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How To Make Fabric “Paper” Dolls

February 22, 2010 by Sarah J. Doyle Leave a Comment

For those of us in the sewing, crafting and alteration businesses, the main goal is looking at the profit end of the business and what we can do to increase the bottom line.  However there are also a great many of us who have small children or grandchildren who are in the house while we […]

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Childhood Fantasies Inspire Home Based Business

November 21, 2008 by S. Denise Hoyle Leave a Comment

Sam Schoeler and her husband Chuck ran a distribution business together from their home for 15 years.  When Chuck died unexpectedly two years ago from an aneurysm, Sam says her life changed in more ways than she could imagine.  “The beauty of our relationship was that we had talents that interconnected,” Schoeler said. “He was very good […]

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Doll Artist Finds Niche Creating Life Size Santas

November 18, 2008 by S. Denise Hoyle Leave a Comment

Teri Doggett has been in the business of creating original Santas, ranging from a few inches to life-size, for many years.  Her enormously popular Santas have carried price tags of up to $10,000, for vintage look Santas designed for Neiman-Marcus window displays (see photo at left).  Unfortunately, Doggett says that the stress of meeting ever increasing product demand took away […]

Filed Under: Business Spotlight Tagged With: dolls, making dolls, santa, santa claus, santa dolls, Teri Doggett, teridolls

Doll Factory in Mexico Helps Slow Illegal Immigration

July 13, 2008 by S. Denise Hoyle Leave a Comment

In Mineral de Pozos, Mexico, the remaining women left behind in this mostly abandoned mining town have started their own community business named “Munecas Mina” (dolls from the mine) where they make dolls wearing traditional Mexican outfits in order to earn a living.  The women only make about $150 a month each but they say […]

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