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A friend of mine is a full time freelancer and I told her while she is away on vacation in Ireland that her customers could contact me with anything they need...
So I got an email from a customer (he's a printer) who sent me a .tif my friend had designed for a business card and told me he'd like it on an 8 1/2 x 11 PDF 12 up. Now I am not so great with the terminology but I'm pretty sure 12 up means 12 to a page right? Am I crazy or does that not work-it just doesn't add up to me how I can fit 12 business cards on 8 1/2 x 11 and include bleed and everything? They are standard size business cards by the way.

So sorry if this is a dumb question but does anyone have any suggestions for me as to what I need to do here? My freelancer friend is unreachable and I don't want to look bad for her customer.

Thanks in advance-I'm desperate!

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I was asked by a friend to create something simple for her waxing-salon. She wants it to be gender neutral and clean and simple. I've gone through a couple ideas of trying to incorporate silhouettes of bodies but it seemed impossible to represent a man's hip in such a way that made sense.

Anyway, this is the new design that I've started. I created the letter forms in Illustrator and kinda wanna keep with that feel, but not sure about a color palette. She likes greens and, as previously mentioned, wants it to be gender neutral. 

Any other suggestions/ideas, totally welcome! Thanks!!!

ps, happy holidays! :)

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So, my freelancing book is en-route, but I have a billing question I just thought of that I'd appreciate any advice..

I am billing a nonprofit, which I know means I can't charge them sales tax. I do get charged income tax on this though.. Is it customary to work a proportionate amount of your tax estimates into your billing somehow? Sorry if this is a stupid question, just curious how other people deal with this.

But for my other clients, should I be charging them tax? Am I going to get taxed for this somehow that I don't know about? I've only ever worked with nonprofits so this hasn't ever come up before, but I've had a few this year now. I will be charged taxes on my income..should I be adding this future charge to my statements, or figuring it into my charges in the first place? What do other people do?

Thanks!

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