Crafts to make and sell
By CoolKrl
@CoolKrl (21)
United States
October 5, 2008 7:40pm CST
I'm looking for ideas on crafts that I can make and sell. Since I'm on limited income, I don't have a lot of money to spend on supplies, but I do have some. I was thinking about making Christian-related craft projects (ex. cross necklaces), but ideas for other types of craft projects are welcomed too.
The crafts I'm looking to make, should be ones that are of "high quality", and that have a good chance of selling well. You can either provide a link to a web site that offers craft ideas, provide instructions on making a particular craft, or both. Also, if you'd like to mention next to each idea, what you think I should sell that particular item for, that would be great.
Thank you in advance for your help!
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
6 Oct 08
Hello CoolKrl, I hope that we can both benefit from this discussion as I am trying to find things that will help make me and my fiance some extra income. Right now I am trying to learn how to crochet, and well sometimes that is a bit harder then it looks. There are many resources on the internet to help you but one of my favorites is coatsandclark. I think Afghans would sell the most and if you were to make this, I would say maybe $10.00 as a starter fee.
My fiance's mom, my future mother in law, just got back from a craft show that she went to with her mom. I'm not big into craft shows, but she says that most everything there was jewelry. I think that that must be something that sells for big. You can make jewelry out of yarn, or even out of hemp. You can find hemp and kits at wal*mart, you can even find learn to crochet stuff at wal*mart, but nothing's cheaper then the internet huh! Oh and by the way, sometimes yarn can be expensive. Try searching goodwill sometimes people throw out yarn, or make your own yarn "Plarn" out of plastic bags. I can't remember the link, but nezumi-world, has a step by step illustration on how to make Plarn.
Other then that, maybe iron on transfer t-shirts. There are a lot of shops you can do online, some don't cost anything. If you wanted to do that, establish a website or blog (for free - blogspot or - a domain such as geocities) then that would be great. You could even put the link here!
In any case, check the craft sections of mylot. There's been people making baby shower invitiations, bears, all sorts of things, and they could probably better help you! I'm a beginner crafter!
I hope this long winded ramble helped! lol, sorry it's so long! Have a great day here on mylot!