I'm La Shot, Too! Note cards.

Hello and welcome! 

Today I thought I'd show you a little of what I do for my

husbands business.

Dave is a photographer and sells mostly at Art Festivals 

in the Northeast US.

His business is La Shot Photography and that is linked to his

website if you are interested in seeing his work.

Many years ago, I decided that he should have a line of 

note cards with his photographs on them,  so I designed a 

template and have been making them ever since.

My "division" of the business is

"I'm La Shot, Too"

I also make mouse pads and coasters with his images

and I do custom orders too.

Today I'll show you just what's involved in making the note cards

First I have to print off all the cards that Dave needs.

I can print 2 per sheet of card stock using our ink jet printer.

This is about 650 note cards ready to be finished.

Each sheet is folded in half by hand

and creased with a bone folder.

Here they are all folded.

Next I use my stack cutter to cut them in half.

There is a huge blade that cuts an entire stack at one time.

For a few years I cut each sheet individually with a guillotine paper cutter.

I'm so glad I invested in the stack cutter, it makes things so much

faster and easier.

Just have to be sure I have it set at the correct measurement. 

Ask me how I know!  LOL

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Next I prepare the cards for packaging.

Most sets are 4 cards each of 2 different images,

there is one set that is a variety pack of 8 different cottage images.

Here they are, in sets, ready to be packaged.

Dave cuts down scrap matting into the perfect size for packaging.

I use my "Paper Gator" to round the corners.

I print up labels with our business information on them

and put them on the mats.

The variety packs have a label on the back showing

which images are included.

Here are the mats ready to go.

Now for the envelopes.

Each package of note cards comes with 9 envelopes.

I count out the envelopes and have them ready ahead of time.

Except of course when I run out 

and have to do 2000 envelopes at one time.

I count out 4 and 5 envelopes and box them up.

This is my set up when I'm ready to package the cards.

I put 4 of one card on the front with 4 envelopes

and 4 of the other image and 5 envelopes on the back.

They all get stacked into boxes and Dave takes them and

shrink-wraps them.

I'm so glad I don't do that part.

I can do it and have done it, but prefer not to.

This is what about 80 packs of note cards looks like ready

for shrink-wrapping.

So there you go, my process for making note cards for 

La Shot Photography

It's a lot of work, and this is after I get the picture all

scanned in and color corrected, but I have it down to a science now.

After almost 30 yrs of making them and countless packs, 

I could do them in my sleep.

Thanks for stopping by today, come again soon.

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Kristie Kreates.