Editing The Pen Addict 188/transcript (section)

== Future Plans ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, so what's next? I mean, you, you're, you're firing on all cylinders right now. I think, you know, from, from at least the, the public person per perspective and, um, you know, I, I think, you know, art snacks is really like hitting its stride and everything's looking awesome. And, you know, you've introduced these collections. Is there something else y'all are, y'all are working on that you can share with us or, or maybe just a general, uh, idea of, of what's coming in the future for, for, uh, you and Sarah?

'''Lee Rubenstein:''' Yeah. So, um, I'm not going to disclose everything cause, uh, that's not fun, but, uh, it's actually more fun to have you squirm and then be like, Lee, you cost me money. Um, but we're definitely going to be doing the travel collection this year. We're definitely going to be doing another studio collection this year. We're going to add in a couple more of these big collections, which I won't name. Um, but there's some really, really cool stuff. We have some calls lined up, um, some collaborations. So like this, this, uh, this lettering collection, we collaborated with Skillshare because we don't just want to give you, uh, supplies. We want to give you some instruction as well. And so we're going to do more of that collaboration and hopefully a couple of them work out. We still have some kinks to work out, but we'll do more collections, uh, more discipline specific collections possibly. Um, and you know, continuing to provide a monthly service, um, as always. Um, and we actually have a lot of customers that, you know, we're, we're customers of ours for like a year or so. And then they're like, you know what, I'm going to take a break. And then we come out with these collections and they're like, oh, well, this makes sense. So, uh, we have people that buy these collections that are no longer monthly customers, but still like what we're doing and want, you know, these super high quality art supplies. So that's really nice to see, you know, different price points for different people. Um, and yeah, I mean, we just have a list of so much stuff we want to do. And so the challenge, at least for this year is, you know, how do you do it with just two people in a warehouse, right? Eventually we're going to have to hire somebody and, you know, taking all that, that knowledge that we've learned over the last two or three years, it's, it's going to be difficult to give up, you know, part of your baby, you know? Absolutely. So, uh, those are some of the things we're, we're thinking about and we're struggling with and stuff like that. But other than that, you know, the launch yesterday was just unbelievable. We had a tremendous response to this new collection. Um, I mean, it was, it was really, really, really amazing. So that's all I can say about that, unless you have any followup.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm super excited about the letter in box. I ordered mine yesterday. Um, and part of it for me was the, the collaboration with Skillshare, because I am a massive fan of Jessica Heche's work. Um, so the thought of me getting some tools to do it and then having her teach me whilst I don't think I could do anything nearly as good, uh, that definitely tipped it over the edge for me. It was like, yes, that's the perfect, that is the perfect mix of stuff.

'''Lee Rubenstein:''' Yeah. Yeah. We're really, really excited. We didn't know how deep they wanted to, you know, partner with us. So when they came back with like, yeah, we're not just going to give people access to just these specific lettering collections. We're going to open up two free months of Skillshare, Skillshare premium so that you have access to our entire catalog. We're like, yes, please.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And I, I bought Jessica's book for Christmas for myself. And I was like, I, this is what I want to work on next year. So it was like perfect timing. So it's really cool.

'''Lee Rubenstein:''' Yeah. And you know, the timing of the box, you know, new year, new skill. I mean, we worked with a great, uh, letterer, um, Jake, uh, and, and he did all the, the hand lettering on our, um, on our, uh, product page.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So yeah, I saw you sent out the, the link to his Instagram and I wouldn't follow him. So that was a, that was a cool follow. His, uh, his stuff looks really great.

'''Lee Rubenstein:''' Yeah. And in that box, you know, it's not, you're not just going to get stuff for lettering. I mean, because it's kind of crazy, you know, we're selling just a box. You don't know what's in it. Right.