On the Road Again!!

Hey just wanted to let you know that I am back on the road and my first stop is Jersey City NJ.

May 17, 2008 there is a street festival in Jersey City, NJ and yours truly will be there with all his flair and goods. I am bringing my entire collection: Christmas (samples), Birthdays, Fathers Day, Love and more...

The name of the event is Everything Jersey City Festival, Central Avenue Jersey City, NJ.
Would be nice to you there if you are in the area and as always at any and all craft shows my cards are marked down (though at this event I am forced to charge sales tax) to give the best deal(s) ever...


Hope to see you there!

Business Partners!

I just wanted to share something with you. This week I was crafting and talking with my business partner about the future of my craft. I was thinking of taking my craft on the road as a serious full-time business venture. I thought to myself, I could make this a real business by going town to town, city to city, state to state and displaying my works. I told him it's not about the money! It's more about sharing my gift of handcrafting greeting cards. To me this is what makes a business last; sheer passion that is felt by everyone.

Anyway, my partner just sat there forcing a smile. He smiles through all the hard work...you see my partner is only 21 months old! Yes, my partner is a child, my son Zion! Here, take a look:




This is him during on of our meetings. Guess he was thinking of a new idea with his eyes closed. Anyway, thats this weeks conversation here at Crafted by Hand!

Business Partners... How valuable are they to your business?
My son, Zion is extremely valuable to my business whether is makes Fortune 500 or not...

Introducing... BUY NOW! from Crafted by Hand Blog Spot!

I have come up with another way to give and show my appreciation's to all my supporters and customers!

Every time I create a new card I will feature it here at Crafted by Hand and offer it for immediate sale with low cost shipping and at a lower price then it is sold in any of my shops. Unfortunately there will only be a limited amount of the design/card sold each month!

The Buy Now on the side bar is how and where you pay for your card!

I will post a small feature and detail post about the card and pictures. So for this week I am going to offer 2 cards;

The first is Mothers Day Rose: This a great card for Mothers Day from mom to mom, husband to wife, daughter/son to mom... This card is blank inside for you to add your own personal words of love.

This card if bought here is $2.00 (shipping included)
If bought in my shop this card is $3.50 plus shipping $1.00
buy now and save $2.50

The second card is my newest design to help celebrate the union of marriage, 2 Rings 1 Heart. This is a great card to help celebrate someones happy years of marriage with 3 rhinestones representing the Past, Future and Present this anniversary card is sure to touch someones heart. The inside of this card is has the words, 'Happy Anniversary'

This card if bought here is $2.75 (shipping included)
If bought in my shop this card is $4.00 plus shipping $1.00
buy now and save $2 .25

When the new designs are ready and available to you these will be moved to the side bar and will no longer be offered here at Crafted by Hand but only at Handcrafted by LaMar or on Etsy.com
at regular price plus shipping. The Buy Now button on the side bar is where and how you pay for your card. Just enter your email address, price of card (as stated here) and the cardd name (card name is in bold face) and click submit.
*If there are any problems with service leave a comment and I will correct the problem ASAP!

ORDER NOW!!

This is a great opportunity to get your hands on the newest and greatest quality handcrafted cards before anyone else and for much less!

FREE Giveaway-Set of Handcrafted Greeting Cards

These beautiful, very noteworthy cards are from Handcrafted by LaMar! The winner of this giveaway will receive the set of four. Elegantly embellished on the outside and blank on the inside - add your thoughts to these keepsake cards.



How to Enter

No purchase is necessary to win. You simply have to go to LaMar's shop and take a look around. Then come back here and leave a comment. Your comment is your entry. Only one comment per person, duplicate entries will be discarded.

Your comment should include:
Your name and a way to reach you should you win (don't be Anonymous!).
The name of your favorite item in the shop or the URL to it.

The contest ends on Saturday, April 12th at 11:59 pm. The winner will be chosen randomly by random.

New creations!

Today I created a card that comes from a design I am currently using. I changed the color of the card and the direction (for a lack of better words) of the style. Now the problem I was faced with and still here looking at the card thinking about is...

What should this card be or what should it say?
What is the theme?

Yeah it has words like love, hope and faith on it but do I really want to push out another LOVE card right now? So , as I sit here wondering what to do with this card I decided to check on a few things. Thats when I noticed, my blog needed some love...So I am here at the keyboard thinking and then hits me, WHY NOT ASK YOU WHAT YOU THINK!


So heres the design:












So what do you think? Leave me a comment and let me know what you think I should do with this card! If I like your idea I will use it and send you the card for FREE (no shipping no nothing just FREE).

You Make the Promo! the Rules and Regulations...

The rules are:
-there are no rules just regulations.
-Be it that I am a card maker the winner can only get a card, FREE of cost and shipping (USA only, Canada and International residents will have to pay for shipping).
-Also the promo you create should not be hard nor difficult to win and there should only beone winner.
-The contest should be for 1 month and exclusive to this blog only.
-All contestants should post comments only, no emails, convos, etc.


Now for the creation of the promo:
-If you make/create a promo, you can not be a winner of that promo or a contestant (just wouldn't be fair).
-you must enter your promo idea in the comment section
-If your promo is selected you will contacted by before the end of the month and if your promo is picked you can select any item from either of shops for 50% off (card sets included).
Thats $1+ on single cards and $3+ on card sets.
-Your promo can be of anything of substance and directed toward anything. It can be a way to get you exposure or hide and seek... Lets get the creative adventuring spirit flowing...


So lets get to work!
I want you to create the promo for me and have fun. Remember you can not play and win your own game (promo) but you will be able to get any item from either of my shops for 50% off and FREE PERSONALIZATION.

*My shop addresses are found on the right side of the screen under Visit me at...

So lets be creative, lets come up with a great PROMO/CONTEST for a simple card maker!

You make the promo!

This is just a quick blab about promos and contest. I am in search of a promotion for my blog and have no idea which way to go! So I want to do this...
I want to give my loyal customers, fans and supporters a chance to create a promo for me.

The rules are, there are no rules just regulations. Be it that I am a card maker the winner can only get a card, FREE of cost and shipping (USA only, Canada and International residents will have to pay for shipping). Also I would like to make it hard but not difficult to win and for there to be only one winner. This contest should for 1 month and is exclusive to this blog only. All contestants should post comments only, no emails, convos, etc.

Last thing is if your promo is picked you can not be a winner (would not be fair). So for the promo I pick that person can get any single card 50% off any any item in my shop (card sets included). Thats $1+ on single cards and $3+ on cards.

So lets be creative, lets come up with a great PROMO/CONTEST for a simple card maker!