First Show - Big Success

After all the stress and anxiety about the first show ever for Raspberry Creative, I'm happy to say it was a big success.  Raspberry Creative is officially legal to sell products and this weekend was my first attempt at selling physical items.  It was pretty exciting.

While i didn't sell a ton of things, the best part was making so many new contacts and just getting the name out there.  I had so many people come up to me to tell me they've seen the shop in Mifflinburg and didn't know what it was or they were happy they now know about me because they have something coming up.  Lots of people took business cards and asked real questions so I feel like my goal was accomplished. 

I felt all along that the biggest thing for me was letting people know what I actually do and for that I succeeded.

Here are a few other shots of the show.  I think it was a successful day for everyone.

Right Around the Corner

I haven't posted here in a long time.  The new company website was built in WordPress so the blog is built right in.  I find that this is still a popular spot for visitors so I'm thinking that maybe I'll keep this up as more of an insider's look at me and what's going on with the company.  I keep the company site more professional or at least I try to.  I'm thinking that maybe this will be a spot where I can get a little more personal.

If you are here, but haven't found your way to the official company website I welcome you.  The new studio space (which isn't really new anymore) has come along nicely.  We continue to make improvements around here but we are loving our new home in Mifflinburg.  Everyone has been very nice and welcoming and we have been getting a lot of really positive feedback. 

A couple weeks ago we had our Holiday Open  House during the Community Tree Lighting.  We had fresh baked cookies and fun give aways.  We got to talk to lots of great people and it was fun getting the studio all decorated for the special night.

During the actual tree lighting I recruited my mother-in-law to help me pass out little packets of custom designed gift tags that also included a discount card for any future design project.  Feedback on facebook was really positive and I think those that took the time to share their comments.

Now Christmas is right around the corner.  I can't believe it's less than two weeks away!

Monday

Have you been following the blog on our site?  I hope so.  I've been sharing some of the latest projects including a wedding suite and continued political designs.  We've been busy around here but things are going very well.

Visit us at http://www.raspberry-creative.com/

More Press

I was surprised today by a letter that arrived in the mail from our local state rep Fred Keller. The letter was a little pocketfold with a note inside from Mr. Keller along with a newspaper clipping from the Standard Journal that also carried the press release that MHRA put out. How exciting!

Have you checked out the website?

If you haven't visited the new website yet you should.  Yesterday i shared an article in the paper about the grand opening which was pretty exciting.  If you missed it, I have shared it below.

New Website!

I am beyond excited to announce our new website.  You have to check it out.

The new site is powered by WordPress so our blog will be integrated meaning we will likely be phasing this location out.  For now there is a link from the site to here as there has always been. 

New Toys and What's Going On

We've got some new toys in the office to play with and hopefully open up even more creative doors. 

My wonderful husband surprised me with the Yudu last week as an office warming gift.

Our trial run didn't go so well so I'll have to work on it a bit.  I'd love to print up some t-shirts for the business or be able to do t-shirts for family reunions, parties, etc.  Just for fun.

The other new office toy is the Silhouette SD.  This baby cuts all kinds of things from paper to vinyl and I can link it up with Illustrator to cut my own designs.  I've been playing with this since the weekend and I'm really loving it.

There wont be much playing the rest of the week because there's lots of work to be done.  Yesterday we were given the content for two upcoming political mailers for Tony Mussare.  There are some changes to the Ireland wedding invitations and some new work for Salt Lake Prenatal Massage to be done.  I also need to put together some sketches for a meeting on Friday for a new wedding package.  Toward the end of the week we will also have another round of endorsements ads for a political candidate we are working with through Jason. 

It should be a good week.