Writer Merch!
This is just a quick post to let you know that my writer friend, Katja Schulz, has created some awesome reader and writer merch. She has a range of mugs, shirts, bags, phone covers and aprons that would make great gifts for the reader and/or writer friend in your life, or for yourself!
Check out Katja’s Etsy store to see the complete collection:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/KatjaSchulzDesigns?ref=search_shop_redirect
And don’t forget to leave a review and tell your friends.
What’s with all the tulips? Is she Calvinist?
Also, I need that bag.
LOL, no, I don’t think she’s a Calvinist–just likes tulips I guess. 🙂
Ha ha, what is a Calvinist? 🤔 I don’t know if that’s what I am. Maybe you tell me?!
The tulip is from a photograph I took in Montreal. I cut the tulip out of that photo with my amateur computer program and used it in a few designs.
I have tulip-free designs, too. I swear!
I hope Colin can explain about the horrible pricing. I’m ashamed already. 😭
No, from our conversations on faith, I don’t think you are. 🙂
The pricing is what it is. Hopefully most people understand you only have so much control over costs, and that Etsy takes a cut of your profits. You’ve done as much as you can to make them affordable without giving them away, so don’t feel bad. Besides, your time and talent are worth the cost.
Katja, I checked out your store and you have some very cool designs!
And I second what Colin says, you need to make a profit – and from my neck of the woods, you have no control over the appalling state of the Aussie dollar at the moment (or any exchange rate), lol.
It’s the same as being a writer – be proud of what you have produced and don’t be ashamed of asking people to pay for your creativity, time and energy. x
Creatives are often wary about asking to be paid for their art. You can’t help feeling as if you’re “selling out” to make a buck. Or, you’re so anxious to share your work with others, you want to give it away. The truth is, you can be true to your art AND make a living. In fact, it’s only right that people reward you for your efforts and pay for the pleasure of having your work in their lives. It also helps keep food on your plate and a roof over your head–things you need if you’re going to continue to be creative!
Aww, thank you so much, AJ, Colin!!
On average, I will make £2 per sale, I hope (less than that in the US and slightly more than that in the UK). And that includes sitting down for 20 minutes minimum and personalise the item with the customer’s name and other choices.
If I made 3 sales in an hour, I’d get £6 an hour, so it really isn’t much. It just looks so horrible because the material is SO expensive since it’s POD, not bulk.
I’m using two different suppliers who have places in different countries.
The good thing, AJ, one of them is setting up a printing place in Australia now. They wrote it shall reduce the shipping costs for Australia. 😊
See, I’m still trying to excuse.
Yes, I want to help with putting food on the table and pay for our rent. Fiancé is on tiny furlough money and OCD has disabled me for ‘normal’ work. Writing and designing are the best for me. I can do it as I can manage it.
Thank you all, friends. I think I love you all. Even I don’t actually use these words. They’re hard to speak/write.
Xx ❤
Don’t worry, dear, I like tulips. I am Dutch American, after all.
Yes, I have noticed the same thing about Etsy. I once tried to set up a site to sell knitted stuff. But if I price it at prices I would want to pay as a consumer, the wages per hour would be a joke!