Scrapbooking as a Business
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Scrapbooking as a Business
By Stephen Bucaro
What ever happened to photo albums and scrapbooks? They have
combined into a rapidly growing craft called "scrapbooking".
With scrapbooking, you don't just line up your photos and
memorabilia in the pages of a binder. Instead, you display your
photos in an artistic and creative way using decorative
backgrounds, borders, frames, stickers, and whatever else piques
your creative whimsey.
This new combination of photo album and scrapbook is often
referred to as a "memory book". Scrapbooking is the fastest
growing craft in the U.S., generating 1.4 billion dollars in
annual sales. This presents a tremendous opportunity for an
individual with a passion for scrapbooking and an
entrepreneurial spirit.
First decide which area of the scrapbooking craft your business
will serve:
1. Scrapbooking supplies. Buy supplies wholesale from a source
like Scrapbooking Factory Outlet sfodirect.com and sell them at
retail, or better yet design and manufacture your own
scrapbooking supplies.
2. Books and training materials. Become an affiliate of
amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com, or better yet write your own
book or develop your own website that provides scrapbooking
instructions and tutorials.
3. Develop Kits. Combine your scrapbooking ideas along with
instructions and materials into kits.
4. Publish a newsletter. Keep crafters informed about the latest
events, ideas and trends in scrapbooking. This could be a paper
or electronic newsletter.
Why not choose to serve several, or all of these areas?
Scrapbooking Business Example
Melody Ross, an Eagle, Idaho mother of five had been
scrapbooking for a while, but she couldn't create the charming
prose that she saw in some scrapbooks. She began writing down
any interesting prose that she came upon. Eventually Melody
collected 400 quotations.
In response to a suggestion by fellow students in a scrapbooking
class, Melody ran an ad in a hobby magazine selling a booklet
containing the quotations. She was surprised to find her mailbox
stuffed with over 2000 checks for $8 each. Now all she had to do
was actually create the booklet!
Today Melody Ross makes over $500.000.00 annually selling her
scrapbooking products at more than 4,000 stores across the U.S.
and at her website www.chatterbox.com.
For more examples of successful scrapbooking businesses, visit
Joan Miller's website Once Upon a Page www.onceuponapage.com and
Caroline Meisel's website My-Memories my-memories.net. Mrs.
Grossman's www.mrsgrossmans.com is a very interesting stickers
site.
Scrapbooking is the fastest growing craft in the U.S., and it
looks like this trend will continue for some time to come. If
you have a passion for scrapbooking and an entrepreneurial
spirit, starting a business serving the craft of scrapbooking
might be your path to success.
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