Say Cheese UAE logo design

If I'm not relaxing with clay work, I'm working on a wide variety of projects - logo designs, websites, banners, backdrops, posters, videos, whathaveyou. With The Kitsch Company launching a photobooth, I have been concentrating on its branding. So today, I want to share with you the results so far.

The brief: simple, clean lines, easy to remember.

With the name Say Cheese UAE, the obvious choice was a smiley and with the service being a photobooth - fun hats! So Mr Say Cheese UAE was created. The first font we used was Party Let but we eventually changed it to the open font licensed Spicy Rice, created by Astigmatic.com - it has a solid but playful feel that fits with the brand.

My first draft had a very cheesy, toothy grin. 

Next came Mr Say Cheese UAE without the ear to ear smile and a smaller more spotlight-y yellow background. 

And here we see the final.

We wanted the website to contrast dramatically with the clean lines of the logo, so we ended up with a boudoir inspired combination of deep red and dark grays. The image below is from the actual Say Cheese UAE instruction slides (the images that show in the LCD when you have your photos taken) and it also reflects the overall theme of the website.

We're still tweaking the site so it's not ready yet to show. But Say Cheese UAE Photobooth Fun is up and running so, if you need photobooth services in the UAE, just contact info@saycheeseuae.com.

In the meantime, I'm off to work on some frames - Say Cheese!

Like the Say Cheese UAE Facebook page, by clicking here. 

Eid Mubarak!

I've only had time to do this now, but I hope you can still find them and use them. They are also available on my FB page - just click here if you want to repost the cards from there.

Please feel free to use these Eid Mubarak cards as ecards or print them out and use them as traditional cards to give to your family and friends courtesy of OrangeJar.com.

Note: All copyrights are retained by OrangeJar.com (and the artist - me!) and these designs are for personal use only. 

I'm also selling similarly styled cards at my Etsy Shop. Those are generic versions (no event, occasion or ties to holidays) and can be used for any time you want to sent that beloved someone a greeting - be it to greet them the best birthday ever or to just say you miss them so much! 

Puppet Camp at Sharjah Museum

Cool news from the Education Department of Sharjah Museums, they're holding the:

The Puppet Camp - Museum Stories &  Dramas

It's a puppet show tagged to be full of tales, suspense, acting and creativity inspired by stories that mark the evolution of human life in three of Sharjah Museums. 

As per their brochure:

The Plan

Arabic workshop

8am-1pm

 June 25 - Sharjah Archaeology Museum: The Tale

June 26 - Bait Al Naboodah: The Characters

June 27 - Sharjah Art Museums: Set the Stage

June 28 - Sharjah Archaeology Museum: The Show

English workshop

8am - 1pm

July 2 - Sharjah Archaeology Museum: The Tale

July 3 - Bait Al Naboodah: The Characters

July 4 - Sharjah Art Museums: Set the Stage

July 5 - Sharjah Archaeology Museum: The Show

Terms and conditions

1. Prior booking is essential for participants 11-14 years old

2. All workshops are offered free of charge

3. Parents are responsible for dropping their children off at the museums no later than 8am

4. Booking is made for the complete programme, which is a series of 4 days

5. It is preferable to drop participants to Bait Al Nahboodah wearing traditional Emirati clothes.

6. All workshops end at 1pm.

Book seats by contacting them at:

E-mail Families@SharjahMuseums.ae,

Fax: 06 554 3434

“Ambassadors” exhibition inaugurated at Sharjah Art Museum

Mr Abdullah Al-Owais, Director General of Sharjah Department of Culture and Information, inaugurated the “Ambassadors” exhibition at Sharjah Art Museum, organized by Sharjah Museums Department (SMD) in co-operation with Goethe-Institut (GI) and Robert Bosch Stiftung. Al-Owais toured the exhibition accompanied by senior representatives from Sharjah Museums Department and government officials.

The exhibition held from May 20 to July 31 is part of SMD’s celebration of the International Museums Day under the theme “Museums for Social Harmony”, to spread awareness of the vital role museums play in social development. According to the International Council of Museums (ICOM), museums "are in a position to address the urgent need for safeguarding cultural diversity and bio-diversity as the common heritage of humanity.” 

The “Ambassadors” exhibition explores the concept of museums as mirrors of a given society’s culture. Curators from SMD’s 18 museums have composed, for the first time, a group show following a workshop that evaluated the complex and different interpretations of social harmony as represented in the objects chosen by each curator.  

“This year’s social harmony theme is important both for humanity as a whole as well as for highlighting the value of our diverse cultures. The basis of social harmony lies in cultural dialogue, mutual respect and the celebration of our differences, which is reiterated through the Ambassadors exhibition,” said Manal Ataya, Director General of SMD. 

Susanne Sporrer, Director of Goethe-Institut Gulf-Region, said: “This exhibition reflects the fruitful cooperation between the Robert Bosch Foundation, the Goethe-Institut and the Sharjah Museums Department. The idea to produce new relations between the rich and diverse museums of Sharjah and Germany has created a groundbreaking intercultural project. Since the German cultural institute Goethe-Institut Gulf Region is dedicated to encourage the exchange and the understanding between the cultures I am looking forward to intensifying this cooperation in future. I am very glad that the Goethe-Institut could participate in this process and congratulate SMD’s to realize this event that highlights the humanitarian and cultural bonding.”  

A panel discussion entitled “Social Harmony from a Curators’ Perspective” was held alongside the exhibition. Participants included the curators from each museum. The four-step workshop offered an overview of the concept of social harmony with a time-space journey highlighted through the Holy Quran, which underscores the need for social harmony, peace, love and mercy. 

The Sharjah Museums Department, established in 2006 by His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, aims to promote the emirate’s rich legacy of arts, heritage and culture. For more information on the Sharjah Museums Department, please visit www.sharjahmuseums.ae.

Sharjah museums

Recently, we've committed to visiting the healthy number of Sharjah museums. Today, with the pottery class beckoning, we headed over to the Sharjah Archeological museum - the place was roomy and very informative! Love the dioramas about the different burial sites; a very good glimpse into the UAE's past.

We were told that they sometimes arrange site visits to the digs - that would be fun. We signed up for the alerts, hopefully it's something they'll organize while the weather is still fabulous!

There was also a pottery class held today. There was a short talk on pottery and its use in the olden times as well as the styles of making them. After that, we had a terracotta session where we fashioned our own mini jars. Nice eh?