Sorting my Printkeg prints into piles.

I’m new to merchandizing my paintings, but I took a few lessons from last year’s art show. One of my fellow artists (thank you, Miranda!) gave me the skinny on what I needed to do.

  1. Scan. I scanner for Christmas, so I was able to start digitizing my watercolors and things. It’s a Canon CanoScan LiDE 400 Slim Color Image Scanner, less than $100, and it works great for the size I work in.
  2. Print. She recommended Printkeg, and I found the instructions to be pretty straightforward. I used Canva to generate the images in the right size (5×7 & 4×6), with the appropriate crop marks, etc. I didn’t mess it up too badly. Most of the effort was deciding what to print and in what size.
  3. Bag. Miranda also recommended Clear Bags to get the packaging for the prints and originals. These come a little larger than the print sizes so it’s easier to put the items in the bag. Genius. Works great.
Putting my prints into plastic sleeves.

The prints came out great, and I can unreservedly recommend PrintKeg. I put one of the prints side-by-side with an original, and it was very close. Well done.

However, bagging these prints! Ugh, it took me about an hour to sort them out into sleeves. I hope that makes them more saleable.

I messed up branding, though, and don’t currently have anything to identify my prints. I hope I have time to craft and print some cards. Else, I guess I can print out something on the printer and cut them out. That’ll be fun, but it’s better than not having anything. I guess this means I also need to set up a mailing list. The thought of it is starting to give me hives.

Best get to it…