Big Leaves
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Remember I said yesterday that I ended up buying a large leaf punch in addition to the replacement small leaf punch? Turns out I did that for a good reason, other than I just wanted something new. I broke the replacement small leaf punch! Cheap piece of crap! Martha's punch would never have broken after so few punches.
So I punched a big pile of leaves with the large leaf punch with no problem. I made a dozen of the 3-cat cards for Helen, 3 1-cat cards for Ida and an extra half dozen for this weekend's show. Let's see, each card has 18 leaves x 378 leaves. Wow.
I love numbers, of course. My latest thing is I love figuring out how many pieces make up each card. The leaf card is 53 pieces of paper - because each of the black dots on the tree branches is a black punched circle.
There are 27 pieces on the one with the cat, who is 3 layers herself.
Ida ordered 3 of the quilt cards so I made a bunch extra of those too for the craft show. They were so much fun to make, I can't wait to make more of this style card. I'm thinking I'll use this for my free drawing in my booth, along with a co-ordinated Sticky Notes and a pin. And I need to make a donation to the show's fundraiser door prize so maybe another set for that.
I was feeling bad yesterday that I don't have more Christmas things made for this big show, but it is what it is. I've done the best I can and I'll keep plowing ahead for future shows.
Set up is 2:00-8:00 today so I think we'll leave here around 2:30 to arrive at the venue around 3:00. I'm hoping the first wave of vendors will be done unloading by then. Steve took today off too to help me, sweet man.
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So I punched a big pile of leaves with the large leaf punch with no problem. I made a dozen of the 3-cat cards for Helen, 3 1-cat cards for Ida and an extra half dozen for this weekend's show. Let's see, each card has 18 leaves x 378 leaves. Wow.
I love numbers, of course. My latest thing is I love figuring out how many pieces make up each card. The leaf card is 53 pieces of paper - because each of the black dots on the tree branches is a black punched circle.
There are 27 pieces on the one with the cat, who is 3 layers herself.I was feeling bad yesterday that I don't have more Christmas things made for this big show, but it is what it is. I've done the best I can and I'll keep plowing ahead for future shows.
Set up is 2:00-8:00 today so I think we'll leave here around 2:30 to arrive at the venue around 3:00. I'm hoping the first wave of vendors will be done unloading by then. Steve took today off too to help me, sweet man.
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Labels: Craft Shows, What I'm Working On
posted by Stefani at 5:56 AM
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3 Comments:
Telling people how many pieces are in card could be a great selling point. I know that some people can just automatically tell how much work goes into the cards but others might need the numbers to really figure it out. I don't think I'd use that info on signs or anything, but mentioning it during a show would be perfect.
You know what's funny? This counting of pieces started when I made some quilty cards & Sticky Notes. Then I would tell people, like you mentioned, but the numbers sounded so outlandish, I thought I must have remembered wrong! I kept recounting to make sure I wasn't crazy. Then I had to write it down to keep it all straight. Better go right these down now. :-)
That is an interesting bit of information and shows how much work goes into your cards! Good luck at your show..I hope you make lots of sales!
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