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 the leasing [...]

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 it [...]

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 receptions.   [...]

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 is human.” That sounds [...]

Mark, our website manager, asked me to write a blog devoted to how to make your tats last longer. First of all I would say that you need to educate your customer on how to take care of their tat. You can do this verbally for each individual customer, which is easy when you only [...]

Stacy’s mom (who’s got it goin’ on) ordered a system for her daughter who was planning to open a kiosk in the mall. Stacy was a college student who needed a summer job and her mom thought this would be a good learning experience for her daughter as well as a money maker. Stacy got [...]

The following horror story was told to me by Nate. Nate repairs all the equipment at TAT International and works with customers who are having problems with their equipment. He wanted me to tell this story because the following is a very common mistake made by so many. One Monday morning Leroy Brown called and [...]

Most of our customers have a problem with flash.  They are extremely pleased with our banner and poster options, but they wonder how to display their custom work either homemade or those made here at TatStore. The most common solution is to actually tat some cardboard, poster board, wood, or other surface.  This is a [...]

I’m sure you already know that Halloween is second only to Christmas for retail merchandise sales. When we lived in the city and had trick-or-treaters, I would always buy my candy well in advance of the big night, eat it all up and have to buy candy again, and again, and again… I know I [...]

I think there is an entire segment of teenage girls that go ga ga for anything that sparkles. Not to mention how much little girls are attracted to glitz. For this reason I think that offering the 3-D glitter tattoos can be valuable to your business. I have always liked the looks of the glitter [...]