You all know that I love to share my Cricut cutting tips and tricks. And this week we are going to put them to use making our own paper flower backdrop for my Bat Mitzvah project. This paper flower project is super easy and fun to do. In fact it's a great rainy day...
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Crafting For Profit – When To Go Full Time
At what point do you decide to quit your job and run your crafting business full time? This question gets asked all the time. If we are being honest, all of us would prefer to craft all the time, and nothing else. For many of us being able to turn our crafting into...
Small Business Budget Tips
Do you know what exactly a Business Budget is? And most importantly – do you have a business budget for your business? Can you run a business without a business budget? In the beginning, when you are working to transform your crafting for fun into crafting for profit,...
Cricut Paper Flowers Backdrop Project
I am on my second week of developing new paper flowers templates and building my paper flower backdrop. Here is a quick recap of the project. I design at least one paper flower a week, record the steps, and share it away with all of my Facebook groups via all of my...
Cricut Tips & Tricks Group Builds Paper Flower Backdrop TOGETHER
I am so excited to write this post. Several weeks ago I was visiting Portugal with my kids. Such a wonderful place on Earth. One of the things that I loved about the trip was seeing all new and beautiful flowers. They touched and spoke to me every day. This...
Elegant Lace Paper Flower Tutorial
Did you know that while large paper flowers are lots of fun to create, they can be made even more intriguing when you use lace paper flower templates? You read this correctly. Lace and paper flowers are best friends. At least in my world. This easy-to-follow tutorial...
Let’s Learn About Cardstock
Ask any crafter what are their must have’s are, the paper will make one of the top 10 must-haves. In this blog post, I share interesting titbits about how paper is made, the history of paper art, and all kinds of interesting facts about cardstock. No Time to Read This...
How I Became a Paper Flower Florist
My love of creating paper flowers sprouted from my love of beautifying and capturing events. Don’t you just love beautiful décor to give you those perfect touches for your event? Do you admire small details of carefully coordinated colors? Selection of china? Do...
Professionalism
Large segment of crafters lacks basic professionalism. It is evident in communication style, how concerns are handled, language of contract and etc. From time to time I outsource some of the décor making and I seek out local talent. Whenever I get "hun", or "hey...
Content
Content is a key to being successful when you are trying to turn your crafting for fun into crafting for profit. All social media platforms “reward” you when you generate regular content. Facebook suggests posting at least twice a day on your Facebook page. Instagram...
What is Business Marketing?
Business marketing is all the activities you do to promote and sell your products and/or services to other organizations. In today’s competitive world you will spend bulk of your time on marketing your products/services. In order to be successful you need to develop...
Secrets of a Paper Florist
You love making paper flowers. Do you want to take it to the next level and start building paper flower walls, but you are feeling intimidated and unsure? If you find yourself in this spot, I am here to reassure you that if you are willing to put in the time into your...
Let’s Have Fun With Paper Flower Centers
If you follow my blog then you know that learning how to make paper flowers is how I discovered the world of crafting. You can read about my journey here - How I Became Paper Flowers Florist Adding a center can take a flower that looks simple to one with a “wow”...
Paper Flower Craft Tips & Tricks – Time Investment
One frequently asked question I get is how much time it takes to make large paper flowers (link to 03_Large Paper Flower Easy Tutorial) and how much can it cost. I will be giving you a detailed breakdown of eight large papers flowers to serve as a base to...
Create Paper Flower Template Using Design Space
Are you like me and love large paper flowers? Or perhaps you are curious about them, tried some of the free templates, and would like to try a few more before buying additional templates? I have exciting news for you! Did you know you can make templates using Design...
White Core Cardstock
Let’s talk about white core cardstock. If you are a seasoned crafter you know that Michaels will often have really good sales on cardstock pad. If you read the fine print carefully you’ll learn that this cardstock has a white core which indicates it is white core...
How To Make Paper Flowers
Looking to get started with how to make paper flowers? Confused by all the different names for the paper flowers? Unsure where to begin with? You don’t need to stress out over the process – you just need a little help. This blog explains supplies, tips, detailed steps...
Let’s Make 3D Paper Flowers
3D paper flowers or small paper flowers are my absolutely weakness. Don’t get me wrong, as a paper template maker and paper florist I love creating unique type of flowers. But the 3D flowers speak to my soul on daily basis. I literally have templates and finished...
Wine Bottle Centerpiece Tips
If you have been reading through my wine bottle centerpieces crafting projects - Easy Wine Bottle Centerpieces DIY or Fun Wine Bottle Centerpieces Project you already know I love crafting with wine bottles. Today I am going to be sharing a few useful tips that will...
Fun Wine Bottle Centerpieces Project
I already shared with you how much I love using wine bottles for fun crafting projects. You can read about it here - Easy Wine Bottle Centerpieces DIY. I bring you another fun spin on how to repurpose the bottles from one event for another event. One of my paper...