Fast, Free way for Artists to Get Noticed!

We applied and were accepted for a small grant from ETSY to buy some mannequins. So we now are gearing up to do a new window on the 19th of october 2010. We did not do any this summer due to the death of one of our dear members, Kathleen Bush. But, now we are doing the Green spot again! Here is a photo of one of the new models to put our hand made products on. Will be putting up lots of new photos of our new display soon!

#1. Find some empty store locations with good visibility from cars and walkers.
#2. Write down as many as three to start calling
#3. Prepare a plan of what exactly you would do for that particular window display
a. color, theme and products
b. you might even sketch out the plan for the prospective owner to see
c. have details of how the items would change over time, who would handle the details of if a customer wants a item etc.
#4 Start calling those numbers and make apts to meet the owners with your plans all laid out.

We started with the idea of a "secret" room in the corner. It has a cardboard fireplace ( which you cannot see to the right) that has tiny lights in it to simulate fire. The two lamps on the side table and a miniature tree beside it. Hanging above the table is a old wood window that we sprayed snow on the outside and put little christmas lights behind for effects. Throughout the scene are some of our products we made, and signs about our team, our Etsy addresses, contact info etc.

The outside of the secret room is the christmas tree spiral, more products all around. Fake snow of course, and tiny lights hanging in the rafters to mimick the stars at night.

This photo was taken by nadine Allen, a Etsy Artist of wonderful Greeting cards. She does photo cards in all kinds of themes. NOTE: Click on the photo to go see their shop!

And we used this opportunity to put up displays of our favorite charities. Like the "comfort doll program" where people make tiny dolls for the battered women's shelters.

We are doing a fall theme on one store and I found that the foam board is great to make a display for my jewelry that will be in the window. Making characters like this cat or a large pumpkin.

Others my team members have made were a large mermaid, and once we did the white wood frames. These then all hang (see photo above) from the ceiling with each artist putting their products IN the frame! It turned out fantastic!
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