Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Member Art Supply Store!

The Colville Arts Foundation has long wanted to supply foundation members with more affordable, quality art supplies. We finally have our relationships in place and have placed our first order for supplies.

We believe this idea of buying wholesale and passing most of the savings on to our members is a win-win relationship. CAF is provided with an ongoing fundraiser and members get the supplies they need at a "membership" price.

What is the cost of membership? $35 per year.

Most of our member art supplies will be through orders. Members can shop on the following site: http://www.c2f.com/
The prices members see are retail. They simply write down the stock number and email us a request and we get a price back to them. Members pay for their items then wait for member orders to reach $100 wholesale at which time the order is sent in.

On the calendar you can figure the last week of each month is when we will send in orders. The turn around time is about 4-5 business days. Our first order came promptly.

For our first order we were able to secure some fun items that will make great gifts. The mini easel acrylic set is retail $19.99 but members pay only $11. This little easel set is perfect for tabletop work and I'm excited to start using mine.

The item we have on special is a 3 pack of 10"x20" Canvas Board. This retails for $13.50 but the member special price is $4 during June and July until they are gone. We have a very limited number of these boards but if you would like one stop by soon before the summer art studio students snap them up!

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