I wanted to write a short blog post to summarize what we have done this past year. I wanted this blog to be short and sweet, but it won’t be. I started writing down places we have been, people and projects we have collaborated with, new products we have introduced. My notebook page started to fill up quickly and soon I realized this:
Team QT!!! You’re freakin’ awesome!
places
Now I’d better get to the point! So let’s start with where we have been. We started with a visit to USA - Marfa, Texas precisely - The Field Trip (what an experience!). Soon after that we went to Birmingham for the Photography Show (which btw we will be attending upcoming year too!). Then a short break and next event was already lined up - Snap UK. Sadly - this was the last time we gathered with Laura Babb and her folks in Snap formula, but we’re sure will meet up again. Oh wait! Missed one event… Way up North Cannes ;-) This location was amazing and Team QT has once again done a great job! So it turned out that we went to Stockholm for another WUN! Jamie, our USA colleague was the most lucky - she got to sail on a cruise ship! Sipping cocktails and getting a tan - good for you Jamie. We hope you enjoyed Cuba while we were in the offices!
people
While travelling and attending different workshops, we met some amazing people. It was great to sit in a cafe in Cannes with Sam Hurd, enjoy the cruise ship with a company of Eirik Halvorsen, and let’s not forget the one and only Wyn Wiley. We got in touch with Chris Garbacz from Studio Ninja and started our collaboration, we continued to work with the amazing Twyla Jones - bunch of free prints samples and clamshell boxes went to photographers from Emotional Storytellin FB Group that Twyla is running. Our cream fudges were sent to ARC Canada, our Polish Vodka was the main attraction at the last SNAP. Let’s Go Workshop in Oregon, Atelier Preface Portfolio Workshop in Marocco, I Do Community, Speak Now’19, any many, many more.
how we have grown
Did you know that all these products listed below have just been introduced in the past year? We love them so much and it feels like they have been part of our range for much longer, but no! They are all new:
The Journal Artbook - born somewhere between December 2019/ January 2019 - our top luxury album that makes people go WOW!
Folio & Matted Deckled Prints - born around springtime 2019 - a great addition to our range of products as it’s perfect for family & newborn photography.
The BloomBook - May 2019 - so young and so popular, mainly because it’s environtmentally friendly and very affordable, while still keeping the QT quality standards
New EUR Shop opened in November 2019 - based on Shopify platform, new shop is user friendly and has all of our products available in EUR currency.
Number of orders - every month, compared to previous year has brought us a significant increase in number of orders and November 2019 was the busiest month in QT history when it comes to new orders. We are present at the Pic-Time platform and we are happy to see that we’re so oftenly chosen as a supplier.
It’s thanks to you - our clients - that we have now reduced plastic in packaging to bare minimum. We started using biodegradable eco bubbles just this year - and with the amount of parcels that were sent out this year…wow…you would fill a house with it! So it’s good it’s not plastic anymore.
We could not do this all without a support and encouragement from you guys. We love to see you posting photos and stories with QtAlbums products and hearing how happy you are with our work. Even if we make mistakes, we are there to correct them, to learn from them and move on.
Wishing you all happy Christmas, happy Holidays, happy “I’m not doing a thing” days - whatever you are celebrating. Let this New Year be as good as the last one or maybe even better!
