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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.

Today, I’m giving you an unbranded set of wall decal application instructions for you to use when selling wall decals made with your Silhouette or Cricut. Why You Should Include a Vinyl Squeegee with Decal Orders If you’ve ever applied a vinyl decal, you know that your customer will need a vinyl squeegee. You can purchase …

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Do you make and sell car decals with your Silhouette Cameo? I’ve seen a few car decals locally that people haven’t taken off the transfer paper when they applied the decal. I began thinking and decided that maybe the buyer didn’t realize it is meant to be removed. Today, I’m giving you an unbranded set …

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Ready to take the plunge and start selling your Silhouette Cameo projects on Etsy? Great! The next three posts on Cutting for Business will walk you through how to set up an account, an overview of an Etsy listing, tidbits you’ll need to finish setting up, and an explanation of the fees to sell on Etsy. Before you begin, …

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Imagine this: You work really hard on a brand new product or design, make it, photograph it, edit the photos, and list it online. A few days later, you see the same product or design being sold by several other sellers online. Bummer. But, what can you do about crafting copycats? 5 Ways to Deal …

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The hot trend in Silhouette and Cricut crafting right now seems to be personalizing reusable Starbucks cups bought in store for $1. But, is it legal? Does it infringe on the Starbucks company trademark? Like most trademark or copyright infringements, the answer isn’t cut and dry. In my quest to get an answer, I reached …

Read More about Trademarks: Can I Make and Sell Personalized Starbucks Cups?

Once you start selling your handmade Silhouette Cameo crafts, other crafters (or new crafters) will eventually stumble onto your page and one might ask you where you got your supplies for a certain project. Similarly, maybe you’ll get a customer that wants to start their own cutting business and they ask you – either publicly …

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