Ok-

[winneganfake]

I'm realizing I need to preface some posts (nameley yesterdays with lines like "I'm pissed off and ranting but.."


For those with offers of help, thanks. I should I suppose, if you guys are truly willing to help, start listing what kind of things I actually need to get this stuff done:


1- professional-grade photography of all the current designs.
2- A website with gallery displays of my work broken down by category. With a built in system for order generation (Since they're handmade masks and a lot of orders will probably be custom, I don't think putting a shopping cart in the site would be a good idea)
3- new flyers and business cards would be good, but nowhere near as critical as the other stuff.
4- A decent consignment location that caters regularly to the people who would actually buy my stuff (No offense, J, but I really wish Blood & Bone was still open)
5- Dealers space at local conventions, etc.

Most of the services that people have offered are great (thanks again, guys) but half the problem is that I simply cannot afford money to go towards stuff, hence the ranting. Site registration/hosting fees I could maybe afford in a couple of months, but it's all a matter of timing, etc (in other words, I can't afford to really pay for the site until the damn thing is finished to my satisfaction.)

I've already settled on just going for a space in the Art Show for the gasmask pieces at Norwescon (If I can get a slot, that is.) Yeah, it means less stuff'll sell, but it'll still be good exposure, and with the performance run for The Man Who Came to Dinner ending only a month before that, it means I won't have to rush around like an insane maniac to get extra stock of stuff built.

But yeah, last post- mostly me rattling on insanely. sorry about that.

Comments

[inaurolillium.livejournal.com]

Okay, well, if you want to give the website a shot, I will be happy to host it on the domain I'll be getting in a couple of weeks. If you don't need your own domain right off (once it got going, we could set up and move it to a virtual domain on my space, much cheaper), the only money issue we'd have would be the e-commerce stuff. If you're actually interested, drop me a line or call me or something, and we'll figure out how much that would cost up front, and if I might be able to cover it or part of it for now, and you could pay me back. Set-up and registration fees are standardly the bitch, and I can cover everything it takes to get my domain this month. Since adding a virtual domain (this includes set-up AND domain name registration) would only cost another $25, I'm hoping that adding the commerce stuff would be reasonably priced, as well.

I'll-

[winneganfake.livejournal.com]

shoot you an email on Monday, once I have home internet access again- but we probably won't need to set up e-commerce on the site, since what I need can't really get accomplished with most of the "plugin" type e-commerce systems. Just a paypal link will probably do it.

Yeah.... you don't really know me

[ellenoir.livejournal.com]

But, we kinda have the same friends.... through like... 6 degrees of separation (Im one bored, nosey bitch) I just read that you need someone with professional grade camera taking abilities... and I need practice! I own a 700 dollar camera and if your stalking skills are up to par, you could probably find a few pictures online. Im just here to help.... not a weirdo stalker! You are friends with templar46_2 and so... I trust that you are good people.

[grace-batmonkey.livejournal.com]

You'll get in. Or you can call me "mud". Let me know when you've sent in your app and I'll check to see that we've got you in the db.

[winneganfake.livejournal.com]

animegothgrrl and I are actually working on another thing- we may have a dealer's table after all! I'll probably still send in the application though (it'll be tomorrow, just so the check will actually clear).