Tell
us more about Thimblepress®, we want to know all of the details!? What
gave you the idea for Push-Pop Conetti™?
When I was
planning for the National Stationery Show in May of 2013, I started planning
early on for what I wanted to do for my invitation that I would send out announcing
my debut at the Stationery Show with my booth number. I have always loved a
good party, party supplies, color, balloons, hats, the works. I even have a
drawing i did back in college of a still life where we got to pick the subject,
and what was mine a drawing of? Party decor and favors! I knew that I wanted my
invitation to be more than just a flat invitation, I wanted someone to feel the
excitement I had about debuting at the Stationery Show when they opened it. I
ended up coming up with a party box idea. I thought, I send birthday boxes to
my friends to celebrate their birthday, why don't I celebrate my debut at NSS
and send a party box!? I knew I wanted a balloon, a hat and confetti. I love
confetti, glitter, anything that sparkles. I began trying to figure out a
unique way for the people that received this box to not only see the party, but
participate and throw or launch the confetti in some way. I began thinking
about containers that I could make. My original plan was to letterpress
chipboard and try to fashion my own push-pop. I gave up on that Idea when I
could not find the resources I needed to build it, but in my resource searching
attempts I stumbled across a food-safe, push-pop container and fell in-love. I
figured that I could adhere the chipboard, letterpress label onto the food-safe
container and not lose my original idea of having a cardboard container like
the ones my favorite dessert as a child, Flintstone Push-Pops, came in. I then
hand-cut and chopped all the confetti for the push-pop and sent them on their
way in the NSS invite boxes along with my (now product) You're So Lovely Heart
Shaped Balloon, and (now product) Celebrate The Unexpected metallic-gold paper
party hat. The rest has been a blurry and color-filled history. Today we have
three other variations of the push-pop confetti™. We have an eco-friendly
version that houses a dissolvable-in-water confetti mixed with lavender buds
for scent for people who would rather pop the confetti outside and not have to
clean up the colorful explosion of awesomeness. We have an All That Glitter's
Push-Pop Confetti™ version that features an all metallic confetti, and then our
most recent one are the Gender Reveal Push-Pop Confetti™.
What
are some other must have products?
We
just recently launched a collection with Glitter Guide that we are so very
excited about! The Glitter
Guide is an online brand that loves color, style, and sparkly things, so of
course it was love at first sight when we decided to partner together. Their
website offers fun, chic, and colorful lifestyle tidbits from fashion to
entertaining; each injected with a healthy dose of glitter. Visit
www.theglitterguide.com to read more about them. We launched 34 products
ranging from greeting cards, gift tags, art prints, and a special new product
called Flashes of Delight Flash Cards featuring 15 inspirational flash cards
featuring my paintings or hand lettering with different printing processes.
What
inspires Thimblepress®?/ what is the company culture like?
I am
constantly inspired by the colors, seasons, and places around me. Right now, I
am really inspired by color and lots of it. I have always had a love of bright
colors, but ever since I have been making the confetti Push-pop's and staring
at buckets of color, I have found myself painting with lots of beautiful colors
all intertwining. I am also ready for this dreadful winter to be over, so
painting with lots of color brings a little warmth into the studio!
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