thanks for the feedback. I had thought this thread died already.
I guess maybe it's time I toughened up & learned to let some even bigger numbers roll off the tongue in the logo design discussions... I'm still proud to get 5 big ones for drawing stuff.. but I'm also still in debt to my ears from not streamlining my operation sooner last year...
I think the clip art in logos question has been discussed here before. I think the main thing is that J2 can have that in there, but some guy down the street can start J3 excavation & there's no way to stop him using the same clip art. that's my take on it.
Regarding the white outline, I probably shouldn't fall back on that paranoia so much. My print to cut registration is pretty much on the money, but i've often felt a fear that the slightest off-registration event would spoil a print if it only had a thin border, and suddenly it ended up with a sliver of white on one side, and over half the border missing on the other.. musta happened once or twice 5 years ago & I got gun shy ever since.