Opening a craft store is my dream

I had this dream a few years ago, firstly I was going to go in with my neice, a coffee shop with shelving around the walls with our craft items for sale, that sort of fell through then I was going to go out on my own and start a gift shop with my own little Craft Corner, but things happened, family issues and such and that fell through, I am glad in a way because when I look back I don'r think I would have lasted long, a lot of those sort of shops have all gone down here in Australia, so now I just plod along and the internet has sort of taken over my interests now, I only make a few greeting cards when needed...I hope your dream comes true. It is nice making things...I have a few of my craft adventures in My Interests if you are interested...never give up your dream.

Have you tried Etsy.com. Its relatively inexpensive from what I read.

What a great idea. If this is truly what you want to do you will find a way to achieve it. You have to start somewhere. By starting out small selling at flea markets and such you will learn along the way. Have you thought about selling them on e bay or a site store? It is less costly and will reach a wider variety of potential customers. Good luck.

My wife would love to do that she is into plastic Canvis and does it all winter long. she does take a break in the summer though.

Go for it. If its your dream then do it. Sounds like a great idea to start at flea markets and craft sales,its a start.

I sell antiques and books for a living. Initially, I really wanted a shop but could never get up the seed money. So I at first sold to private people and put things in catalog auctions. Then the internet happened and things really exploded. Many of the people with shops closed them down and now sell exclusively on line. The internet in that respect, has really leveled the playing field. It's much more what you know than how much money you can put into it and I think that's a good thing. You could probably put at least some of your business on line. At least give it a try.

I have thought about that before along with at little sandwich and coffee shop. I live in a small town with a lot of crafty people. I think you sould follow you dreams if you can.