Ok so my robot contest has ended. I received wayyyy more entries than I had expected but I have narrowed them down to 9. I know, I know I said I was only going to pick 3... That's where you come in! Since I'm having trouble picking just 3 I am asking you to vote on which idea should be made into one of my robot sculptures. Voting begins NOW and will cease on Wednesday 01/13/10. The 3 ideas with the most votes win! Winners will be announce Friday 01/13/10. Please use the poll below.
"Happy Voting!"
***UPDATE*** 1/14/2009 Voting has ended. Stay tuned for the results!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Awesome Robots by other people!
So today my Sad Robot was featured on spinoncreativity.blogspot.com as part of her "I love Robots" feature. This was awesome because I was introduced to several new robot artists.
My favorite by far were the misc. robot pouches fromanatomy of a skirt You can check out some of my favorites below:
My favorite by far were the misc. robot pouches fromanatomy of a skirt You can check out some of my favorites below:
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Selling Tip 1: Business Cards That Stand Out!
Have you ever been at a craft show and every vendor there has business cards sitting at their booth for customers to pick up? Business cards are very important in the craft world.I have had many customers visit my booth at a show and not buy anything, but they take my card and purchase something days later from my etsy shop. You have to think if there are 100 vendors at a show customers are going to take cards from at least 20% or more of them, but when they get home they will probably only look 5% or less of them up online. The majority of cards people pick up at shows are lost or discarded. Due to this you have to make your card stand out!
When I was just starting out I booked a show at the last minute. I didn't have any business cards at all the day before the show. I was able to come up with a quick and very affordable solution. I went to my local craft store and bought 20 sheets for card stock for $.15 each. at home on my computer using photofiltre (a free photo editing program that can be downloaded safely from download.com) to type up my important info (ie. name of your business, your name,what you sell, your web address and email address.) I then added some fun clip art and then copied and pasted the design over and over again. I was able to get 9 cards onto 1 page.
After my design was printed I then cut the individual cards out using a pair of pinking shears. This created a cool zig zag pattern along the edges of the cards.
This is sorta how my cards looked when I was done:
Whats cool about this is your card stands out from all those other cards people picked out because it is different. When someone puts their hand in their pocket they feel something uneven and immediately pull it out to figure out what it is. They'll take one look at your card and remember the awesome booth they got it from!
If you don't want to spend the time making your own cards, you can try vistaprint.com or overnightprints.com, each offers 250 basic business cards for free, all you pay is S&H. I have order some of these myself as fill ins if I run out of my handmade cards.
So for $3 and a little bit of work I was able to make 180 business cards.
A Few More Affordable Tips Regarding Business Cards:
-If you need business card holders for your table try a dollar store. They some times carry business card holders. If they don't they carry small picture easels that work just as well and they are very decorative (This is what I use)
- You should carry business cards with you at all times. Nothing looks more unprofessional than pulling a wrinkled, crumpled business card from your pocket. You can get affordable simple business card holder for less than $3 on ebay or a little more if you want a cool design. It keeps your cards organized and it looks very sleek and professional!
Stay tuned for more tips coming soon and tell all your friends lol!
When I was just starting out I booked a show at the last minute. I didn't have any business cards at all the day before the show. I was able to come up with a quick and very affordable solution. I went to my local craft store and bought 20 sheets for card stock for $.15 each. at home on my computer using photofiltre (a free photo editing program that can be downloaded safely from download.com) to type up my important info (ie. name of your business, your name,what you sell, your web address and email address.) I then added some fun clip art and then copied and pasted the design over and over again. I was able to get 9 cards onto 1 page.
After my design was printed I then cut the individual cards out using a pair of pinking shears. This created a cool zig zag pattern along the edges of the cards.
This is sorta how my cards looked when I was done:
Whats cool about this is your card stands out from all those other cards people picked out because it is different. When someone puts their hand in their pocket they feel something uneven and immediately pull it out to figure out what it is. They'll take one look at your card and remember the awesome booth they got it from!
If you don't want to spend the time making your own cards, you can try vistaprint.com or overnightprints.com, each offers 250 basic business cards for free, all you pay is S&H. I have order some of these myself as fill ins if I run out of my handmade cards.
So for $3 and a little bit of work I was able to make 180 business cards.
A Few More Affordable Tips Regarding Business Cards:
-If you need business card holders for your table try a dollar store. They some times carry business card holders. If they don't they carry small picture easels that work just as well and they are very decorative (This is what I use)
- You should carry business cards with you at all times. Nothing looks more unprofessional than pulling a wrinkled, crumpled business card from your pocket. You can get affordable simple business card holder for less than $3 on ebay or a little more if you want a cool design. It keeps your cards organized and it looks very sleek and professional!
Stay tuned for more tips coming soon and tell all your friends lol!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Free Robots!!! & A Contest!
So earlier this week I gave away 5 free D.I.Y robots on the Kid Robot forum with only one catch, the 5 people that got them have to custom them and send me photos. I can't wait to see how they turn out!
Robot Idea Contest:
Starting now until this Friday 01/08/10 I will be accepting new idea submissions for robots. This could be a theme (ie, love, valentine's day, music, art) to just a robot performing an everyday activity. You will then have the opportunity to see your idea come to life! I will pick the top 3 ideas and turn them into robot sculptures and the top 3 will receive their robot for FREE!
Your idea can be submitted as a written description, sketch or photo. You may submit your ideas in direct messages to me on Twitter http://twitter.com/lisastarchild or to lisastarchild@yahoo.com. Please put "Robot Contest" in the subject line.
For examples of robots please visit the robot section of my online shop here
I can't wait to see what you guys come up with!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Bad Brian Blind Box Figures Released
This past week My newest Polymer clay small run toy "Bad Brian" was released and I'd like to thank the following sites for posting information about the release on their sites: Spankystokes.com, Plasticandplush.com, Toysrevil and VinylAbuse. If I missed anyone please let me know!
Each figure comes with different weapon/junk food removable Accessories (More combination avail. than pictured).
Some accessories available in the Bad Brian collection include grenade launchers, katana swords, mini Gatling guns, shotguns & more!
As the figure is blind boxed you will not know what weapon/junk food combination you have received until you open the box.
Bad Brian Stands about 3".
Each custom "Bad Brian" box is signed and numbered.
Bad Brian Blind Boxes are on sale NOW HERE!
Bacon Head Boy and His Pet Pig
A match made in Heaven? Or is someone very confused? This little piggy identifies with the plight of the boy.
This is my newest venture using polymer clay and shrink film.
Bacon boy stands about 4" tall.
*As every strip of bacon is different the shape of figures head will vary.
Updates & Zombie Toast in Resin
So now that it's after Christmas, things have slowed down a bit. I'm not sending out 22-44 orders a week. Which is good and bad all at the same time. Good because I can take a break and work on new projects, bad because not as many sales = harder to pay my rent! lol. Anyways I've been working on a few new designs for robots as well as possibly some female sculptures holding robots. My first attempt at this did not fair so well, but I have an idea now where I screwed up. Also I am currently in the process of trying to make a mold of Zombie Toast so I can start casting him in resin. So far... no luck. Most of my molds have been coming out with bubbles and lines in them. I ordered a molding compound called CompsiMold this week. It sound simpler to use and I watched a few tutorials and it just might be perfect for what I am trying to do. I'll keep you posted on when you can get your hands on a resin Zombie Toast. I still can't afford to get vinyls made but believe me if I could, I would!
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