I had most of my bookmarks on a board for display at the craft show a few weeks ago. Â A lady looked them over and requested two of the same pattern, one in Oklahoma State colors and one in Bethel College colors. Â She wasnât in a big rush but would like them before Christmas. Â I said âsure, no problem!â
Bethel College is a local college whose colors are maroon and grey.  Iâm thinking that shouldnât be much of a problem.  I didnât have a clue what the colors are for Oklahoma State University until the buyer told me but I didnât think it should be that hard to find them.  For Bethel I planned on going to the school store and checking out the colors; for OSU I thought Iâd check on-line or maybe a sports store.
On-line I found that OSUâs colors are orange, light orange, silver and black. Â No, thatâs OSU orange, OSU light orange, OSU silver and black. Â On their website they tell you specifically the colors and how to achieve them when printing. Oh. My.Â
The Burgundy turned out to be the closest of the colors. Â The hat is from the school store so it must be the accepted color, right? Â The spool of thread is the maroon I found at the store, regular sewing thread, and the ball is the Burgundy. Â It is still a little bright but as close as Iâm going to find any time soon I think. Â I have started the bookmark in Burgundy and silver â okay, it should be grey but I think it will work.
I took a special order without asking enough questions and agreed without knowing enough! Â And now Iâm worried that I should have done the bookmarks in one color instead of two â the one at the show was one color. Â I guess I should call the buyer and ask. Â Or maybe make one of each in two colors and one of each in a single color and let the buyer choose????
I sure hope they like them!
âThe most successful people are those who are good at Plan B.â
James Yorke
I am not affiliated with either OSU or Bethel, I was given no compensation for mentioning them or linking to them. Â