Open Letter to Target
Hello. I have to start off by saying I love Target. It is one of my favorite places to shop. I become happier just walking through the door. But recently I have come to the conclusion that my love isn’t returned. I walk through the clothing aisles and see lots of cute items, but when I look for the Plus Sized section I see it crammed in to the corner behind Maternity. The selection is minimal, and if I find something I think is cute 9 times out of 10 it is actually Maternity and not Plus Sized. Is it that you hate fat girls? Or is that your designers hate us? I can’t figure it out. Women on average are a size 12-14 and most of your clothes stop at that point (even if they say XL, they are not). I know that stores have a limited amount of floor space, but I think a little more could be devoted to the big girls. Even in the Intimates section it is difficult to find anything that fits someone more than a size 12. I know a number of plus sized girls, myself included, who would love to buy their clothes from you, but are unable to find anything. Target is alienating a sizable percentage of their shoppers. Big girls need clothes too and where I live togas are not an option.
Thanks,
Kate
M.I.C.E. @ the Market
Flint City Handmade Spring Craft Market
www.myspace.com/flintcityhandmade
I will be outside weather permitting. If you are in the Flint area stop by and say hi.
Why
Over the last week I have been getting stock together to take to Birdsnest Boutique for consignment and for my show in E. Lansing on Saturday and Market on Sunday. Yikes! I have matted close to 100 photos and made about 30 bowls. Thursday night will be all about making notebooks of all sorts. I have a box of paper to bust in to for the album cover notebooks. I also have to make up some coasters and mirrors as well. This is what I get for procrastinating. Why couldn’t I have had some of this energy a month ago?
I also have a stack of laminated photos to trim up for my new notepads. I am loving how they turned out. Let’s just hope other people love them as well. 
Because I need more inventory
Yesterday I promised notebook pictures and here they are….
I love the dictionary background for this page. I probably should have flipped through for a page that had some personal meaning, but the odometer page it is.
mmmmm donuts!
The only problem with making these notebooks is that I realized that so many of my photos are horizontal in nature and not vertical. I don’t think they would sell as well. Or is it just me? I could be just me. Maybe I should make a few up just to see if others feel the same way.
Go!
I survived the first week at the Artisan Market. It was cold and windy, but there were a lot of vendors there and a decent flow of traffic. We even got a great write up in the Ann Arbor Chronicle. It really helped me get excited about crafting again. I love seeing how customers react to my items and it is great getting instant feedback on new items. I won’t be at Market this coming week, but I will be able to get some more stuff ready. I have some new mini notepads that use my photos. (I should have pictures to share tomorrow) I even have a new inventory system that I am implementing to keep track of what photos , coasters and notepads I am selling. I wish I would have done this a year ago.
Running With Scissors
Facebook and Ninjas
In an effort to be all professional and stuff I decided to add a business page to my Facebook account. If you are on FB and feel like being a fan you can tell the world you love me. Not that I am begging or anything.
In other news I have cut a lot of new notebook covers. Now I just need to get moving and start counting pages out. I have a few shows coming up and am working on having some items to take to a store I am going to do consignment at. (Plus Market starts in a few weeks!) In the works are some new notebook ideas. Good thing this week is a pay week so I can buy some supplies and get started. I am really excited. Like bouncy excited. Unfortunately I bounce from project to project. I have to do things in stages so as not to overwhelm myself. Sad to say I am very easily distracted these days. I need someone to keep me on task. A Ninja maybe?
Hanging my head in shame
So, I am a bit embarassed to write this post. My last post I was all “I’m going to try and be crafty everyday” and promptly lost all will to do anything craft related. I really shouldn’t expect much out of myself for the months of Jan.-Feb. But yesterday I took the day to hang out and be crafty with Hope of Minds Eye Cards. I got to try out the rectange button machine I have been lusting after and she got to use my 3.5 inch button machine. So so much fun. Crafting can be so solitary, it is nice to be able to talk to someone else. Helps with the motivation factor. I have a bunch of new magnets to list over the next week or so. I rounded out the day by making some bowls.
The Sunday Artisan Market is starting up in a month and I have to get my butt in gear to have stuff to take. We just got a spiffy new website and I am very excited about it. I really feel that this is going to be an amazing year at market. I am practically giddy! Giddy I tell you.
I hope to have some photos of my recent works in the next day or so. I promise to be better.
365ish
I am really really really bad at most 365 goals. I am good for about a week or so, then I slowly (sometimes not so slowly) stop working on it. This time I am going to try something slightly different. I am going to hae a 365ish category for the blog. My goal will be to try and do something creative each day (much harder than it seems) and document it here. This experiment will probably be a hodge podge of photography, notebooks, cards and collage. Who knows. And if I fall behind feel free to yell at me to get off my butt and get busy.
Here is my first entry….
