you know when all you lovely people give advice...

postingalwaysposting

Hi all ~ sorry i didnt reply earlier

I shall address you all (ohhh that sounds posh :rotfl:) instead of splitting it ~

The meal ~ yes i enjoyed myself, hated being out of my comfort zone but hey i did it

job ~ yes i wish she would go instead of me but that will not be the case, i will however give myself time to find another job and not just give it up at the spur of the moment. If i had a backbone and confidence i wouldnt let it happen but i just take it ~ a big downfall for me :rolleyes: Fac sory to hear what you ahve went through, hope it made you a stronger person though.

la, as for the skirt thing i done it, i hated it but hey i did it its one of those things i guess i will get used to it but being a tom boy and being asled to wear a skirt is mad :rotfl:

anyways i am rambaling

budgets are looking good so no probs there :T

beanielou

Glad you had a good time & well done on going out of your comfort zone:T

LookingAhead

Glad it was good PAP and yay! As you say - you did it re: the skirt.

I reckon that as your confidence grows so will your nerve to tell beeeeatchy colleagues to go fly a kite.....

From little acorns do mighty oak trees grow and all that.

Good on ya love.

xxx

postingalwaysposting

thanks you two

postingalwaysposting

opinions please ~

i have been seriously thinking of turning my crafting into some kind of business nothing 'big' but maybe make a few cards and stick at least 20 on ebay a week, to start with then maybe push into setting up my own website so i can 'personalise' the cards and charge a littele more ~ ideas? or opinions?

I have looked into costings and packs of cards (10) are roughly £5 ie 50p per card however on ebay they are much much cheaper if you buy them in bulk. embelishments/extra paper etc can be picked up as cheap as 50p and pens are anything from 50p ~ £2 then there is glue etc

so in theory i can produce a card for as little as £1.00 and sell them for £2.00+ obviously i will have to factor in the costs of sending them (pacakging) etc but what do you think

Time is teh big thing however i guess if i dedicate my saturdays off to them and in theory i can produce a card every 20~30min that means i could be producing 10~15 cards every saturday and also evening work

I would also have to set up a new id as i will use the one i have now for buying stock and then one for selling? I would also try and branch into wedding invites etc

Do you think this would work or do you think i am tottally bonkers? throw ideas and situations at me etc that would come against me when i make/sell these :rolleyes: please

edit: forgot to add i could also carboot them and try and sell them among collegues and i could also if it took off buy and emblishment machine and while producing cards i can also produce embelishments to sell on ~ cost the price of card <30p

millionaire_in_training

well P&P you will never know unless you have a go. Do it on a part time basis as you have said and see how you get on. If the sales are good then go for it. Good luck x

beanielou

Sounds like a fab idea to me PAP.
You can but try.

LookingAhead

I don't think you are bonkers! Mr Clinton Cards had to start somewhere didn't he?

Why don't you commit to making a small but fairly decent amount and then list them on a cheap EBAY listing day to keep the costs down? (Although I am not familiar with charges for businesses - if they are better or what?).

And yes, car booting - or at this time of year, indoor craft fêtes, is a good idea too.

You should give it a go! Follow your dreams - life is no rehearsal AND it will look great on your CV .

postingalwaysposting

thanks all, loads have said i should sell them but its one of those things that you say ~ one day... i cant put things off now, if it doesnt work so be it

la they are all hand made by me... so i will need to produce some before i can list them... I have found a better suppler of cards ~ 200 cards and envelopes for £20 and an embelishment machine is cheaper than i thought.

I have enough things here to get me going to make approx 20 cards as long as i buy some cards so i shall do that sat/sunday the first pack may be expensive, as its a small pack, although i may just buy the ones above, even if they dont kick off plain cards sell well anyways

I have some made here ready and i shall make some more the weekend. We are also going to the discount asian shop anyways on monday so will stock up on paper etc there ~ 300 sheets of colloured paper for 95p :j

I guess i will need to spend approx £40 on this on monday however i still have that left in my bank account from this months spends and as with me i already have lists etc going (only started the 1 hour ago) of how much i have brought/payed so far and how much i have payed and i shall also write down how much each card i produce cost :j

Ohhh ohhh i am getting excited i hope this is a sucess, nothing better than making some money from something you enjoy

slowlyfading

aww it sounds like a fantastic idea! and I love homemade cards - so once they're up on ebay will you PM me or something to let me know? Because I buy them from a carboot in the summer, but that's not running now, and I'd love to get some more. Plus, lend a helping hand and all x