Zazzle
Serving Trays as Party Supplies
Zazzle has a
myriad of items one can create. Serving
Trays on Zazzle are easy to design, so I choose serving trays to illustrate
what can be done. I will discuss two
types of serving trays here.
One type of
serving tray, the one I think offers incredible appearance if well designed, is
wooden. The other is made of
acrylic. It too offers an opportunity to
design a very desirable product.
The first
thing needed is to have an audience, which is very important. Design with the intended user of the product
in mind. Be mindful that a search engine
will help people get to your product, so write a description that will have the
right people directed to your product.
Be Open to a
Wide Audience
Zazzle
operates internationally. Many of my
sales go to international recipients. Do
not underestimate the wider focus of appeal.
Once a product is made for one group it is easy to alter it and offer it
to another. In the examples of my
products observe how a product designed for an audience in the United States
has been easily changed to a product designed for use in other countries.
The Wooden
Serving Tray
I found a
nice serving tray with a blank space at the bottom of the inside. My idea was to decorate the space with a
United States flag image. Since the
image does not completely cover the inner bottom of the tray, I choose blue as
a backdrop for a flag, but I needed a shade of blue that would not blend with
the blue in the flag.
I had two
images available. One was of a waving
flag and the other of a fully opened flag.
I liked the waving flag, but it would not work. There was a rectangular image with white
where the waving flag did not cover.
These small patches of white would look strange. So, I tried the rectangular flag that occupied
the entirety of the image.
My thought
for words was to reference the huge event about to occur, the two hundred
fiftieth anniversary of the original Independence Day, the Fourth of July. But I like products that are evergreen, products
that can be useful in the future. So, I
let the flag hint at the holiday and added the word barbecue. The tray is rustic looking enough to hold
barbecued foods. Now it is just a
patriotic tray that can be used anytime, and it will continue to be useful in
the future.
The Zazzle
Wooden Tray
One has to
decide which option one wants. This tray
comes with a choice of natural wood or black, and in two sizes. Below I show one with the black option where
I altered the background color to black to blend with the sides of the tray. Be flexible.
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This is a tray with the United States flag.
Adapting to an
International Audience
I also had
an image of the Union Jack of the United Kingdom. The problem here is there is no patriotic party
opportunity to celebrate, unless one celebrates such things as the monarch’s birthday. However, after reflection realized the
British have frequent opportunity to use such a tray. I can visualize a nice wooden tray being used
to carry tea and supporting food such as scones to a gathering for afternoon
tea.
Canada gives
us another opportunity to design a tray with celebrating Canada Day. But that is a once in year celebration. So, I added words, and was careful not to
restrict the design, to include hockey parties.
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Acrylic Trays are more formal looking than wooden trays.
