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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, Spoonflower Acquired by Shutterfly, Artists Are Apprehensive and Hopeful 2 years, 3 months ago
Shutterfly has no option but to make Spoonflower even better. There’s a ton of POD fabric companies that share similar values about sustainability and ethical workplaces, fair pay etc… it is an exciting time a […]
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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, McCall's Simplicity Merger Points to the Market Impact of Independent Sewing Pattern Companies 2 years, 3 months ago
Its still offered in Virginia high schools. Starts in 7th grade and continues to advance up to 12th. It starts as a class called Family and Consumer Science. They do all the same home ec stuff the us older […]
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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, Frida Isn’t Free: The Murky Waters of Creating Crafts with Frida Kahlo’s Image and Name 3 years, 11 months ago
I have a pretty strong opinion about this -if the intended goal of the artist is to make a profit off her images, they are objectifying her and turning her into a commodity for personal gain that she did not agree […]
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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, An Interview With Zibbet Founder Jonathan Peacock about the New A.C. Moore Marketplace 4 years, 2 months ago
I’d like to follow up on some comments I made earlier about how the AC Moore promotions did not mention the two sales streams requirement. I’d like to share that after I sent and inquiry to Zibbets, the cus […]
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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, An Interview With Zibbet Founder Jonathan Peacock about the New A.C. Moore Marketplace 4 years, 2 months ago
When will you tell people they can’t actually use the ACMoore marketplace unless they pay for two sales streams to be managed by Zibbets? Maybe I missed it in the interview?
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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, An Interview With Zibbet Founder Jonathan Peacock about the New A.C. Moore Marketplace 4 years, 2 months ago
I was excited to find an opportunity to avoid commission and extra fees – Etsy ran me into the hundreds some months. However I am extremely disappointed to find out that the advertising for the AC Moore […]
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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, Etsy to Close Etsy Studio & Etsy Manufacturing, Focus on Sales Growth Continues 5 years, 7 months ago
I’m very interested in the data as Etsy grows. I’m more likely to stay an enthusiastic Etsy seller if the data says the new customers they reach are returning again and again. I’ve learned through the sales […]
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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, McCall's Simplicity Merger Points to the Market Impact of Independent Sewing Pattern Companies 5 years, 9 months ago
I loved this article, but the comments seem to show that there is a great deal of judgmental attitudes towards people of different financial classes, sewing abilities…even intellect as it relates to an ability […]
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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, McCall's Simplicity Merger Points to the Market Impact of Independent Sewing Pattern Companies 5 years, 9 months ago
Very interesting. When I started sewing, around 1988, going to Joanns and leafing through the pattern books was a great outing. Now, those books don’t appeal to me at all. Takes too much time to flip through w […]
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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, Are you Building a Business, or Creating a Job? 5 years, 10 months ago
Very good explanation! I discovered a few months ago that I just want a job – but I never knew what to call it or how to explain why I stopped all the intense business stuff and big plans I had to scale. This […]
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Wendy Sloan replied to the topic Etsy integrates POD service! in the forum Business Questions 6 years, 1 month ago
I don’t like how it automatically creates a description that says “handmade item.” I know there is a popular argument that technically everything is handmade, but for shops like mine where literally my hands make everything I think my customers would feel mislead if I called the Printful items handmade. I think I’m going to go ahead and give…[Read more]
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Wendy Sloan started the topic close up shop while handling legal issues? in the forum Business Questions 6 years, 1 month ago
Have any of you been following what’s been happening a lot lately with other surface pattern designers? Our designs are getting lifted from the internet and sold all over the place and then the wrath of social media really hits hard for a few days after it the perpetrators get called out, it’s like they send minions out to troll the people…[Read more]
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Wendy Sloan replied to the topic Etsy integrates POD service! in the forum Business Questions 6 years, 1 month ago
My shop is on vacation for a few days, but I’m currently playing with Printful and adding listings to my shop. I don’t know if I will delete them before I open up again or if I’ll follow through. This would be the first time I’d ever sell anything other than something I’m creating with my own hands in my Etsy shop. I’m a wee bit nervous that my…[Read more]
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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, Lessons Learned from Starting a Membership Site 6 years, 4 months ago
Does anybody else have a membership site where you aren’t charging members subscription fees or are they required by the internet companies that host membership sites?
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Wendy Sloan replied to the topic Spoonflower Help in the forum Business Questions 6 years, 5 months ago
Hi Daisy eyes. I can help you in great detail if you’d like or help you set up a template for your designs.
To answer the size issue – your design has to be exactly the size you want it when printed at least 150 dpi. You can create you design any dpi over 300 then adjust it on Spoonflower using the change dpi box.
Regarding the white…[Read more]
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Wendy Sloan replied to the topic Acrylic Template Manufacturers in the forum Business Questions 6 years, 6 months ago
I use Ponoko. Anything that I can draw with vector line art in Illustrator, they cut. Line colors tell them what area to cut and what to engrave. They have clear or pretty colors to choose from.
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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, 5 Hot Craft Trends Spotted at Creativation 6 years, 7 months ago
I ADORE the planners! I don’t use one, but I have a 9 year old who was chronically disorganized at school and would not use her school issued homework agenda planner. I bought her one of the Happy Planners and […]
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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, Pay Cuts for Michaels Teachers Put a Damper on an Already Frustrating Job 6 years, 7 months ago
Very interesting article. I was an art teacher for an extracurricular children’s art program and adored the job, but the pay was so low it cost me money to have the job. It’s a shame because people pay so much […]
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Wendy Sloan commented on the post, Black Friday and Cyber Monday Promotion Ideas 6 years, 10 months ago
I made the tough decision last week not to have any sales because I have a limit to how much product I can make and I think I would be so busy my quality or timeliness would suffer. It’s interesting – I […]
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Wendy Sloan started the topic Custom Work, vs "drops" vs. ongoing shop updates in the forum Business Questions 6 years, 11 months ago
Currently my business is operated like well organized but on-demand circus – where most days I don’t even get a shower until late at night, if at all (gross but true). If somebody says that they want something, I sell it, I make it, and I pretty much always have about 3-4 weeks of work to do – assuming I sew about 6 hours a day and nothing like…[Read more]
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