My favorite place to get my packaging materials is closing its doors. A walk through their store would give me spectacular ideas to add that WOW factor to my packaging for my Sweetheart Special, Mother’s Day Fab Five Special, Father’s Day Special, Gift Certificates, etc. I’m sad that they are gone. Then that fear of “this could happen to me” sets in for I am a small business as well.
I know in these challenging economic times, I could save more through online stores or big box retailers but I keep thinking that I’m a small local business too and I should behave the way that I would want to be treated. I find value in shopping local and using local vendors for my business where ever possible. People like Rob @ Pro Photo Supply, Wendy and her crew @ Digicraft, Ken @ Frame Central on Macadam provide great customer service and give great advice in helping me solve problems. The upside is that working with them for so long, we’ve gotten to know each other on a personal level and I consider them my friends. I can’t get that with an online vendor.
I hope that my clients see a value in me in addition to photographing them and their loved ones.
Just a reminder – Please Shop Local!![]()











by Joni
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