reworked...

Okie dokie!
So I made a few changes that you all requested...
I made the coupon a bit bigger (only a little brandi i dont wanna cut you out anymore!)
I shaded the coupon a light gray
and I added dandilion designs to the top of wrens picture :D
Here is the new result. Anything else let me know!
When do we have to order these by?

My postcard...s

So I finished my take on the postcards. I hope you all like them. Let me know what ya think! I know we have to order them very soon.
-Courtney



**Just noticed Brandi wanted to be added so I made an additional postcard and squeezed her on it. So take a look! :)

updated PDX fair info:

hey guys,
i got an update today on the fair. it sounds like anyone who's interested should get in on it asap! i'm pretty sure i'm going.. who else is? here's the info i got today from urbabna:

1. payment options for table space
We are doing the tables by linear foot. It costs $6 a foot. if you want a 2 foot table it is $12. etc. If you have a tent we ask that you share it with fellow Etsy people. We will work out the details so that people get to be with who they want to be with. Send your Paypal payment to Adrienne at mmmfiber. The email address for the payment is mmmfiber@gmail.com. Payment deadline is Wednesday May 23rd.

2. log in information for our on line base camp is as follows (my note: see previous post where i gave details about this). Please get on this as soon as you can so we can work out the tent details and get a marketing team together!

wren :)

pdx etsy street team event...

hi guys!
hope you are all enjoying your week so far! there was a notice in the pdx etsy group conversation that a website has been set up to coordinate the june event. anyone who has emailed them to say they're interested is on there, i believe. if you haven't done that, but are interested in being involved in the event, i suggest you do so asap.

to log into the site the username is your etsy username/shop name and the password is pdxetsy. they want us to post a comment that we're checking in so they can see who all has done it. when you're in the message screen click on people at the upright corner and you'll be able to change your first name to your real first name (leave your last name as your user/shop name), update your email, and add a photo.

here is the info posted about the event, for everyone to use on flyers etc:
Etsy Art & Craft Summer Sale

PSU South Park Blocks
SW Park Avenue between SW Market & Jackson Streets
Portland OR 97205

Saturday, June 9th, 7am to 5pm - 40+ Vendors

Sponsored by PSU Women's Studies Department
and the "Walk of Heroines

**let me know if you have any questions! wren :)

In the mood to photoshop!

Ok everyone I think I am going to be doing some heavy photoshopping tonight to make a new banner for my store, work on my blog, & my post card image. While I'm at it I would love to start working on an idea for the post cards.

As we talked about at the meeting last night we want to have post cards printed up to promote our shops. We are going to create a code that is good for 10% off in all of our stores. This post card will have a small image of your choice to promote your shop. There is a small cost (at most $5 each- and thats really high) that will be determined once we know how many shops we have participating.

If you would like to participate please put a link to your shop and a link to the image you would like to have used. Please use high res images so they look good when shrunk down! To be included in this promotion please reply to this thread with the requested information by April 27th at 8pm (one week from posting date).

Someone chime in if I missed anything!

Authors!

Great meeting today everyone. :D So excited about getting the promos out! Also just wanted to remind you everyone please send me your email address and I will add you as an author on the blog. Then you need to accept the invitation! :D Convo me on etsy or you can email me at labelmeclothing@yahoo.com.
Have a great night everyone!
-Courtney

The promised promo idea:

hi hi hi,
below i've posted a list of ideas i've had for promo items. even if you don't want to make any of them, hopefully they'll help you get ideas! also, don't worry about making stuff that says your shop name, or has anything to do with your shop or what you usually sell. if it's kind of close that's great, but i wouldn't stress out about it for now. just be sure to bring business cards (or something else with your name on it) to attach to them and the customers will still like getting a small gift and will check out your shop because of it. i know i always do that!

wren:)
p.s. that's a wren bird!

small promo item ideas:

• business card-size handmade envelopes, from recycled papers etc. (i've been doing this and putting business cards inside for customers, i just got a small envelope i liked and used it as a pattern)
  
• business cards (or other fun stuff) printed onto magnet sheets
• handmade or printed stickers, on sticker paper (logo/business info/other cute stuff)!
• oragami boxes or other things
  
• postcard size, or smaller, art prints
• handmade paper
• booklets etc. with etsy, or eugene etsy, street team facts
• selection of found objects/vintage items/new, used, or leftover supplies/ephemera
• sewn stuff (little animals, cell phone charms, pincushions)
• paper flowers
• mini portfolio with pictures of your work and any other info you want
  
• selection of stationary/cards/envelopes
• fold-up paper/cardboard luminary
• selection of new &/or recyled papers with hand/computer drawn oragami folding instructions
• selection of anything else with hand/computer drawn tutorial
  
• key chains/fobs
• pins/brooches
• flower/plant seeds with little note about the flower/plant
• stamped/etc. hang tags for them to use on gifts etc.

also- i've received a couple emails from one of the people organizing the upcoming spring portland etsy show. i've pasted them below so you all know what is going on- let's talk at our next meeting about participating...

[from 4/11]
It is time to get up to speed! Larissa from larrisaelaborates.etsy and I went down to the Woman's Studies Department to reserve a PSU park block for the upcoming sale.Here is what we know about the PSU site:
-Our Etsy sale will be sponsored by the Women's Studies Program. The PSU
blocks would be costing us $900 or so to rent from the city but their
sponsorship will mean that the park fee is waived allowing us to have our
sale *right next to the farmer's market* .
- The proposed dates are June 9th with the back up date being June 16th (note from wren- this second date is uo graduation).
-This site is the block just south of the farmers market.
-There is a loading zone on site and a parking garage on Harrison and
Broadway (around the corner for after we unload)
-We are slated to set up at (wait for it...) 6:30 a.m. and we can pull
down as late as 5 p.m. the farmer's market is from 8 -2 I believe
-.There is a massive information network on campus that we can use to
promote our sale because of this sponsorship.
- In return proceeds raised from table fees will go to the program "Walk
of Heroines".

What we don't know:
-Since all of this is contingent of the event coordinator approving the
event we have to wait until we hear back.
Larissa, and I did speak with him already and it seemed like a go.
-Would you please let me know if you have a pop up canopy that you will
use and if can you share?
-I would also like to know if you will be needing electricity. We may
have access to a small amount, we may not.
-I was thinking the fairest thing would be to charge ourselves by the
length of your table. If we can get you to pay $6 a foot then the fee would be more progressive.
If you want a ten footer you pay $60 if you want a 2 footer you pay $10.Please bear in mind that the money we generate will go back into advertising and whatever is left over will go to a righteous cause.
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[from 4/12]
Some of you have emailed back concerning tents. the park block we have(fingers crossed) has a giant "X:" running through it. I had to draw a little map of what the fair would look like.
So hopeful we would lash the tents together for maximum coverage having "corner stone" tents at each right angle. Make sense? Probably not but the point is that if we share tents we can all be covered.

Out of towners! Let's get you hooked up so that you can spend the night in Portland on Friday!
Would some one be interested in coordinating this?

Donation to PSU Woman's Studies - let's do a raffle, or simple have an
information table set up where we can have both Etsy info,
maybe a laptop or two (one for etsy one for PSU) brochures,promos and
said raffle...and then a collection jar for the PSU project.
Would someone like to volunteer to keep and eye on the donation/raffle?
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Notes & Links from Wren..

hi again! aren't these cows funny! so, i just wanted to let you all know that the application for next months Craftywonderland show is due the 15th (which is this sunday). it will be on mothers day, may 13th- which i think could bring a good turn-out of moms and daughters. i've already submitted my application and would love it (as would my car) if others wanted to come/carpool as well! so, please submit and let me know.

i liked the group postcards linked from the comments last time- very professional and nice. i do think that we could do the same thing with vista print ourselves, and it would be a lot cheaper because they have free deals on postcards all the time. we would just have to pay for shipping and to upload our image. they also have extra big postcards (i think they're 8.5x5 in. or so) which you get less of but could be cool. so, let's talk about that idea at our next get together.

it would be great if we could use the puzzle post cards from joannes (as courtney mentioned in the last comments), but that could get to be pretty expensive- not sure how much they cost. it would be pretty easy to make them i think. especially if we did it as a group together. so why don't we all plan on bringing some supplies for making those to our next meeting... unless you all want to use the pre-made ones. does that sound good- a group craft project!?

also, with all the yammering on i did at the last meeting about cross-promoting, marketing, networking, blogging etc. i thought it would be good to share some links that i found in case you all want to use them etc. :) i might as well share this info i spend way to much of my time finding!

• Etsy Sellers Who Blog ring
• Bloglines (lets you see all blogs your interested in at the same time, very convenient
• USPS rate change info (check out the pdfs on the right, they have good charts etc. about the new rules and prices)
• Making banners for your shop (from Etsy Wiki)
• CraftConnectPDX
• Handmade Bazaar
• DIY Alert
• DIY Lounge
• BUSTs Girl Wide Web (add a link)
  
• I Buy DIY (add a link)
• Link Tiles
  
• Craftersbuzz
• ThisNext
• StyleFeeder
• Etsy livejournal
• Robot Laudry
• Linkedin
• del.icio.us
• Boutique Cafe
• My Art Plot
• Bravenet
• Dick Blick (art supplies)
• Z&S Fabrics
• Reprodepot
  
• Cheap Threads
• Superbuzzy (Japanese fabric & supplies)
• NW tag & label
• Paper Mart (packaging)
• Paper Source
  
• Craftster
• lov.li
• Church of Craft
• dafont (downloadable fonts)

please note- i have not used or bought from all of these sites, but most were recommended by other etsy sellers/craft people, or i found them. enjoy :)

Meeting Notes/Update

hi everyone,
for those who couldn't make it to our meeting yesterday (we missed you!) i wanted to give you an overview of what we talked about. we discussed a bunch of ideas for helping each other by cross-promoting. the most popular ideas were:

a) we are each going to make a bunch of promo items and bring them to our next meeting to exchange. please try to make at least 2 for each person (there are about 8 people who show up regularly), and of course keep them light and inexpensive. also bring business cards with you. this way when we sell something we can give them cards and promos from everyone in the group, plus a flyer with all of our info on it!

b) we'd like to do a frequent buyer card that can be used at anyones shop within our group. when they fill it up they can get a discount or something (details still to be worked out). we had a hard time figuring out how to do this- i kept thinking about it last night and, with help from my boyfriend, i think i came up with a good solution. i'd like to make a small (maybe postcard size) puzzle that has eugene etsy or something written on the front, and a promo code on the back. i'll then cut it up into different pieces so that the whole picture and promo code can't be seen until a person collects all pieces. when they have them all then they have the code, and therefore the discount! what do you guys think? i think it will be cute, and will be something we can all do easily, once we work out how to do the discount thing. they could be printed by someone, or i may be able to screen print them...

okay, we'd like to meet in about 2 weeks- so get workin' on those promos and keep brainstorming!
wren :)

** EUGENE ETSY GROUP MEETING**

Based on comments from the last post, we will be meeting THIS Thursday, April 5th @ 6:30 pm. Unless there are any objections let's meet at World Cafe (aka New Day Bakery) again, which is located on Blair between 4th and 5th. Let's all wear something RED so if new people come they will know it's us! (Hear that new people, look for RED!). Also, please bring ideas for group promoting/projects etc. that we can discuss.

Hope to see you all there! Pretty please please please comment on this post if you CANNOT make it (even the day of), so one person doesn't end up there alone. It takes more than 1 or 2 people to really make this work :)

thanks!
Wren