| On the Beach |
[Jun. 30th, 2009|10:03 pm] |
There's no better movie to assemble cards by than On the Beach starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner. It's a rather atypical movie about the end of the world after World War III - there's not much action or mutant zombies - but lots of angst and unfulfilled passions. It clocks in at just over 2 hours, which seems long for a 1959 movie. It was good anyway, despite the bittersweet ending.
I'm going to be at the Thorncliffe Greenview farmer's market on Saturday from 10-3 at 5600 Centre Street North. I have never been to this venue before, so I'm excited to see what it's like. I'm not sure if it's indoors and outdoors, but at the very least there's going to be Stampede festivities! I can never say no to free pancakes :-) |
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| No more pencils, no more books! |
[Jun. 23rd, 2009|05:33 pm] |
No matter how old you are, there's nothing like the liberation of the last day of school, especially if it's a perfect summer day. The sun and wind greet you, inviting you to romp in the grass and run far, far away from the school house. I popped by Michaels on my way home and bought a little gift to celebrate before stopping off at our neighbours' to feed their cats.
Despite what has been written about Andrew on RateMyProfessor, he's a darn good teacher and there were no surprises on the test. He was nice enough to give us four of the three possible essay questions and picked easy images. I'm going "doh!" over forgetting that Matisse was a Fauvist - he was the only one we studied so I forgot about that. But I did get the other right and I'm glad I decided not to change one of my answers after all.
Ah, sweet summer, I can finally enjoy thee! Actually I have a lot of work to do. I'm going to be at the opening of the Thorncliff Greenview Flea Market on July 4th, which includes Stampede festivities. I have a lot of new inventory to make! |
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| All wrapped up! |
[Dec. 7th, 2008|05:56 pm] |
And so another year of Christmas sales has come to a close. Our last one was this past Friday and Saturday at the Harvest Hills Alliance Church, which is by far my favourite. The church ladies come around with coffee and cookies for vendors, the Bible Quiz Team takes lunch orders and just everyone is committed to its success. They estimated it was its biggest year with 1500 people coming through the doors! It was also great to be table buddies with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) tooaquarius.
Overall, I did not do as well as last year, and there are several reasons...back in October I had a root canal, and that will sap the energy out of a lot of things (I cried the whole time :-P) and then a couple of weeks ago I got the crown for the root canal. I was fortunate (and very grateful) in that my work benefits covered a lot. I sold less knitting this year, which propped up last year's sales. The first sale of the season was far below average, but it was a "craft fair" with lots of home businesses. One sale suffered from a signage problem :S
New things were tried this year...and won't be done next year. A lunch time sale downtown netted total sales of $28 and a $40 parking ticket :-D Although I lowered the pricing on calendars, I sold only three. I believe I will also have to redesign my table display. When I first started out, I had a limited portfolio - but now that has tripled. I also need bigger signage as people don't seem to recognize that I'm the artist! I won't have prints next year. They just don't sell, even when discounted. I am quite satisfied overall though. Tis better to lose and learn than never learn at all :-) |
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| Photographer's Edge |
[Nov. 26th, 2008|06:55 pm] |
I found out about this website from another vendor and I wish I had found it when the Canadian dollar was at par with the US one. They have a big selection of photo card blanks as well as calendars. |
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| It's here! |
[Oct. 25th, 2008|07:17 am] |
After much tweaking (and re-checking of dates), the Calgary and area Christmas craft sale guides are here!
What amazed me is that there were so many I came out with three editions - north, south and out of town. That's a lot of sales! I truly hope it will help shoppers connect to crafters, and as well give potential crafters something to look forward to in 2009. The most common question I am asked is "How do you find out about these things?" It doesn't have to be a secret anymore.
Sometimes it disappoints me how some fail to realize the importance of advertising. And you know, not just of the sale itself, but the organization or community. I really had to dig for community centre email addresses as the ones I found were often incorrect. Community calendars that are out of date or not updated are disappointing in this wired age. The means to get the word out is there - but perhaps not the people power. |
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| New images for 2008 |
[Oct. 23rd, 2008|06:22 pm] |
Here's a small sample of some of the new images that will be on greeting cards, notecards and magnets for 2008. In all, there are about a dozen new images that I consider "card worthy" out of the hundreds I have taken all year. I could post more photos to the web, but the paranoid part of me worries about them being cropped, pasted and used nefariously :-)
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| Six! |
[Sep. 10th, 2008|07:20 pm] |
Here I was in a panic about 2008 craft shows not being advertised...we're booked for six sales! I hope that translates into a lot of sales. I'm thinking of gathering addresses for a Christmas Club - then when 2009 sales are booked, I can send the dates and addresses as well as a coupon for a free card to people. |
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| Picture Post |
[Nov. 25th, 2007|08:10 am] |
Next weekend we have three craft sales - the big two day one at a church, a Saturday one at another church (Dad will be manning this table by himself) and then a community centre in Pineridge, which was a last minute sale that Dad tacked on to the list. Whoo! Then it's over until next year.
This is a part of the table from a show two weekends ago. I had an epiphany and I'm going to buy a Billy bookcase extender from Ikea so I can save some space and stack the acrylic card displays. I have to find a better way of displaying the magnets too.
( Pictures of my jewellery classroom ) |
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| First sale of the year! |
[Feb. 23rd, 2006|10:20 pm] |
Blue Flower Necklace has been sold for a modest sum. I looked at my reciepts from Michael's and Beazu to see how much it costs to make different necklaces. I don't figure in a lot of supplies, because I have a horde of seed beads for which I have long forgotten the price of :-) When I was mailing the necklace, I discovered that I will need to outsmart Canada Post, yet still protect the necklace. If the padded envelope doesn't fit through a slot about the width of a VHS cassette, it can't go through at the cheaper rate. The trouble is 1)pricing the item; 2)pricing it at a price people will pay; 3)not turn people off by the cost of postage, which seems to keep on going up and up... |
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