Double Disapproval!

My mother-in-law sent me a jubilant message the other day letting me know that she'd seen my "Danger For Breakfast" print on DisapprovingRabbits.com and that I was now probably famous. I was, of course, ecstatic to see my illustration on one of my all time favorite blogs. My excitement doubled when my video of Hodge and Yoshimi sleeping was posted to the Disapproving Rabbit's blog shortly after! Double feature! Wowee!

My head is spinning a little (in the best possible way) from the sudden influx of orders that come with such a stupendous feature. It has made me reassess my shipping and packing procedures for maximum efficiency in rush times.

It has also made me realize the true power of a blog mention! Disapproving Rabbits found out about my prints because someone sent them a link to my shop (Thank you mystery friend!) and I started thinking that I should take it upon myself to incorporate introducing my work to blog authors as a regular part of my rather spare promotion attempts. The process makes me feel a little awkward and self-concious but I think it will be worth it!

Mini Sellout

I have always screen-printed out business cards on the backs of my imperfect prints and I was quite vain about this process I must admit. I thought they were the best business cards because they were made using the process I use for my products and they all had little snippets of big designs on the back. Each was unique and special and I loved sharing them. I loved sharing them so much that I was always always out and would wait until I had a decent scrap print pile to begin making more.

With the holiday season upon us and craft fairs abrew, I had to get practical and ditch my business card process for a faster alternative that would never run out. I printed up one thousand business cards online with a design made for cutting in half so now I have two thousand crisp new business cards! I like them but they are just not the same. I guess this is streamlining but it's my first concession.

I'll still make my old business cards to give out to the really special people though!

The above image is of my new cards pinned to a bulletin board with my promo buttons.

gocco promo-stravaganza!

fronts

backs

bunnies helping to clean up my scraps

finished pockets!


I spent about eight hours today making new business cards and promo pockets for Argyle Whale. I am really proud of them even though the process may have been a little bit inefficient. I busted out my Gocco and got to work making use of a pile of imperfect prints that were too good to throw away. First, I screened my promotional designs on the backs of the imperfect prints. Then, I cut them all out and made pockets too. I'm excited to go pinning my pockets-o-promos on a few corkboards around town. I think they are pretty slick... and repurposed!

I've heard that business cards are one of the least effective forms of advertising but I enjoyed the process. I really would have spent my day just making more lolbunnies if I hadn't done that anyway. I'm addicted to the lolcat generator. I really can't understand why I'm so delighted by putting misspelled subtitles on pictures of my bunnies but I absolutely cannot stop.