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more potting as business...

updated sun 31 aug 97

 

Susan L. Ross on thu 21 aug 97

Tamsim & Cathie, thanks for your help, advice & info...

Onward...

I know about craft fairs, galleries, retail shops, guild/co-op sales... any
other methods of selling one's work?

I'm looking for a quarterly called The Craft Fair Guide, by Lee & Diane
Spiegal. Anybody know who to call on this?

:-) <~~~~~ Su

Judith Enright on fri 22 aug 97

Ever thought about catalog sales, like Pottery Barn, Sundance,
Williams Sonoma, etc? I've thought about it, but haven't done the
research. Anyone out there have experience along these 'direct
marketing' lines?

Judith Enright @ Black Leopard Clayware & Pottery


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Subject: More potting as business...
Author: "Susan L. Ross" at Internet
Date: 8/21/97 6:30 PM


----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Tamsim & Cathie, thanks for your help, advice & info...

Onward...

I know about craft fairs, galleries, retail shops, guild/co-op sales... any
other methods of selling one's work?

I'm looking for a quarterly called The Craft Fair Guide, by Lee & Diane
Spiegal. Anybody know who to call on this?

:-) <~~~~~ Su

J Rose Fine Pottery on sat 23 aug 97

Susan L. Ross wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Tamsim & Cathie, thanks for your help, advice & info...
>
> Onward...
>
> I know about craft fairs, galleries, retail shops, guild/co-op sales... any
> other methods of selling one's work?
>
> I'm looking for a quarterly called The Craft Fair Guide, by Lee & Diane
> Spiegal. Anybody know who to call on this?
>
> :-) <~~~~~ Su
Hi,
Crafts Fair Guide address and phone: PO Box 5508 Mil Valley, CA 94942,
Phone and Fax 415 924 3259. Also, have you tried your local Farmer's
Markets? We have several here in the Los Angeles area that let crafts
people sell their stuff.
June Rosenberry
JRoseFine@Earthlink.net

J Rose Fine Pottery on sat 23 aug 97

Judith Enright wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Ever thought about catalog sales, like Pottery Barn, Sundance,
> Williams Sonoma, etc? I've thought about it, but haven't done the
> research. Anyone out there have experience along these 'direct
> marketing' lines?
>
> Judith Enright @ Black Leopard Clayware & Pottery
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _______________________________
> Subject: More potting as business...
> Author: "Susan L. Ross" at Internet
> Date: 8/21/97 6:30 PM
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Tamsim & Cathie, thanks for your help, advice & info...
>
> Onward...
>
> I know about craft fairs, galleries, retail shops, guild/co-op sales... any
> other methods of selling one's work?
>
> I'm looking for a quarterly called The Craft Fair Guide, by Lee & Diane
> Spiegal. Anybody know who to call on this?
>
> :-) <~~~~~ Su
How about a "party plan" where you give a party at someone's home, like
Tupperware?
June Rosenberry
JRoseFine@Earthlink.net

Tamsin A. Whitehead on tue 26 aug 97

I have done this with a friend who is a baker at her house - it was great
fun and a nice way to sell. You get a good chance to explain your work and
get good feedback in a very immediate way. There was quite a "party"
atmosphere - I think it was regarded as an evening away from the normal
grind and a chance to get together and have fun...everyone was pretty
relaxed and ready to spend! My friend did some catering and I gave her a %
payment from sales. It also gave her a chance to sell some of her baked
goods. I took along a mixture of things that people could buy there and
then - first come first served, a few "sale" items, and other stuff that
could be ordered, which cut down on what I needed to transport.

On Sat, 23 Aug 1997, J Rose Fine Pottery wrote:

> How about a "party plan" where you give a party at someone's home, like
> Tupperware?
> June Rosenberry
> JRoseFine@Earthlink.net
>

Barbara Lewis on thu 28 aug 97

Apparently the "party" theme is what Don Reitz did when he first got started
back in Pa, if my memory serves me correctly. He talked about this at a
workshop he gave through the Renwick Alliance in D.C. Barbara
At 08:49 AM 8/26/97 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I have done this with a friend who is a baker at her house - it was great
>fun and a nice way to sell. You get a good chance to explain your work and
>get good feedback in a very immediate way. There was quite a "party"
>atmosphere - I think it was regarded as an evening away from the normal
>grind and a chance to get together and have fun...everyone was pretty
>relaxed and ready to spend! My friend did some catering and I gave her a %
>payment from sales. It also gave her a chance to sell some of her baked
>goods. I took along a mixture of things that people could buy there and
>then - first come first served, a few "sale" items, and other stuff that
>could be ordered, which cut down on what I needed to transport.
>
>On Sat, 23 Aug 1997, J Rose Fine Pottery wrote:
>
>> How about a "party plan" where you give a party at someone's home, like
>> Tupperware?
>> June Rosenberry
>> JRoseFine@Earthlink.net
>>
>