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October 10th, 2010

Merging this blog with Wallypop


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I’ll be merging this blog with my Wallypop blog by the end of the year. I’m finding that I just don’t have the time to do with this blog what I had planned. It’s become much more just a blog of project I’m working on, and much less of a blog about crafting and creating in general.

And that’s fine, but if that’s all it is, then it might as well be part of Wallypop, right? Right!

So if you’re not already, go ahead and subscribe to the Wallypop blog. It’s hosted at Wordpress.

And then when you type in Boulevarddesigns.com, it’ll just take you (for the time being) straight to the Etsy store.

I’m giving you a bit of notice on this, I probably won’t make the actual transition for a month or two.

February 24th, 2010

Holding an Event


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So. You think your town is lacking in some event. What do you do? Piss and moan about how your town sucks because it doesn’t have that event? (If you live in Des Moines, chances are good that the answer there is YES. We have such a large population of pissers and moaners.) Find someone who is willing to do the work to put on the event? Or do you man up and hold it yourself?

Well, if you’ve decided on the latter, I have some thoughts for you. Some are things I wish someone had told me about 12 years ago. Some are things I’ve told others. Some are things others have told me.

First, decide from the get-go if you want to do the bulk of the work yourself, or if you want to assemble a team to work on the project. If you’re doing it yourself, you obviously have to do all the work, but this does have its upside, as well. If you’re assembling a team, tread carefully and be choosy. Find people who are enthusiastic, who have time, who will do the work, who are reliable, and who share your vision. A team will help spread the workload, develop stronger ideas, and provide come camaraderie. Having a team is awesome. Being stuck doing all the work because your team didn’t do their job is not.

Second, make sure you know your market well enough before starting. And I mean, know it. Know who you’re targeting, know if they’re likely to come, know how many people will probably come. What will draw them, how will they learn of it, will they bring friends or family. What will annoy them or keep them away?

Third, know your event before starting. What are your goals? What aspects are mandatory, and what aspects are optional extras? If you know of similar events, what can you learn from them? Can you talk to the organizers?

Fourth, people are unreliable. Just know that. People will say they’re coming and then not come. People will say they’re interested, but then ultimately will decide to watch the Law and Order marathon instead. If you paid attention above, you should know your market well enough before starting work on your event that you don’t need to do surveys of people’s level of interest in your event.

Fifth, just make the decisions. Pick a date. Pick a good date without a lot of conflicts (major sports events, other similar events in nearby towns, other major events in your town). Pick a location. Be smart about the location. The opinions of others are important, but ultimately, you will probably never please everybody. Don’t try.

Sixth, the first one is the easiest, and the hardest. It’s the most amount of work, because you’re starting from scratch. But usually it’s also easiest because you have such low expectations and you’re also likely to be able to get a lot of publicity by virtue of being the FIRST. The FIRST whatever! The Inaugural event! Nobody wants to give you free publicity for having the Second Annual Shindig. That’s not exciting. So capitalize on the easy publicity from having the First one! Now, that said, if the first one goes well, you can capitalize on that success in subsequent years, as well. Your event gains credibility if it’s not a horrible flop!

Seventh, you’re unlikely to make money right away. Even if your estimates are right on, it’s tough to make much money the first year/week/month/whatever of an event.

But, really, holding an event is not that hard. Define your event. Define your audience. Develop a budget. Find a location, secure whatever components are necessary (a band? an auctioneer? a beer tent? vendors? students?), get some publicity. Promote your event (spend money on this!). Enjoy yourself.

(You might be asking yourself what experience I have in this regard. I’ve launched (singlehandedly, or with a team) numerous successful events in Des Moines, including dance classes, Jive Junction, the Natural Living Expo, the Green Gifts Fair, Swingin’ at the Crossroads, and a few others.)

October 1st, 2009

Spammy Comments


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I got an email yesterday asking why I keep the spammy comments that appear on some posts. (Project Spectrum post seems to be particularly prone.) I keep them because they’re SO FUNNY.

I read, of course, far from my theme. But still, you can cooperate with you. How do you treat yourself to trust management?

I mean, what??

August 28th, 2009

Stop working for free


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I found this article via a Twitter link.

Hey, you — talented, creative person: please, stop working for free.

….Don’t do it for “exposure.” Don’t do it for “the practice.” Don’t do it to be nice.

You’ve got skills, yo. There ain’t nothin’ wrong with receiving payment for in return for your services 

I cut a lot out, go to the link for the full article.

I’ve been mulling. I’m not totally sure I agree. I mean, I don’t disagree with the basic premise - it’s OK to charge money for your skills. But the more I think about it… hm.

For one, giving of myself, my time, and my skills/talents is a part of who I am. I don’t always have to have a profit motive. I do things for free just to be nice. I do things for free to get exposure (though not often). I give things away free because it’s for a good cause. I do things for free because it’s fun to surprise people.

I had a customer recently email me to say she realized that she wanted her stuff a DIFFERENT way than the way she ordered it, and could I change them for her. I could change them the uber professional way and charge her for my time, or I could change them in a serviceable but not overly pretty way and do it for free because I recognized that she’d spent a considerable chunk on the items already. I gave her the option, because if she wanted them perfect, I certainly wanted to provide that for her, but she chose the free way, which is what I would have done, too.

Now, it still took time, yes, and some materials. I didn’t come out ahead. But in a way, I did. I did a favor for a local customer and she’s happy and I feel good about it. I would have felt crappy charging her for that.

As a Christian business owner, also, I feel I am called to do things for free. Not all the time. But yes, sometimes. Particularly if I’m doing something that is not my main business. (For example, helping with a website, though I totally could charge people for web design, it’s not my main business, I don’t do it as a business venture, and so I lend my admittedly modest skills to groups who can’t afford professional web design.) It is a way of giving back, it is a way of taking care of my community. I am commanded to give generously and as I am able. I am not able to give much actual money generously, but I can certainly give of my time and talents.

Also, I don’t think that everyone who can do something should go around trying to charge people for it. I find pseudo-businesses to be really annoying. I’m talking people who realize they can do something well, and so they just start willy-nilly charging others for it. They aren’t running a business, they’re running a hobby. But because they don’t see it as a business, they don’t bother with looking at the laws that might govern their product. They don’t bother with insurance (liability), leaving their customers potentially out to dry. They don’t bother with testing, again, leaving their customers with risks they don’t even know about.

It’s irresponsible.

It irritates me.

That’s all there is to it, I guess. It just bothers me. And it’s potentially illegal.

May 6th, 2009

The problem with being crafty


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“Hey, could you make _____ for me?”

How many times do you hear this in the course of the average month? I know I hear it at least 5 times monthly, from friends, family, acquaintances, and sometimes even nearly complete strangers.

My mother in law wants me to reupholster her dining room chairs.

My sister in law asked me to fix the misspelled name of one of her kids on an item made by another relative.

A friend asked me to make her a duplicate of a commercially available item.

An acquaintance asked me to make a duplicate of an item I’d made for my son.

And it’s not that I can’t do it. And it’s not that I don’t want to do it. But the requesters very rarely understand what they’re really asking, and therefore also don’t understand the reasons that I really ought to turn them down.

First, I really lack the time. I’m carving out one week out of every four to work on projects for me (in other words, not for either shop and not for customers). But the amount of time that week represents is very small - usually only a few hours of incredibly interrupted work time. That’s not much. However, this rarely deters me from turning down anything but very large projects.

More than just the time involved in fulfilling everyone’s personal wish lists is the lack of follow-through, and this is possibly the biggest problem.

My sister in law, for example, asked me to fix the aforementioned item. I agreed. I told her to drop it by and I’d see what I could do. That was eight years ago. Every once in a while, I still feel bad that I didn’t fix it for her, but the fact is - I couldn’t very well fix it while it was at her house 30 miles away.

A friend asked me to make her something similar to an already-existing item. I agreed, and told her several things I’d need to know before I could work on it. (color, size, etc.) It hasn’t come up since.

Finally, what many non-crafters, non-sewers, etc. do not understand is that just because a person is good at a few facets of craftiness doesn’t make them professionals at all aspects. I’ve turned down so many friends asking me to do tailoring work for them. A few have seemed a little hurt over it. But what they didn’t understand (despite my attempts at explaining) is that I’m really not a tailor. I can adjust a pattern to fit my body better - on the second time around. I can adjust my own ready-made clothes to fit me better - but I really only do it on the simplest of clothing items.

I’m also not skilled at developing complex patterns. I can do basic pattern drafting. But I can’t draft a pattern for a fitted slipcover for your couch (MIL again).

And I can make things from wood like simple cabinets and furniture, but if you want something that looks like it came from a store and not from my basement… go buy it from a store.

This isn’t being mean, this is doing you a favor. And doing my family a favor, because they don’t deserve to have to live with me while I’m working on a project for which I am ill suited. (I get a wee bit grouchy.)

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And you know my MIL, with the dining room chairs? I told her no, even though it’s an easy project and I could totally do it. Why? Because she can do it herself. No, she doesn’t know how. Or, rather, she didn’t know how. I walked her through it. (remove seats from chair frame. remove old fabric. remove old padding if it’s overly worn. Buy new padding, buy new fabric. Cut padding to size. Cut fabric. Pull fabric over padding. Staple to underneath side of seat. Replace.) Now she knows. She can do it herself.

February 28th, 2009

Lenten Gifting


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So, after hearing back from Little Dresses for Africa, that’s what I’ve decided to do for Lent. I’m so antsy for Spring, I don’t really relish the idea of knitting wool hats, you know??

December 24th, 2008

And a Merry Christmas to you!


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Everyone, I hope you have a GREAT Christmas! (or Hanukkah, as the case may be.) (or whatever other holiday you may or may not choose to celebrate at this time of the year.) (ha)

November 6th, 2008

By the way


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No political posts here. No commentary about the election. Nothing. You’re welcome.

(I say this because nearly every. single. craft blog I read has felt it necessary to make some sort of disparaging comment one way or the other about the election and I’m so sick of election crap that I really don’t want to read about it on CRAFT blogs.)

October 1st, 2008

Etsy, Etsy, Etsy


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I’m sorry, this week has been particularly challenging, between closing up shop at Wallypop (temporarily) and the resultant influx of orders, exhaustion, and some challenges with this pregnancy here at the end, I haven’t had a chance to take the darn pictures to get things up on Etsy!! My plan is to photograph tomorrow morning and start listing tomorrow afternoon. We shall see.

I also have four carriers I need to finish.

December 6th, 2007

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