Last week I asked my dad to make me a sandwich board to place on the street pointing guests to my trunk show. I thought it would be a two hour project. I was wrong. I thought it would be a easy. It wasn't. Dad sketched it out on graph paper, found wood in hubbys shop, I went to Home .
I'm almost at the one year mark & Ruby Mae Jewelry has been growing by leaps & bounds. New clients, new vendors, new events & now more media. Last week was media driven with advertising options set before me. When & how should I advertise my business. What format & what budget.Social versus print versus internet. I've learned to .
While out treasure hunting/ garage sailing yesterday I came upon some great finds & met some really interesting people. I just had to take a picture of this blown glass chandalier I saw at an estate sale. It was a gift from her husband & not for sale. While he was touring the blown glass factory in Morano, Italy, he commissioned .
For those of you following my little blog to hear about the minutia of 1 woman starting a small biz, well here's a few tricks that are working for me. First, I carry these 3 wallets everywhere I go. The vintage silver one holds my Ruby Mae credit cards, wholesasle license & vendor loyalty cards. The sweet red check wallet was a gift .
There are so many tin can treasures out there. Sometimes they are cookie tins or mason jars or whipped topping tubs. I'm not quite sure what the two large ones previously were. The past 10 months I've seen so many of them and I can't believe I've made the mistake of not photographing them. It's a live & learn moment for me. From .
My fab dad keeps making me different displays for all my wares. The latest is this shutter jewelry display that has a kick stand & handle. I can take it & set it down anywhere. Love that. I bought the pink shutter @ the Arc in Tempe & it's just been hanging around for months. After going to the button convention & seeing everything .
I popped into JAM today to pick up a forgotten camera charger and was thirlled to see happy women in the kitchen creating Scrap Tags with local Five Times Blessed artist Nancy Mills. Shauna introduced us and mentioned Nancy loved buttons too. Come to find out Nancy bought a collection of buttons from a family member for $65 and it .
Dad & I headed to our first button convention yesterday. My middle son Nolan said, what's to see. You have a hole, you put the button through, what could they possibly have. I should have made him go just so he could see what was really doin in the show room. I believe A.S.B.S. stands for Arizona State Button .
Starting up this small business, I’ve learned to ask seasoned professionals for advice. I can take a hint or a cue if they really don’t feel like sharing.Or, if the advice doesn’t sit right, I ask someone else. I’ve asked & received terrific advice from Patrick Burt. He’s a longtime family friend who is a fabulous jewelry designer. He .
Last Saturday’s Gilbert Art Walk had a touching moment. Client Kathy came to pick up the custom piece she had ordered and my dad assembled. She was so overcome with emotion upon recieveing it she hugged my dad and then me. He didn’t see it coming and seemed genuinely suprised by it. Pretty soon Kathy is about to hold .