Stall, booth, new designs!!!

me at my stall on Xmas eve!! its the 3rd opening day.. =D

It’s been sooooo long!!! O_O”

Hi everyone!! Hope everybody’s doing fine.. it’s been a long time since i last blog or participate actively at RedBubble and Zazzle.. Been busy with my physical stall.. and then i fall ill.. and then i had to rush for the next stall opening.. and then there’s freelance projects to work on.. O_O

On the 22th Dec 2008, i manage to launch the opening of my very 1st physical stall/cart/booth over at Vivo City, all thanks to PaTH – Pop and Talent Hub, a social enterprise initiative by Social Innovation Park (SIP) Ltd!

it was very tiring, but so very fun! i was shocked when they called me suddenly on 18th Dec (just after counselling session) asking if i can open on the 22th to 24th Dec for their special X’mas eve openings.. imagine me at Daiso walking to and fro freaking out.. i don’t have much stocks to put up at stall.. Only some tees, Lisa’s magnets, Ellen’s journal/sketchbook, 7 zazzle keychains (too big in my opinion), and yea.. OO” So i rushed to get some buttons pressed, hoping to make my stall look a lil bigger.. but guess what?! XD my buttons became my best selling items!! X) i was so glad.. if it weren’t for them, i won’t be earning.

i’ve made a few contacts.. met some lovely people.. and then of course there are some that Tim just want to sock in the head~ XD can you imagine.. someone asked to use my design for his patchwork tees, saying when he print 100 tees, he’ll give 10 tees in return.. i was like, damn, you think i’m a kid, mister? Please, even kindergarten brats these days learn business.. like hell i’d “sell you my designs” (more like “give” him my designs) to be made into tees, when i’m selling tees myself! sigh.. people still tend to think i’m some naive fresh grad..  -_-”

And then there’s one lady who’s like asking me who and where did i get my suppliers.. i was like.. whaaaaat is wrong with these people??? seriously, i’d share willingly such info with anyone whom i deem friendly, like Karin~ i’d share with her ALL my suppliers and do so much for her! but for a woman who i barely know to come and straight ask me such question.. sigh.. these people are making me more jaded than i already am.. -_-”

Anyway!! Came up with this design on day 1 of the opening of my stall, 22 Dec 2008.

i was really touched and delighted to see the number of interested passerbys and buyers. Each time a person walk past and turn to look.. and from that, i did my first Valentine’s Day related design (sorta)..

Feel free to check out some photos which my friends and i took here

There’s a lot more i wanna say but it’s getting late here.. will continue tomorrow.. *~hugs~*

Tshirts, Greeting Cards, Posters, Magnets, Buttons, Keychains & Postage Sales

Eheh.. just a lil journal for me to keep track of my sales updates and thank da buyers~ =D

Thank you very very much to the 3 mystery buyers of my following pieces!!!!!!!

Julian The Conductor? Oo”

I Love Me – Have You Loved Yourself Today? Card

Yuriko-chan

And then there’s the so very unexpected sales over at my SilentCries Gallery!!
for those who’re not watching me there…

Thank you so so much to petajauch for purchasing the tee!!!

And last but not least.. just wanna share some of the lovely sales i’ve made at Zazzle.. i haven’t been keeping track of them.. OO”
Thank you, Fabrice from Melbourne for purchasing Sobs… Tshirt

Thank you very muchie to Ellen for purchasing Paint Yourself! Button

Thank you Henry from Brooklyn for purchasing Schmoo keychain and…

ARGH!!! tshirt

Thank you very much to Tasia from London for purchasing Silenced poster and…

Silenced – Original poster

Thank you to Michael from Orlando for purchasing Julian the Rasta Crab magnet

Thank you Carole from Pittsburgh for purchasing Chibi Frazzle Postage

Thank you Armstrong from Ray City for purchasing Sobs… tshirt

Thank you Juanita for purchasing Julian the Conductor tshirt

Thank you very much Robert from Redwood city for purchasing 2 pieces of customised Hello!!! Tshirt

Thank you so so much to all the buyers of my designs!! the above Zazzle sales are made from Sep to current.. so it’s not really that much, not enough to feed me anyway.. but am very happy and thankful for each of them!! hopefully someday i’ll be able to earn a little more eh?
HUGS to everyone!!

Wholesale Printing for Artists

Am featuring this journal by Karin Taylor on her behalf! So for anyone of you out there you might be looking for a printer to print your work wholesale price, Karin’s the lady for ya! :D Click here to check out the original journal~


Geisha Girl by Karin

Karin Taylor is now offering quality wholesale giclee printing service to other artists in Australia and overseas. Karin used to use her giclee printer for personal purposes only, until she started getting enquiries from other artists who sometimes need to purchase prints without the extra things, such as matts and frames…to keep those prices nice and low…so the profit you make from onselling to customers and galleries is worthwhile and reasonable.


Chinese Red Fan girl by Karin Taylor

Quality?
Quality is next to none -
These are giclee (geeclay) prints using archival quality epson inks lasting at least 70 years on Enhanced Matte Paper (quality quality quality)

Quantity?
Minimum order AUD$50 – why? good question…the reason is it takes quite some time to prepare artwork for print, therefore Karin will require a minimum order of at least $50 to make it worthwhile

As it takes a similar amount of time to do 1 or 10 prints, as far as file preparation goes, there are some limitations, as doing one offs is too time consuming for the small profit


Tang Court Trio

Starting Price?
The starting price at A4 (210×297mm) – equal to the size of a sheet of computer paper – is very low at AUD$12 per print, provided you are purchasing over AUD$50 worth of prints, and if you are interested in purchasing prints wholesale from me, please do not hesitate to contact Karin at karintaylor@exemail.com.au


Two Dolls

Photographs and Paintings
Karin can print photographs onto canvas and art also onto canvas, the price is higher….please contact for specific details. At this stage she does not have the glossy paper required for printing photos but is willing to give that a go… Do let her know if you are interested and she will contact you to discuss about it.


Pearl of the Sea

Why is Karin doing this?
As Karin don’t have the same overheads as retail shops and other giclee printing services or printeries specialising in fine art limited edition prints, she can afford to go a bit lower than most, although there is the additional charge of postage and handling and perhaps insurance which needs to be considered.


Blue Aloha

Turnaround Time
Unfortunately, Karin cannot take responsibility for any items that go missing in the post, although to date, she had sent many packages, and nothing so far has gone astray, both overseas and within Australia


Sadako’s Wish

Karin is currently using the paypal system and ask that you pay postage and handling. On receiving payment and your files, Karin will begin the printing process…you can expect a 2-3 week turnaround in Australia, and for overseas, you might need to plan ahead for a 4 week turnaround.

Okay so what kind of printer does Karin use?
Rest assured……this is a gallery/museum archival quality process….

We use a wide format Epson 7600 printer with highest quality archival inks….at $200 per cartridge….and 7 cartridges required, not to mention the paper, it’s an expensive little thing to run… but knowing that these are gallery archival quality prints, you can even decide to do a print run and keep it as a limited edition.

How large can you print?
The prints go up to A2 in size…depending on image size and what you are looking for… To do any alterations for you such as colour matching… it requires additional time, so there would be an additional fee….so try and have your work prepared to the standard required for printing.

Postage and Handling?
The prints come as they are…..in a cylinder or post pak protected with cardboard …..there are no matts, etc provided…framing is left up to you…

The postage charge will be for the actual price the post office set, according to the weight of your package, and determined as well by whether you intend to take out insurance or register the package. In each individual case, Karin will have to weigh the package for you and look up the postage, to give you the amount to be added on.

Karin can send o/s – you might like to buy additional insurance just to ensure it arrives safely and if not, you aren’t out of pocket.

Ocean Angel

Framing?
You can frame the prints yourself, for galleries, the canvas can be stretched, the paper framed, or onsell them to customers who prefer to do their own framing.

Sizes?
A4 = 297×210 mm (the size of computer paper)
A3 = 420×297 mm
A2 = 594×420 mm

How to request for quotations?
Email Karin at karintaylor@exemail.com.au with your requirements so that she can provide you with more details with regards to pricing etc. When you are ready to go ahead, Karin will give you another gmail address to send your files to her for printing. At this stage the largest file capacity she can receive through her email is approximately 9MB.

Other Tips
Your files must be 300 dpi (dots per inch)
It will speed the process up if you size your files correctly before sending them… ie. do a ‘save as’ and resize them to the required size. it will reduce the amount of time spent and make turnaround much quicker.

Recently Karin sold 9 prints this way to a previous buyer in sydney, sometimes folks just prefer the prints without all the trimming. Even though Karin push for them to buy from red bubble all the way, they are sometimes reluctant as they want a special size, and really want to choose from the framer to match their decor… and so she just gave in and say “okay, no worries, i can do that for you instead…” and they are beautiful and very high quality!

So do email Karin Taylor at karintaylor@exemail.com.au if you’re interested in getting some high quality prints at wholesaler price!! :D

Updates, Sales & Loving My Wacom!! XD

Ummm.. hello…. O.O”

To all who’ve been worried about me, i’m so so so sorry!! i know i can’t apologize enough for my weird disappearance from RB, and my lack of replies on all your wonderful comments.. and also my lack of comments.. i’m truly truly sorry.

I’ve been basically down all these time, since September.. down.. sorta down, yea.. umm.. how do i explain.. umm.. ok, i’ll write a from the start thing, so this journal will be lengthy so yea.. Oo”

Basically i once had a major major breakdown last Sep 2007. it was pretty bad. i sooooo wanted to have myself admitted into the hospital to get away from life and to avoid hurting anyone. i was that close to really hurting someone.. in my mind, i was fighting and struggling not to harm anyone. not to harm myself. i was presented with horrible ugly images of how i wanted to really really really hurt the someone who’s hurting me mentally and emotionally. but my brother managed to get home on time to save me. God bless him.

So what happened in 2008 this year was that.. i managed to last through the past 1yr with no more major breakdowns.. i’ve worked hard and i’ve managed to control myself enough not to have any breakdown for a year. and i was proud of myself. until a few days after the 1yr anniversary that that same someone said something nasty again and voila, there goes my clean records of no major breakdowns~ pfft..

Someone i truly care for and respect and love suggested that i behave properly or i’d be caught by the mental hospital and dragged away and locked up.. it’s basically a big huge insult and jab to me.. biiiiiiiig.. it’s like.. “what the hell makes her think i’d go into hysteria?!” big.. it’s like a vampire being stabbed in the heart big. it’s sorta, the worst words i’ve heard.. i couldn’t ask for anything more blunt. it’s as good as saying, “watch it, mad woman. you’ll be caught one day”. oooO.. typing this brings back the pain on my chest.. annoying..

the last tv drama didn’t help educate that lady either. the drama suggested that anyone having depression will go into hysteria and will attempt to kill themselves and will be full of anxiety and hysteria stuffs.. honestly, receiving such comments makes me wanna try just do that and give her what she wants. but stubborn lil me won’t give her what she wants. she’ll have to work harder at tormenting me mentally if she wants me to go into hysteria.

So yea.. basically after that hurtful episode, i sorta thought i managed to get over it, but i thought wrong i guess. i tried to get back on RB, to comment and fav works.. but i couldn’t do much cos i’ve been feeling moody. i don’t want to leave a half-hearted comment – especially when i know that i’d be responding to the piece for cheerfully if i weren’t feeling moody.

i’ve received so many kind bmails and emails from you guys.. Midori-sama.. Ellen.. Lisa.. Christelle.. Lori.. iAN.. Tom.. Julie.. Rory.. Gillian.. Vestque.. GG.. argh!!! there’s so many of you lovely people out there bmailing and commenting and being so nice to me, i’m so sorry for disappearing!!

there’s so many kind comments on my SilentCries gallery too!! You guys are too kind!! am not complaining, but really really really thank you all!!

i’m so sorry i haven’t manage to reply to you guys.. Basically i’ve been feeling moody, and can’t bring myself to reply.. i am not my usual cheerful childish self, and i’d feel bad to tell you guys am not ok cos i think it’s not too big a problem still and yet it held me down so much..

Basically i planned to reply to all the comments and bmails and emails only after i’ve gotten myself back up. OO” i am so so sorry.. i know i must have worried some of you guys.. though seriously, there’s no need to worry for me, am nothing! as in.. there’s no need to worry for me.. how do i say this.. i’ve dealt with crappy people all my life, so i will be ok. i will not go into hysteria, i will not be dragged away in straight jacket, i will not kill myself and i will not kill others. cough cough..

i would like to thank Karin for reminding me that i haven’t been replying to anything for a long time and that includes personal bmails and emails.. i honestly didn’t realize i’ve been withdrawing myself. i just thought i’m just procrastinating to answering bmails and emails..

I’ve been drawing and playing on my wacom the last 3days.. immersing myself into drawing and sketching, hoping to purge out any negative feelings in me.

here’s my first try at sketching with wacom.. it’s really fun.. and now i’m trying to color with a wacom.. will show you guys once it’s done.. it’s a little guy, by the name of Kenny… he’s very young and very quiet.. he cries easily. he loves to be carried and hugged. X) he’ll be done a 2-3 days i guess..

To those who love silly lil jokes, my bro helped came up with the words for these two tees

Last but not least, thank you so so much to the mystery buyer of SUSHI!!!

sold on 7th Oct

Major Thank You to JakkiO for purchasing Paint Yourself! Card

And Thank You to the latest mystery buyer of I Love Me – Have You Loved Yourself Today? Card!!

Thank you so much to RB for featuring I Love Me – Have You Loved Yourself Today? in the Featured Art section!! X)

FREE SHIPPING!!! (Limited Time)

Hey EVERYONE!!! Great News!! RedBubble.com is offering FREE SHIPPING!! Yeap!! FREE Shipping for anything purchased over at RB! Just for this week.

The coupon code to receive the free shipping offer is 100000masterpieces – just enter this during the checkout process to receive the free shipping offer. And feel free to pass this on to your friends and family.

Warning: Promotion ends at 2359 on 30 October (GMT). HURRY NOW!! :D

Here are some of my LATEST DESIGNS over at frozenfa:

I Love Me - Have You Loved Yourself Today?

And do check out my new gallery at RedBubble.com as SilentCries:

And do drop by my new Zazzle gallery as SilentCries if you have the extra time.. hehe..

Happy Deepavali!! ^_^”