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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Happy Customers are a Great Reward

Google is my friend. It helps people find me and my weaving and I like that.
Gene did a Google search  for "blue jean guitar strap" and was led to my etsy shop.


Closeup of a guitar strap woven with "Riveting" a yarn from Kollage Yarns

That particular guitar strap had already been sold, but he got to looking around and here is what he found and purchased. When I sent him an e-mail to let him know I was shipping the order, I asked how he found me.
His beautiful message was an affirmation that I am doing the right thing. Here are some excerpts:

"I have a couple of guitars that are special to me.
After looking at the prices on Musicians Friend and some other sites for guitar straps, I decided your inkle loomed straps were for me and my special guitars. 
I love your art and somehow, I feel your sprit is in tune with what my artist wife and I are into.
Plus I just could not stop looking at the pattern, and how well it was made.
So basically I spent way more for guitar straps than I planned, but I am sure every penny was worth it.
You are producing ART, keep up the good work!"


An unusual type of motif for me which I made up as I went along.






This one was called "Radiating Reds" because of the gradation of colors going from light in the center to dark on the borders. 


3 comments:

  1. Beautiful feed-back on your beautiful work! How wonderful to know the straps are going to people that truly appreciate them.

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  2. Thank you for sharing this experience with your customer!

    Your work is truly beautiful. And there is nothing else that I want more than you to make bag straps for my woven bag.

    The original pattern i chose was designed with the straps as part of the bag. But once i met you and saw what you can do with your Inkle loom - I made my mind up that the bag MUST have straps made my YOU!

    Now, all I have to do it to actually weave it! Using all handspun yarns is the plan! I have those! Just need to finish a lovely piece that is currently living on the loom. (I say living because after being there for over a year, it is "living" on my loom!)

    I am so happy that you are finding more and more customers who appreciate you and your creativity and skill. Just like your new customer instantly recognized your talent and skill, the minute I saw your blog and your work I popped it in my reader so fast there was smoke in the air! I know a good thing and i know talent when i see them!

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  3. Thank you, thank you, Pam and Evelyn. Yes, I agree that it is great to hear from customers about what they liked about my work and how they plan to use it.

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