June’s Product Parade from the Etsy Shop Owners Group is a collection of awesome items from some of the Vend Raleigh Directory Members. Beth Newbern-Hallam of Torrey Hill, Inc has taken her time to put together a collection of items that are ALL from Directory Members. Please take a minute and check out a sampling of what the Vend Raleigh Directory has to offer! Shop …
Customized Hand Painted Wine Glasses With A Twist | Raleigh Etsy
Raleigh Etsy | Handmade Custom Wine Glasses I have always been creative and loved to paint. But paint just on paper??? That’s boring! Let me look around the house to see what I’ve got instead. My business actually came about when a good friend told me that she was getting married. I couldn’t attend her wedding so I wanted …
Five Steps to a Better Logo
How can a client know that the logo I design is something they’ll like? It’s a gamble clients must make with their limited resources, and want to ensure that their money will not be wasted on a poor fitting logo. After working as a graphic designer for over 14 years, I have been able to tailor my questions and learned …
What you should do before making a big financial investment in your company. Make a Plan and Work It.
I started a small monogramming business and soon realized my true passion was creating home décor items embroidered with unique designs. These designs required an embroidery machine capable of stitching multiple thread colors and a very large stitching area. A multi-needle embroidery machine like this would mean making a big financial investment in my business. I want to share with …
Embroidery and Sewing Studio
Raleigh Etsy Shop Owner Welcome to my Embroidery and Sewing Studio! My business started out in a very small 10 x 12 foot spare bedroom and soon overflowed into the dining room. I worried about sticky fingers on my client’s precious fabric and errant feet on my sewing machine’s gas pedal. After 6 months of jockeying for space, my husband …
Vend Raleigh Etsy Treasury For April
April’s Product Parade of Raleigh Etsy shop owners is a perfectly paired pallet of pretty Spring colors! Lisa Lisson of Esther’sHeritage Gifts. Has put together a collection of colorful Spring items. The items are all from Vend Raleigh Members and 14 of them are Directory Members. Please take a minute to check out all these Spring colored items in the “Spring is …
Are You Considering Consignment?
Torrey Hill Inc is a shop located at 216 S Main Street in Fuquay-Varina that sells “handmade in NC” creations. Vendors rent spaces to sell their creations in. At the end of each month, each vendor receives a commission check on anything that has sold. If you currently sell online, or at craft shows, and are seriously considering renting a …
My Closet Studio Office
Like many mompreneurs, I needed an office or studio to run my businesses, and I needed the space to perform many functions. I am a business owner. I own Esther’s Place, an online Etsy store that sells custom photo jewelry and gifts. I am a genealogist. I perform client genealogy research at Lisson Genealogy Services. I am a blogger. I …
Vend Raleigh Etsy Treasury For February
February’s Product Parade from the Vend Raleigh Etsy Shop Owners Group is here and this month it is all about YOU, or should I say adding your own personal touch to the items you purchase! Kate Duncan of Creative Cuts Vinyl has taken her time to put together a collection of items that can be personalized or custom made to your …
Honest About Business
It’s not unusual to get an email or a call from a Mompreneur that feels stuck in her business. When you finally make the steps to start a business and then things just kind of…fizzle. Your passion may die down or your sales might not be as strong as you hoped. And doesn’t it seem like everyone else is going …