Re: Links to pages for puppeteers - Pinterest Posted by Shawn on May 01, 2014
Ok this is a bit off topic but I just checked your site http://www.chatterboxpuppets.com/ I didn't realize you where selling stuff and I have to say what you are selling is really unique! Ok my puppet friends if I have got your curiosity up you should check out Lola's site. I'm not talking just finished puppets but some cool materials for building them. 
Re: Links to pages for puppeteers - Pinterest Posted by Lola on May 01, 2014
Shawn -
Okay, first...wow. Thank you for the compliment! It totally caught me off guard.
Second, I have swatches for the furs available for sale, since I get people constantly asking me to send them for free, and I have found charging the $2 narrows it down to only those who are interested. (Seriously, I was getting 10-15 requests per week.)
The rest of the stuff on the site is what I can do for the custom puppets I am working on, and not what I am selling to other puppet makers. I tried it for a while, with an online store and everything, for almost a year, and I sold one yard of wireless chenille to lovely lady in New Jersey and that was it. I tried putting them up on etsy, artfire...you name it. Crickets.
I'm not big on the whole "Hey, look at me!", so it's probably why that didn't go anywhere. (LOL) I do a lot of my own custom eyes (custom plastic pour and vacu-form) and at Wondercon, I had people trying to buy my samples. *sigh*
I am not trying to discourage people from visiting the page, just want to make sure they understand I'm not a distributor. If you need puppet supplies, I always recommend Julie at Out of the Box.
The reason I am trying to put up the puppeteers page came from doing Wondercon over Easter weekend. It's sort of a mini Comic Con, and the number of people who asked me, "Do you know any performers in XYZ..." was kind of amazing. I have my pinterest link on my card, and told people I would be making a new board with as much info as I could pull together.
Thought it wouldn't hurt to try to promote some of the people from the board, esp. since there's such a broad range of performers and locations.
If anyone is interested, I also have a board for puppeteering and filming information. http://www.pinterest.com/chatterboxpups/puppeteering-filming-info/
Any additional suggestions would be welcome!
Also, apologies for not being as active this year. My schedule has been crazy, but I try to make it on when I can. Oh, and greeting to any of the lurkers out there I suggested visit this site when we talked at the show! You should totally introduce yourselves and ask questions!
Okay, first...wow. Thank you for the compliment! It totally caught me off guard.
Second, I have swatches for the furs available for sale, since I get people constantly asking me to send them for free, and I have found charging the $2 narrows it down to only those who are interested. (Seriously, I was getting 10-15 requests per week.)
The rest of the stuff on the site is what I can do for the custom puppets I am working on, and not what I am selling to other puppet makers. I tried it for a while, with an online store and everything, for almost a year, and I sold one yard of wireless chenille to lovely lady in New Jersey and that was it. I tried putting them up on etsy, artfire...you name it. Crickets.
I'm not big on the whole "Hey, look at me!", so it's probably why that didn't go anywhere. (LOL) I do a lot of my own custom eyes (custom plastic pour and vacu-form) and at Wondercon, I had people trying to buy my samples. *sigh*
I am not trying to discourage people from visiting the page, just want to make sure they understand I'm not a distributor. If you need puppet supplies, I always recommend Julie at Out of the Box.
The reason I am trying to put up the puppeteers page came from doing Wondercon over Easter weekend. It's sort of a mini Comic Con, and the number of people who asked me, "Do you know any performers in XYZ..." was kind of amazing. I have my pinterest link on my card, and told people I would be making a new board with as much info as I could pull together.
Thought it wouldn't hurt to try to promote some of the people from the board, esp. since there's such a broad range of performers and locations.
If anyone is interested, I also have a board for puppeteering and filming information. http://www.pinterest.com/chatterboxpups/puppeteering-filming-info/
Any additional suggestions would be welcome!
Also, apologies for not being as active this year. My schedule has been crazy, but I try to make it on when I can. Oh, and greeting to any of the lurkers out there I suggested visit this site when we talked at the show! You should totally introduce yourselves and ask questions!
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