Tag Archives: Wrigley Field

my instagram hook- not just pretty photos

So I began my instagram account a few years ago and I was so excited at having this way to post pictures of my product to people all over the world.  I thought, awesome, my product will be a perfect fit for IG b/c all the advice columns were saying have ‘interesting content’.  Well, painted baseballs are super visual and very interesting content! (I know I am a bit biased)  And although that has drawn many viewers to my instagram page, I think it takes a bit more to keep them there.

I wanted my IG page to be pure, full of only my baseball designs and no other content.  But honestly I have found that over the past year, adding photos that show a general love of the game has added much more to my page then just my own cool baseball pics.  I have a video of a 3 yr old at his first baseball game, and great sayings about baseball, it adds another element that I think was lacking.  Now it is more of a ‘for-the-love-of-the-game’ page, which is what I was ultimately going for.  On IG I am @unforgettaballs it’s a great place to see the baseballs in painting progress, come take a look. 🙂

 

Finally Back in Stock!

I know the goal is to sell out of all your inventory, but it makes me crazy to be out of one of my gift baseballs, and have to sit and wait until it comes back in stock. I would always rather have a pile of inventory I have to sell, then disappoint someone b/c I am out of the design they want. Must be my people pleasing nature….but I am happy to report that my stock came in and I am very happy now!! Fenway Park, Wrigley field, wedding baseballs, are all back in the shop!

The difficult thing about custom work

I started in the last few months taking on custom orders for baseballs- it’s fun and it keeps me painting which is the part of my business I enjoy the most. But here’s the problem- I’m a slow painter. Always have been, it seems the slower I am, the better the result is. Probably b/c my work is meticulous, it needs a lot of careful attention.

But whatever the reason, people who are looking for a baseball gift, for a baseball fan, love the idea of creating a personal baseball design. Which is wonderful, except that to create designs as detailed as what I sell on my site takes about 20 hours. The balls on my site are prints of that original painting, so I can sell them for $25, but the original would cost about $1100. Maybe I will put up a custom orders section where I can explain this on my site!