Starting your own business?

Posted by on January 18, 2012

I am working on a follow-up to the Brother PR-650 post I did the other day. I did 2 appliques today and took 50+ pictures along the way. Hopefully I can get that post up tomorrow, but in the meantime here is a guest post from Rock Bottom Tees! You can see my guest post on RBT HERE! Look for that PR650 applique post tomorrow ~ I hope to address many of the questions and comments from the last post.

Starting Your Own Part Time Applique Business

Are you considering turning your applique hobby into a part time business?  If you are, then you’re going to enjoy this YouTube video.  Whether you’re a stay at home or work at home parent who’s looking for a little extra income or whether you’re looking for a full time income, the applique business can represent an amazing opportunity.

However, as with any business the boutique clothing craft business does take time and effort.  But as you will see in this video, if you have resilience, resourcefulness, business savvy and balance, you’re poised to do great things in the boutique clothing craft and applique industries.

You can see the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvi4G07t9ko&feature=youtu.be

Guest Author Summary

Rock Bottom T-Shirts is an online retailer that offers near wholesale priced stylish casual wear for the entire family.

As a thank you for watching this video, Rock Bottom T-Shirts has prepared a complimentary eReport for you entitled, “Seven Things to Know before Starting Your Etsy Craft Business“. Click on the link for more info!

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Happy New Year from Applique Cafe!

Posted by on December 31, 2011

Adios 2011! Tomorrow we meet 2012. I’ve been trying to come up with some things I want to do in 2012 regarding Applique Cafe and my blog. Still working on the blog list! I have a few ideas for AC! Here’s an updated picture of our “office/sewing room”. I got my chairs back and they look great (painted and slightly distressed by Chic Restoration)! The cushions are original (took the red fabric off) so I need to recover those. Still pondering painting the room….

 Here is Sissy’s dresser in her room too. Love the dresser! It doesn’t look too exciting in there. Her bed is not made and the room is a general wreck so check out this post to see what the rest of the room looks like! If you notice the little book dead center in the middle of the dresser… that’s there because while trying to hang the mirror the white hanger fell and landed on the dresser, chipping out a chunk of paint! We’re now on the hunt for some more paint so I can touch it up. We went to Lowes today but they were out of the type paint I needed.

 Here’s what I’ve been up to this Christmas Break. I’m halfway through Catching Fire, which is book 2 in the Trilogy of the Hunger Games. The first movie comes out in March, so I’m super excited to be reading this series! It’s sort of like the Twilight series ~ you can’t put it down, but at the same time ask yourself “why am I reading this crazyiness?”. I don’t read a lot due to time constraints, but when I do find the time I’m all in! I read book 1 over the Thanksgiving Break.

 AND…. while I have heard of “Words with Friends” before, I didn’t sign up until Browder got to playing this past week on his new Ipod. When I was a working woman and before I had kids, I used to play Scrabble online on a website called Playsite. At some point they stopped offering Scrabble and I haven’t played since. WWF is like it, only better! You can play at your own pace and you can play as many games as you want. I currently have 15 games going. LOVE IT!! Browder & I have been playing a game since Wednesday! I also have games going with several neighbors, a few applique friends and some of my “relatives”.

 Not much else to report! We listed 4 new girly cute designs today and started a sale which will last through January 10th (40% off). Valentine’s is our next “Holiday” in the applique world, followed by St. Patty’s Day and then EASTER! We have 2 new designs almost finalized and more in the works!

I hope everyone has a safe and fun New Year’s Eve! See you all in 2012!

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Merry Christmas!

Posted by on December 24, 2011

It’s been a while since my last post ~ Christmas season busy-ness is to blame! Yesterday afternoon I got a Starbucks Peppermint Mocha Frappaccino (yum) and inadvertently took 2 Excedrin (grabbed those instead of Ibuprofen). I was wired!! I don’t recommend that combo. This is a result….

Much better than a pile of Christmas cards sitting on the counter and the kids LOVE it! It’s just red ribbon I happened to have a spool of and a pack of clothes pins (wooden) from Publix. I’ve also used that raffia twine in the past but couldn’t find any around the house.

I have some progress to report on our sewing room slash office. We’re still trying to work with the white walls (emphasis on trying). Yesterday I went to Hobby Lobby and got Jeff a matching bulletin board. The open frame was 50% off and I used a 40% off coupon on the actual cork board (regularly like $16.99). AND… you may or may not notice that these are not our regular chairs, although they look identical. Ours, with armrests, are down in Spanish Fort, AL being refinished/painted black. Long story short I have a college sorority sister who refinishes furniture. I got a dresser from her for Mallory’s room this week and traded the dresser for the chairs when her husband came through town. I LOVE LOVE LOVE restored/refurbished/re-purposed furniture. I think I posted a while back that I had purchased liquid sander and 2 cans of spray paint to attempt to paint the chairs myself. Those items went back to Walmart and Home Depot today! I’ll be sure to post when I get them back, maybe as early as next week. My friend’s business is called Chic Restoration – her Facebook page is: Chic Restoration. I will post her pic of Mallory’s dresser below and will try to post a pic of it in her room later! LOVE IT! When I get the chairs back I’ll recover the cushions in something other than RED.

The dresser looks great in Mallory’s room! I’ll work on a picture for my next post!  

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas! I’m so thankful for family and healthy kids (AND family). I’ve read on Facebook today that a friend of a friend of a friend lost her husband last night after a long battle with cancer. He was younger than me with a young son and a daughter on the way. I think I have also posted about a little girl from Montgomery named Karlie who was put BACK in ICU tonight. She contracted HUS disease weeks ago (a month or longer ago) and is still battling all of the complications. She is around Mallory’s age. So we celebrate Christmas and the birth of Jesus and pray for these families who have lost a loved one and who are on their knees praying for healing for their precious daughter!! 

Mallory & I watched this flash mob video today – you may have seen it circulating Facebook ~  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnt7euRF5Pg I LOVED IT!!!! A) who doesn’t love a good flash mob and B) the songs and reactions of the people were wonderful!! If you have a few minutes watch it!

p.s. I did a guest blog post not too long ago on the Rock Bottom Tees blog ~ you can read the post HERE, which was published today!

another p.s….. While I was at Hobby Lobby yesterday waiting for them to put my bulletin board together, I saw this fabulous fabric (and bought a yard). The picture is not so great (I-phone), but the colors are GREAT!! It’s a good thick fabric too! $8.99/yard so catch it on sale or take a coupon!

MERRY CHRISTMAS from Applique Cafe!

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