Next weekend I'm enrolled in a seminar sponsored by Country Living magazine, for women entrepreneurs. Part of the conference is five minutes in front of the magazine's editorial staff to pitch my product. I've tried this before. The picture above is from October 2006 when I was in the first Country Living Fair at the Chicago Botanic Garden. I'm hoping to get a plug for the book out of this, more so than my retail side, so we'll see what happens.
I need updated business cards, and maybe I can get the proofs of the book cut and spiral bound for this. The thing that I'm most apprehensive about is the picture taking before. I'm so not photogenic. Must wear makeup that day. I think I'll get a manicure, too. My hair has been recently cut and colored, so that's okay. I think lots of craft businesses are personality driven, which is the main reason I started the blog. I thought people might find the backstory of the book production, and some honest impressions of experiences I've had on the show circuit interesting. Or maybe not.
This could only happen in Chicago. I've felt for a long time that most Chicago people don't get the dog sweaters, and here's more proof. I'm walking Piccolo, all dressed up in her sweater and Pawz disposable boots. People comment on the boots, and completely ignore the sweater. I've even heard boot comments in Spanish. "Zapatos!"
2 comments:
Good luck with the conference!
You'll be great --and beautiful! Let us know how it went! And as far as the comments, I think that people are used to seeing dog sweaters and not so used to seeing dogs shoes. I have to admit that I don't see them very often and they grab my attention.
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