Ohio Crafters Business Resources

Business Resources for Busy Moms

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:44:07 +0000

I found this fascinating quote today:

Why Can’t I Sell Online? What is the “Secret” to Selling my Products?buckeyeva.com, BuckeyeVA Blog, Jan 2010

You should read the whole article.

Habitat for Humanity-Tuscarawas County

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:34:28 +0000

I received this email today and thought I’d share it with the rest of our community.

We have been fortunate to have a new board member join us recently. His name is David Hoffman. David is a New Philadelphia native, recently graduated from college in South Carolina, and has returned to New Phila bringing a lot of Habitat experience he has aquired through out his travels.

To kick off his new position with Habitat for Humanity of Tuscarawas Valley, he has organized a ”gently-used” Tool Drive. I have attached a flyer with the details and locations of our drop-off barrels. Please assist us in spreading the word by printing out the flyer and giving it to folks in your community that would be interested in donating.

Karen Skipworth-Little

Volunteer Coordinator

Click Here to Read More! —->Tool Drive Flyer

Ohio Women’s Expo

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:25:13 +0000

I attended my first women’s expo on October 17, 2009. It was hosted by Ginny Braucher, owner of TuscMom.com. I chose to showcase my handmade primitive dolls instead of my service-based business, although I did get to network with some business women about my other business.

Back in March of this year some life changing experiences happened to me and at that time I made a choice to take every weekend off, and leave my office on Friday’s at 1:00 p.m. I now spend my “free” time on creative ventures…basically I began my craft business again.

I L-O-V-E sewing, painting, sanding, cutting, stuffing and I will never stop! It’s in my blood and if your an artist, you know exactly what I’m talking about!

Keep checking back often, as I will be listing my primitive items!

If you’re looking to work from home and need some direction, why not take a look at 9 Day eCourse Sign Up
where you’ll be able to speak with other work from home mom’s and those mentors that can help direct your business ideas!

Free Red Yarn e-book

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:56:14 +0000

This winter I am going to attempt to learn how to knit. As a young child I would sit in my grandparent’s t.v. room and watch my grandmother knit all types of things. She would knit so fast, it just amazed me! Before she got alziehmers disease, she tried to teach me but my young hands just wouldn’t cooperate!

Now that I’m an adult, I’d like to give it another try! If you have any pointers, suggestions, resources for a beginning knitter! You can even leave you business URL

Here’s the freebie information:

FREE RED YARN E-BOOK OFFER

Free Craft eBook: Crochet and Knitting Patterns from Red Heart Yarn
featuring 19 unique patterns for clothing, gifts and home decorating.

God Bless,

Stephanie Fish

Welcoming Porches

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:28:49 +0000

I love seeing decorated porches, whether its a back porch, side porch or front porch, there’s just something warm and inviting when you walk up to a decorated porch.

My front porch is a half-wrapped type of porch, so there’s actually 2 doors. At each holiday I decorate each door (3 altogether) very similarly. For instance, at Christmas I have faux pine wrapping up all 5 pillars, draped around the tops of the doors and assorted Christmas tree ornaments spread through-out the pine.

One thing that makes my front porch welcoming is have grape vine wreaths on each door (decorated for that specific season), 1 double seat glider, 1 antique rocking chair and a wooden white bench for two.

My child and their friends love to sit out there and talk for hours, playing board games and laughing.

What can you do to spruce up your front entrance?

Bowl Fillers?

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:01:31 +0000

I was introduced to primitive bowl fillers while surfing my favorite primitive forum. At first I didn’t understand why anyone would want to fill a bowl with cute ornaments…then it happened! I saw what the finished product looked like, they showed a description of what the bowl fillers were and then showed a picture of the setting.

The bowl filler had miniature hand-stitched ornies with rosehips and putka pods all nestled in a primitive wooden bowl. The great thing is you can have this setting anywhere in your house (just be careful if you have young un’s, dogs, cats, ect) just keep out of the reach of anything, human or non-human, that may try to eat the things!

You can change the hand stitched ornies for every season and holiday, you can even scent the fixins’!

Making a House a Home

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:27:17 +0000

Through-out my life I’ve lived in many different houses: upstairs apartment, miniature house, extremely large house..you get the picture..and each house has been decorated in a variety of ways. I’ve come to notice that it isn’t the size of the house, but the contents inside the house, that make it feel like “home”.

Have you ever had the experience of visiting a variety of homes in every shape and size? What made one house stand out more than the next? The house that stands out in my memory wasn’t the mansion, but the small one…the one that had shoes in the closet, hand stitched pillows on the chairs and sofa’s, and primitive dolls sitting in a variety of areas.

There was one particular house that really felt like “home” to me, it had mismatched furniture, a basket of sewing supplies next to an antique rocking chair.

So, don’t fret if your house isn’t the biggest or if your furniture doesn’t match, just take the time to create an atmosphere that is welcoming, calming and comfortable!

God Bless,

Stephanie Fish

Sweet Tater Primitives

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:11:02 +0000

I opened Sweet Tater Primitives waaaay back in 2003. I’ve been creating one-of-a-kind dolls, stitcheries and pillows since 1988 and began sewing in the early 1980’s as a very young child

I can remember watching my mom stay up all hours of the night creating her hand-made baskets and magnets, which she would sell at specialty stores and at craft shows. There would be times when I would be allowed to stay awake with her, late into the evening (probably 10:00 p.m. but it felt later than that! LOL) sometimes she’d trust me with her hot glue gun! That is a wonderful memory I encourage all parents to take up a craft and teach your children, even if the project turns out a “little funky” you’ll always share that wonderful memory!

Back in 2005 I took a time off from selling my crafts (although I continued to create items for gifts) to continue my love of virtual assisting. Although I’ve met some wonderful business owners along the journey, I truly missed creating and selling my primitive decor. I’m thankful for the time away from my primitive craft business, it gave me a break and taught me a lot about myself and what my passion really is!

Yes, I may accept virtual assistant assignments from time to time, but that business will not take over my days and nights any longer.

Please subscribe to my feeder and/or ezine to stay up-to-date on where to find me, what’s new and anything that’s newsworthy for “Sweet Tater Primitives”.

God Bless!

Stephanie