Logo for creative marketing and production company - alchemy necessary

This is what Of Gold was looking for in their logo design

Seeking a stellar logo for Of Gold - a marketing, event production, and business development consulting company based in Santa Cruz, CA. It is a one-woman project specializing in creative and scrappy solutions to business concerns. It's called "of gold" because I believe that any idea with enough development and scrappy thinking can be made of gold. This is where alchemy is necessary.

I've made simple mockups of the logo and have attached them here. It will be very obvious that I do not have design chops. These are merely jumping-off points, not rules. Ideally, I want the logo to convey creativity, great color contrast, fun, and ultimately, look great on a shirt or any type of merch. Read more