Last week I spent some time adding new rulers images and designs, that had never been put on the website before, to the rulers pages.
and others
and more short rulers too.
This got me thinking. I have always struggled to display the rulers effectively on the craft tables and some sit in a pot which really no one actually looks though.
So my brainwave was, create a display for the rulers that could be hung or stood. Where rulers could slide into in from the sides with no extra fixing. So I have made a board approx A1 size, with beading strips to create channels to slide the rulers in. The top part of the display has a wider section to slide in vertical rulers.
This means I can now display more long rulers on the table and put around 35-40 short rulers on this display. It also allows me to show 6 long rulers aswell!
This is good, as I now have 24 design for long rulers and about 90 designs for short rulers.
When I was building this, I realised another benefit. If for example I sold a lot of rulers from the display and it looks a bit blank, I could slot in bookmarks or even mousemats using the beading to hold them in place. So the display can be quite varied. If I create a special block to slide in with hooks, I can also show some keyrings, or a magnetic strip could show fridge magnets. Its really quite useful.
It will be finished tonight and I’ll photograph it either before or during the craft fair on Saturday and show the results!
I think it was a really good idea, time will tell if is helps to sell more rulers!
posted by Lee at 9:16 am
Still busy! Still trying to get round to reviewing the holiday photos and post some on here, the website & flickr. Then print them and get some together for a slideshow!
All this has taken a back seat with all the other photography bits I’ve been involved in recently. Its busy busy, but thats good.
I’d like to create some more HDR images and create some from the holiday, but I still have stuff to sort out for this weekends craft fair too!
Also still trying to finish getting the studio setup so we can do some studio photos without the usual hassle of where can I take this.
Nevermind, slowly making progress and getting bits sorted out.
Holiday photos will follow soon….
posted by Lee at 3:08 pm
Ok, not madness, but what a lot we had to cram in before we could go on holiday. We had to deliver some weddings photos and got lost on the way! Hatch Warren really is a warren, of roads and the sat nav didn’t help! Although I did put the post code in wrong, but then I couldn’t navigate with it! I never could find my way around those roads. Anyway, we found it in the end, albeit 30mins late.
Then we had a craft fair at the maltings on the Saturday, followed the next day by a wedding fair in Winchester. That was quite a busy weekend, but both events went well and were worth doing.
The Monday was still busy, with a brief photography job in the morning, then feeding my parents parrots, before finally getting home to be able to pack before the holiday!
We needed it after the last few weeks of things and were really looking forward to be able to relax, enjoy ourselves and forget about work. Saying that, we did expect to take loads of photos, so some would call it a busmans holiday, but its not when you really enjoy what you do.
When I’ve sorted through them I put some on the site, and I’ll write a post about the holiday later in the week.
posted by Lee at 11:10 am
Hmm, thought something like that might happen. Yesterday I was having a moan about trying to get one of them, and yes, they are still very difficult to find.
I had to pop out early this morning so thought I’d take advantage of that and go into Game again, as they said their delivery days were Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and guess what, they had a delivery, but yesterday, Tuesday! Argh!
About 10 minutes later a get phone call from my Girlfriend, she was in another town and saw someone walking past her with a Fit board. She realised there was an HMV there and went in. They had 1 left!
So I now have a Fit board! Whoa!!
Funny how things happen and I thought that after moaning yesterday I might just happen to get one today, but I didn’t think it would happen like that!
posted by Lee at 11:08 am