S. Denise Hoyle | September 30, 2011
Sewing Business News Weekly Digest Kiva’s Intercontinental Ballistic Microfinance – DirectionsMag.com With the launch of Kiva, people like you and me now have the ability to make a micro-loan (as little as $25) to a farmer in Uganda, a retail shop owner in Peru, a person starting a sewing business in Mongolia, or thousands of [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | September 26, 2011
Fabric store owners see increase in sewing as hobby – Some say when economy is bad, more people take it up! Robert Richin, owner of Fabric Mart, has been in the business for more than 34 years, and said that when he started out, women sewed to save money. But today, his customers sew as [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | September 23, 2011
Sewing Business News Weekly Digest Kiva’s Intercontinental Ballistic Microfinance – DirectionsMag.com With the launch of Kiva, people like you and me now have the ability to make a micro-loan (as little as $25) to a farmer in Uganda, a retail shop owner in Peru, a person starting a sewing business in Mongolia, or thousands of [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | September 20, 2011
Visit any participating Authorized Brother Innov-ís Dealer and test drive one of their five featured machines to get a scratch off ticket! Every ticket gives you a chance to be one of 20 $1,000 Prize Winners or the $5,000 Prize Winner! Drawings are held every Monday in October, with four $1,000 winners every week. Plus, one [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | September 19, 2011
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Express for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Denim never really goes out of style, but the look, color and cut of women’s jeans often change with the season. Some of last year’s styles are still hot, like flare jeans that provide a casual style [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | September 16, 2011
Sewing Business News Weekly Digest My Home-Based Sewing Business – Associated Content I have run my own small sewing business from home for more than a decade. The flexible nature of my work has given me time to take care of a family while exercising my technical and creative skills. I offer my experience in [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | September 16, 2011
Welcome to the Fall Giveaway Festival sponsored by RetailMeNot! This multi-blog event features 100+ giveaways each valued at $25 or more PLUS an iPad2 giveaway. RetailMeNot has every online coupon and promo code you could ever hope to find—all in one place. With the help of a dedicated community, RetailMeNot thrives as a money-saving mecca [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 15, 2011
There is a semi-annual “Mom2Mom” consignment sale held at our local fairgrounds that draws huge crowds of buyers as well as consignors. This year my daughter and I participated as a consignor (for the first time), so on Monday I stood in line for our 10:00 a.m. drop-off appointment time. I was there at 9:30 and [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | September 13, 2011
Hancock Fabrics is celebrating their 54th anniversary with a huge sale where you can take 54% off most every type of fabric online, plus you get standard $4 shipping for your entire order through September 28th with no coupon needed! If you prefer to shop in the store be sure to print these terrific coupons for [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 12, 2011
If your sewing / craft business has an online presence, as all of ours do, I’m assuming that you must also be shipping your products to customers. The question I have for you is HOW do you ship those products? Do you use the U.S. Postal Service, Federal Express, UPS or whatever other methods are [...]
