[Nfb-krafters-korner] Small Boxes

Fri Mar 16 00:39:38 UTC 2012

I have a dye that will cut a small box that is styled like a match box that
slides into a sleeve. The sleeve can be cut from transparency sheets so you
can see through it. If you buy the card stock and transparency material, I
will cut boxes for you. The size is about 1.5 by 2.5 by .75 inches. 

Neva Fairchild
972 416-7039 

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ramona Walhof
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 7:09 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tags with print & braille

Sahar, do you use racks for display or boxes?  Tags could be on the boxes or
the racks or a part of the rack if everything on the rack is the same price.

I know things in boxes get picked up and rearanged, but it might help some
to have stickers with prices on the boxes.  I agree that string on jewelry
would drive you crazy.  I have seen jewelry displayed in plastic bags, but I
am not sure how it looks that way.  It does help to keepp it clean, and
stickers can be made to stick.
I keep thinking I am going to learn enough oragami to make small boxes, but
I haven't got it together yet.

Ramona
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tags with print & braille

> That's a good idea, but wouldn't you need string to attach them?  I use 
> the small tags because they don't get tangled.  I even thought about using

> address labels--not attractive.  *smile*
>
> Warm regards,
> Sahar Husseini
> For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, please visit my Website at
> www.saharscreations.com
> Find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/saharscreations
> And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
> If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
> Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
> Michael Jordan
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Neva Fairchild" <nevafairchild at verizon.net>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:14 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tags with print & braille
>
>
> I cut my own, or use a tag punch. The card stock is cheap and I can use
> colors. I like the tag punch because the hole is punched at the same time 
> as
> the outside edge and they have more interesting shapes than rectangles.
>
>
> Neva Fairchild
> 972 416-7039
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sahar 
> Husseini
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:22 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Selling at craft markets
>
> Lol, I like that trick with the bills.  Even though I usually work with my
> husband, he does not do any of the identifying.  If a customer wants to 
> know
> something about an item, I have them give it to me, and I tell them about
> it.  The one thing I haven't done, which is definitely a great idea is to
> have the prices in both Braille and print since I don't remember the 
> prices
> like I used to do.  My price tags are tiny.  I need to get bigger ones and
> Braille away.  It would definitely make my life easier.  I have to find 
> good
> tags that don't have strings.  Those strings tangling up are a nightmare 
> and
> a half.  Any ideas on where you find decent tags?
>
> Warm regards,
> Sahar Husseini
> For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, please visit my Website at
> www.saharscreations.com Find me on Facebook at
> www.facebook.com/saharscreations And remember, "Obstacles don't have to 
> stop
> you.
> If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
> Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
> Michael Jordan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ramona Walhof" <ramona.walhof at gmail.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Selling at craft markets
>
>
> Lindey, experience is the best thing.  Work with someone else at first, 
> but
> don't let them do any more than you.  If you can put both Braille and 
> print
> prices on every item or container, that helps.  Don't hesitate to say to
> customers, 'I am totally blind."  Be sure to look at their faces, but say
> it, anyway. Sometimes it will register with them, and sometimes it won't.
> The Braille helps them believe it. If they are pointing to something or
> holding something and you don't know what it is, hold your hand out toward
> where you think the item is and say:  I need to touch it to know what you
> are interested in.   If they put money on the table and you don't know 
> where
>
> it is, ask them.  When you tell them the price, hold out your hand.  Many
> people will still put the money on the table, and you may need to ask them
> if they did.  Sometimes the next customer will tell you.  Something 
> depends
> on the crowd, how noisy it is and how crowded.  If it is noisy and 
> crowded,
> you probably need two people at the booth, anyway. If you are working all
> day, you certainly need to trade shifts.  I like to go make friends with
> people at the other booths, look at their merchandise and just manage to
> mention that I am working across the way selling xxx.  Many of them notice
> that I am using a white cane and can find my way around the place and they
> take an interest in what I am making.  It is good p. r. about blindness 
> and
> good advertising, as well.
>
> Our NFBI chapter sold baked goods at the Lions craft show last fall, and 
> the
>
> customers included both people from other booths and those who came in 
> just
> for a few minutes.
> A stack of business cards with both Braille and print information may also
> help and add to the interest in you and your work.
> Sometimes people want to dicker on the price, and you have to decide
> whether you will do that or not.  If you do it once, you can count on it,
> others will want to.  But with big orders, hopefully your pricing will 
> make
> it a good think to do.  However, when you need to spedn a lot of time with
> one person, you need to keep your ears open for activities of other
> customers.  If you don't have a huge amount to sell, it can be a good 
> thing
> to share space with another seller.
>
> Have a good time!  People will be drawn to your smile.
>
> Ramona
>
> Use a cash box that closes and keep it near you on your side of the table
> so you can keep your bills organized.  If someone else is with you, either
> don't let them do the money or make sure they keep it in order.  If you 
> are
> selling things you have made, you know them better than anybody else, and
> this will come across to customers.  If kids give you 20's, sometimes, 
> even
> fives, verify with them or somebody next to them:  Is this the bill you 
> gave
>
> me and show them a one.  If they didn't give you what they said it was, 
> they
>
> will not know what to say.  That is an old trick I learned from a blind
> vendor.  Don't try it on everybody, but you won't need to.
> Depending on how busy the craft show is, youmay be able to make friends 
> with
>
> the people working in the booth beside you and verify bills you question
> with them.  I am the primary cashier for my Lions Club on the shifts I 
> work,
>
> and they now have confidence in me to keep it straight, but I very openly
> verify bills sometimes, not as though I don't trust the person who gave it
> to me, but as though I think I might have confused the bills.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lindy van der Merwe" <stephlin at iafrica.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 1:03 AM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Selling at craft markets
>
>
>> Hi there,
>> To those who sell at craft markets, I was wondering about a few things.
>> 1 Do any of you manage a stall or a table on your own, or do you usually
>> have someone there to help?
>> 2 If you do it on your own, how do you answer the questions: how much is
>> this? or I'd like to take this ... or Do you have change for this?
>> 3 How do you handle sorting and exchanging paper money?
>> I had my first experience with selling at a stall last Saturday and these
>> were some of the aspects I had to deal with.
>> I don't think it is immediately obvious that I am blind, which did make
>> for some awkward situations, I thought.
>> Perhaps there may be some obvious answers to some of these questions, or
>> perhaps I just need some practice with being more comfortable in dealing
>> with strangers in that type of setting?
>> I know it will be most helpful to have prices on either the products or 
>> on
>
>> the containers they reside in, but it just felt like people related to me
>> using gestures a lot of the time, which obviously made communication
>> somewhat difficult and even though I wanted to respond in a confident
>> manner, I found it quite challenging at times.
>> Any ideas and thoughts would be much appreciated.
>> Lindy
>>
>>
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:28 AM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Looking for volunteers
>>
>>
>>>I am looking for teachers to teach the classes.  Do you know or are  you
>>> interested in teaching any of these suggested classes?  I need
>>> volunteers to
>>> teach.
>>>
>>> Heads up we hopefully will be having an email class with an Origami
>>> project
>>> in  the near future.    I will do a soap class and a sewing  class, but 
>>> I
>>> am busy with kicking off my new craft business.   I am  not sure if I 
>>> can
>>> fit classes in that I will teach between now and middle of  July.  I 
>>> have
>
>>> 4
>>> holidays between now and then to fill orders.   Hopefully I am putting
>>> St.
>>> Patty's Day Wild Irish Roses to bed maybe by  tomorrow.  I have 100 in
>>> reserve
>>> for my Irish Bar that is selling soo many  of them.  I spent the last 2
>>> days
>>> working on Easter ones to get a head  start.  I will know on Wednesday 
>>> if
>>> they need any more St. Patty's Day  ones.
>>>
>>> We need to wait for the Latch Hook class to be finished before we start 
>>> a
>>> new email class.  I want to only do one at a time email class for now,
>>> until we work any problems out.
>>>
>>> So think about what you can teach, host a chat night  topic.    I will 
>>> be
>>> there to help with what YOU do.
>>>
>>> Krafters Korner is for everyone and everyone makes Krafters Korner what
>>> it
>>> is!
>>> Joyce  Kane
>>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
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