Moving is tough work. However, it’s been bugging me for awhile, this name I hastily chose for my business. LieblingArtCrafts. I don’t like it! I’ve never liked it (except for the Liebling part). The subject has been haunting me for weeks. I’m officially registered with the State of Minnesota as Liebling Designs, and think my shop name [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Indie Business’
June 7, 2008
My Studio by Liebling
Let’s face it. Most of us crafters don’t revel in the luxury of having a room of our own. Some of us live in studio apartments and convert a tiny armoire into our entire creative center. Others live in four bedroom homes we share with our husbands, children and pets and clear off the dining room [...]
May 29, 2008
Expanding Your Business to Wholesale/Consignment
I’ve seen a lot of questions lately looking for information on the wholesale/consignment world. I’m interested myself, and did some digging today.
Your first step should be to figure out your costs, what you want to charge wholesale and what you want to charge retail. I found THE BEST blog post in the world about formulating [...]
May 3, 2008
Craft Show : What We Learned
So. Had the craft show today. It went well, despite my lack of preparation! I was lucky to have a friend at the table that is a seasoned craft show seller, and brought many essential items. However, we really learned a thing or two about how a show goes, from start to finish. Here is [...]
May 3, 2008
Craft Show Frenzy
Okay okay I have my first craft show ever tomorrow. Good thing I am sharing a table with experienced people. Here I sit at 9:22 pm on a Friday night cutting out business cards (my new ones still on order), pricing items at the last minute and checking, checking again and checking yet again that [...]
