Tuesday, March 20, 2012

How to start a craft fair blog business network cheapest way possible

Whewww. There is so much information out there. I am trying to just filter out all the information I don't need. Simple is the way for me and I am writing my goals down.
                       Step 1- write goals down
GOAL ZERO- Get a website. Plenty of websites dedicated to that! I am going to use blogspot.com and pay for the .com name. $7.95 per month sounds pretty good.
Goal 1- Write down the inventory I will be taking with me to trade shows and craft fairs alike. I want to make things that are new and unique! Mockingjay's are going to be huge these next couple years.
Goal 2- Make patterns for all my projects I plan to make allot of. I make my own patterns out of freezer paper. They hold up well.
Goal 3- Gather tons of supplies for inventory needed from cheapest places possible. I love to go ksl.com (livin in Utah, woot-woot) and thrift stores. Junk has surely gone up in price because of the market though. That's ok it is Garage Sale season now!!!!
Goal 4- Make inventory. Make tons. As much as you can afford.
Goal 5- Sew sign with logo on it. I can't wait. I will make it like a banner quilt.                               (Maybe this will work)
Goal 6- Make business cards (with website name). Should make sure whatever your business name.com is not taken. I used godaddy.com. You don't have to buy it from them then another place again. Just once.
Goal 7- Put together display for craft fairs. This will be super fun. I found tons of cute pictures with search words like craft fair displays or boutique setups.
Goal 8- Take pictures of craft fair display for craft fair applications. They will want to see what you have to offer and for sure find out about juried and non-juried shows.
Goal 9- Apply to craft shows. Don't worry if you don't get in at first.
Goal 10- Get credit card square for phone. The payment is 2.75% per payment which is comparible to etsy/paypal fees.
Goal 11- Make price tags.

Now with my craft fair ready and in order I can spend some more time on my website. I started off with owning a domain name. I found the best name with a little research. http://www.marketsamurai.com/ helped me immensely.
Next; Content. Easy peasy.
Now the hard part. Networking all of my facebook and blogging and website stuff together. More on that next time



Monday, March 12, 2012

Bumper Jumper Inflatable customer review

 Dudley was fun for the first week. We loved seeing our daughter jump around the house with him. She would scootch around sayin yeehaw. CUTE. Then she bit his tail with teething excitement. No more Dudley. She couldn't resist chomping on that horse that oddly had the same texture as her teething ring. If the package would have come with a repair kit it probably wouldn't be able to be saved anyway. RIP Dudley. My take on this toy is A BIG PASS.

Sensory Table with colored rice

 The prep for colored rice is consuming but worth it in the long run. You can pack it away in an air tight container (we have those little moths that get into our rice) and play with it over and over again.    
    First I got three packs of each color of koolaid that I wanted. Although I could not find blue I had to just use food coloring.
    I dumped the three packets of one color in a heat safe measuring cup and put in just a tablespoon of super hot water into that and mixed it.
    Then I dumped the koolaid dye into 8 cups of rice and mixed it around. This is were the younger kids can help.
    When the rice is dyed evenly dump it out on a tray to let dry. I used wax paper underneath and let it dry a couple hours. The kids all around our neighborhood had fun playing dinosaur dig, garden, tea party,find the things in our sensory table, among a few. It really is a game for all ages.




Colored Shaving Cream

 This was so much fun we had to reheat the bath 4 times.  Really simple just get any tray that will hold shaving cream I used an old muffin tin. Fill the tins up with shaving cream and add a couple drops of food coloring. Fold in the color with a paintbrush. My tub tile is pink so It washed off with spraying water on it. White tile might take some bleach. Just wash it off right after they paint and you shouldn't have a problem with it staining. If your worried just have them paint on to the tub toys. My daughter thought it was hilarious when her rubber ducky had green poofey hair.


Disneland countdown advent calendar. And tips to save money at Disneyland.






We have been so excited about going to disneyland since we told the children on Christmas. (My mother in law decided to tell my daughter about it without me there on Christmas. I don't want to post anything about that do I!) I have been combing Pintrist and the internet for any ways to save money when we go so we could splurge on the Pirate adventure show. It is about 60 dollars each for dinner and the show but I went to the medieval time show when I was a kid and that was my best memories from Disneyland. Here are a few tips I have found.

TIPS TO SAVE MONEY AT DISNEYLAND
Keep snacks with you and water.(duh)
Pack lunches the food there is little spensy.
Instead of buying mass amounts of merchandise, get some disneyland trinkets from internet and around town before going( I have found disney stuff at WallyWorld and Target). When you go tell them that if they are good all day Micky or someone will leave a cool prize for them at the hotel at night. Perfect now a key chain for there backpack will cost five instead of twenty dollars. I also want to make some unique t-shirts to wear to. Better get sewing, yes!