Wouldn't you know!

Today I was able to put up a table at a "meet and greet" at the building my day job is at. A co-worker and I advertised the organization while also selling our wares. There was not a lot of people, but I did sell some things.

In my last post, I mentioned that the Jasper Bookmark is probably my favorite, and I wouldn't mind if I never sell it.....Well, guess what! I sold it!

I could be sad, but I sold it to a 10 year old boy who probably picked it up and looked at it 10 times during the day. It was the very first thing he picked up when he walked over to our table. And he kept on coming back.

I have to say that I really like it when parents watch their kids and know what they like. His mother could have said no, but she wants him to read and if this bookmark will get him thinking more about reading, that is good.

So my "inspiration" piece is now gone!

Upcoming Items in my Shop!!

 

I've finally been able to take some photos of more bookmarks, in between my little girl grabbing at the camera. I'm up to 23 different bookmarks in my shop. And I honestly have a lot more that could be listed.

I have a craft show coming up in 2 weeks, so I've been busy, busy, busy making these. I'm hoping that they will do well at the show!

I do have a sale going on in my shop right now. It is a buy 3 get 1 free on any woven accessory and bookmarks. These would make very good gifts for teachers, librarians, secret santa's, etc. Plan ahead for the holiday season!

Creatively Displaying Bookmarks at a Fair

So I've been trying to come up with a creative way to display my bookmarks. Also to ship them when I sell on etsy. I debated about:
1. wrapping them around something.
2. Send them in bubble wrap.
3. loose in an envelop
4. connected to a business card.

None of these ideas seemed right, and I decided in fact they were pretty lame. So I did some googling for box templates. One of the first sites I found was: http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/templates.htm

They ahve some templates you can print out and use. I first looked at an icicle treat holder, but the bottom was empty, and I didn't like the idea of a tale sticking out. Then I found a diagram for a chopstick holder. I printed the template, worked on some modifications and found it to be almost perfect.

I have some leftover 8" x 8" scrapbook pages with designs on both sides. I took these and folded up a bunch of them to use for my current bookmarks I have listed on etsy. The only thing left to do is to figure out how to label them.

I also have to think about what I will do at a show if someone wants to take it out and look at the whole bookmark. That could get tedious replacing a lot of bookmarks back into their holders. But I will have to think about that for a bit.

If you read this, let me know how you think it looks. Thanks a lot for visiting!

What I'm working on this week

I would like to get some more bookmarks done this week. I'm going to look into having a booth at the Farmer's Market at Festival Foods on Sunday and I think these would do well. I also found some more Eyelash Laces last week that are going to be fun to work with. I'm also working on taking some more bookmark photos taken and getting them listed on http://www.rockcreekcreations.etsy.com. Thank you for visiting!