Thursday, August 18, 2011

Mornington Market Debut & Some New Releases

Didn't mother nature put on a beautiful day for us last weekend for the Mornington Racecourse market? We had a great time spreading our cards down to the peninsula and meeting some new fans and customers - we even came across a customer who knows us from the Upwey Market... Wow, it's a crazy, small world! Our banner arrived in time and it looked perfect after some teething problems with our marquee height (I should not be trusted to put up a marquee at 7:30 on a Sunday morning!).


Derek
Derek on our stand with our beautiful new banner and blackboard signs


We sold plenty of our Seed Bombs and launched new Garden Starter Discs. Our Garden Starter discs are a circle of plantable paper sitting on top of a Jiffy Pellet and they come in a packet of two. The Jiffy Pellets are made from sustainable coconut fibres and grow to a 4-5cm biodegradable 'pot' when soaked in water. Once your seedlings are established the whole pot can be planted in your garden where it will break down into the soil. I think they would make great business cards or giveaway products for an environmentally friendly company, but they are just as good as a present or stocking stuffer (I won't start the Christmas countdown just yet, I promise) or just as a fun activity to do with the little ones. You can grow them on a sunny windowsill so they can watch them grow.


Seed Bombs and Garden Discs
Flower Seed Bombs on left and Flower Garden Starter Discs along the bottom
We also launched our new Fathers Day cards that grow herbs and even had some dads point them out and turn their backs for their kids to buy them... so cute!
Herb Mix
Our 'Green Thumb' Dad & Tie font Fathers Day cards with some herb Seed bombs
And some new cards for parents of new babies, available in boy, girl or neutral...




Both our Fathers Day and Baby designs are now available in our Etsy & Madeit stores online.


And for everyone who has asked me at markets "Don't the seeds in the paper wreck your printer?"... Thanks for jiinxing me! I guess 200 pages of seeded paper is about the limit for a printer to handle... So until my printer gets fixed, I will not be able to print cards on demand. Therefore, if you want something I would suggest getting it sooner rather than later because I only have a few cards printed in most designs. Hopefully my printer will be back up and running soon though *fingers crossed*

Monday, August 8, 2011

Sorry for the silence!

It may have been quiet here on the blog, but we have been busy little beavers here at GrowMe!


A snapshot of what we have been up to:
  • Had another successful market in Upwey back in June - we launched (and sold out of) our new Seed Bombs
  • Tara completed her masters degree and is now qualified as a Dietitian! (Now to find a job!!)
  • Been busy making over 130 sheets of seeded paper over the last couple of months, getting ready for Spring and lots of upcoming markets
  • Re-designed our logo and made a banner for our online spaces... and ordered a canvas version for use at markets (fingers crossed it arrives on time!)
  • Gave this blog a bit of a makeover with the new banner and a new colour scheme - What do you think?
  • Got ourselves a web domain - www.GrowMe.net.au (at the moment it is just redirecting to here)
  • Working on Fathers Day cards to be printed on our herb seeded paper - great for dads who love to cook or have a green thumb (to be released in our online stores later this week)


And, last but not least...

  • Preparing for our first Mornington Racecourse Market which is on THIS SUNDAY the 14th of August from 9am-2pm - Drop by and visit us if you are in the area (or make the trip down to the beautiful Mornington Peninsula - I may be a little biased because I grew up down there). We will have our new range of Fathers Day cards, lots of Seed Bombs (if we sell out this time we will be very happy!), a bargain basket of cards with the old logo going out cheap, and *hopefully* our brand spanking new canvas banner, if you all cross your fingers for us really hard!


Well, I better get back to it, these cards won't print themselves!