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tina frey

April 21, 2009 by Megan Leave a Comment

Tina Frey makes gorgeous resin jewelry and home goods. At the SFMOMA trunk show, I was lucky enough to trade with her for this necklace. Thanks Tina!

Be sure to check out Tina’s website – I love the way she makes a variety of products, but her line is so clearly hers.

more San Francisco pics

April 21, 2009 by Megan Leave a Comment

I’ve uploaded the rest of my images from our San Francisco trip to flickr. You can view the full set here.

A few of my faves:

Hiking in Land’s End

and on Mt. Tam.

From the California Academy of Sciences.

If the idea of using a cozy/cuff around your disposable cup doesn’t work for you, you can always take this example from the lovely Tara of Ink + Wit and use your cozy/cuff on your SIGG bottle to carry hot beverages.

Thanks to Tara for sharing this on her blog!

And don’t forget, you still have a few more days to suggest a retailer and be entered to win a cozy/cuff of your own.

home at last

April 20, 2009 by Megan Leave a Comment

We’re finally home from a lovely few days in San Francisco. (Although a less than lovely set of flights home.) The weather was absolutely gorgeous. I didn’t want to leave, especially to arrive home to rain and 40 degree temps.

I’ve got a lot more pics to upload from my DSLR, but unfortunately, one of the down sides to running your own business is that when you take a vacation, there is no one to help pick up the slack. So now I’ve got to spend the rest of the day catching up on emails/phone calls/etc. (And perhaps taking a nap – I hate taking an overnight flight!)

hi from San Francisco

April 17, 2009 by Megan Leave a Comment

Joe and I are in San Francisco this week, leading up to the SFMOMA Jewelry Trunk Show on Saturday. I just wanted to pop in and say hi, and share the view from the restaurant we ate lunch at yesterday. It was a typical little diner, but you can’t beat the view. I took this from our table – and we even saw whales while we ate!

I hope everyone’s weekend is shaping up to be as nice as mine. And if you’re in the bay area, be sure to stop by the trunk show on Saturday and say hi!

tease

April 10, 2009 by Megan 5 Comments

Just got these in the mail – lovely COLOR in time for spring (but not available for sale yet)…

And don’t forget to suggest a retailer and be entered for a chance to win a cozy/cuff of your very own. (Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions so far!)

Have a lovely spring weekend!

suggest a retailer for the cozy/cuff

April 10, 2009 by Megan 14 Comments

Is there a retailer in your area that would be a good fit for the cozy/cuff? I’m looking for coffee shops, design stores, indie boutiques, or any other store that might carry the cozy/cuff.

If you’ve got a suggestion, please leave a comment with:

-the name of the store

-store address (at least city and state)

-web site (if they’ve got one)

-any other info about the store

If you don’t want to leave the info in the comments, you can always email me at meauman(at)yahoo(dot)com.

And in case you really need a reason to suggest a retailer, I’ll choose one lucky commenter (or emailer) on April 24 to receive a cozy/cuff of their very own!

back from Ohio

April 10, 2009 by Megan Leave a Comment

I had a nice time on my trip to Kent this week (despite the fact that it snowed on the way there!) On Tuesday, I got to spend a little time with the current Kent State metals grads before giving my talk (which I think went pretty well).

On Wednesday, I had a nice little lunch with Corey before stopping by the Downtown Gallery to check out Miles Rountree‘s thesis show.

It was a nice little break, but now I’m full force into work mode. I’m trying to keep going with the four week marketing plan, but I’ve got a lot of work to make for the SFMOMA trunk show. I can’t believe we leave for San Francisco in less than a week!

from one of a kind to micro-production

April 7, 2009 by Megan 2 Comments

I’m heading to cold and snowy Ohio today to give a talk about my work at Kent State University (where I went to grad school).

I’ve been a little busy preparing (who knew it took so long to write a talk), so I’m a bit behind on the four weeks of marketing, but I’ll pick it up when I get back.

If your in NE Ohio, you should stop by – I’ll be speaking at 7 in the School of Art Building.

what’s in a name?

April 2, 2009 by Megan 3 Comments

cozy/cuff

A few comments on my last post prompted me to really think about the name cozy/cuff. After all, for $300, I better be damn sure.

Here are the reasons I like cozy/cuff:

-I’ve always been a big sucker for alliteration, I think it makes something fun and memorable.

-I’m a big fan of the backslash. I think it communicates that the object can actually be two objects – a cozy or a cuff. (Yes, I technically realize that its not really a cuff, in the traditional open cuff format, but like I said, I like alliteration.)

-The no caps thing is something I do with my business name, so I’d like to continue it with the cozy/cuff (as well the font I typically use – century gothic) to have some continuity.

So what does everyone think – go with cozy/cuff, tweak it a little bit, or come up with something new altogether?