[Terre]

I'd love to be able to put together a brochure to hand out when I meet them. Printing costs are scaring me off at the moment. What I do though, is since a huge percentage of my business comes from the internet advertising, I email them pictures of what I have done, along with references they can call. Since I'm a lousy artist, (I'm considering inserting a clause in my contract that says no laughing at my sketches) I also send pictures of ideas and concepts I'd like to use in their yard.

Then, when I go to make the proposal, I use a lot of the pictures of what I want to create for them in a powerpoint presentation. I have found that it makes up tremendously for what I lack in drawing skills, and I think a lot of people get more out of a real picture than when they look at my green circles on flat paper with me telling them "That's a hosta."