It has been an awesome ride to get here! We had our November Live Show and the experience of sharing all our new creations with the public and their response was better than we expected.
We had our first raffle winner… Susan Carozza! She was gifted with a 16 x 20 gold framed print of “Hydrangeas” (one of my favorite floral prints). To our surprise, it was a favorite one for Susan, too. She was excited about the print the moment she saw it displayed at the West Milford Presbyterian Church Bazaar. As she was filling out the raffle ticket, she told us that she knew just where in her house she would prominently hang it! What a pleasant surprise it was for her to find out she won! We were so excited for her and knew that the “Hydrangeas'” was going to a good home, and would be bringing joy to her and her family for years.
The Craft Fair turned out to be a great success. It gave us great exposure to share our unique creations for Fall and Halloween. This included the first time “Halloween ‘monster band’ (Crypt Kickers), ‘Royal Ghost’, Pumpkin Jax to name a few. These characters were created by our newest young artist, Sean Richards. They were all a great hit for Halloween.
They appeared as “Wearable Art” on shirts for infants, toddlers on to adults. They were great hits as card stock bookmarks too.
At this Live Show we were able to introduce our handmade Christmas ornaments, Fall/ Winter bookmarks and, for the first time, custom orders,
Two weeks later, at the December 3 Craft Fair at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, we had our second raffle. We raffled off a 16 x 20 wood-framed print of “Phoenix Rising” (the patriotic theme of the ‘Freedom Tower’ wrapped in the American flag.) Our winner was Maria Langert. She was so excited about winning the “Phoenix Rising” that she baked us one of her famous chocolate cakes! That was a surprise treat.
We introduced even more unique handmade Christmas ornaments, “Coloring Books” featuring our mascot, “Patch” and his friends. We introduced the “cat and dog” customizable ornaments, getting a great response for custom orders at this live show, and for future online orders for Christmas.
“Here Comes the Judge'' with Santa riding in the popular Pontiac GTO was another big hit! This wearable art was printed on short sleeve/long sleeve shirts, crew-neck sweatshirts and hoodies.
“My Love Leaves Paw Prints” was another great Christmas gift item with our customers.
This was definitely the year of the Custom Personalized Orders … from shirts to ornaments and handmade items, as well as receiving a great response to our framed prints (available at live shows) and Rob’s Art prints, postcards, note cards and bookmarks.
All in all, God guided us to a great finish for the year.
We would like to thank all those who supported us in every capacity. It is greatly appreciated. WE could not have done it without ALL of you! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.