[Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: Braille Card Sale

Wed Aug 5 22:04:16 UTC 2015

That is where the money will be. There is so much at convention trying to 
get our dollars that it is easy to skip crafts that you have to haul home 
anyway. I know, they are tiny. But, you have to think of how other people 
are thinking. I think having items available year round is a m

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From: Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E] via Nfb-krafters-korner
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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: Braille Card Sale
ust.

Greg

Have we ever thought of taking orders for, a surtain picture and the person 
stating what they want in the card?

Say I want 5 Christmas tree cards and I am given choices for the saying or I 
state what I want.
We could take orders for something like this for the holidays.
I have plenty of blind friends, that if we do some small cards, I might want 
to buy some cards for the holidays!

Terry P.

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Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 3:54 PM
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This sounds like it is off to a great start.

Thank you all for all the effort you have put in to fund-raise for Krafter's
Korner.

I have only one suggestion to add to the mix.  The two things that I find a
need for cards most are birthdays and holidays.

When you look at options for more cards maybe a candle, or a birthday cake
might be an option as well as maybe a Christmas tree, a holly leaf,  or a
Star of David, or a 5 pointed star.

Dixie
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We sold more than 100 dollars worth of cards.  Virtually everybody who
looked at the Craft Fair loved them.  We know we needed  something to put
the bags in.  Hauling things to convention is a challenge, and we just did
not have time to gather the right display materials between arrival Saturday
night and Sunday noon.

These cards are a great item to sell.  Planning seemed to be slow and
laborious.  However, we cannot depend on the convention as our only selling
method.  We still have quite a few left, and I believe Kathy F. can
advertise them on our blog.  We also need to take them to groups we hbelong
to and sell them at state conventions.

It mayh be that we should just have general messages so we don't need to
vary them with each card design.  We can take orders for multiple cards, but
that is not cost effective for individual cards, probably.

Because there are so many people involved, this project seems more
complicated than necessary, but we are a group and need to work together.

Right now we have a very nice cat on a large card, a teddy bear with hearts
on a large card, a truck on a small card, and a teddy bear on a small card.

I brought a bag of stuff home because I couldn't get it to LM before she
left.  The committee will continue to work on this project.  It has a lot of
potential, and I think we are off to a great start.  But selling is where we
need everybody's help.

We can certainly do other designs, but let's get these four moving!

When we sell to sighted people, we can include braille alphabet cards if
they are wanted.  The messages are written in uncontracted Braille, so
anyone can spell them out.

Ramona

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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille Card Sale

To Ramona and LM,

Will you please post for the group how the sale of the braille cards went at
convention. Can we please know if this is something we should continue
again, and ask for people to start making cards so a supply will be
available for next year, or if you feel this is too big of a project to
continue. I can only ask the opinions of those involved. This is a big
involvement for those who made the inserts of braille and the pictures. I so
appreciate everyone who took their time in making the inserts and pictures
and I think they would like someone to summarize what happens at convention
with these cards. Thanks for the time that was used in making and putting
this all together.

Terry Knox

Fund Raising Chairperson

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