claybair on mon 15 dec 03
I'm sooo chatty today.... Joe O'Brien is going to really
have at me....Why aren't you in the studio?
Why did you mention my name on Clayart?
Blah... blah....Revenge Joe...heh.. heh!
Plus only 4 hours sleep and the Quest guy that was scheduled to come
and never showed up. Three calls to Quest(ion their competence)
later.... there never was a guy scheduled to come out in spite of the
message
received to the contrary.... whoops there went a half day waiting for him.
Anyway... there are many bag companies. I use Bags & Bows.
250 of the large kraft bags were more than I needed so I split
the order with Joe.
I printed out my name and logo on some 3x3 disc stickers hubby had
laying around and stuck one on each bag. I had many people comment
on them.
People like these little touches.
Costco has white and holiday tissue paper around this time of year. Great
prices..
I buy enough to last until next season.
One more tip...
This year I made a postcard advertising my open house. I took that design
and
made it my business card. People commented on how much they like seeing
images
of the work on the card. It helps them recall the work. On the back of the
card I list my show schedule. I get a lot of mileage out of that 2"x3" card!
Gayle Bair- started out with grocery bags and newspaper now make it a point
to upgrade some part of my operation each year.
Bainbridge Island, WA
http://claybair.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On Behalf Of Eddie
Krieger
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 6:36 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: pot bottoms/signing/packaging
Don't you think wrapping a nice pot in old newspaper is way short of good
taste and class. And, worse yet, putting that wrapped pot in an old sack or
in a
Walmart plastic bag just seems really cheap.
Bales of newsprint are available at commercial paper companies. The last I
bought was in 50 lb. bales of 2 ft X 3 ft sheets. This works great for
wrapping
up pots and does not leave your hands a black mess. It is also much easier
to manage than the end rolls that can be obtained from the newspaper
publishers. Nice sacks can be obtained from Sams in the smaller sizes and
larger sacks
with handles are available from paper and gift wrap sources that can be
found
on the internet. Our source for the larger kraft bags with handles is
Blackburn packaging out of Dallas.
For me, packaging a sale is very important and lets the customer know I am
proud of my pots and appreciate the business.
Eddie Krieger
Abilene, Tx
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Eddie Krieger on mon 15 dec 03
Don't you think wrapping a nice pot in old newspaper is way short of good
taste and class. And, worse yet, putting that wrapped pot in an old sack or in a
Walmart plastic bag just seems really cheap.
Bales of newsprint are available at commercial paper companies. The last I
bought was in 50 lb. bales of 2 ft X 3 ft sheets. This works great for wrapping
up pots and does not leave your hands a black mess. It is also much easier
to manage than the end rolls that can be obtained from the newspaper
publishers. Nice sacks can be obtained from Sams in the smaller sizes and larger sacks
with handles are available from paper and gift wrap sources that can be found
on the internet. Our source for the larger kraft bags with handles is
Blackburn packaging out of Dallas.
For me, packaging a sale is very important and lets the customer know I am
proud of my pots and appreciate the business.
Eddie Krieger
Abilene, Tx
Catherine White on mon 15 dec 03
Newspaper inks are a source of unpleasant reactions to many of us. I love
reading the paper but get a mild case of the shakes from it. For what it's
worth, USA Today (as I recall) uses a different ink that does NOT cause that
reaction.
Catherine in Yuma, Arizona
Life is what happens while you're making other plans
Judith S. Labovitz on mon 15 dec 03
re: using any old bags (or sacks as they are called here in
Michigan)....many in our co-op like the "earthiness? or whatever, of
being 'frugal' and reusing bags.....they seem to like the message it sends.....
beats me!
every once in a while someone suggests we upgrade to nicer
bags...unused. gasp...new......maybe even with our logo on it...and the
idea is ALWAYS shot down!
judy
At 09:36 AM 12/15/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Don't you think wrapping a nice pot in old newspaper is way short of good
>taste and class. And, worse yet, putting that wrapped pot in an old sack
>or in a
>Walmart plastic bag just seems really cheap.
>
>Bales of newsprint are available at commercial paper companies. The last I
>bought was in 50 lb. bales of 2 ft X 3 ft sheets. This works great for
>wrapping
>up pots and does not leave your hands a black mess. It is also much easier
>to manage than the end rolls that can be obtained from the newspaper
>publishers. Nice sacks can be obtained from Sams in the smaller sizes and
>larger sacks
>with handles are available from paper and gift wrap sources that can be found
>on the internet. Our source for the larger kraft bags with handles is
>Blackburn packaging out of Dallas.
>
>For me, packaging a sale is very important and lets the customer know I am
>proud of my pots and appreciate the business.
>
>Eddie Krieger
>Abilene, Tx
>
>______________________________________________________________________________
>Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
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>settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
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>melpots@pclink.com.
LaurieJean gombar on tue 16 dec 03
Hi!
When my husband designed our sales counter, we put a place in for the
newspaper end roll. I had originally been getting them for my guinea
pigs cage. But I started using towels for them instead of paper
(another topic entirely.) So we bought a dowel rod, a thick one, and a
plastic closet hanger, one end or side is a round disk with a flange,
and the other disk is the same way, only with a cut out for the top.
These were screwed in towards the front, on the sides of the walls of
the counter. I will take a pic if y'all want. Put the dowel through
the center, hook it up,and place the paper roll so the end comes out
under the roll... When you pull the paper up, give it a nice yank to the
left or right and it cuts itself off into any size you want. Extra
rolls sit behind this one on the shelf.
I call up the newspaper guy in charge of giving away end rolls and give
him a little card of thanks... Since I am operating a business now, I
plan to leave a mug or something.
LJ
Cheryl Weickert on tue 16 dec 03
The best time to buy tissue paper... the day after Christmas. You can
find it at any store that carries wrapping paper and it's normally half off
starting the day after Christmas. Best places to look, farm supply stores
and such stores that only carry the Christmas stuff over the season. They
want to get it out of the store so they can bring in the spring gardening
supplies.
Pinky... in white MN... it's starting to look a lot like Christmas
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:19:02 -0800, claybair wrote:
>Costco has white and holiday tissue paper around this time of year. Great
>prices..
>I buy enough to last until next season.
>One more tip...
>This year I made a postcard advertising my open house. I took that design
>and
>made it my business card. People commented on how much they like seeing
>images
>of the work on the card. It helps them recall the work. On the back of the
>card I list my show schedule. I get a lot of mileage out of that 2"x3"
card!
>
>Gayle Bair- started out with grocery bags and newspaper now make it a point
>to upgrade some part of my operation each year.
>Bainbridge Island, WA
>http://claybair.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On Behalf Of Eddie
>Krieger
>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 6:36 AM
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: Re: pot bottoms/signing/packaging
>
>
>Don't you think wrapping a nice pot in old newspaper is way short of good
>taste and class. And, worse yet, putting that wrapped pot in an old sack or
>in a
>Walmart plastic bag just seems really cheap.
>
>Bales of newsprint are available at commercial paper companies. The last I
>bought was in 50 lb. bales of 2 ft X 3 ft sheets. This works great for
>wrapping
>up pots and does not leave your hands a black mess. It is also much easier
>to manage than the end rolls that can be obtained from the newspaper
>publishers. Nice sacks can be obtained from Sams in the smaller sizes and
>larger sacks
>with handles are available from paper and gift wrap sources that can be
>found
>on the internet. Our source for the larger kraft bags with handles is
>Blackburn packaging out of Dallas.
>
>For me, packaging a sale is very important and lets the customer know I am
>proud of my pots and appreciate the business.
>
>Eddie Krieger
>Abilene, Tx
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
_
>__
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>
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>melpots@pclink.com.
>
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___
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>
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