Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Morning in Paradise

Sometimes we get to work an entire day with each other, live.
Sometimes we have a long morning meeting.
Today was one of those days, each of us with goodies to share from the cool stuff we're testing, designing and getting in the mail.
We love our business cards, thanks to Evan.

We're lovin' la vida Krafti! (indulge us, we're just really excited)

Thursday, September 17, 2009

We Want to!


We are SO tempted to show you the cool stuff that's gonna be in our store.
But we can't.
Seriously, what a spoiler!!
So, just for today, a wee little teaser...

Sincerely, Laura and Melissa
(the ones surrounded by the loveliness...)

Friday, September 11, 2009

We've Got it Goin' On

These days we're busy testing kits of all sorts. For some of us that means learning new skills, for others, brushing up on old ones. Our aim is to really represent all of the Fiber-Arts. No small thing, as you can imagine!

We're taking it to the spreadsheet, filling the columns with the different crafts represented. And now we're already starting to design our own kits to fill in some of those categories.

Right now I'm on this personal mission to bring hand sewing back into the limelight. I have to say, even after all my years of being a professional in the clothing design arena, if I can hand sew something without taking my machine out, I'm a happy camper. So all the sewing kits are being written for the hand-sewer.

The website is coming along, things are crazy busy but I think we can both safely say that so far we're loving it. We hope you come to as well.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Countdown Update


Yes, as many of my emails have stated, we're on a fast track to getting up and selling. By mid-October, this web address will become our online store. If you didn't know how hard we're working, this might seem a little crazy to you. Yes, we're gonna do it.

So, it's a learning curve of course, for you and us. One of the things that coming up for our prospective vendors is having a pricing plan that works for wholesale. Some of the suggestions I'm passing on to folks is to leave more of the kit "raw". Meaning, if here's fabric cutting to do, let the crafter do it and provide paper patterns. Things like this can make a huge difference.

In many cases, once you have instructions for one kit done, some simple editing can make those work for another kit. That really is the way the development of a kit works. There's a certain amount of time up front, but then that gets passed onto the sum of all the kits your sell us.

Things we're still looking for? Crocheted and tatted lace kits, embroidery kits for finished items like table linens.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

And we have a logo!

This is what our label logo will be on the packages.

Yes, in no time flat, we're moving right along. Still finding more great folks to send us their kits. Wanting still more folks to contact us with their "kit potential". If you haven't been directly in touch with us yet, now is a great time to do that. We have a little contact us link that will pop you right into an email on it's way to us.
Stay crafty!

Friday, August 21, 2009

Letter of Agreement

Folks, we're about to send out our letters of agreement for the test sample process. If you have not been directly connected to us through our email, now is the time to do that. Even if you think you might want to do something in the future with us, we'd like to have you in our database of artisans to follow up with.

Today we got our first draft of our logo and we're moving right along!

You can see that I just posted our bio's to the right. We have some FAQ's as well as a great resource for those of you who have never done wholesale before. Retail Minded it a great blog for you to check out.

Monday, August 10, 2009

Call for Vendors

photo by Ishkamina
Krafti-Kit is looking to buy exclusive, wholesale craft kits on an ongoing basis from the best and brightest creative folks out there. These kits are for a sophisticated adult market.

Here are the first parameters:

  • You are selling a kit to us that you do not sell anywhere else
  • You are able to send us a kit to test if we're interested in buying from you
  • You have an "all inclusive" kit that provides everything for the crafter to complete your project (with obvious exceptions like scissors)
  • We will pay wholesale prices of $5-$50 per kit.

We are starting our business focusing mainly on fiber-arts. This will grow to other craft mediums in time, but if you think you have something exciting that we should look at now, we'll consider.

This is wholesale purchasing from us, NOT CONSIGNMENT.
You'll provide your own packaging with your brand-name and we will add our Logo sticker to your items.

Some ideas:
  • Hand-sewn fabric (quilting or simple sewing)
  • Embroidery or crewel
  • Crochet
  • Knitting
  • Paper crafts
  • Felting
  • Beading

Please contact: info@krafti-kit.com