Exclusive #9: Christmas Cardinals (Patreon)

Happy Friday!

One of our Patreon community members messaged me earlier in the week with a request to consider making some hueforges of Cardinals, similar to the Budgies I have posted on Makerworld. Well, I love birds and I loved the idea, so if you have a commercial license, you can head on over to the shop now to download 3 different versions of the Red Cardinal for free: a solo bird, a duo, and a trio. You can also head over to Makerworld later today to download a matching set of bookmarks, which are also really lovely, and I'm hoping they will direct a few people this way when they see them. And, on a side note, you'll be happy to know these designs are only 4 colors this time and are pretty quick prints, unlike the 9 colors of Rainbow Dash I brought you last week!

I hope you've all had good weeks. I know many of you are busy prepping for holiday markets this weekend and I wish you all good luck! Last weekend, Canadian Gamer and I loaded up most of our hueforges and took them to a large "Geeky Gift Market" at the big Expo centre here in our town, and we were extremely successful. We don't do a lot of markets, so we were floored by how many people crowded into our 10'x10' booth to browse through our baskets of hueforges and purchase our artwork.

I am pleased that in the last couple of weeks, I sold my Taylor Swift (3 panel) on the Facebook marketplace, and then at the market alone I sold 2 Rainbow Dashes, a Pinkie Pie, 2 of my Mountainscape prints, a Bunch of Budgies (and some bookmarks), Agatha Harkness, some Hello Kitty bookmarks, 2 Wildflower Bouquets, and even a set of my Halloween Glow in the Dark Skelekittens. There was also a LOT of interest and chuckles over the Jack and Grinch #BrosBeforeHohohos Polaroid Pals, and the small 4" Polaroid version turned out to be more popular than the 8". When I tried to upsell the 8" to one customer, he said he didn't like buying seasonal art because what do you do with it outside of Christmas? BUT he did buy the 4" Polaroid Pal size because it was small enough to tuck into a Christmas card and he thought it would give the recipient a good laugh. That interaction has changed my perspective a bit on whether I should do much holiday-themed designs in the future. We also put together themed and sealed "mystery boxes" that sold really well. People like the mystery, I guess! Our local hockey team themed boxes went like hotcakes, as did the One Piece, Hello Kitty, Stitch, and Pokemon theme boxes.

I hope you all have great weekends and wish you lots of luck if you're setting up shop at markets. Do let me know if there is interest or if you sell any of my designs! Tag me on Instagram @BusyKikiBee. I love seeing my work "out in the wild."