How a Custom Banner Was Created for Curvy Girl Jewelry Etsy Shop

by Mara Nesbitt
(Curvy Girl Jewelry)

Custom Etsy shop banner for Curvy Girl Jewelry

You may recall that I wrote about how I decided to start up my new Curvy Girl Etsy shop with jewelry designed for large women.

I just added a new banner to my shop and I'm pretty happy about how it looks.

Around and Around Again Red Ring
by Mara Nesbitt

I wanted a plump mermaid to be the "spokesfigure" for my shop and I turned to a talented illustrator and cartoonist, Ned Sonntag.

Ned has been the exclusive cartoonist for Betty Boop for years. He loves big women and how they look and has quite a few illustrations of them.

Ned designed my mermaid to my specifications (wearing earrings, necklace and bracelets, looking into a mirror) and sent me the drawing.

I then went on Etsy and posted a request for a graphic artist to turn her into a banner.

The graphic artist, Susana, added color, waves, sea grass and the name of my shop. I think she looks awesome now in her underwater home.

I invite you to check out the full-size version of her at Curvy Girl Jewelry on etsy.

Colorful Crescent Dangle Earrings
by Mara Nesbitt

Mara Nesbitt
Curvy Girl Jewelry on etsy

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How a Custom Banner Was Created for Curvy Girl Jewelry Etsy Shop

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Curvaceous Banner
by: Rena

Thank you for sharing how your banner came to be. How totally cool that the Betty Boop artist created your wonderfully curvy mermaid!

Thanks also for the idea of working with multiple artists to create a banner - one to create the art, and a second to design a banner incorporating it.

I love how even the waves and the font are curvy in your banner.

Great Banner!
by: Rita

Now is a perfect time to start branding your shop, get a free listing on HomeBasedJewelers.blogspot.com. Links are very important so jewelry shoppers can find you.

wonderful!
by: Anonymous

Love your banner!

Newbie Advice
by: Maria Jenny

Thank you so much for sharing your approach and your creativity. I am a newbie to the jewelry making business and have not yet launched my business. I have been reading and reading and reading to get more familiar with all the things that will need to be taken care of. This was something I had not realized needed to be done. So thank you for raising the awareness and your approach was excellent.