The website is going up little by little today and it’s a very exciting day! It took a very long time to arrive at the name “Dawn on the Farm” and in fact one of the gals I work with sometimes on ad campaigns & websites came up with it!  It just sort of rolled out of her and I stewed on it for a couple of weeks before I decided to go ahead with it!   Truth is I have been trying to come up with a ‘farm name’ since last summer and really didn’t have anything to show for it.  I was hesitant to use the word ‘farm’ since I have such a small parcel of property, no red barns, nothing stereotypical of a farm… but in it’s own way.. it is a small farm and so I finally decided it would be ok. So.. I was careful when I made the logo to not include barns, but chose to include the horses we can see from our house that live across the street in the rolling hills. I also decided to go with a white rooster in my logo, even though we don’t currently keep any white fowl, that’s because when you shrink the logo up tiny… colored roosters blend too much into the green hills and become unrecognizeable!  I also hoped that the white rooster would be more recognizeable to the general public who may or may not know that chickens come in an array of colors!  The hen & chicks I had to draw myself and I think I did pretty well for cartoon art!  Working in Illustrator CS is a challenge, and I’ve had no formal training, only years to bumble around trying to figure things out. I love the colors of the logo too, happy bright & fun. A little blue bird sits on the letter N in my name & he’s a nice touch.  Its not too busy, but busy enough!  Here’s a larger image of all my hard work… it took a whole day to get this done

So, Welcome to Dawn on the Farm!  I hope you enjoy the website, it’s a labor of love!