Target Market?

I got an Etsy conversation from someone who featured an initial pendant on her blog. As always, I was excited and checked it out! I LOVE the site! Plaid + Hound is a bloglooks for new products and designers that have preppy, modern style! I think that this blog has products that my target market looks for! Here's their description of themselves:

"Plaid + Hound is a web magazine for the prepster moderne. We find modern day things with a preppy twist, keeping it deliciously stuffy."

I've been looking for my target market lately, and yep, they've got it. You see, I'm not sure if the stereotypical Etsy shopper/craft show shopper is my target market. Nothing against them, but they may be more hipster than I'm really going for. I love the hipster look but my look is definately more preppy/modern. Just read my mission statement:

"MollyStuff Design's mission is to create affordable fine jewelry and fine art that can be appreciated for it's everyday simplicity and long-lasting beauty."

Okay, I'm rambling but I'm sort of typing and thinking at the same time. That's what blogs are for, right?

Etsy Team Columbus November Fall Giveaway!

from the Etsy Team Columbus Blog:

Etsy Team Columbus is excited to announce our first Virtual Giveaway! In preparation for the holiday season we have decided to giveaway $10 gift certificates from each of the following Street Team members shops!

Arteest
Handmade by Andrea Baker
Miss Megan Mac
Molly Stuff
Jewels Of Luxury
Aressa
Artsi Bitsi
Tsurubride
Smarty Pants Design
Baby Gees
Out Of the Pink Sky Designs

Holy Mollie! That's a lot of cool stuff you can win, worth over $100! All you have to do is join our mailing list (if you have not done so already) AND visit a participating artists shop and leave a comment here about your favorite item(s).
Winner will be chosen at random on November 30th! Good Luck!

I've Been Featured in a Treasury: round and round we go

I always get excited about being included in a treasury! Here's a link to it: http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=10405

Check it out! This specific treasury will be up until tomorrow evening.

New Font: Century Gothic

This is slightly old news but in case you haven't noticed...

I have changed my logo and whatnot to a new font! I think it makes my shop/identity look a little less "girlygirlygirl". Not that there's anything wrong with being purely girly but I wanted to convey that my designs are modern/contemporary as well!

Whadya think?

Open Door Art Studio

I'm really happy to announce that some of the jewelry from my Circles and Art Nouveau Collections will be on sale at the Open Door Art Studio, in Grandview! Also, I want to promote the Passion Works show their having this coming month. It's from August 30th to September 23rd.

Powell Street Market

Yesterday, I set up a booth next to a few other Etsy Team Columbus members in Powell, Ohio:

We were set up in the sun with no tent! It was so hot... we eventually moved to under a tree.
Here's my little table and set-up: It's way better than my set-up at my first show!
These are my promotional pins from PromosInASnap. I gave a lot of these away yesterday!

Think Pink... Think Stink?

I did my first ever art/craft festival today... vending at one, that is. I prepared for it as much as I could but I didn't think about wind! It was soooo windy outside! Anyway, here's a picture of my set-up.

I think I need to get a big, bright sign to put at my table...

I don't know if I'll do this festival again... we'll see when next year comes around. There weren't very many people around to even talk to! We ended up packing up a little early just because there was no crowd.

Many thanks are going out to my family members who came to help out and buy things! ^_^ It was also nice to see some Etsy Team Columbusers out today!

MollyStuff Google Group

Ok... so this is my round-about way of getting email updates to people. First, readers will join my Google Group (the subscription box is to the right), then my blog will be sending my posts to this Google Group. The group will send emails to the members when/how they say they want to be contacted. Sounds cool to me... we'll see!

Sounds kind of complicated but this is just another way for me to stay in contact with people! ^_^


Dwight says hi:

New Addition to MollyStuff

I'm a little nervous about adding something to my shop that isn't jewelry... but I figure this could be another way for people to buy my designs! For instance, if somebody really likes my dancer pendant but doesn't want jewelry, then they can buy a small (2.5 X 3.5") print of it instead! Here's my first ACEO (Art Cards Editions and Originals) for $5.00 (plus shipping).

MollyStuff is on MySpace

I just made a MySpace account for MollyStuff. Hopefully this will reach a new market!

Here's a link to the MySpace page: MollyStuff Jewelry