FMP- CREATING CORPORATE BUSINESS CARDS

As part of my final project, I had to create 50 corporate business cards, and 50 creative business cards. When designing my corporate business cards, I decided that I wanted to have a design on the back too and not just on the front. I created 7 different designs for the front of my business card, and a design for the back of the business card, but in 2 different colours, so that I had a variety of different business cards to hand out at my exhibition. 
Unfortunately, when I had all my designs sorted to get printed out at college, there were a few difficulties throughout the process. I was first told to take my designs to the print room where they get created; on my memory stick. Once I got there, I was asked what I wanted doing exactly, I stated that I wanted 50 business cards all together ( a few of each design that I had created) and on the back I wanted any coloured design I created that stated what media I specialized in, and my blog address; so that clients were able to view my other work.
I was then told to come back in and hour to collect them, however when I came back my designs weren't put on the computer yet and was told again to come back down later, but I wasn't specified a time, which made it a little harder. When they were finally printed, I realised that they had only printed the back of the business card, which they wouldn't have told me if I didn't ask, when i realised what had happened before i walked out of the room.
This is what I was left with.
They told me that my writing on the designs were too close to the edge so they couldn't print it, and that I had to redo my designs, which they could've told me when I gave them my memory, but they didn't check if they were right.

 

Even the designs that they had printed out, some of them were cut off at the bottom, which meant that i had to get everything printed again. I then had to postpone doing this and complete my business cards the week after as I didn't want to waste anymore time and fall further behind.

 

Once I had altered my writing on my business cards, to make sure that it was nowhere near the edge. I had them re printed and they came out really well, as they were a lot clearer and looked more professional. 

 

I feel that my favourite design is the second one on the above image, as it is one of my own original designs, where as the bottom 2 are recreated versions of my artist sheets which I have created. I created more than one design for my business cards so that I had a variety of different styles to hand out at my exhibition.