Introduction | p. 8 |
Your Creative Mind | p. 10 |
Creative Mythology | |
Lotta Jansdotter: | |
Surface Designer, Lifestyle Goods | |
What's Your Creative Bug? | |
Building Creative Confidence | |
Craft Time | |
A Room with a Muse | |
Jill Bliss: Eco-Conscious Crafts | |
Sharing Your Dream | |
Your Business Mind | p. 26 |
Quiz: Are You Entrepreneur Material? | |
Business Plan Basics | |
Designing Your New Career | |
Sunshine's Scarves: Crocheted Scarves | |
Naming Your Baby | |
Business Essentials | |
A Team or Solo Effort | |
What's Your Legal Structure? | |
Financing Your Business | |
Beth Weintraub: Etched Metal Modular Art | |
Record Keeping | |
Your personal Style and Your products | p. 52 |
Keeping It Real | |
Creative Mission Statement | |
Company Identity | |
Denyse Schmidt: Quilts | |
Starting the Ideation Process | |
Capture Your Ideas | |
Setting Goals | |
Market Research | |
Wool & Hoop: Crewel Kits | |
Trend Watch | |
Copying Your Creative Muses | |
Using Images and Patterns | |
Ashley G and Drew: Illustrated Prints | |
Packaging | |
Evaluating Your Products | |
Protecting Your Work | |
p. 74 | |
Sourcing Raw Materials and Vendors | |
In Fiore: Luxury Holistic Skin Care Products | |
Buying Equipment | |
The Manufacturing Life | |
The Skin Object: Curiously Small Crafts | |
Internationally Made | |
Pricing Your Products | |
Creating a Pricing Formula | |
Evaluating Your Prices | |
Lovely Design: Found Paper Stationery | |
Marketing, and publicity Strategies | p. 94 |
Printed Materials | |
Catalogs | |
Getting Professional-Looking Pictures | |
Online Presence | |
port2port press: Letterpress Stationery | |
E-mail Blasts | |
Online Communities and Social Media | |
Design'Sponge: Craft and Design Blog | |
Be Your Own Publicist | |
Press Kits | |
Press Releases | |
Hiring a Publicist | |
Reaching for the Stars | |
Advertising | |
Creating a Marketing Plan | |
Matting. Sales and Order Fulfilment | p. 122 |
Online Store | |
Etsy | |
Retail Shows | |
Renegade Craft Fair | |
Consignment | |
Wholesale System Necessities | |
Poppi: Jewelry Designer | |
Getting Paid | |
Approaching Stores | |
ReForm School: Craft and Design Boutique | |
Trade Shows | |
New York International Gift Fair | |
Representatives | |
Being a Good Salesperson | |
Order Fulfillment | |
Customer Service | |
Ups,Downs,and Next Steps | p. 160 |
Knocked Off | |
Where Are the Orders? | |
Variegated Inc: Textiles | |
Burnout | |
Life in Balance | |
Parent Entrepreneurs | |
Hiring Employees | |
How to Be a Good Employer and Boss | |
Jonathan Adler: Potter, Designer | |
Other Sources of Income | |
Outgrowing the Home Base | |
Growing Your Business | |
Calling It Quits | |
Internet Resources | p. 187 |
Index | p. 190 |
Acknowledgments | p. 192 |
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