Ecousable Water Bottle Co-op

June 10, 2008 · Filed under Co-ops I know of! · Tagged , , , ,

These bottles are awesome! I love them. You may want to check them out. They are right around $6 plus shipping and they are so awesome! They are very close to the SIGG bottles but much cheaper to buy. The Owner of the company is a WAHD and he is a true sweetie I love supporting him!

 

You can find the co-op HERE

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Enwrapture Vintage

June 5, 2008 · Filed under Co-ops I know of! · Tagged

 These look awesome! I am thinking of ordering a few for the girls I think they would love them and they say you can make up to 100 different outfits with this one dress. They are $8 each through the co-op and according to the site they retail for like $50-$80.

Here is the co-op for them.

http://www.diapertraders.com/vb/showthread.php?t=59426

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So I thought!

June 5, 2008 · Filed under Co-ops I know of! · Tagged , ,

So I thought the Daisy Doodle co-op was going to do very well but we only so far have 24 diapers ordered. I sure hope that they will let us do another one in a few months maybe we will get more sold next time!

If you are interested in buying cloth diapers at a very reasonable price you should get in on it it is great and I have heard nothing but good things about the diapers!

http://www.diapertraders.com/vb/showthread.php?t=59382

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How to price your homemade items

June 4, 2008 · Filed under Life at KID

This is a great article! Long read but still wonderful!

Found the article here

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PRICING YOUR HANDMADE GOODS
One Article About The Business of Art
by Mary Boyd
You are making beautiful things and you want to sell them. You have a dream of making a living selling your finery, but you are at a loss as to how to go about pricing your handcrafted works of art. You need some vital information about “the business of art”.

But First, The Hard to Swallow Truth – The Unfair Competition Factor
I have been making and selling handmade goods for very many years now, and have made every effort to be a profitable business person as well as an artisan. I have a strong interest in this subject of business mixed with art, and have read all the books and pamphlets on the subject — of which there are many (there’s money to be had writing how-to books) and among all the books, there are some very good ones. Unfortunately, none of these books give one particularly important simple warning. So, before I start, I will give you the warning – about your competition.

On my path as an artisan, I have found that other artisans who have a genuine understanding of business are very few and very far between, and that “we” are competing for sales with other “crafters” who have no concept of business. For every artisan trying to make a living at fine crafts, there are at least three dozen competent artisans that do not price their products as though their lives depend on their income. For instance, I have found that there are many art teachers out there who have use of their classroom equipment and materials to make really wonderful art pieces and sell them for a mere pittance of pin money. And I have seen many spouses of doctors and lawyers doing beautiful work for a little second income. And of course, I have been among an uncountable lot of amazingly talented retirees who supplement a fixed income with their finery. None of these artists, none of them have a clue as to what their products are really worth and seem happy to just recoup their material costs and make a little bit of extra money.

So, I want you to know that you can choose to be one of the “crafters” who go along their merry way, inadvertently undercutting their competition and never making a livable wage, or you can educate yourself and become a genuine artisan with respect for your competition and for yourself. You can learn how to price your goods fairly and for profit, like any other business person.
You Are a Business Person – In Fact, You Are a Miniature Factory
Just like the Widget Maker and Sons, Ltd. in your local industrial park, you run a business. You buy raw materials that you use to produce products. You sell your products. You take up building space, you use utilities, phone, Internet. You drive a vehicle for your business. You advertise. If you truly are in business to be successful, you are aware of all your expenses, and you keep track of your expenses by doing bookkeeping.
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Emergency Room! I am tired!

June 4, 2008 · Filed under Life at KID

So last night I was checking out a new software for a site of mine and so it kept me entangled until 1:30 am. So I decide to go to bed since I was not getting anywhere with it. 2:15am I am waken by Ira (Carol’s son) crying in pain, complaining about his stomach killing him. Ofcourse the first thing we think is Gas. Carol then says she thinks it is his apendix so she stayed to watch my kids and I drove him to the hospital. We were there 3 hours and they ruled out the apendix and diagnose gas! Yup gas pains.

We come home and by the time I get home the kids are ready for school and Kendall is awake. I have yet been to sleep.

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More Fabric!

June 4, 2008 · Filed under My Fabric · Tagged ,

Just got this in a day ago and love it I really want more more more of it!

Micheal Miller 50′s Kitchen

 
Micheal Miller Guitars on black fabric, “Headgear”

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Fabric I got last week

June 4, 2008 · Filed under My Fabric · Tagged ,

Here is some of the fabric I have gotten in the last two weeks. I just love them!







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Hello world!

June 4, 2008 · Filed under Life at KID · Tagged , ,

Hello my name is Samantha and I have ventured into sewing and selling some things online. I was just having fun then got addicted to making embellished prefolds. I opened a store called Kendall Inspired Designs. I have become a fabric ho and just can not get enough!

I need to win the lotto so that I can go buying crazy!

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