Whole Foods

Followed up today with ALL the WFMs in the southeast region.  As usual, had a pretty hard time getting hold of people, especially in Atlanta.  Many of the ones I did get a hold of hadn't received (read:  seen/read) my email of last week.  But most were receptive to the idea so I resent a bunch of emails and catalogs.  Two of them said they wanted to place an order although I've received nothing so far.

Almost done embroidering the 30 custom patches; tomorrow I should be able to cut, trim, and ship them, right on schedule.

Didn't do anything on the work room organization today.

New patch project

Got an interesting order today from someone who works at Etsy:  30 custom patches.  I'm curious to know what MITS is and why/how it moves mountains.  The patches are going to be put on lab jackets so it doesn't seem like something that would be associated with etsy, although the mailing address is etsy.  Hmmm.

QDigitizing came back so quickly with a file!  And although they didn't follow directions, I can fix the issue myself.  (Their stitch count wasn't so hot either; actual count is 25% higher, after the fix; 50% higher before.)  Unfortunately, he asked for 3 colors that I don't have so I'll have to locate an embroidery thread store tomorrow.

In other news, got the Whole Foods order off ahead of schedule!

Teddy Bear Project - Finished and Feedback

I sent Christie her 150 teddy bear patches 2 days ahead of schedule.  I thought they looked great but I was a little concerned that she would be unhappy that some of them had pale pink instead of dark pink.  It was an executive decision on my part - wait for dark pink thread, or move forward with the project.

I was concerned when I didn't hear back from her, but yesterday I received this email from her:

Hi Janet!

Sorry it's taken me a bit to get back to you, the patches worked out GREAT!! my council wants a receipt for my payment to reimburse me, can you please send me some kind of paid invoice to turn in, including the shipping so I can get paid back by them?

I will be leaving lengthy and amazing feedback for you on etsy, the whole group of guests loooved the patches. I will be back for our next event if that's ok with you!

Thanks again!!

Christie

I guess she liked them.

Teddy Bear patch

Got the order over the weekend for 150 teddy bear patches somehow connected to the Girl Scouts.  Shown is the picture that was sent to me for digitizing; it'll be interesting to see how it compares to the final patch (colors, text font will be different).  It's the first time I've sent them hand-drawn artwork.

I decided to use QDigitizing.com again even though I was very unhappy with their timeliness on the American University project.  Fact is, they do great work at the best price I've been able to find.  This is a pretty simple design and timeliness is slightly less of an issue so I'm going with the devil I know.

Love these custom projects!