Some of you may have heard about the new products we’re offering at Canvas Press. We’re very excited to be offering digital printing on glass, aluminum, and FRP. Here’s a sneak peek of our booth at MetroCon 2009, an interior design and architecture convention in Dallas, TX.
Canvas Press will be at the Professional Photographers of Oklahoma annual Tradeshow next month, August 29-30. The event is held at the Reed Convention Center and Sheraton Hotel in Midwest City, OK. Please come visit us at the tradeshow with this free pass! Simply print the pass and bring it with you to the event. The show is open Saturday and Sunday 11am - 4pm. Please visit the PPO website, www.ppok.org for more details.
Canvas Press recently launched its YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/canvaspress. Product videos, expert interviews, and event updates will all be available for your viewing pleasure. Stay tuned for continual updates from NeoCon Chicago June 15th-17th.
Time Out New York http://newyork.timeout.com/ writer Rachel LeWinter featured Canvas Press in her Mom’s the word Mother’s Day write-up. The article’s descriptor read Show your madre you love her (without breaking the bank) by giving her one of these fun gifts- all $50 or less. Our canvases were pictured in a dining room setting alongside numerous other nifty gifts such as Brookstone’s digital-photo key chain, Beth Mueller’s ceramic milk-bottle vases, and Fred Flare’s flowers in a can.
http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/shopping/74225/the-best-mothers-day-gifts-in-nyc
Having fun in the office on April Fools.
At Canvas Press, we use FedEx to ship your orders. With our central Texas location, we can send packages to all 50 states within one week. The color -coded Ground Service Map below gives estimated shipping times from our zip code 78665.
Hot Pink – 1 Day
Blue – 2 Days
Orange – 3 Days
Green – 4 Days
Purple – 5 Days
Yellow – 6 Days
Navy – 7+ Days
http://www.fedex.com/grd/maps/MapEntry.do
Canvas Press is currently partnering with Austin Woman Magazine to provide each feature lady with a 16″ by 20″ Gallery Wrapped – Colored Border canvas. These canvases will be large duplicates of the magazine’s cover with black borders on all sides. The magazine can be found at merchants around Austin and is free. Find pick-up locations in your zip code,
http://www.austinwomanmagazine.com/distribution.html.
The March issue features Blues legend Marcia Ball (Sneak a peek on page 41 to find Canvas Press). Austin Woman Magazine’s Web site offers the following lead in to the article,
At six feet tall, blues singer and pianist Marcia Ball is hard to miss. Her height is only one of the things that make this Austin icon stand out. For 2009, her 60th birthday and fourth Grammy nomination are reasons to celebrate. Yet, she says there’s an even bigger celebration this year and it has her on fire and looking forward.
Story by Julie Tereshchuk
In addition to having ads in the magazine and gifting canvases to the cover women, Canvas Press will participate in Austin Woman’s monthly happy hour Tiara Tuesday. Please join us for a charity raffle, silent auction, discounted drinks, and food specials at Ruth’s Chris from 6-8pm on March 24, 2009. For more information on Tiara Tuesday, check out the following link
http://www.austinwomanmagazine.com/tiara_tuesday.html
Name: Wesley
Job:Sales
Experience: Engineering and Manufacturing Management, Technical Sales
Favorite Canvas Press Order: Black and White of my son, Logan
Funniest on-the-job Story: Shortly after leaving Freescale, I went to have lunch with an old friend at Whole Foods. After discussing my new opportunity with Canvas Press, suddenly Kristin and I were being paraded through the Whole Foods offices downtown, and we were introduced to some folks working on the office décor. My first sales call happened before I actually started working the new job!
Favorite Color:Bright Yellow!
Dream Vacation: Fishing and camping deep in the Alaskan wilderness. With a guide.
Pets: Gus, adorable dog and faithful friend to Logan and Skye. Siamese cats Toby and Phoebe.
Music: Shinedown and 30 Seconds to Mars
Reads: Favorite book is Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. More recently Outliers by Malcom Gladwell was fascinating.
Last Movie Watched: Gran Torino – funny and a bit sad, but definitely worth watching
Guilty Pleasure: Sharing a bottle of wine and cooking a big meal!
On a Saturday I can be found: Playing tennis, running, and then undoing it all with a plate of wings at Plucker’s!
2009 Resolution: Try a new career outside of Freescale! And lose 20 pounds. Doing great on the first resolution – going backwards on the latter…
Name: Cassie
Job: Online Marketing
Experience: M.A. Advertising The University of Texas at Austin
Favorite Canvas Press Order: The 50+ piece order we did for UT, of course. Hook ‘Em
Funniest on-the-job Story: I vote Caroline’s story.
Favorite Color: Olive Green
Dream Vacation: Dubai & Japan as well as the Victoria Albert Museum in England. My minor is the history of fashion so any costume museum will do.
Pets: My boxer Mabel Rose
Music: Elton John
Reads: Click, The Social Network Business Plan: 18 Strategies That Will Create Great Wealth
Last Movie You Watched: The Reader – Kate Winslet is AMAZING. The moral implications presented in the film are hard to get out of your head. I am still thinking about it.
Guilty Pleasure: All things B Spears, celeb gossip sites, romance novels
On a Saturday, I can be found: landscaping my backyard
2009 Resolution: To see how long I could go without buying clothes. I lasted 2.5 months until I needed sweaters for an Angel Fire, NM ski trip.
Name: Renee
Job: OilWorks Artist, Senior Stretcher
Experience: Professional artist selling work all over the world, licensed cosmetologist, actress in British Columbia, Canada and Southern California.
Favorite Canvas Press Order: A graphic art piece that had a black cat in it.
Funniest on-the-job Story: One year we had an infestation of crickets and one crawled on me in the office. Caroline and I started screaming at the top of our lungs together when we saw it. Doak happened to be in a meeting at the time, fortunately it all went well!
Favorite Color: Lavender
Dream Vacation: Diving with my sweetheart off the coast of Belize in a bathing suit.
Pets: 3 kittens, Bubbles, Squeak and Autumn.
Music: I love it all! I can’t pick just one.
Reads: Dewey: A True Story About a Very Special Kitty
Last Movie You Watched: Old = Legend of Billie Jean, New = Slumdog Millionaire
Guilty Pleasure: Spending all of my money at the Alamo Draft House and making fun of movies at the Pancake Theater.
On a Saturday, I can be found: Painting the town red in Austin. Hiking, canoeing, movies, dancing, museums…
2009 Resolution: If I think something kind of someone I MUST tell them, even if it is a total stranger!