Tuesday, May 18, 2010

First Shop!

Today was a good day.
Our friend from art school, and director of creative services at Tender Loving Empire invited us to bring our cards into the shop. It was nice to visit a shop that sells nothing but artist made goods. Perusing the prints, jewelry, paintings, plush toys, etc. it was nice to see familiar artists (fellow art school graduates). If you happen to be wandering downtown Portland, pay the good people at Tender Loving Empire a visit. There's a lot of good stuff in there! Impulse shoppers beware.

Handing off our cards and leaving them to be sold (knock on wood) was a good and exciting feeling! Now we need to print more!! With our press getting closer to completion, it won't be long before we're printing pretty new cards. In fact, we're planning on doing some printing this weekend.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Craft Fair: round two

So as to not sound like a big jerk, I'm not going into the details of our last craft fair. Let's just say that it was a learning experience. Let's also say that knowing your audience is a really important thing. A few people have given this advice, and it's never rung more true.

And one last tip, when you're entering a craft fair, and if the contact email resembles "ptcruisingmama@blahblah.com" don't apply! Just don't.

With that said, we're doing another craft fair! This one seems to be more suited for us, and we're a lot more excited to be joining in. It would be great if you came to see us (if you're in town). Hopefully, this time around, we'll sell more than ONE card.