Sabtu, 03 November 2007

Scrap book kits

A friend of mine sells scrapbook kits on eBay. She has tools and die cutters for making various alphabets as well as tags and other small items people place on scrapbook pages. Now, I have to tell you, scrapbooking is highly popular and has been for several years. It seems to be holding its own pretty well as far as crafts go.

If you are an avid scrapbooker, you might want to consider creating and selling themed scrapbook sets so that people can simplify their projects. Including things like papers, die cut items, buttons, lace, or slide frames you've already painted or covered in a themed kit might help spark someone's imagination enough for them to become involved in the craft.

Of course, be sure your items are all acid free, but a kit that has enough items to make 3 or 4 pages could easily sell for $15 and higher, depending on the amount of embellishments you include. People who don't have the tools will gladly pay for everything to be done by someone else. Even making embellishments from your own scraps would be acceptable, since scrapbooking in a thrifty and frugal way would include these sorts of things.

You also might be able to take orders for special themes and colors, for a bit higher price, of course, so people's scrapbook pages are more personalized.

Hobby shops will have clear packaging to place the themed kits in. You can print package tops to staple onto the finished kits with your own self-designed logo and other information. I suggest using card stock for these since it's a bit tougher and will hold up to shipping better. Shipping should be done in padded envelopes to protect the kits from bad handling by the Post Office or your favorite ground shipping company. Some cardboard inserted in the package or the envelope will help prevent bending, as well.
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