Meyer Imports

Come see us at the Maker's Faire!

Meyer Imports will be at the Maker Faire (in a rather small way,but will still be present as this wonderful event. Come by and say hello!Just look for our friends at Stencil1.

4th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area: Re-Make America

Following on President Obama's call to "begin again the work of remaking America", Maker Faire 2009 will be organized around the theme of Re-Make America. Held in the San Francisco Bay Area on May 30-31, Maker Faire celebrates what President Obama called "the risk takers, the doers, and the makers of things." The fourth annual Maker Faire will showcase individual creativity and grassroots innovation in the largest festival devoted to DIY culture and technology in the country.

Christmas in May? Yes!

One of the best things about running Meyer Imports is that I get to meet and learn from so many crafters and artists who are all creating unique businesses and hand made crafts in so many unique ways. I think that all of us "vintage crafters" are bound together by a simpler time, a slower time, a time when simple pleasures meant so much more than they do today.

With that as a backdrop, I am very happy to introduce a new Meyer Import customer, Celebrate 365.

While most of our customers are designers or artists, Celebrate 365 is one of the leading magazines on the subject of Christmas Ornaments. It's all about collecting, buying, designing and interacting with active community of like minded folks.

I am also happy to report that I recognized a number of the "linked" bloggers and designers on Celebrate 365 who are already Meyer Imports Customers.

So if you are interested in old fashion Glittery Christmas decoration, ornaments (or really anything Christmas) you should take a look at their website! In fact, just the list of blogs and designers on their site it worth the stop by to Celebrate 365!

 

 

Welcome! Katy Kristin: Cute, Clever, Crafty!

We are happy to introduce a new artist to our family of customers. Katy Kristin, very unique hand crafted toys, pins accessories and more! Cute as a button as well! Katy has an interesting background as a degree'd art major, she She made clay characters for Mr. Bill shows (from Saturday Night Live) and for Mad TV claymations (Furious George, CLOPS). She also edited some documentaries (New Orleans: A Natural History and The Battle of New Orleans).

Then she made more clay characters for some Public Service Announcements about hurricane evacuation and wetlands restoration for the Gulf Coast region. She helped make stuff for attractions at Sea World and Universal Studios, and she did sign art for her local Trader Joe's, too. She also built lots of miniature buildings and things for special effects shops, but most of them were blown up.

One day, in the middle of all the working, she decided she really liked making stuff to wear and making toys and painting pictures. So Katy began having some art shows and selling her jewelry and clothes and stuffed animals. Check out her site to see some of her very cool hand crafts!

 

Take and Make Craft Supplies

Well, Meyer Imports continues to grow up and get a little more professional every day. This posting is to provide a little insight to what we are doing behind the scenes to make it easier to find what you are looking for and to present our goodies in a new easy to use, easy to display format.

TAKE AND MAKE CRAFT SUPPLIES

The new retail line from Meyer Imports

This all started with my attendance at the CHA show down in Los Angeles in January. One of my 'flashes' was that everyone else packages their products for "retail" and I was spending all my time trying to be a "bulk" provider. On top of this, I realized not only did retail packages make our products look great, but they also allowed me to create product lines of similar items that allow our retailers to quickly decide if they want the "whole line" or just select pieces and parts.

And of course, we still sell bulk and keep (for the most part) thousands of a given item in stock.

The first of our new Retail Packaged lines is:
Meyer Imports - Take and Make - Mushrooms and Moss

For our Take and Make line, we have created kits of our Spun Cotton and Plaster Mushrooms (all vintage West German production) and coupled them with straw and mosses. (The moss is also imported from Germany as part of our Natural Fiber lines). The retail line all come packaged in very nice "Crystal Clear'  containers, and are great for keeping your items organized at home and even better for displaying in a retail store.

And, of course, we will continue to offer all of our products in Bulk Quantities! Just look for the "BULK QTY" button to take you directly to larger quantities of any items. Today, we have the Mushroom and Moss area rebuilt, and next we will update the Glass Glitter section. This should really help to make it faster and easier to find just what you are looking for, but give us some time to get all the categories redone in this new format!

Dealers and Wholesale Customer: Once you log in with your password, you will see the wholesale price for both the retail package and the bulk quanitities. With no minimum order amount and "cheap" shipping we are working hard to make it easy to store your store with Meyer Imports Products! And now, please enjoy our Mascot - The Meyer Gnome at Mushroom Beach!

Customer Project: Fairy Tale Mushroom Wedding Bouquet

Over on our Doris Dotz Blog, we have a very cool wedding bouquet that is very eco-friendly!

We are always SOOOOO Happy when customers share their projects with us! This time it's wonderful wedding Bouquets that used our vintage spun cotton Mushrooms!

Thanks Kelly for sharing! Make sure to check out her Etsy Store!