to any and all ideas, the only real request is to tie in or complement the existing site colors. The logo will be for web use but possibly also print material down the road.
The site and product line obviously appeal to a feminine target audience. We're thinking day-spa, bath and body, beauty works kind of feel. We are not that artistic and are open to any and all ideas and interpretations.
Not sure of anything else that we should offer up, we're low on requirements/high on respect of the creativity we've seen here.
Feel free to ask any questions or details we may have omitted. The work-in-progress site can be seen here:
http://www.homespasupplies.com
The name of the site is obviously Home Spa Supplies, for the type of products we will be offering. Day-spa products that can be enjoyed in the privacy of your own home. Pamper yourself with the same products without going out and without the expense.
Thank you in advance to all you great talents that find time to participate.

[Bill]

Let the games begin!

[HomeSpaSupplies]

Wow, that was a fast start. Off to a good start here.
Thanks Bill. We love the colors in the top one. That blue and grey works very well together. The female figure is great. Definately an element that works nice with what we want to portray. Spa-like relaxation, pampering, softness, etc.
Showing the curve of the female form was something we had talked about before even finding this site, we're glad you see that also. Something about the hair does not work... Not sure if its the style, the upward motion of the hair.... It just does not seem very soft. Maybe a more muted touch?
Not quite sure about the font. Maybe something more flowing or elegant in a feminine way but yet still easily readable?
Again, thank you for bearing with us non-artistic types :P
Great colors, love the inclusion of the graceful curve of the female form.
For only a few hours in, we're off to an exciting start.
Looking forward to everyones interpretations and ideas. As you can see on the site, the only real design element there right now is some color. With a good logo at the top we will gladly adapt the rest to fit it. Open to any and all ideas from an artistic eye. Thanks in advance guys!
:tup:

[Bill]

Here are a couple revised from original idea.

[cre8or]

My idea
<img src='http://www.kimberart.com/_logos/homeSpa.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

[Eagle]

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Home Spa Supplies concept...

A dash of green to compliment the existing colours (and to implant the suggestion of nature in the potential customer's mind) ;)

[HomeSpaSupplies]

Now we're rolling.... :tup:
Some great stuff happening here.

pennyln: Definately liking that revision better. Out of the 2 examples in the image, we like the bottom one better:
We like the background behind the text better without the stars/sparkles.
We like the brunette more than the blonde. (personal preferance showing through? :D )
Liking the change to the texture of the hair, more of a relaxed, flowing feel to it.
The font choice is much more appealing. Not sure if it's they grey-on-blue but the text seems to be overpowered by the background it's on. Not sure if its the font color or the weight of the font....

cre8or: Thanks for jumping in. Absolutely love the graphic concept already. Love the style of that. The candles, bubbles, posture, towel really capture something. The blend of shades used is very pleasing but we're wondering if just some small element(s) of it may need a splash of bolder color. First thing that popped into our heads was maybe a flesh-tone to the skin but not sure if that would over power the image. Maybe a dash of bolder/brighter colors applied to the flame tips or towel? The whole graphic element of the woman in the tub is beautiful.
The proportion of the picture vs. the text seems to over power the text.
Not sure if it would require repositioning of the text below the picture or above but maybe if the woman and the tub was scaled down some and the text upsized a bit?

Eagle: Thank you also for jumping in with such a fine piece. The colors are great. The use of green is something that never ocurred to us but we really like it. It does add a very nice organic element that suggest natural
The overall design of both examples maintain a wonderful balance of implying "big company" feel but remains friendly and welcoming as well.
Both grapic elements (bubbles/leaves) are great. Tough call there but we think maybe with the name 'Home Spa Supplies' with the bubble type element it can maybe give off the feeling that we're about hot tubs and accessories. The leaves more imply the natural, organic, botanical feeling which we like.
The example given on the business card, the "HSS" with the graphic element is great, very nice touch.
We think for now we'll want to just eliminate the tag-line from the logo. Not sure what direction we want to go in reference to a tag-line so we'll just probably do without for now.
Torn on the fonts. Both are great. Love the font used in the top example and the prominence of the bottom example. The top font itself is more welcoming than the bottom bold one. But the top looks like maybe its just a 'touch' too faint. Maybe a bit bolder or stronger?
Not sure what the loss of the tagline will do to the overall balance. The leaves are great, scratch the bubbles. If you have any other ideas of an organic element along the lines of the leaves to replace the bubble example...


Some really great work here all. Thanks for all the work presented so far.
Keep that great stuff flowing :tup:

[Eagle]

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Hi!

Thanks for the positive (and in-depth) response, it really means a lot to us here! :tup:

I'll work on your suggestions - will have something for you soon. :)

Oh, by the way, it's not a business card...it's a poster! Heheh, I like to think 'corporate' early! ;)
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[Eagle]

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Here's the revisions:

You said it was a tough call which leads me to believe you like the 'idea' of the bubbles but not with so much emphasis? So, I've combined the two elements...

The font is also a bit bolder / stronger too.

The loss of the tag line didn't really affect the composition of the logo too much but I've re-balanced the elements and show here two versions.

[zing]

My entry:

[Bill]

Variations...

[HomeSpaSupplies]

Thanks again all! :)

Eagle: Thank you again, great work. That font change is great. that works nicely.
We like the way you combined the leaf and bubble elements together, very cool idea. Not real hip on the HSS inside of the graphic though. Its cool used in the way you did on the business card example. Moreso on the first submission business card where the HSS is on the outside of the graphic, more as an option just for use in compact environments such as the buisiness card.
What if you keep the bubble/leaf combination but remove the HSS from the inside?
Maybe rescale/reposition the bubbles/leaves to fill the void?
One thing we like on the bubbles-only first submission was the way some of the bubbles were colored in with the green and purple. We'd like to maybe see a variation of that colored in concept to compare to the way the bubbles are represented by rings-only in this latest example. Now that we're sure we like the bubble/leaf combo, we just cant decide which way we like the bubbles :rolleyes:
As mentioned earlier, liking the font change. we're torn here 50/50 on which layout, 'home spa supplies' all inline horizontally as in the top of v2 or the 3 words stacked as in the bottom example of v2. One thing that may play a roll in that is a tagline. Seems like a tagline would be an easier fit in the horizontal layout (top, v2).
I know we said drop the tagline but when we read your "the gift of nature" tagline we sort of collectively slapped our heads wishing we had thought of that LOL.
So I guess in summary, love it so far, if you find time, things we'd like to try:
Drop the HSS from the interior of the graphic
Hollow bubles vs. some filled bubbles?
Text layout variation *with* "the gift of nature" tagline :D


zing: Thanks for joining in :)
That dark blue is nice, not sure about the font choice. It seems a bit technical or futuristic. As we mentioned before we're not very artistic, we really dont understand what the graphic is. I'm sure its something that when explained will make us feel silly for not catching it at first. Maybe a wee bit less abstract and a little bit more organic? Thanks!

Sorry it took so long to reply, weekends are like that ;)
Looking forward to more of that good work people!

[HomeSpaSupplies]

Edit: Network hiccup caused a dual post and it looks like I posted at the same time as pennyln did.
Thanks for the latest revision pennyln, sorry I posted all that verbage above before I had a chance for the others here to see yours. Give me a bit to show it to the other principles of HSS and we'll follow up soon. Thanks again.

[zing]

I will re-enter... It was supposed to be a person lying face down on a bed (I was thinking of a massage type theme) :D

[Eagle]

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Hi again...will work on your revisions tonight...thanks for the feedback! B) :)

[Eagle]

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Why not have both! ;) ;)

Here are the revisions; figures 1-4 are the revised logo in four versions - I think number 2 works best as it is the most 'balanced' but it's up to you. :)

[namdesign]

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[HomeSpaSupplies]

Been busy as heck here, sorry for the slow replies.

Eagle: Agreed, #2 in that last revision works best, most balanced as you say. We're definately on the same page.
Why not have both! ;)&nbsp; ;) :) I like that idea.
I see your signature says you're away until the 26th, in the meantime, Thank you for the great work, we've decided your work is what we desire. You best captured what we want to go with. If we can keep the graphic #2 in the 2 different layouts (small w/HSS as in business card and horizontal w/tagline and graphic positioned above the "me" as in the last submitted version) all we need to nail down is the file formats. Vector if at all possible as well as a JPG of the large one for the website header.
Congrats and thanks for working so well with us! :tup:

A big thank you to all the other talented people for contributing.

Also thank you for the birthday wishes some sent :D

[Eagle]

Hi there,

Glad it worked out for you...I'm back now - in spirit but not in body (I have a dreadful cold!!!)

If you can bear with me 24 hours or so I'll have the files ready for you (Vector, TIFF, Jpegs - the works!)

Meanwhile, I'll PM you the header for the website so you can move on!

Thanks, and I'll be in touch! B)
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