Thursday, January 14, 2010
New Year... New Ideas!
2010 - A Fun and Productive New Year!
I finished 2009 in a flury... really saw a lot of progress
on the schdule. With my extra time now it's starting to show up on the numbers waiting... well, today there are still
151 covers waiting for paint... but, that's due mostly to the continued incoming orders! My thanks to all who have placed
orders!
GETTING BETTER
I have been very pleased with what I perceive as steady improvement
in my resulting designs. Practice DOES make improvement!
NEW IDEA
This
week I had a request from a teacher who uses FDC Cachets to help illustrate subjects of study in their class. Great
idea and it seems to be working very well for this teacher. The request was for my Ronald Reagan "Mr. Gorbachev,
Tear Down This Wall!" However, the price of a hand painted cachet was prohibitive... and the wait wasn't a fit
for the use intended... So, I suggested that I take my scan of this design and print it on a Reagan FDC Blank and offered
this at a price of only $10.00. This worked for the teacher and the deal was made. I use Photoshop software to insure
the best possible color reproduction. Today I received word that the cover had arrived and the teacher was VERY pleased
saying it looked like a hand painted cover!
"Em-Print"
Versions of "Emrick Cachets" Designs
All
that to say my new idea is to open this opportunity to all of my "Regular Issue" designs. This would of course
depend on having the blank FDC covers. I believe there are many collectors who can afford and desire to purchase the
hand painted designs. I also believe there are many others who would like to add the design to their collections, but
do not feel they can spend the higher price and would purchase the printed versions. I would print these with my "Em-Print"
Logo on the reverse side to clearly indicate they are NOT Emrick Cachet Hand Painted covers.
QUESTION
My question to throw out to anyone willing to give input: Would you as a collector of Hand
Painted Emrick Cachets have any problem with knowing there are printed "Em-Print" versions of these out there...?
I would think that the distinction being marked clearly on each cover will remove anything that would detract the value of
either version.
What do you think? Please, let me know your
thoughts... and also let me know if you have any interest in a printed version of any designs you see on the site.
Again, the "Em-Print" Versions will
sell for $10.00 each and will be delivered within three days of their order.
I look forward to hearing from you.
emrickcachets@earthlink.net
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Friday, November 20, 2009
Monthly Newsletter
Well, the extra time at home is paying off! I've been completing my cachets on an average
of one per day and a half... And, I had the schedule whittled down to below one hundred... for a few days that is. Now
it's back up to 152. But I hope that with my accelerated rate of output the wait will not be as long as it has been.
Monthly Newsletter I'm making the attempt to email a newsletter
once each month. Basic update on new designs and FDC Blanks that I have available for new design ideas. I sent
the first at the first of November and plan continue each month.
If you are interested
in receiving the Newsletter please let me know by sending an email... I'll be happy to add you to the email mailing list.
Thanks
for visiting the website... take your time and look around - and come back often. I'm posting scans of each finished
cachet more often now!
emrickcachets@earthlink.net
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Still Can't Keep Up with the Orders...
Well, just when it looks like I have a chance to work the number of cachets waiting
for paint down to a respectable number... along comes more orders. Hey, I'm not complaining!
I do plan on painting more often... at least for now, for I was surprised by the owner of the
company I worked for telling me a few weeks ago that he had sold out to a larger commercial printer... and all of the employees
at our place were out of work. I think I have an opportunity on the horizon. This could take place within the
next six weeks... in the meantime, I have more time to devote to my cachet painting. :0)
Thanks to all of you for visiting the site... and for your interest and hopefully your placing of more orders.
I have FDC blanks for most of the 2009 stamp issues. Let me know if you want to put one or more onto the schedule!
Bob Emrick
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
AFDCS Contest Award!
I have now received my customer's cover that was entered in the 2008 AFDCS Cachet Makers Contest.
I also received a VERY nice Award Plaque for my efforts. I have posted
a photo of the award which is a very well done - color correct print of the cover matted and framed with a line of copy describing
the win.
I will hang this with pride and will work harder to maybe win
top prize next year!
There will be only 12 of these in existance...
seven are taken... only five available - let me know if you are interested in ordering any of the remaining five covers.
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Honorable Mention - 2008 Cachet Makers AFDCS Contest...
Orders Still Comming In!
It's been awhile since my last
post on this blog... the orders continue coming in and basically I'm still working on 2007 and '08 stamp issue FDCs.
Still looking for some 2009 issue orders. I do have blanks for just about all of them!
The Year of the Rat Pack... Winning Cover!
The biggest news since my last post is the
"Honorable Mention" - I guess that means 2nd Place... in the Hand Drawn - Hand Painted category for this
year's (2008) AFDCS' Cachet Makers Contest.
I entered my Dual Cancel '08 Chinese Lunar Year (of the Rat) and '08
Frank Sinatra. Combining the two of course came up with "The Year of the Rat Pack".
It's a fun
design where I took on the challenge of painting the likeness of five celebraties... Looks like I was "humbled"
by a painting of the Hubbell Space Telescope!
I have a link on the site that will take you to the Virtual Stamp
Club's pages that show all of the winning entries.
I haven't really received any word from the AFDCS... don't know
if they post anything on their site... do I get a certificate... a 2nd place red ribbon... or do they ring a bell somewhere...???
I didn't attend the show in Boxborough MA... so maybe I missed out on any fanfare that may have taken place...
Oh well, it was fun and at least I did show up in the results!
Only
a few "Year of the Rat Pack" covers left...
I do have only five of these award winning covers
left... they are unpainted, but can be put on my infamously long schedule list if you are interested.
Because I
paint as cachets are ordered, the actualy cover entered belongs to one of my Customers... and we are awaiting word as to just
when I can expect to have it returned... so I may deliver it to him.
Thanks for stopping
by and for taking time to read this.
Let me know if you have any interest in putting a cover or
two on the schedule... I may never catch up... but hey, that's GREAT! Always room for one more!
:0)
Bob
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