July 8, 2009 "News
For Those Who Think With Their Hearts" Volume
V ~ Issue 5 |
We returned from Peoria tired and weary. There were so many shoppers in our booth the first evening and the next day that it took four us to man the booth. “Thank you”, to our good friends Jane Allen and Darlene Ferrier as usual you were life savers. What sold well at the show? Everything! Our trailer was packed as was the back of the Tahoe with merchandise. We had two palettes of new merchandise and three huge boxes of ornaments shipped to the show. I retired many of the old samples at the end of the show so there will be more room to display our new samples and tin. CHECK THIS OUT
Rosemary West’s NEW Gardener’s Truck in the last issue of PaintWorks was a hit. We sold out of the truck and the accessory kit that goes with it. They are in stock now. See the Folk Art Tin Lizzie Vintage Truck and the Vintage Truck Accessory Kit here. Her design on our antique doll cradle will be in the PaintWorks Christmas issue. The cradle will be in stock before the article is published. We would like to avoid disappointing any of our customers as we have the past two years with her Christmas project on our tin. I expect this to be the most popular design she has ever published. Rosemary will have five ornaments in the PaintWorks Christmas Ornament issue. I will have a set of those ornaments on the web so you can order them before the article is published too. If you do not subscribe do it now so you will not miss these two issues. PaintWorks Magazine. We sold out of Lynn Andrews’s patterns by noon the first day and ran out of several of the ornaments as well. They are really special. Not to worry, they are now in stock. Some of her patterns are non seasonal. When you see an ornament pattern think of it as multi purpose. It could be used on a door knob, cupboard door, wardrobe door, hat hook, bathroom hook or hung from a ladder back chair. Paint them for all seasons and occasions. Click here to see her patriotic patterns. The three new purses that Shara had at the show were among the best selling products in the booth. They are now in the shopping cart, but the stock is dwindling.
Good news! We have several more series of ornaments that include fruit, angels, snowmen, flowers and table top toys on the drawing board. Does that make your heart beat faster? It should, they are cute, cute. Shara will have projects in up coming issues of both Quick and Easy and PaintWorks. Yet another good reason to subscribe to PaintWorks and Quick and Easy Magazine. Maxine Thomas had two new projects and shoppers were delighted with them. Both the Harvest Bowl pattern she painted on our new scale pan and the sewing basket with her Angel Patches patterns were hits at the show. Maxine Thomas Pattern Packets. Even though her Christmas Ornament Box is not new it is still very popular and we sold out of her patterns for that the second day of the show. I am running out of ways to describe all of the new things we had at this show. How can you miss with artists that are the “brightest stars” of our industry? Debbie Cotton’s new Victorian Cone Pattern was a great seller. One of the noted artists in the industry came by several times to admire the lovely crackle finish Debbie used for her ornaments. She finally bought a pattern and one cone. No, I will not mention her name! As I told Debbie, it is nice to know that your work is appreciated. Debbie's Victorian Cone Pattern. Susan Mynyk’s completed Scruffy Brush Pins were popular. As was the Scruffy Brush Pin Pattern Kit in it’s new packaging. The new pattern has a brush included with complete instructions for making a scruffy brush pin. Customers were buying the completed pin and the new Scruffy Brush Pin Kits to make pins for their friends. Susan Mynyk's patterns. Trudy Beard, well what can I say about this talented lady? She had one of the most attractive booths at the show. Her patterns were displayed cleverly and effectively and many were painted on our tin. She used white wrought iron; white table cloth’s draped with large cream crocheted table cloths to display her samples. So lovely! Her three new Halloween designs were terrific. You must paint her witch riding her broom stick with orange roses trailing down the side of our new witch hat onto the brim. I will have her new samples displayed in our booth at both Artist Expo and at HOOT. NEW TIN
Take a look at the new Colonial Village Ornaments. There are four or five up now and there will be others added later. See all the Colonial Village Ornaments here.
Arriving in August I will have a large number of new “mini ornaments” with cute little hangers on those as well. They can be used for jewelry or ornaments. A few have arrived, but are not on the web site yet. We will add them to the web as time permits. Sorry, I don’t think they will be up when you receive this newsletter Be sure to check out the two sizes of our new Witch Hats. Also we just added Witch Hat Ornaments with the cute new style hangers. Medium and Large Witch Hats. Witch Hat Ornaments.
JULY AND AUGUST SHOWS NEW ORNAMENT COLLECTIONS ATTENTION TEXAS CHAPTERS and/or PAINTING GROUPS “SAMPLE SALE” – PRICES REDUCED REMINDER And on a personal note… The ornament box is used to store nine ornaments that are not shown. Decorate a small feather tree with the ornaments and display the box under the tree. The Folk Art Train will have two more cars and has not been antiqued or "mudded " yet so it is a little bright, but will be wonderful when completed. The Santa tray is a fun piece. His helper is decorating the tree that his feathered friends can snack on.
Until next time, take care of you. Think with your heart and take time each day to bring at least one small pleasure into your life. With a special hug for each of you, Della DellaAndCompany.com |
