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Two Home Based Businesses you Can Start With Less Than $75
While working from home is the quintessential American dream, financing the entrepreneurial spirit has the potential to quickly turn into the prototypical nightmare. After all, there is equipment to be purchased, licenses or permits to be applied for, and probably also a fair amount of advertising that needs to be bought and paid for. Some entrepreneurs have resorted to desperate acts of financial gymnastics, but more often than not these are too dangerous to contemplate. Yet even in light of this bleak picture, did you know that there are two home based businesses you can start with less than $75?
For example, if you have a talent with needle and thread, if fabrics are your world, and if your eye for colors, patterns and material rarely steers you wrong, then becoming a seamstress and freelance fashion designer may be right up your alley! The odds are good that you already own a sewing machine or – if you still stitch by hand – a well equipped sewing kit. Take $75 and put together a professional looking portfolio of your work and print up some business cards. Include in the portfolio pictures of your niece’s first communion dress you made, your daughter’s holiday outfit, the dolls’ clothes you might have put together and anything else that you have crafted as a gift or simply in your spare time. Shop around this portfolio to bridal shops, dry cleaners, and other places where clothing alterations may be needed. Start a website and advertise handmade dolls’ clothing or whatever other garments you want to make. As the profits begin coming in, gradually upgrade your equipment.
If you cannot tell a sewing needle from a knitting needle, do not fret. If you know you way around the kitchen, you may have a promising career as a caterer ahead of you. Begin by catering small events for your friends or family. As you gain exposure for your business, do not plan on making a lot of money right off the bat, but instead focus on having the cost of the food paid for and perhaps make a little extra to put toward advertising. Prepare beautiful spreads that stand out, take copious pictures, ask your friends for some quotes of praise, and put together a professional portfolio. Print up business cards and spend $75 to advertise in local advertising directories. Start out small but try for the slightly larger events, such as wedding receptions, the church picnic, or your spouse’s company party. The trick to this business is the gradual development of a clientele and the word of mouth advertising that will cause your business to grow by leaps and bounds.
Even as starting your own home based business may seem complicated and might even appear to be out of reach, remember that by deliberately graduated growth you will have the chance to make it big in workable steps – none of which will require funds you do not possess!
About the Author
Cherie Ang is the owner of http://www.SGProfitSite.com. To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.SGProfitSite.com
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Pattern McCalls Sewing Fashion Doll Clothes Gown Collection 4 Barbie 11½ $3.99 |
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NEW pattern M6232, 6232. Clothes/clothing: 11.5" BARBIE Fashion doll. Bride; etc $7.61 |
Hello! Do any of you make Doll Clothes?
I have already asked in the Fashions and Accessories Category....
I need to find out how to go about measuring a doll, so that I can buy clothes for them.
I am buying dolls at garage sales and most of them need clothes...no, I can't sew. I am wanting to take them to The Red Cross for children who have lost everything. I want the dolls to look really nice.
Measure the doll head to toe and that will be the size clothes you need to look for for that doll. For example say Barbie is a 12 inch doll then any clothes made for a 12 inch doll would fit. Some dolls come in at 10 inches and I think the Cabbage Patch type are about 15 inches. Sweet Idea,Good Luck with it.
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American Girls Dress Designer $19.99 If you're a grownup looking for educational and inspiring role models for a girl, look no further. The popular book series has made the jump to software, providing historical background on girls throughout history, from the life story of a freed slave to a bobby-socks wearing daughter of the 1940s who can't imagine any president other than FDR. The software centers around the dress designing shop,... |
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Barbie Fashion Designer Barbie helps you design thousands of different outfits on the computer. Special printer-compatible fabric goes through your laser or ink-jet printer so you can make clothes for Barbie. Design party dresses, career outfits, wedding gowns, and even something special for a romantic date with Ken. It's up to your imagination. The software package includes lots of art supplies so you can decorate your... |
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MGA Lalaloopsy Sew Magical Mermaid Doll - Coral Sea Shells $31.60 Coral Sea Shells loves to imagine shes a mermaid. When she does, she changes from her bathing suit into a mermaid tail. Her hair even changes color under water.Lalaloopsy Mermaid Coral Sea Shells Dolls hair changes color under water Bathing suit changes into mermaids tail Pet blowfish squirts water... |
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Monster High Classroom Playset And Frankie Stein Doll $23.47 Meet the coolest children of some of history's most infamously famous Monsters in the Monster High Classroom Playset and Doll Collection. The classrooms of Monster High are where freaky fabulous fun begins. Lagoona Blue doll is in Mad Science class caring for her beloved 3-eyed frogs, just like in the webisode. Frankie Stein doll is stitching up a version of her pet Watzit in Home Ick, while Ghoul... |
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Fashion Design Studio $34.99 Embellish the dress included or dream up your own creative couture.... |
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Pattern Magic $14.16 Pattern Magic is the cult pattern-making book from Japan. Taking inspiration from nature, from geometricshapes, and from the street, this book harnesses the sheer joy of making and sculpting clothes. The book takes a creative approach to pattern making, with step-by- step projects for fashion designers and dressmakers to enjoy. Each project is beautifully illustrated with clear diagrams and photog... |
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Sew the Contemporary Wardrobe for 18-Inch Dolls: Complete Instructions & Full-Size Patterns for 35 Clothing and Accessory Items $12.18 Sew Contemporary Wardrobe is a great book that provides 35 patterns for clothing and accessory items that can be mixed and matched to create an infinite number of outfits to fit the 18 dolls. Includes items for girls such as a jean jacket flared jeans all styles of t-shirts special occasion dresses nightwear purses hats and more! Illustrated with 50 photos and more than 200 illustrations to guide ... |
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Growing Up Sew Liberated: Making Handmade Clothes and Projects for Your Creative Child $12.46 Bring joy, creativity & learning to your sewing with fabulous kid-friendly projectsMeg McElwee puts her signature sewing style into gorgeous children’s clothes and creative activity-focused designs. From simple clothing to toys, Growing Up Sew Liberated is packed with innovative, playful sewing patterns. Follow the structure of a child’s day with 20 projects including:Getting up and getting dr... |
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Pattern McCalls Sewing Fashion Doll Clothes Gown Collection 4 Barbie 11½ $3.99 |
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NEW pattern M6232, 6232. Clothes/clothing: 11.5" BARBIE Fashion doll. Bride; etc $7.61 |
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McCalls Crafts #P226 Fashion Doll Clothes for 11 1/2 & 12 1/2 dolls $2.00 |
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1986 vintage sewing pattern: 11-1/2" TEEN FASHION DOLL Barbie disco clothes $6.00 |
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American Girl or other 18" Fashion Doll Clothes Pattern Simplicity #1928 $2.99 |
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American Girl or other 18" Fashion Doll Clothes Pattern Butterick #M4089 $2.99 |
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American Girl or other 18" Fashion Doll Clothes Pattern McCalls #M6257 $2.99 |
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American Girl or other 18" Fashion Doll Clothes Pattern McCalls #M5775 $2.99 |
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American Girl or other 18" Fashion Doll Clothes Pattern McCalls #M6005 $2.99 |
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McCALL'S CRAFTS 6232 11 1/2" BARBIE FASHION DOLL CLOTHING PATTERN NEW UNCUT $9.99 |
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McCALL'S CRAFTS 6258 11 1/2" BARBIE FASHION DOLL CLOTHING PATTERN NEW UNCUT $9.99 |
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SIMPLICITY 7073 BARBIE 11 1/2" FASHION DOLL CLOTHING PATTERN NEW UNCUT $9.99 |
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SIMPLICITY 5785 BARBIE 11 1/2" FASHION DOLL CLOTHING SEWING PATTERN $9.99 |
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Burda 7485 11 1/2" barbie fashion doll clothes sewing pattern NEW UNCUT $9.99 |
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SIMPLICITY 1957 APRON ORNAMENTS OR BARBIE FASHION DOLL CLOTHING SEWING PATTERN $9.99 |
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McCalls 6258 Fashion doll clothes outfits sewing pattern uncut factory folded $6.99 |
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McCalls 6232 Doll clothes crafts sewing pattern new uncut fashion doll outfits $6.99 |
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PATTERN VINTAGE 1969 BARBIE CLOTHING 11.5" FASHION DOLLS WARDROBE $20.00 |
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SIMPLICITY 4719 BARBIE 11 1/2" FASHION DOLL CLOTHING SEWING PATTERN $9.99 |
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OOP! MAKE A 20” OLD FASHIONED DOLL & HER RETRO CLOTHES SEWING PATTERN Vogue 7290 $15.99 |
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18" Doll Clothes Old Fashion Dresses Sewing Pattern $4.49 |
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Vogue Craft 7109 Fashion Doll Clothes For 11 1/2" Barbie Sewing Pattern $1.54 |
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NEW SIMPLICITY PATTERN FOR GENE FASHION DOLL CLOTHES ACCESSORIES $9.99 |
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Vintage Fashion Doll Barbie 11.5" Clothing Sewing Pattern*wedding gown*capeUNCUT $9.00 |
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Simplicity Diva Collection 5702 Clothes for 11.5 Fashion Doll Sewing Pattern New $4.99 |
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