So today I opened my little store. Ok, so it had been opened a couple of days ago, and I sold 2 items with a total of 180 gold and one pending. HOWEVER, today I gave it an official name, and I put more items in my "emporium."
Now, why "Eastern Emporium"? As you can see, I'm fond of these fancy names. Irony of it all, I suck at names. XP When I DO come up with one, though, it rocks. Anywho, back to my point. 'Emporium' is just another fancy name for store, just like 'boutique,' and 'market'. I noticed the other terms offered by Yahoo's thesaurus are already taken, and the only other "pretty" name that's available's emporium. So I took that one.
It looks so empty using just 'Emporium.' I considered using my name to put it in front, but... ehh... I might change it in the future. So that option's out. I thought something that starts with an E would be nice. [No, I am not trying to copy 'Barton Boutique' though I noticed the similarities.] So i went to Yahoo dictionary and searched all the E entries. My eyes fell upon the word 'eastern.' Considering that I'm Asian and whatnot, I thought, 'Meh, what the heck?'
And THAT'S how the name was born. 'Eastern Emporium.' I thought a logo would be nice. Since we're talking about eastern here, I decided that one of the characters from the dingbat font Oriental View would be nice. I saw all the characters and immediately eliminated M since it was too wide. I continued with the process of elimination for a while more. Then I thought since the store's names start with an E, I might as well use the E character.
Everything was set. I decided to use the base that I used for the Gaia Chronicles logo to make everything easier for my lazy self. Just for the record, I used PhotoImpact 8.5 for the logo. [I can't afford PhotoShop or Paint Shop Pro. They're too expensive.]
To anyone who's reading this, drop by my shop sometime. You might see something that you like. I don't have much to sell as of now, seeing that I'm still new. Even so, I have a few extras and other items here and there that I'm not so interested in.
I guess that's enough rant for now.
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