My first commission!
By Stacey
@xstitcher (30282)
Petaluma, California
March 24, 2016 4:28pm CST
Wowee.
I was talking to a lady in church about the business I'm trying to start on line the Sunday before last, and she
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Hi Stacey,
I hope you are doing well. I spoke to you Sunday, in church, about making bookmarks for our Grandchildren. I would like to ask if I could buy 3 bookmarks with their names on it with some sort of kid friendly decor.
J is 11 years old.
J 9 years old.
B is 7 years old.
Is that possible and do you have time (I am in no hurry)? I can pay you upfront, or when you have them done, whatever you would like.
Thank you.
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I shot her back an email asking if the children had any favorite colors, activities, etc, so that I could put something they liked on the bookmarks, and she shot me back a second or two later telling me favorite colors and what the children liked.
Woo! My first commission! :D Kind of exciting...
-Eeeeeee! *Ahem* so, anyway, that's another project I'll be working on, soon. Oh, boy oh boy oh boy...
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7 responses
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
24 Mar 16
Congrats! Maybe you'll get more local commissions from this. Happy Crafting!
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@xstitcher (30282)
• Petaluma, California
24 Mar 16
Thank you. @ScribbledAdNauseum , and I certainly hope that's the case! The gal at church said there was no hurry, but I'm going to put aside the project I'm currently working on and get started on the bookmarks she ordered tonight.
@xstitcher (30282)
• Petaluma, California
24 Mar 16
Absolutely, @ScribbledAdNauseum . No, I don't believe that there is a bulletin board there--though I have been keeping my eye out for them different places.
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@xstitcher (30282)
• Petaluma, California
24 Mar 16
Thank you, @minisam -- I do and I've been trying to. :)
@xstitcher (30282)
• Petaluma, California
25 Mar 16
@miniam what do you do to try to drive traffic to your websites?
@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
24 Mar 16
@xstitcher
l have websites,driving targeted traffic is the hardest part of online marketing.Wish you luck my friend
@xstitcher (30282)
• Petaluma, California
24 Mar 16
Thank you much, @Marcyaz ! Hopefully one thing will lead to another (as far as commissions and sales go !
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
24 Mar 16
@xstitcher
I am sure you will have many more sales and word of mouth is one of the best.
@xstitcher (30282)
• Petaluma, California
24 Mar 16
Thank you, @snowy22315 ! :) I certainly will ! ;)
@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
25 Mar 16
That's awesome, you really do great work so hopefully this becomes a great business for you. Good luck and I hope she likes the end results when your done
@xstitcher (30282)
• Petaluma, California
25 Mar 16
Thank you very much, @Blondie2222 , on both counts. :)
@rina110383 (24495)
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25 Mar 16
Yay! I'm so excited for you! I hope for more projects for you! Congrats!