wayne on thu 5 aug 04
Odd how we react...how our different cultures view
otherwise innocuous things (like flowers).
Where I was raised (Northeast US), the "funeral flower"
was and still is the Calla Lilly.
White, huge. Love 'em myself. Have them growing in the yard.
Let the neighbors think what they will.
Glads here are sold in supermarkets, in buckets at gas stations
(3 stems for $10) and always sell out.
Can't possibly be THAT many people planning their
significant other's demise...or can there?
Unfortunately, vases sold alongside the flowers in markets
are usually of glass, or (truly) hideous slipcast,
chinese importware.
No chance of breaking into the supermarket market.
I haven't that scale of production capability to be able to
supply thousands of stores nationwide.
Don't really think I would want to, either.
One, two, ten, a dozen...still "unique".
Thousands? Makes me like Ford Motor.
All the same old same old.
Thousands of MLB vases? EEK!
Tired of visiting fairs and not selling? Try going to your local
florist...
they're always looking for "new" and different. Anything to show
off
their flowers. Even if it's blue :>) Sell them a dozen wholesale,
or maybe less IF they will include your card on the pot or in their
display.
Free advertising.
Or try those fairs again, and this time, stick flowers in those
vases.
Dried or fresh, whatever is available at the time (and cheap).
They'll sell. It's called "value-added". A tried and true business
tactic.
The last mug I bought came with a complimentary set of three tea
bags.
I still order that tea. And I went back for the rest of the set of
mugs...
Wayne Seidl
Key West, Florida, USA
North America, Terra
Latitude 81.45W, Longitude 24.33N
Elevation 3.1 feet (1m)
----- Original Message -----
From: "clennell"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 8:35 PM
Subject: Geezerdom
> Lili: I was about to defend your elderly ladies with impecable
taste stand
> and then you mentioned gladioli in a blue vase. i love holleyhocks
which I
> refer to as old lady flowers. I have them planted at the side of
the studio
> and by the roadside. Now the Glad is what we call funderal
flowers. If
> Sheila were to bring me home a bouquet of Glads and a good bottle
of wine, I
> would watch her drink the first glass before tasting and at night
I'd sleep
> with one eye open.
> To my shock and absolute horror she did bring home Glads and put
them in the
> vases in our showroom. Does this mean our old style work is dead
or has the
> woman of my misspent middle age tip toed over to Geezerdom?
> The kiln at this moment is firing new vases, new work , new hope.
Get those
> damn glads outta the studio.
> cheers,
> Tony
> viewing Geezerdom from not far away.
>
>
> Tony and Sheila Clennell
> Sour Cherry Pottery
> 4545 King Street
> Beamsville, Ontario
> CANADA L0R 1B1
> http://www.sourcherrypottery.com
>
>
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