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I have been super busy! I am hard at work on commission orders for the holidays.
Here's a commission that I just finished up of these cute kiddos. They wanted to be in a garden theme. My fav part is the girl watering the flowers the little boy is holding.
I have been super busy! I am hard at work on commission orders for the holidays.Here's a commission that I just finished up of these cute kiddos. They wanted to be in a garden theme. My fav part is the girl watering the flowers the little boy is holding.
The commission order that I shipped to Italy made it through customs and they got it. I am so relieved. Since I had never shipped an artwork that large (18x24) overseas I was nervous. So glad they got it and everything is ok!
I am also excited that I seem to be getting a response to my ad in Best Friend's Magazine. I just got a few orders coming in this week from that ad. So that is good. I'll have to decide whether to renew the ad after the next issue of the magazine.
I am looking into offering an extra service to the commissions -- printing folded cards with the finished artwork on them. Then people could send out their commission as holiday cards or everyday greeting cards etc. I still have to figure out all the logistics.
Too bad it's too late for the holidays this year, but by next year I'll have it all figured out!
Too bad it's too late for the holidays this year, but by next year I'll have it all figured out!
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Out-source, out-source, out-source.
I used to have a really great direct connection with a printer here in Brooklyn who was amazingly cheap and gave us big discounts, but unforunately, he passed on.
There's a place in Alatmonte Springs/Casselberry that I seem to remembering being really good. I believe the name was Lawton. I seem to recall it being off of 436 by Club 436, with a huge printer in their front yard. We used to get bunches of things printed through them back in my high school daze.
I used to have a really great direct connection with a printer here in Brooklyn who was amazingly cheap and gave us big discounts, but unforunately, he passed on.
There's a place in Alatmonte Springs/Casselberry that I seem to remembering being really good. I believe the name was Lawton. I seem to recall it being off of 436 by Club 436, with a huge printer in their front yard. We used to get bunches of things printed through them back in my high school daze.
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Told ya! But, seriously, I'm glad it made it through okay, and relatively fast considering! :o)
Told ya! But, seriously, I'm glad it made it through okay, and relatively fast considering! :o)
Hurray! So glad you're going to get into printed stationery with your designs - I think it's a wonderful idea (ah,hem...as a stationery girl - LOL!). I'm here for you if you want to brainstorm about the how/what, etc. :-)
I print my cards on scored cardboard that I buy cut to size directly from a local printer. I have played with the settings on my printer, and when packaged with a colour envelope in a cello bag they have been a really effective way of cross promotion through a product. Good luck with your idea - I think it's terrific!
Hi Claudine, let me know if I can help with info on card making. I do it with my dog paintings and I have a great card stock vendor. If you have Photoshop and a good printer...you'll be all set! Good luck with the holiday commissions...they look amazing.
Too cute! The cards are a great idea. I bought your book yesterday!!!!! I'm really looking forward to getting at it but need to find the couch first ;)
thanks everyone for the support for my new idea! I also want to research other products i could offer to put the commissioned work on for the client. How cool would it be for a client to have the original artwork and then an ornament or paperweight or whaterver too!
Right now I am looking at online printing companies so I can outsource the printing. I think I'd kill myself if I was cutting the cards here. I can't cut straight (even with a paper cutter!) and I can see me messing up more cards than making good ones! LOL!
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Right now I am looking at online printing companies so I can outsource the printing. I think I'd kill myself if I was cutting the cards here. I can't cut straight (even with a paper cutter!) and I can see me messing up more cards than making good ones! LOL!
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