We sincerely appreciate the offers for help in the previous posts. It is our res

We sincerely appreciate the offers for help in the previous posts. It is our responsibility to maintain our days with Sashiko, and we definitely will share when we are in need of specific help, like a good recommendation for the photographer, (web) designer, and such. ☆
Besides that specific help, the biggest support we could ask you for is to spread the words that “we, SashiCo, exist”. Many craft traditions get discontinued because of the lack of advertising skill (or budget). We are in the same category. Thanks to SNS, we are on the surface on the Internet but we have a super limited budget in terms of business. We would like to keep this account Sashi.Co as more like a “Sashiko, mindfulness and caring” place to share the feelings (as much as we can), and @upcyclestitches will focus on the bit of business perspective. Anyhow, the more people know what we do, the more we can serve to the customer. The more customers we meet, the longer we can go.
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There are many suppliers in Sashiko’s market today. We respect those who started the business long time ago with focusing on Japanese textile and Sashiko outside of Japan. At the same time, as Sashiko gets popular, there are suppliers who really do not understand the culture of Sashiko and add Sashiko item to their other products line to enhance the trend. They tend to have a bigger budget for the marketing, and it is our challenge to be competitive with those. Again, therefore, it is very helpful when you spread the words about us and the people who are interested in Sashiko would come & visit us. We believe we have a good selection of “the highest quality” supplies, and we only sell the items we use in our projects. We really appreciate your caring. ☆
刺し子をしていて「商売」の話になると、ふと空気が変わる瞬間を感じることがあります。「手仕事としての刺し子」としても、「芸術としての刺し子」としても、お金の話はしないようにとアドバイス頂いたこともあります。本来の刺し子の姿においても、お金や権利といったガチガチの話は縁遠いものだったので、刺し子と商売の相性が悪いのは重々承知の上なのですが、それでもやっぱり、「刺し子で食べていける人がいる」というのは、なんだかんだでこれから刺し子をする人の励みにもなるかなぁと。まずは身内から。そして、できることはやっぱり一つで、刺し子を楽しんでくれる人を増やす為に、楽しい刺し子を伝え続けることなんだろうな〜っと。今後共、どうぞ宜しくお願いします。 ☆

2019-01-26 11:53:15

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