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PE: Guidelines to Starting your Own Craft Business by Talty, journal
PE: Guidelines to Starting your Own Craft Business
Guidelines to Starting your Own Crafting Business
So you make cute crafts, and probably someone offered you money for them. Maybe you need the money, and if you're like me, you need it to buy more crafting supplies. Whatever the reason, starting your own crafty business is a decisions that you should take seriously... it's not as easy as opening an Etsy account and setting some random prices for your work. There is a lot of things to consider to keep the business going, your money safe, your name clean, and your costumers happy.
By no means this is an absolute guide, merely a few guidelines of things I've found important or questions I get a
Wildflowers
Tears kiss golden brows of feverfew,
blush pink primroses with sweet dew
and glisten on satin lips of rue,
whispering in the meadow, "I miss you."
The Proposal
A true romantic, you got down on one knee.
You took my hand and said, "Please, marry me."
"No, thanks," I replied, "but I'm not saying never."
"That's okay," you said, "I can wait forever."
-- preview art and words by M. Alice Chown