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Turn Scrapbooking Into a Career

Sometimes, individuals want to earn a littleinstead focus on teaching all aspects of the
extra money, but don't want the pressures ofart. If you are an excellent scrapper and
a job they don't enjoy. Using hobbies andhave ideas for unique pages, talk to your
interests to turn them into a successfullocal scrapbooking and hobby stores to find
sideline can be a smart way to find a jobout if they have any need for instructors.
that's fun and profitable. So, what aboutYou can also host lessons in your own home
your own interests - you say that you enjoyand charge a per hour price for your
scrapbooking? Why not try to turn it into ainstruction.
full-time career? With a little creativity,
you too can turn your hobby into a profitableFor the ultimate in scrapbooking
job  where  you  are  your  own  boss!entrepreneurship, consider opening a
scrapbooking store. You can sell products
One of the most common ways to build a careerfrom all manufacturers and host lessons and
around scrapbooking is to become a consultantclasses right from your home. The most
for one of the many scrapbooking companies.profitable scrapbooking stores will invest in
Scrapbooking consultants work to sell thea die-cut machine and offer their customers
products of a particular company, most oftenfree use if they purchase their paper in the
done through catalogues and in home parties.store. Customers who bring their own paper
The trick to becoming a successfulcan use the machine for a small fee. Many
scrapbooking consultant is to have a networktimes, customers will be willing to pay a
of people that you can draw from who would belittle more for paper that they know gives
willing to host parties and land you some newthem  access  to  a  die  cutter.
contacts throughout the community. Once you
have a customer base, scrapbooking consultingIf you are particularly good at creating
can  become  a  highly  lucrative  career.layouts and embellishments, consider becoming
a designer. Contact scrapbooking companies
If consulting is the route you would like toand find out if they have need for any
pursue, there are a few things you shoulddesigners to create page layouts or
know when choosing a company to work with.embellishments for their company. You can
First, avoid any company that has hundreds ofalso create customized pages and sell them on
consultants in your particular area. If youEbay. These pages will have space for
find you are working with a company withjournaling and pictures, but everything else
plenty of consultants in your city, you willis done. Busy working moms often will pay top
have to work twice as hard to secure uniquedollar  for  well-made  pages!
customers in a saturated area. Second, find a
company that has unique products. You do notThese are some of the best ways to take your
want to be competing with the local discountscrapbooking passion and turn it into a
retail stores such as Wal-Mart. You will notlucrative source of income. As with all
be able to sell at competitive prices andthings scrapbooking, your imagination is the
still make a profit. Having something uniquekey! Stop and think about what you wish you
takes  care  of  the  competition  problem.had access to in the world of scrapbooking
and consider if you could provide that
Another option for creating a funservice toothers! Who knows, you just might
scrapbooking career is to become acome up with the next great scrapbooking
scrapbooking instructor. You can avoid havingtrend!
to sell a particular company's products and



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