Christine Schinagl, Cutting for Business

Since 2015, Christine Schinagl has been helping crafters start and run craft businesses through her blog, Cutting for Business. As a Silhouette and Cricut crafter herself, she has a unique take on what works and what doesn't work in the craft business world. She also enjoys teaching other crafters how to create digital SVG designs, available through the Design with Me series.

At the All Things Silhouette Conference, I met up with Kelly from CutterPillar and they sent me home with one of their paper cutters to try out and share with Cutting for Business readers. After using it for a few weeks, I can confidently say that the CutterPillar Crop is replacing my old Fiskars guillotine …

I recently got the opportunity to try out sublimation on wood. While I’ve done plenty of sublimation onto shirts and cups – I’ve never tried sublimating onto wood. The process was pretty easy: I used my sublimation printer to print off the design. Then, I pressed the design onto a specially treated wood blank with …

From the emails I’ve received, Cutting for Business readers like selling alcohol themed items. I’ve already provided a crafting inspiration list for beer and another one for wine related products. By popular request, here’s a crafting inspiration list for liquor and other drinks. For someone who doesn’t drink much more than an occasional beer or …

Are you a crafter looking for a cheaper way to buy adhesive vinyl, printable vinyl, or heat transfer vinyl? You probably landed on this page because you are wondering can crafters buy vinyl wholesale. No. Crafters can usually not buy vinyl wholesale. Let’s look at why. Flow of Vinyl to Crafters To understand why crafters …

Hey Etsy Sellers, tell me I’m not alone: When my Etsy app makes the CHA CHING sound – it instantly puts a smile on my face. So, I thought, why not make a cut file from it? I made a tumbler from the cut file, but the free SVG for Silhouette or Cricut would be …

I truly believe that sharing a successful Silhouette Cameo or Cricut based business is a great way to motivate new, struggling, or hopeful small business owners. Today, I’m sharing Courtney’s story – in her words – of why she left a corporate job to pursue a small business with her Silhouette Cameo. I’m turning it …

More modern day families are blended than ever before. As a small seller, take advantage of this niche in your Silhouette or Cricut business! Whether you want to sell wedding props, wooden signs, tee shirts, or cards, find some inspiration below. 25+ Sayings for Blended of Step Families Together we make a family/Together we make …

I love seeing companies using a Silhouette or Cricut machine in an uncommon way. Today, I’m sharing how Clearplex uses a Silhouette Cameo to make custom screen protectors for electronics. Wondering where I heard about them? From the All Things Silhouette Conference in Newport Beach! How Clearplex Uses a Silhouette Cameo in their Business Clearplex uses …

This week we traded in our Chevy Traverse and made the choice to go back to a minivan. With four kids, plus their backpacks, school projects, and more – a van just makes more sense. When we do something, we go all out and we bought 2 Chrysler Town and Country minivans! I had to …