Soft Sculpture And Stuffies

A site to talk about my soft sculpture and stuffed toy creations, paper doll artwork and tarot card art in progress. All are creative endeavors for selling at Medieval events.

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Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

I'm a science fiction fan from wayback, artist, soft sculpture toy designer and cat owner.

Friday, August 12, 2016

Feline Cuisine (cat toys by the 'set')

We have a restaurant supplies place in our city called Boelters which carries packs of take out containers with clear lids.  The usual amounts are 150 sets for a good chunk of money, but they did have sets of 50 for $27.  I know I couldn't go through 300 but I did get myself a stack of 50 bottoms and lids.   I wanted to make a grouping of cat toys for one set price and the take out containers were perfect for a good presentation.  The picture is a bit small but this is what it looks like. Image result for black Microwavable Heavyweight Container with Lid
I made up my own labels with the title on it -- Shrimp With Broccoli Feline Cuisine -- and included a picture of a cat, a list of the foods descriptions (shrimp, broccoli florets, rice ball and fortune cookie) and they all filled up the container pretty good.
 
They wholesale at $5, pretty much $1 per toy, the small broccoli were .50 cents each, and retailed at twice that.  Apparently they sell pretty well, everyone loves the 'rice ball' since I used a great fuzzy fabric for that! 
 
I suppose I could do up a home cooked meal kind of set too with chicken leg, mashed potatoes and corn on the cob or such.  Or a bakery selection with éclairs.   What the whole point to it is that the person gets to buy a set of coordinating cat toys for their kitty.  And so far it's gotten good feedback.  I've already gone through my entire first stack of take out containers.  Yeay!

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