Please Help Us Decide!

[Uhura!]

We have a web designer to re-design Our Mom Spot; however, before we get started on that we need to decide on a concept for the web site banner. I was instructed to pick out some images to help with that process...

Please help me pick out the top 2.

Some info about the site:

Our target audience
Moms of all ages (18-50) & from all walks of life (single, married, divorced, widowed + working, Stay-at-home, Work-from-home...moms with babies, young kids, teen agers, )

Our Motto / Tag Line

Our Mom Spot
100% Authentic & Awesome Moms!

Activities we have for people
Discussion Forum (main)
Live Phone Chat
Shopping Mall
Advertising opportunities
Humanitarian Activities

Other
We are a "support" group for moms... in terms of friendship / advice & opinions / information gathering



Here are the images:

Weathered Heart



Caveat - Very simple...A heart symbolizes love & the weathering symbolizes varying levels of experience. On the other hand, red is an angry color LOL!







Blue Abstract



Caveat - It has hearts & it's a nice shade of blue.... No chance of offending anyone







Rose and Jewels



Caveat - Soft and feminine...Website colors will be pink and grey.  May be a little boring or too "foo foo." (LOL!)







You're Home



Caveat - We could make the house nicer & replace the male fingurine with three welcoming female figurines.
The design will go with the phrase "100% Authentic and Awesome Moms!"







Legs (inspiration only)



Caveat - Show lower legs of three or four different types of women... and vary the leg poses. Also put 1 woman in sneakers, 1 woman in high heels, 1 woman in an unconventional pair of shoes, etc. plus whatever clothing is on the legs (if any) - it has to be easy to see that the legs belong to a female. We could even do one with the women seated together intead of standing up, but ...still show the leg & feet only...they're hanging out with each other...

The women in different shoes and different poses shows our diversity as a group without showing skin color or body type.

Women may like seeing the shoes. Shoes may evoke thoughts of "life" or "fun".

This design goes with the phrase "100% authentic and awesome moms!"

The design also allows for more flexibility for the web designer as far as overall colorscheme for our site.

...The banner designer can make the images move...we could ask that after a few seconds or whenever people pass their mouse over the image... the legs can shift positions. Could be cool!






Hands



Caveat - shows diversity without showing skin color or body type & goes with the phrase "100% Authentic & Awesome Moms!"


Please vote

****And please remember - the design may not necessarily look look exactly like the images, the images are mostly for inspiration to help in the creation of the website banner...

[rd]

I voted for weathered heart and rose and jewels, maybe I am just romantic Anyways, those two look the best in my humble opinion.

[trebul]

I think the most interesting idea is the one with the legs. It all comes down to how it's executed though. Not sure of your designers experience.

[Uhura!]

The designer will be www.logoinn.com ...I would say they're very experienced.

Maybe I shouldn't expose this while people are still voting, but I am thinking the legs will work best if executed properly like you said. My other fave is the Weathered Heart...but You're Home could look good too.

I am purchasing 2 design concepts from Logo Inn

[Uhura!]

One of the Staff Members picked these. 

I think they're good. The colors make sense for a mom forum!

[flapjack]

[Uhura!]

That's a nice one too FJ!

The colors aren't as vibrant though.

[flapjack]

more colors you say?
http://www.google.ie/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&biw=1680&bih=712&tbs=isch:1&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&gs_rfai=&q=colorful%20footprints

[Uhura!]

very colorful ....wow.

My staff hated the hands & they hate the feet too


We like the colors on the trays but not the images of the trays themselves.


I really want to get our banner ordered by the end of the week.

Sigh...