We’ve had our shop on Etsy open for about two years now. And we’ve gotten to send our goods all over the US and all over the world (Brazil, Singapore, New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, etc). We keep a world map on the studio wall and put in pins at each of the locations we’ve sent things to. It is so exciting to look at all the places where our art has ended up. We feel very fortunate.
Starting yesterday, though, a new kind of exciting something has been happening. While we’ve been shipping things from coast to coast and across the planet, we’d only ever had one single order from someone in our home state, Iowa. That just changed when yesterday the Des Moines newspaper did a little piece that mentioned us and our Heirloom Tomatoes Notecards.
Now we can say not only have we’ve reached all corners of the globe, we’ve also reached all corners of the state we’ve decided to call home. Thanks, Iowa. We love you, too.
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Have you thought about some sort of original whimsical art using heirlooms?
— Bill27 March, 2012 at 12:03 pm
Bill – Like tomatoes being dropped from UFOs? I always have lots of suggestions for K. Funny how she never gets around to most of them.
— A27 March, 2012 at 12:18 pm
What a great article. I liked the firefly T-shirts too. Did they call you when they did the article or just look you up on Etsy?
— Cathy27 March, 2012 at 2:12 pm
A- Monkeys playing baseball using corn as bats? Bocce? Gumball machine full of heirlooms? Elephant at a circus balancing on a giant one?
— Bill27 March, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Bill – I bet she’ll get around to your ideas right after she gets around to mine.
Cathy – The reporter found us on Etsy, and emailed us to get our details. She does a monthly piece on local Iowa craft.
— A27 March, 2012 at 4:06 pm
I remember G-Ma Jean’s den wall to wall with tomatoes…that would be a nice card and one I think you are familiar with. Tomatoes that runneth over!
— Dana28 March, 2012 at 10:43 pm
YAY! Congratulations! Those are gorgeous, by the way.
— Nicola31 March, 2012 at 11:06 pm