Well - Christmas Fayre in the village is tomorrow. Been busy getting the cards into clear cellophane bags, making up tags with ribbon and packaging them, making the key rings etc. Also got delivery today of the bookmarks I had ordered - so I think everything is under control!
Tags are now attached to smart ribbons I found in similar bright colours, which makes them look much better - selling them in packs of four. I found that black backing card worked really well to show them up - looks much smarter now. Thought I had done loads of them, but once they get put into groups of four, I suddently realised I should have done more - oh well - too late now as the paint would never dry in time....
Did the same type of packaging for the key rings. Thought it fun to make up something like this with mini works of art in them. The way the acrylic ink mixes on the page produces some really wonderful effects - think I'll keep a couple of these for myself!
Whereas the last two products are proper works of art in miniature - acrylic ink on thick Bockingford watercolour paper, the bookmarks are printed professionally. Found a company that did these bookmarks in aluminium and you can upload as many designs as you want - so this is the range. I had to limit the designs to ones that would reduce down to this tall rectangle. Some of the designs I have don't work in this format. As this was an experiment, I only went for five designs. Anyway, really pleased with these - they only arrived this morning (cutting it close), but are now smartly packaged up in a similar style to the other products, so visually on the table everything works.
Now just hope the weather is OK, so people turn up. Will be really interested to see how these new products (ie not my normal paintings and cards) go down with the public. If they work, I'll do them again for the Open Studios in the summer, as it is nice to have a range of things on offer.
What's happening after the Christmas Fayre? Well - apart from debating whether I attempt going for the Cambridge Drawing Society - which means having four paintings to submit to a panel of judges - I really do need to sort the studio out. It is a complete mess and I am hoping that some work will be done on it early next year - a basin for a start and maybe shelving, as everything is stored away in plastic boxes at the moment and very old melamine furniture (that goes back to the ark!) Sounds like I am going to busy - oh - except Christmas is coming and cards have to be written and presents bought. Don't think I have enough hours in the day for all this....
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