View Kickstarter project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1065422571/100-verses-one-heart
IT'S FINALLY LIVE!!! OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!! PRAISE GOD!!!!
How the project came about?
It's so amazing how God has planned for this project to kick off, I think it kinda of started at the beginning of last year when I decided to do little doodles of the verses that speak to me everyday posting them on my instagram. Then I had people telling me that the verses really speak to them, sometimes it's really what they needed to see, a confirmation. Till one day last year, I felt this heavy heart that hey there's so many designers out there like me, wanting to design with a purpose and for someone you love.
It happened in Nov 2013, when I told Natty about this project I have in my mind about bringing 100 designers from all over the world to come together to design their favorite verses. Then the name "100 Verses" came about. I'm like wow this is probably the most interesting thing I have ever done in my lifetime, not that I'm super old. But working together with the other 99 designers, it seems like a too big a dream to come true, but I believe our God is greater than all things.
So we decided to craft and email to "sell" this idea to the other designers and artists to come on-board. Since my copy partner is on leave in Italy, I manage to get Kyeli my other awesome copywriter friend to help me kinda of fix the wording of the letter that I drafted. From Nov 2013 - Mar 2014, I have sent about 500 over emails to the different designers, even posted a couple of posts on my instagram looking for designers. I've been looking through Pinterest / Instagram / Behance / Dribble all over the social platforms to find the designers. Thank God for who didn't think I'm like a spam, replied and believed in this vision that I had. I did have to face rejection but also made a lot of new friends! To the designers who came along - Thank you!
Half way through the process, my husband was having a conversation with me on this project. He was saying that the name seems quite generic, since all the designers are united as one. How about calling it "100 Verses One Heart" even though we are so far apart, but we are united in Him.
Then looking through Kickstarter, we decided we needed to have a video to better sell this dream. Filmed it in a hot Saturday noon with Natty, but we weren't really very happy with it. For weeks to months we've been trying to correct it. Thank God for Dawn, who helped me to craft a really nice script that encapsulate the whole thought behind the video, that totally nailed it. Also want to thank Roseanne for her beautiful voice as always. Thanks Natty for doing up the video, although you tried to get me jailed for using a branded song, but its ok I still love you. =p Finally after many edits, we are pleased with the video, and I uploaded them on Kickstarter. This is my first time starting a project on Kickstarter, it really easy to use! So to all the creatives out there, if you have any project that needs funding, I strongly recommend using Kickstarter.
So on Feb 24 2014, I sent in the video for approval, before that I had to bugged Jade who is probably busy with her baby (she just gave birth) to help me with the bank details. Really have to thank them to trust their bank account details with me!
Today, it starting to come together so beautifully! Thank God for the people he has placed for this project, and the people around me who has supported me in one way or another :) It has been a long process and the journey has just began...
I will be updating the artwork hopefully daily on www.facebook.com/100verses
Hopefully after reading all these thoughts, you would help back the project up =D
View Kickstarter project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1065422571/100-verses-one-heart
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