Monday, August 13, 2007

Basic Grey Christmas

Thank you all for your get well wishes! They are much appreciated and I am feeling a bit better today as time goes by. If I could only get this faucet formerly known as MY NOSE to stop running! LOL!

I've been doing some freelance work for Stampendous over the past couple weeks which has forced me to get into the Christmas spirit despite the warm weather. These are a couple of Christmas cards I designed using their Doodle Noel and Doodle Joy stamps with Basic Grey Fruitcake paper. You can get all of these things at Eclectic Paperie!

I've read your questions regarding the craft show as well. One of the most frequently asked questions was... Do you sell your cards in sets or individually? Great question! It often takes me multiple tries before I figure out what works best and nonetheless, it always varies at every craft show! My answer to all of your questions will probably contain "what works best for me, may not work best for you!" But, I will share what I do and you can take it or leave it or tweak it to fit your situation. I have found that for occasions such as birthdays, Christmas, and other holidays, people like to purchase cards in sets as they will most likely be sending more than one. For these particular occasions I sell mostly card sets packaged in clear card boxes. If there is more than one design in the same box, I take a scan of the cards, shrink it down, and print it off in color to insert inside the clear box. By doing it this way, people don't have to open the box and take the cards out to see them. For other occasions like baby, graduation, thank you, anniversary, wedding, etc. I sell individual cards. I package them in clear envelopes (so people don't touch them with their hands) and display them in my spinning card rack. I will be packaging these two Christmas card designs into sets for the craft show. I'll take pictures when they're done!

A little note: I'm sure you've all seen my copyright notice in the right sidebar. I enjoy sharing my craft show experiences to help you with your craft shows! I also enjoy sharing the products I sell at my craft shows. However, I share them for your personal inspiration only. Please do not exactly copy these items and sell them at your craft show. Thanks!

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22 Comments:

Blogger C70 said...

Fabulous cards, as usual, Taylor!

TFS! :)

4:46 PM  
Blogger Peggy Maier said...

Oh so sorry you're still not feeling well! But you certainly haven't lost your touch. These cards are great & I love that paper!

4:49 PM  
Blogger Heather Grow said...

I love your Christmas cards. I especially love those doodle sentiments with the paper piecing.

5:04 PM  
Blogger Flossie's Follies said...

WOW, these cards are fantastic, and the paper is awesome, on my way to check them out.

5:37 PM  
Anonymous Malissa (malissa32) said...

Taylor, these cards are beautiful! I love those stamps! Thank you so much for answering out questions. Helps a lot!

6:04 PM  
Blogger Natasha said...

Wow! These are awesome!!! Love your use of the BG paper! Those are very fun images!

6:32 PM  
Blogger Jenn in GA said...

love the combo of the words and the paper--no one seems to be able to beat BG's paper designers! thanks for the insight about craft shows...

6:57 PM  
Blogger StamperSharon said...

What great stamps and beautiful cards, Taylor -- love them!

8:14 PM  
Blogger Heather said...

Glad you are feeling a little better. I always think summer colds are 10x worse than winter ones!

These cards are really pretty. I love BG paper -- I feel their designs are so homey and what is more homey than Christmas!

Feel better! Heather

5:07 AM  
Anonymous lacyquilter said...

These cards are gorgeous!

5:44 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Awesome cards as usual Taylor!!!
If you package cards in the clear box to sell, how many cards in one box & how much do you charge?
Thanks for the info
Ilene B.

5:51 AM  
Blogger LouBelle said...

I love these cards!! The paper is super. When you sell your cards, do you put sayings on the inside of the cards or do you leave them blank?

7:52 AM  
Blogger Ida said...

So happy to hear you are feeling a little better inspite of the drippy nose! - Very festive cards. They are quite lovely. Ida

8:13 AM  
Blogger Wendy said...

Your cards are beautiful!

9:12 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh my goodness, your cards are so beautiful!!! Wow!

Susan/SnowyAK

9:15 AM  
Anonymous Jami said...

Oh these are sooooooo CUTE!!!!!

10:11 AM  
Blogger Christen said...

Hi Taylor. I'd like to talk to you about perhaps being a Guest Artist for Take Ten Magazine. If you're interested, please e-mail me at colivarez@stampington.com

Thanks!

11:00 AM  
Blogger Jen said...

Both are great cards! I love the brads down the side of that top one!

11:43 AM  
Anonymous Katie said...

Super cute cards, as always! Just wondering, how did you get the paper that the letters are stamped on to look so distressed? And what ink did you use? (Or did the paper come like that?) Thanks!!

Hope you feel all the way better soon!

1:51 PM  
Blogger Rose Ann said...

Really gorgeous card!! I love that paper too!

2:00 AM  
Blogger Lori said...

Those are awesome cards! Hope you get to feeling better soon!

5:59 AM  
Blogger Karen said...

these are super cute cards - love them!!

9:35 PM  

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