2010 half over....

Revamping my new website, but have the latest shows/venues for 2010 posted. Will most likely sneak in a couple one-off venues at the last minute - mainly Farmer's/Artist's Markets in Everett area.

Cornucopia is coming up & I've been frantically creating more Zipper Pulls & the first in my series of Garden Art. Well, let's call it "Plant Art". I love to adorn & decorate my house plants. (Don't you??)

When I first created the branding for Wanna-B-RockStar, I added the tagline "Bling on a Ring" so it would incorporate all forms of bling. It started slowly with the Wine Charms, then I started investing in materials with the hope of doing Garden Art. My experimenting made it more than obvious to do Zipper Pulls. (They just looked f-u-n!) Finally, upon acquiring several natural stones & larger beads lead me to 'plant bling'! We shall see how they sell at my next show... I'll let you know.

Speaking of which, you're more than welcome to check out my Show list. Here's the link: http://www.abiznessdigitalimages.com/Events&Sales.htm

Thanks for tuning in!
~Ange

A day @ Seattle Gift Show!

For me, there's nothing like the buzz of a Trade Show!! Had great fun attending the Seattle Gift Show with my mother yesterday. Loaded up the car and blazed a trail for the Market Center on 4th Ave. Spent the morning listening to a seminar with Chris N. of Amazon Services, connecting with other small biz owners, talking with several Reps, & even trying a few chocolate samples. Mmmmm.....

After a quick lunch break, our adventure then continued up-town at the Convention Center. This was my 3rd visit to the show and Mom's first. There was a noticeable drop in vendors. Hallways weren't as long and pressed together, and there seemed to be an awful lot of out-of-state vendors exhibiting. We took quick floor tour, then took some time to visit with a few vendors I'd met over the years. Was glad to see they were doing well & making quite a few orders!

Before too long, there boomed a large voice over the loud-speaker -- "The next seminar is about to begin in 5 minutes in the back of the North Hall." Lynn Barret of CreativeBusiness Consulting Group did a fantastic job with her presentation 'Are you Tubing, Facebooking and Flickring your way to Retail Success?' She explained the 4 P's & 4 C's of marketing and dove into her objectives - components of social media marketing! A.K.A. taking advantage of "user-generated content" on places like blogs, E-zines, networking groups, podcasts, etc. Found it very informative & inspiring; definitely time well-spent. And guess what the bonus was? She offered a free 30 minute session for attending the seminar that afternoon. Wahoo!

Just a few of my networks:

• LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/angelajoyce
• 1000Markets - http://www.kissthephotographer.1000markets.com
• Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/abiznessdigitalimages/
• Etsy for Photography - http://www.abiznessdigital.etsy.com
• Etsy for Bling http://www.wannaberockstar.etsy.com
• FaceBook - by name or email ;-)

Today I woke up & thought - I love being a small business owner. Let the creative juices flow......

Cheers!

P.S. -- If you'd like to be part of my social networking group, drop me a line so we can connect!