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FGmarket’s Weekly Pick: SpecCast
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FGmarket’s Weekly Pick — Unforgettaballs
For sports memorabilia collectors, any piece that’s unique and hard-to-find is one that they’re looking to add to their collection. Baseballs are a common collectible item for many enthusiasts. The folks behind Unforgettaballs want to take the traditional hobby of baseball collecting, and turn it on its head.
Unforgettaballs’ founder and artist is the talented Emily M. Wolfson, who does the work of expertly painting these baseballs and creating unique collectibles that will “wow” your customers.
Busch Stadium
What started out as a fun gift for her husband 20 years ago, transformed into a full-fledged business after she saw the positive response her creation, an American flag on a white baseball, had gotten.
Each piece of artwork created by Unforgettaballs features a remarkable design, featuring anything from old and new ballparks, city landscapes, family occasions and more!
You’ll never have disappointed customers when you give them unforgettable designs from Unforgettaballs!
Unforgettaballs Knocks It Out Of The Park With Hand Painted Baseballs
Sports fanatics love to collect team memorabilia. Whether it’s jerseys, programs, helmets, autographed photos, or game balls, there’s plenty of stuff out there to satisfy collectors of all different sports. But what about original memorabilia? Are collectors interested in items that are a little more on the artsy side?
If Unforgettaballs is any indication, then yes, sports fanatics love these collectors items as well! Emily M. Wolfson, founder and artist of Pennsylvania-based company Unforgettaballs, takes sports collector’s items to new levels, with her original, hand-painted baseballs!
The Story
Wolfson’s passion for painting custom baseballs began 20 years ago, when she painted her first creation, an American Flag, on a plain white baseball that she found in a toy store. She gave the gift to her husband, who loved it, and the rest was history.
Her early career as an architect factors into her skill for creating exact, intricate designs. Just like an architect, drawing out the detailed plans for a new structure, Wolfson paints with precise detail to recreate everything from famous ballparks, to landmarks, and more!
A Variety of Designs
Wolfson has tons of great designs available, making it easy for fans of all kinds to get exactly what they need.
Some of her most popular designs include her stadium balls, which feature stadiums from both the past and the present. There are also stadium balls available to commemorate great moments in baseball history, such as the Boston Red Sox’s 2004 World Series win, and the 100 Year Anniversary of Wrigley Field opening in 1914.
If your customers aren’t into baseball stadiums or historic moments, they can also get great customized balls for special occasions in their lives, such as weddings or baby showers.
There are also designs that show off Unforgettaballs cool, wacky side, such as the Crossword Puzzle Baseball and the $100 Bill Baseball.
If your customers need cases to hold their custom-made baseballs, they’ve got that too! Check out their 20-Baseball Display Case with UV Acrylic Door, or the Mini Wood Bats Baseball Display.
When it comes to custom baseball memorabilia, Unforgettaballs knocks it straight out of the park!
FGmarket’s Weekly Pick — Sports Licensing Solutions
Sports fans love to decorate their homes, cars, lawns, and man caves with products showcasing their favorite sports teams and leagues.
Sports Licensing Solutions, a Georgia-based company, makes that search for the perfect logo mat or rug simple and quick!
From NFL and NHL teams, to collegiate schools and even military mats, they make officially licensed mats right here in America.
And if your customers can’t decide on what team is their favorite, they also provide house divided mats, where customers can choose two of their favorite teams to show off!
Sports Licensing Solutions has hundreds of teams to choose from, and customers will love being able to display their favorite teams for everyone to see!
Want More Unique Gift Sales – Try Toys
Toys Business Still Thrives
According to the Toy Association, 84% of kids still play non-computer games. Does that surprise you? It shouldn’t. Educational toys, board games, puzzles and collectibles are products that appeal to the creative, inquisitive and tactile nature of children.
The driving force behind consumer spending is the search for unique gifts or products that appeal to their basic nature. As the idea of “stay-cation” enters daily life, so does the need for home entertaining. This means more and more families are looking at ways to cut expenses and stick closer to home, yet still entertaining their families and friends. As a retailer, you’ll find that consumers are looking for fun toys and games that are out of the ordinary.
Using Toys To Make Your Store Stand Out
This is where your shop can excel. By stocking your shop with collectible toys, fun board games, puzzles and educational toys, you can knock the boredom out of standard gift giving. Offering products that add fun and excitement to the weekly family entertainment gives you a unique selling proposition and a reason for consumers to shop with you.
It is easy to find the ordinary games and toys, but consumers are looking for an alternative to everyday box-mart board games or puzzles. When consumers come into your shop, offer them items that they can’t find elsewhere – creating a uniqueness in your toy selections. Below is a breakdown of the different toy categories that fall under the idea of unique gifts. Once you understand how and why people buy these toys, you will be able to create an effective toys product mix for your store. Your toy wholesalers can also help you to choose which items work well in your area. Educational Toys – Parents want to give children a gift that doesn’t scream “educational” on it, but silently says “play with me and you will learn.” Children today are interested in computer games or interactive toys. Instead of flash cards with math problems, give them a computer program that has cool math games or a dice game that encourages addition. Adults love to show off their knowledge or expertise. Memory or question games with unique twists give adults the opportunity to show off and have fun with their kids at the same time. Board Games – Unique board games practically sell themselves. Novelty is a big draw. People love interaction. Think outside the box, literally. Offer board games that give consumers the ability to make their own board game pieces. (You can’t get more unique than a board game you create.) Consumers have many interests. Board games can revolve around these very interests. Games such as math games (Suduko) or “green” earth games (where the goal is making the earth eco-friendly) engage players by involving their interests. Puzzles – This category has many extraordinary items to choose from; tiny puzzles that are only 4″ x 6″, collectible puzzles that have specific themes by artist, travel puzzles, as well as 3D puzzles. All these are unique, fun items that you could incorporate into your sales mix. Consumers love a challenge. Puzzles give them a fun way to challenge themselves. Collectible Toys – Collectible toys can be in either of the above categories or stand on their own. Die cast cars are big collectibles as well as gifts. Another type of collectible item falls under the category of plush toys. These toys include stuffed bears or other animals. Dolls and other action figures have been considered collectibles for years. Try incorporating one or more of the above unique gift ideas into your product mix. After all, everyone needs a little entertainment in their lives. Need help finding the right toys? The FGmarket wholesale toy vendors will be able to offer you a great selection of board games, educational toys, puzzles and collectibles. To jump start your toy search, check out the FGmarket wholesale toy vendors highlighted below.
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Christmas Collectibles … Ringing In The Sales
Adding Old World Santas, Unique Christmas Ornaments and One of A Kind Christmas Collectibles to your Holiday Inventory.
It is never too early to think about what you will sell at Christmas. Collectibles are a huge aspect of holiday decorating. Many holiday traditions begin with deciding what to collect and how they will be displayed. Christmas collectibles are purchased to enhance an existing collection , as well as for gifts to begin new collections. Some of the most popular collectibles are Christmas ornaments, which are collected by every age and income level. FGmarket has a multitude of Christmas collectibles vendors carrying products from extraordinary Santas to unique Christmas ornaments. Take a few minutes and look over the wholesale Christmas vendors in this FGmarket newsletter, you may find some wonderful Christmas wholesalers that will help you ring in the sales this holiday season.
World Santas
The Santas made by Stone Soup Santas are absolutely adorable. Santa’s are made with sculpted polymer clay, painted and finished in fine vintage feel costumes. These collectible Santas also incorporate plush animals, wire-crafted sleighs and other great accessory creations to enhance Santa and spread the holiday spirit. Collectible Santas of all sizes, from the smidgen (16″) to the massively (45″-48″) tall Santa are available. The extra details in each Stone Soup Santas creations are remarkable. Fine attention to detail with additional design elements fashion together the fun and festive characteristics of each product. Customers won’t be able to resist the creative, festive and finely-crafted Santas from Stone Soup.
Unique Christmas Ornaments
New traditions come from hot new concepts. Mini cowbell Christmas ornaments called Mini Cowbell Giggle Lings, are noteworthy Christmas Collectibles from Belsnickle Enterprise Inc. These mini cowbell ornaments will be the talk of your shop. Fresh, trendy and charming; all necessary characteristics that keep customers yearning for collectibles year after year. Ranging from animals to sports and everything in-between; Belsnickle balances trendy with traditional. Moravian Advent and Christmas stars, sleigh bells on fine leather, along with many other Christmas collectibles are available. In fact, their fun, hand painted Christmas doorknob bells will have you ringing in sales.
One-of-a-Kind Collectibles
With an Troutman Originals creates life-like Santas with so much detail and exquisite craftsmanship, they will astound your customers. In fact, even those who do not decorate for Christmas will want one. Diane Troutman offers one-of-a-kind custom Santas, as well as hand-cast risen editions from her originals. You’ll never find these kinds of details in any mass-produced Santa. Each Santa is unique in character and theme; created as collective heirlooms to be proudly displayed and passed from generation to generation. Don’t miss the Christmas stocking Santa in the risen collection.
Collectible Santas
Prizm Incorporated offers many desirable Christmas collectible lines. Combining historical and cultural elements in each intricate design, these collectibles weave in all the worldly seasonal elements of Christmas. The Pipka Santa collection represents the richness of Christmas throughout the world making them desirable collectibles. Other Prizm collections, such as Artist Peggy Abrams’ Making Season Bright Santa figurines, bring merriment and light to the holiday season. Prizm is dedicated to producing and marketing gift products that are always creative and unique. Focusing on high quality and standards while providing a product in good value and excellent taste is the ultimate goal of Prizm. Build history with your customers with the Christmas collectibles from Prizm.
When choosing which special Christmas collectibles to carry, keep in mind why people choose to collect an item. Some collectors, look for traditional items that give them a feel for nostalgia. Others look for figurines that remind them of times with their family. Yet some collectors will choose unique Christmas ornaments based simply on how well they fit in with their other decor. Shopping the superb wholesale Christmas vendors listed on FGmarket will make it easy to fill your Christmas collectible lines with the styles and products that will have you ringing in the sales this Christmas.
To check out more great Christmas vendors select a product line:
Santas
Ornaments
Christmas Christmas Keepsakes
Contributor: Leigh Morrisett