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The Hang Tags Are Now Famous

9/19/2012

My writing has once again made it onto the pages of Ceramics Monthly! My blog post about hang tags was adapted for the Tips and Tools page of the October 2012 issue.

Originally published in Ceramics Monthly, October, 2012, page 16. http://www.ceramicsmonthly.org . Copyright, The American Ceramic Society. Reprinted with permission.

10 Comments

wendy durand link

9/24/2012 05:21:39 am

Hi Mea,
I love the hang tag idea. I am wondering if you are willin to share the language of a sample tag as a model? thanks.

Wendy Durand link

9/26/2012 10:48:41 am

Thanks, Mea. These are great. I also loved your "Hourly Earnings Project" -- working on that now myself. You are a generous inspiration. Thank you!

Mea Rhee

9/26/2012 01:05:07 am

Wendy, here are some of my favorites:

Enormous Coffee Mug. For serious coffee freaks, you know who you are.

Bowl with Chopsticks. Large enough for a meal, fits in your hand.

Cup + Saucer. Saucer has two jobs, it's also a lid.

Birdhouse. Can live outdoors year-round. Stainless steel hanging loop.

Sarah Thompson link

9/26/2012 02:48:36 am

Mea,

Thanks so much for sharing all of your amazingly awesome ideas with the rest of us!! I don't know how you find the time to create, market, ect AND share with the rest of us!!! you are truely amazing and I am forever greatful!! KEEP IT UP!!!

Wendy Durand link

9/26/2012 10:51:22 am

Mea, thanks. These are great examples. Didn't realize you were also the one who did the Hourly Earnings Project. Loved it, thank you for sharing all of these.

littlewrenpottery link

10/8/2012 08:19:02 pm

Great tip! I've tried hang tags in the past but I dont think the design was quite right, I'll have to give it another shot

Dinah Steveni link

10/19/2012 12:17:02 am

The tagging system is really an eye-opener for marketing. Thanks. Also your good advice on Potters Council Business Forum spot on. I just read Sherman's Endpiece in Nov. CM, and realised you are one and same! Clever you. Again thanks.

Marion Lyon

11/17/2012 08:06:38 am

Hi...checking out your blog and thank you for the Tagging idea.
To start I have just added some little stick-on labels to the bottoms of my pots noting them as lead-free, dishwasher and oven safe.
It is refreshing to note all your activities and I remember the energy I had in my youth. I think your work is quite beautiful. Now, at 79 years, I am content to continue to create at a slower but more intentional pace than before. (I was in my 50's when I began to pot,) I now work in a co-operative gallery in Gardner, MA. We are 4 potters and you may look us up on facebook as: Studio 4 Potters and Gallery.

Shannon Wong link

10/5/2013 04:10:39 am

I love the hand tags! I'll be using the idea to elevate my own marketing at pottery shows. Problem- the high tack glue dots I purchased aren't sticking to the paper. What product do you use for adhesive? Thanks!!

Mea Rhee

10/6/2013 02:07:29 am

I've used several different brands of glue dots, and these are the ones I'm using now:

http://www.amazon.com/Glue-Dots-Permanent-Disposable-Dispenser/dp/B004OKTTWM

Overall they get the job done, but every so often my tags still fall off. I use both matte and glossy glazes, and find they stick much better on glossy glazes.

Hope this helps!

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