Entries Tagged as 'tats'

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Put Your Name in Lights!

After a long break, I will have a quick photoshop tutorial coming later this week. Today though, I have a new blog feature to introduce, and that is the Wednesday Spotlight.

With this post each week we would like to highlight one of our outstanding Tat customers, and any interesting stories they might have. [...]

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Duratat Ink is Awesome

I am a Cancer survivor. It has been seven years since I was first diagnosed. Since that original diagnosis and my operation to eliminate the Cancer from my body, my yearly checkups have all been good news. I was lucky; my Cancer was detected in the early stages. Because of this, I [...]

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Note on Bling Your Thing Kits

I just have one quick note for you today.
We have a lot of customers who are interested in the Swarovski crystal Bling Your Thing Kits. These are the kits that contain a jar of crystals, glue, bees wax, toothpicks and instructions. The crystals in this kit do not have any adhesive on them and [...]

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Barbie gets temp tats!

This year, Barbie turned 50 years old. I just wanted to alert all of our readers who are in the tat industry, that Barbie now sports sticker tattoos, and even comes with wash-off temporary tattoos for her owner.
This is causing quite a stir as tattoos are still largely associated with less than savory figures [...]

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Back at the Mall

Here we are again, back at the mall. We have come a long way; we have negotiated a great deal from the mall for our kiosk, on a month to month basis. We are all set up and have now hired and trained a few employees.
We have had all of our employees sign [...]

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Malls, Malls, Malls

I have one final thought on negotiating that I would like to share with you before we move on.
I was watching the reality show True Beauty a couple of weeks ago. I know it’s sad but what can I say, I got hooked. In the segment the contestants were divided into groups of [...]

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Next Step: Malls

Last week we met with the leasing agent at the mall and filled out our application for a kiosk. Let’s pretend that we heard back from the mall and our application has been approved. Yippee!
Now we will begin asking for the sun and the moon before we sign the final contract. Let [...]

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Custom Holiday Gift Giving

With the large selection of stencil designs in your library, customizing gifts is a big advantage you have. By using your library of stencil designs and a few crystals you can create custom Holiday gifts.
I used some of our stencil designs to create unique note cards and envelopes. I sprayed the design, let [...]

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Add Bling for Christmas Pizzazz!

Last spring a wedding planner called with an order for a lot of Swaorvski crystal tattoos.  Being curious about the order I asked Ben to call her back to see what she would be using them for.  She said she used the crystal tattoos to embellish plain, inexpensive, clear vases for weddings and [...]

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Afterthoughts on getting the most out of your tats

Wouldn’t you know I thought of some more points to share about making tats last longer, after I posted my blog last week. Hmmmm! I wish I could remember to include all pertinent information in one blog. I guess my excuse is: I’m human and as we all know “To err [...]