You’ll find more Halloween ideas for decorating and entertaining on the Arts and Design Channel, even though we posted numerous ones during our Halloween and Day of the Dead Blog Carnival hosted by Noreen at Hankering for Yarn.
*Christine has some delightful Altered Take Out Boxes over at Mad Cropper. Also check out the Halloween Mini […]
No…it’s not my birthday. But Home Biz Notes, which I also write at b5media, celebrates it’s one-year birthday today. A year ago it was launched.Yvonne Russell, whom I’ve mentioned here, in the post, Would You Like an At-Home Quilt Bookstore, joined me this month as a co-blogger at Home Biz Notes. She was a guest blogger at there […]
Spread word of your quilting and fabric art success. Don’t keep it hidden. You can do this without seeming egotistical…simply let others know wherever appropriate.
Telling others about our successes and accomplishments often is difficult for some of us because we come from the generation where Mother said, “Don’t toot your own horn. People will think you’re […]
In a previous post, Would You Like an At-Home Quilt Bookstore?, I mentioned the idea of operating a bookstore for quilters, either from your home, online, or in conjunction with a quilt fabric shop. Yvonne Russell, of Grow Your Writing Business, who wrote a post about this on Home Biz Notes, also contributed information recently […]
Essentially, look before you leap before setting up your quilting or fabric arts home business. I’ve mentioned before the need to check out zoning regulations pertaining to your home before you decide to set up a quilting business, particularly one that involves customers/clients coming to your home. (However, online business might be affected, too, in some areas.)
I just […]
Over at Home Biz Notes, guest blogger Yvonne Russell provides advice and suggestions for operating a home based bookstore, whether it’s one where customers come to your home shop or you sell solely online. In Start Your Own Specialist Home Based Bookstore, Yvonne discusses how to research before starting your business, how and where […]
Paying attention to your customers to ensure you have satisfied ones and repeat business becomes an important considerationn for quilting and fabric art business owners.
Yvonne Russell, of Grow Your Writing Business, pointed out to me concering this topic of return customers, “There is quite a bit of research on the fact that it costs a lot more in […]
Some people like to work with total quiet; others enjoy music as they quilt or create fabric art. Then there are those who can work midst total confusion and family activities, perhaps with music to drown out distractions.
Music while you work usually creates an uplifting atmosphere. Do you listen to music for relaxation, to help […]
It was exciting to see Yvonne Russell’s article, The Web - Your Partner in Promotion, at Grow Your Writing Business and discover it included an interview of me and one of the other blogs I write for b5media.
(Mary Emma)
Since many quilters are writers, or at least contribute patterns and information for books, so you may […]
The question of what to charge for our quilting services and products often is a quandry for quilt business owners, whether they sell items they’ve made, resell those purchased wholesale, or perform a service. There are various formulas based on cost of materials plus operating expenses plus an income, yet there is no absolutely fixed one. […]
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