This blog post is a bit late but here is a quick 2024 in review for The Nostalgic Cauldron!
In 2024 we:
- Officially opened up our website and listed our products for sale in May.
- We had our very first online customer on the opening day of our website!
- Participated in an event gallery in BizBaz Club with one of my original art pieces for sale.
- Applied and got accepted into San Diego Pride with Art of Pride in July. This was our second event ever after our first event at Escondido Pride in 2022. This event was a dream event to sell and feature my work at, and I am very honored to have had the opportunity to do so.
- We donated a portion of our proceeds from San Diego Pride to Art of Pride, which helps the local creative 2LGBTQIA+ community. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
- Created many new sticker designs, prints, and original one of a kind art pieces that have found their new forever homes. We have slowly been introducing more new products like bookmarks!
- Participated in Magnol Collective’s “Pour Out the Art’s” market at Pourhouse in Oceanside in August. We got to listen to some amazing musicians while selling our art.
- Got new vinyl banners and signage for booth, slowly we have been improving our set up each event we have been attending.
- Was selected to participate as an artist in Escondido’s Grand Avenue Festival with Art in the Garden in October. This has been a goal of mine for quite some time to be able to take part of this biannual event in my hometown!
- Received a certificate of recognition from our Senator for participating in the Grand Avenue festival with Art in the Garden.
- Met many other fellow vendors and artists with the same passion as us, making new friends.
- Begun development of mascot characters for future products and branding.
- Applied for upcoming events for 2025.
Now that it is 2025, we are going to do our best to continue doing events and improving the website. Here are just a few of our goals for this year!
2025 Goals:
- Expand into international shipping.
- Post more on social media, our blog here, and maybe vlog? We want to show more of the behind the scenes process of our work.
- Attend more events and markets. If you have any in particular you would like us to apply for, please let us know through our contact page or on our social media!
- Continue to improve our booth set up. Making clearer signs and visibility.
- Offer more product variety and options.
- Connect with other artists and vendors.
- Learn about wholesale marketing and offer as an option in the near future.
- Look into selling our products in physical stores and make a catalog.
- Improve the website.
I am sure our goals will continue to shift and change throughout the year, but we are looking forward to seeing you all soon! 💕
