Great News

As my regular readers may have noticed I have been distinctly off the radar as of late. Well the reason is some very good news. Do you remember me saying that there was a shop interested in my stuff but things were all up in the air so I wasn't getting excited yet...well I'm in the middle of making a large order for said shop. I hope to finish this mamoth tast within a month, fingers crossed I don't lose my sanity before then. The shop is in Kilkenny which is great because I'll be reaching a whole different catchment area of people and it's quite the tourist spot too. I'm equally daunted and excited by this new venture, it's a big step to take on supplying another shop, but it could be just the thing I need. The woman who owns the shop couldn't be nicer, and I feel this could be really great for the business.
So I'll be more than a little sporadic in my posting over the next while... but it's all in the name of art man!

Market Marketing

I had a great day yesterday at the market yesterday, even though it was very quiet footfall-wise I still did good business. With Elton John playing in Thomond park the previous night it brought in a few new people(and customers) to the city. One of these said customers owns a cafe and craft shop call Kraft Kaffee in Co.Meath, and she took a few of my brooches and mirrors to sell in her shop. It's very handy to sell smaller items to shops as they don't take as much time to make but they can be a good little cash crop, so to speak. There is another possible lead on selling to another shop, but it's all very vague at the moment, so hopefully I'll have more news on that later.