New Accredited Guild Member - Baby Keepsakes Norwich, Norfolk
We are pleased to announce that former Craft Ecademy Student, Sarah Hurren of Sticky Prints, has recently been awarded Accredited Membership of The Guild of Keepsake Artisans.
This Accreditation means that Sarah has been accessed by the Guild as being professionally trained and competent and working to the high levels of quality deemed necessary by the Guild to be worthy of their Accreditation.
Sarah, who was previously a Police Officer for 11 years, launched her Business, Sticky Prints, in July 2011 after attending a series of Training Courses with The Craft Ecademy Ltd, including Courses in; 3D Baby Casting, 2D Baby Prints, Clay Baby Prints, Pottery Painting, Fingerprint Jewellery, Baby Print Jewellery and Artwork Jewellery.
Speaking of her prestigious award by The Guild of Keepsake Artisans, Sarah explains: "I have always felt very confident about the quality of the products and services I offer, but I am delighted that The Guild of Keepsake Artisans has recognised this by awarding me with full Accreditation."
Sarah says that it has always been her objective to stand out from the crowd and to distinguish the quality of her products and services against her competitors. With this in mind, Sarah applied to join The Guild of Keepsake Artisans and explains her reasons: “I wanted to be recognised within the industry as being trained and competent, but also to provide reassurances to Customers that my work was of the appropriate quality to make me worthy of The Guild’s Accreditation.”
Sarah also wanted to create a brand for her business which would be consistent with the quality of products and services that she wished to offer, so she purchased The Guild’s ‘Marketing Start-Up Package’ which includes, logo, leaflet and ecommerce website design. Sarah explains: “ The Guild's Marketing Team were brilliant to work with and I am so thrilled with the results. I had a clear vision in my mind about what I wanted and they delivered!”
Sarah continues: “ I could see that the Guild’s Marketing Package would be of great benefit, but also registering my Business on the Guild Members Directory really appealed to me. Before this, there was no national database for customers to search and find professionally trained Keepsake Artisans.”
The biggest benefit that Sarah say’s she has experienced from Guild Membership so far has been her google ranking, which she says has resulted in more website enquiries and sales orders.
But aside from this, Sarah says that she has been passed some very interesting leads by the Guild, one of which involves working with a local children's hospice: "I am really thankful to the Guild for this opportunity and I am really excited by the potential outcome. Putting aside the business potential, I am really happy to be helping the children and feel this is a really worthy cause to support."
To find out more about Sarah and Sticky Prints, please visit her Sticky Prints Guild Profile.