Handmade for Profit!: Hundreds of Secrets to Success in Selling Arts and Crafts

HOMEMADE FOR PROFIT! is the outcome of many years of craft business experience, teaching and writing by twenty-five year veteran Brabara Brabec, THE guru on making money with a home-based craft business. This book is one of the most profitable books that you will ever read on the subject. Use it to start making money right now form something that you love to do, or to increase sales and profits if you are already selling. This book includes step-by-step guidelines on how to sell successfully: **At art and craft fairs, festivals, and mall shows; **In your own home shop or studio; **Through home parties and open houses; **In bazaars, holiday boutiques, and community markets; **In craft malls and rent-a-space shops; **In consignment craft shops and art galleries; **Through local retailers and service providers; **With a pushcart in shopping malls; **In schools, hospitals, clinics, and retirement centers; **Through your own craft cooperative and **On a military base. With this book in hand, you can start making money right now! You will find confidence building strategies and home-based business start-up tips...pricing examples and record-keeping ideas...guidelines for designing original and more salable products...idea-generating lists of best-selling products, markets, and selling methods...ideas on how to create and use printed materials...plus checklists, worksheets, success formulas, and nearly a hundred lively illustrations to make the reading fun!