16 January 2008

Titles and labels?

You know not that anyone actually reads any of this weblog, but i think my title may be too... wishy washy? Too aging hippy? I don't know. I like the idea of a handful of earth, but it doesn't encompass what this log is supposed to be about. I guess I'll change it.

Maybe I need one or two more blogs. This one should just be for letterpress. Yeah. Then I'll start another for knitting. And hen another for the other stuff I like to do.

So from here on out, Lock and Key Press is just going to be Lock and Key Press. YES.

13 January 2008

New Year

2008 is going to be amazing. Difficult. Challenging. Probably disappointing. But hopefully rewarding. If I can just stay on track.

We're moving to St. Louis in April. Actually I am thinking of staying until May, when the lease is up. Lucky won't want to, but I am having some difficulty leaving Mr. Meers. He doesn't want me to go, i don't really want to leave him high and dry. He's really the only factor making me doubt this move. If I could only have more time with him, if I could just get things in order for him before I go... Sigh. Its a lot of work.

I want to start selling all of the things I know I can make, if only I can wrap my head around HOW to do that. That's actually what I want to write about here today. This is a short list of what i think I can mass produce (on a one person scale, of course) enough of to sell and support myself. I'll have to do all or a combination of these things.

~Letterpressed Notecards and ephemera, stationery and custom anything. I should market these to upscale shoppes and also have some Etsy store or something.
~Knitted items: scarves, toys, shrugs. Smallish things I can make with out having to charge for dozens of hours of labour.
~children's clothing. I love making kids clothes(small and fast!), and I know I can make some great stuff for boutiques.
~Needle Books. Tiny books with fabric pages for storing sewing needles.
~Knitted kitty toys. Sell these at the counter in pet shops.

So in order for that to happen I must construct some sort of organizational timeline. Perhaps go month by month and begin Making these things and establishing an inventory. Just a small, manageable inventory. See what things sell best and then focus on those. I should be able to make projections based on a few months of sales right? I know nothing about business.

Ok I just want ed to get that out of my head. Now, i need to clean up the spare room and print!