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Jessie Rayot
255 Centre St Apt 6
Nutley NJ 07110
- vintage frame from Scraps of Life
- old rake from Twig Home
- branch from Shelterness
“You never know if they're good ones until they've been washed about 30 times and then you can't find them again!”
A few weeks back, I was reading my copy of Crafternoon
, and nearly gagged when I ran across the author’s suggestion to use cat hair as filler. Now I really love my cats (all four of them), but I can’t really say I’m a fan of their hair and never contemplated using it in my crafts. So, when I saw a pre-order for Crafting with Cat Hair
, I started to wonder if this was some burgeoning trend where crafty cat ladies are rising up and shouting from the roof tops “hair balls be dammed…I’m making something cute!” For all practical purposes, one quick search shows this is a definite trend with a handful of blogs popping up and even a Facebook site. I have sinking suspicion that when Crafting with Cat Hair releases November 1st, 2011, solitary Cat Ladies will unite and rise up, reveling in their new found craft acceptance.
Our two cat loving crafty ladies want you to send in your cat hair. That's right. Send in some cat hair and make sure you include your cat's name and photo. When the book's publication date gets closer, I'll feature several of your proud, hair-donating kittens on the (soon to be) re-launched Quirkbooks.com. Margaret and Katie may even make a little framed portrait of their favorite kitty, to be published online for the world to see. We'll see how much cat hair we get.
Send your bags o' cat hair to...
Quirk Books
C/O Margaret & Katie
215 Church Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
--Via Catsparella
“A bit disappointed. I was contacted about being featured but they wanted me to do $59 GC’s for $19.00. With silver prices through the roof I’d be losing money right off the bat. I had offered $40 for $20 but it was a no go” --Kristen writes via a comment on Handmadeology
Selling your [lovely] work for less than half price to people who habitually never pay full price for anything would be a very costly error…that's some damned expensive advertising aimed at the kind of audience you don't want anyway. –SurrenderDorothy
Consider these two points made by Lisa Peter of Etsy Selling Success when trying to decide if Heartsy is right for your Etsy shop:
· You can’t repeat this marketing scheme over and over or you’ll be out of business quickly. Good marketing is ongoing. It can’t stop with one or two efforts.
· Building a brand based on product quality and outstanding customer service becomes difficult. The buyers of these coupons are generally looking for a deal. Your product quality and customer service doesn’t really play into their decision to buy. They most likely will be out there looking for the next great deal and end up forgetting about your product quality and outstanding service.