Ramble Writing of R.D. Hayes

·          Sell items in packs so it is easier to use barcodes to ship them. ·          When approaching a potential client, take a look-book with you. ·          Taylor your items to their shop. ·          Send brochure and catalogs by mail to potential consignment shops. ·          Stock up on items which sell the most so you don’t run out ·          Pay attention to what sells the most in each season. ·          Make goals to keep up with the demand of each client. ·          Overstocking keep you from running out of products, keep you from paying rush shipping, and you can always use the extra stock for the next season. ·        ...

 My goal when I started, Maria’s Valentine Rose, back in 2007 was to be able to support myself and my family with no other income. Well, it has been a few long and hard years and I am slowly moving up the totem pole. Along my way I have met hundreds of people who offered their opinion on what I was doing wrong and I took as much as I could from as many of them as I could. The results? I started realizing that not every advice was good advice. I joined the Army Reserves and put my business on hold which may have not been the best idea in the world as far as my crafting business went. I learned that when you put something as great as I had on hold, the damage is great. I finished out basic and then set out a plan to build my business back up and here is what I learned that helped my business. These are a few of the things that I used before that worked and are now working to help my business grow. I hope that you can take a lot away from it and that it will help you. Stop wasting you...

I love crafting blogs just as much as the next person but I also love giving shout-outs to those whom I feel truly deserve it. Today’s topic will be on hair accessory craft blogs and I hope you guys enjoy this. I also have wholesale ribbon and plastic headbands that I sale over at  Maria’s Valentine Rose  so if you are interested in buying these at a great price, hit me up, or if you are wanting to buy some in bulk I can do that as well and I also offer a discount for those of you who buy in bulk. First I wanted to let you guys know that I also have a few headband tutorials that you can find on the left hand side of this blog that you might be interested in. Anyways, here are some of my favorite hair accessory crafting blogs and articles. Indulgy -  I don’t even really know what this site is for but it kind of looks like another Pinterest in my opinion but they do have a lot of cool things on it. Some of the hair accessories are pretty unique and the tutori...

  My husband often asks me why I put tutorials on here since I sell a lot of the things that I make. My response is like the response of most honest crafters, I believe that everyone should know how to make the things that they love to wear. Well, that and because I also sell a lot of crafting supplies as well as the actual product since I know that some people just don’t have the time or patience to make the items themselves. So, here is the tutorial that you have all bee waiting for. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Materials:     3/8 ribbon (however many colors that you like, I used two colors in this pattern) needle and thread( I used transparent thread because this is what I had on hand, ruler for measuring, glue(I love my hot glue gun). Step 1, Preparing the ribbon:   Cut the first color into 4 inch pieces and set them aside. Then grab your next ribbon and cut it into 3 inch pieces. Your last color should be cut into 2 inch pieces. You can cut ...

  I kept trying to figure out what to do with all my construction paper since I had them tucked nicely in a draw but I needed that draw to be free. I ran across a picture while doing a search on Google for inexpensive storage spaces and saw a photo with no link attached to it for one similar to this one. I thought,”what a great idea”. So, I did this myself and thought I would share it. My total cost was $1 at the dollar store for a dish drainer and it organizes my papers nicely and I now have a place to put my markers as well. Can’t beat this deal……