OUR FOUNDING MEETING AND UPDATES

We have canceled the farmers market until we apply for a sellers permit, also any member selling at our booths will need one as well. If you have not yet done this, please visit the VC Board of Equalization (BOE). Search for them on Google and get the address, which is located in Ventura near the freeway. This is a great first step in growing your business, and it's free.

At the meeting we went over the blog, the team and things we plan to do as a team this year.

As for the team we will be nominating a Treasurer and Secretary, once everyone gets to know each other a little better.

We are having a craft party on the 18th at Martha's (of Curio 60) home in Thousand Oaks. The address will be posted on the blog in the next few days. The party starts at 6pm and goes till 8. We will be bringing an appetizer to share, and knitting with chopsticks. Beverages will be provided. If you have any spare yarn to De-stash, please donate it. This event will be great for us all to get to know each other.

Starting in July we will be signing up the community to donate hats, mittens, and scarfs that are preferably handmade. We will however accept any store bought or used cold weather clothing and accessories. We will also be collecting unopened personal hygiene products. This Hats for the Homeless drive, allows us as a team to give back to our community. We will collect these items until September 1st. Please start signing up your friends, family, and neighbors to donate. Once we collect all the items, the team and some supporters will pass out mittens, scarfs, and hats filled with toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, hairbrushes, etc. to the local homeless on Main Street in Ventura.

Also the holiday shopping season begins in July. Our team is going to start throwing local holiday shopping boutiques. They will work similar to a Tupperware party. The host will receive a $ amount in products from our members depending on how much their guests spend. If you are interested in hosting a boutique in your home, or vending at others, please let me know.

We had 6 members turn out for our first meeting, including myself. Amy from Fancy Funky Fresh will be chairing our communications Team. Martha from Curio 60 is the co-chair of our Fairs and Events Committee.

If you have any experience is arts/design/marketing/community outreach/social networking/or blogging we could use your help to get the team up and running. If you have never blogged before it is a great way to get your business and VC Handcrafted noticed. It is very easy.

With your help and our other members we can make VC Handcrafted thrive.

Heather

If you are an Etsy Seller who resides in Ventura County, CA, Please contact Heather at VCHandcrafters@gmail.comto join VCHC!

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TEAM UPDATE: Founding Meeting #1

Hi everyone, I'm Lori from Paper Couture Designs. Earlier this week Heather, our founder, and I met at a local Coffee Bean to discuss the formation of our Etsy team. Below is what we talked about.

Since this was our first meeting most of what we talked about had to do with what we had in mind for the team and how to accomplish our goals. What we quickly figured out was that this will only work if everyone is involved. We came up with a list of positions that we will need to fill. They include a secretary, treasurer, art & design team, marketing team, and a team of people in charge of fairs & festivals.

In order to accomplish this we will be having a meeting on JUNE 12th at 11:00 a.m. at the Coffee Bean in Camarillo (824 Arneill Road) to discuss the formation of the team as well as get to know each other and help each other find Etsy success!

We also decided that we would have a table at the Camarillo Farmer's Market, on Saturday, June 19th. This is the day before Father's Day and may be a great outlet to catch some of those last minute shoppers. We really hope that more people can join us as it will be our first official outing of the Ventura County Handcrafted Etsy Street Team!

I'm really looking forward to getting this started and meeting all of you.

I also wanted to thank Heather for all of her hard work on getting this up and running!

If you are an Etsy Seller who resides in Ventura County, CA, Please contact Heather at VCHandcrafters@gmail.comto join VCHC!

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