Media attention

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I went into my bank and the teller told me she saw me in the local community paper, the Annex Gleaner (at least they know me at my bank now). I've been trying for weeks to get a plug from Eye Weekly or X-tra for Pride (even a mention on Chum FM) with not much luck.

However, thank-you Andrew Sardone. He plugged the Mother's Day mookies at Pusateri's and now has a mention again in NOW magazine for Jinja Ninja at Pride. Love that man. Wish others would pick up Jinja Ninja.

Pride 2010 & other stuff

I was kinda getting a bit down today because the product at the retail stores don't seem to be moving very quickly. Pusateri's still has their Father's Day mookies, Fresh & Wild still have a lot of heart flowers, The Mercantile still has only sold 3 King Dads. I think that my market is the custom market. Or getting creative on how I package some stuff together.

Thank god for Pride. It's keeping Lindsay, Hailey and I busy. And I think my line-up for Pride is cute, witty and naughty. I've uploaded some images onto the Facebook page (except for the naughty ones, there are children present!!).

Had to attend an advanced Food Handler's Course tonight for Pride. Makes one not want to eat at an outdoor vendor stand ever again.

Oh and I found Claire. She's my bookkeeper and she keeps me calm. Everyone should have a Claire.

Showtime!!

One of the most difficult things to do is to predict what will sell during a show. For instance, I had to prepare various cookies for the Design Farm at the DX during Doors Open. From past experience, not a lot of people are prepared to buy mookies from me larger than a small cookie. The most popular cookie was the heart flower and some ninjas sold. Other than that, it's mostly marketing.