Monday, March 30, 2009

I'm Baaaacccckkkk!

After more than a month of not posting, I'm back! I'm sorry that it has been a bit quiet on the blog recently. For the past six weeks or so, I've been preparing for my craft fair at work. I've been preparing merchandise, designing logos and stationary...basically creating the foundation of my business. I figured that this was probably the best time to get things off the ground. So, I've decided that for my business I'm going to start small...word of mouth orders, as well as an Etsy store. Hopefully by the end of the year, I will be able to participate in a craft show or two. I've still got a lot of work to do though before I get to that point. 

Anyway, the craft fair went really well. I made a couple hundred dollars and 25% of my profits benefitted the Tulsa MS Walk, which made things even better! Here is a picture of a portion of my craft fair booth...















Also, here is a closer look at the items that I created. 

8"x24" Signs:




























Family Established Signs: 














Initial Coaster Set: 














Personalized Notecards:














Forget-Me-Not Notecard Series: These are great to have at home or in your work desk drawer for emergencies. 

The set contains the following messages: Hi, Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Get Well Soon and Thinking of You. 














This set contains the following messages: Howdy, Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Get Well Soon and Thinking of You. 














Around the World Series: The set contains the following messages: Thank You, Merci, Gracias and Grazie. 














Modern Version of the Around the World Series: 














Thank You Notes: 










































Personalized Stationary:














Magnets:




























Then this past weekend, I made and fulfilled all of the orders that I received from my craft fair. Here are some pictures of the items that I created for my customers. 

Family Established Tile and Initial Coaster Sets: 


























































































Family Established Sign:




























Customized Tile: 














So, what do you think? As you can see, I've been a busy bee, but I 'm back now. All of the items that I listed above are available for you to purchase. If you have any questions about prices, etc., feel free to e-mail me at nicky@stylemarkdesigns.com. Remember, everything can be customized :). 

-N

P.S. We purchased the URL for www.stylemarkdesigns.com. So, it's official. If you go to www.stylemarkdesigns.com, .net, .biz, .org, .us and .info you will get my website. Now I just have to design a website.

3 comments:

Andrea Cherie said...

I didn't know you were a crafty type! Cool! I love your signs, where do you buy the vinyl stick on letterings? Like wallwords.com or something?

check out my "craft" blog
http://theorganicbloom.blogspot.com

Nicky said...

Thanks! :) I have found a company in Utah to do my letters, but I'm hoping to buy my own vinyl cutter here soon. I've found that wallwords.com are too expensive for what I'm needing them for.

Andrea Cherie said...

Oh, good point! If you get a vinyl cutter you'd better have me over to oooh and ahh!