Shop-related news
Two Saturdays has passed since the Pop Up Store. I had an unbelievably good time there. Made friends with fellow makers, met new faces, gained lots of encouragement, and sold a whole bunch of things. My greatest fear was not selling a single thing. So I deemed this Pop Up a success! It was an eye-opener watching how people reacted to my pom poms, for my poms to be touched by hands that aren’t mine. Some were surprised at how big the poms are in real life! That made me laugh out loud. They are big poms!
Between that Saturday and now, I’ve been taking things easy. Fulfilling some custom orders and picking up more yarn to make more, to restock the shop. That’s the easy part though. After the experience of selling face to face, I realized how much harder it is to sell online. Maybe I’m not nailing it in the ‘human connection’ department. So I’m going to try and do better with my product photos. My new thing is to bring along some poms when we go out, if I happen to come across a “cool” background, we’ll try and take some photos. It weighs less on me this way compared to a planned “photoshoot”. After lunch today, I got to put my new thing to action. I thought I’d share some here before the photos get old.
These pom pom badges sold out at the Pop Up. Not bragging, I am/was genuinely happy. So I made a ton more.
I’ll probably be quiet till the new year. So have a great end to 2013!
