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.

I recently made a new sign for our front door to put on the door once Christmas is over. I generally don’t put our last name on our exterior door – so I decided on a the saying, ‘Where friends become family.’ Today, I’m happy to share the free Our Home wood round SVG with …

When was the last time you cooked dinner over a fire, sang silly songs until late at night, and slept under the stars? If you haven’t noticed, I have a special place in my heart for camping. I have a few camp related SVG cut files on the blog already, but I figured I’d add …

Ahhhh, Christmas is certainly in the air at my house! What about at yours? I stumbled across this adorably bouncy, fun script font the other day – and knew I had to use it. Do you ever have moments like that? You see something and have no idea what you will use it for… but …

The worst thing about the holiday season is… the weather! Unless you live somewhere where it doesn’t get cold and doesn’t snow! Today, I’m sharing a free winter SVG, inspired by the semi-tropical weather in Florida. I love the month of December. Not only do I get to spend some extra time with my family …

Ahhhh, it’s time to say goodbye to another year. And, I’m celebrating with a free New Year SVG cut file for Silhouette or Cricut. This year may have been harder than some of the other ones, but one of my favorite quotes that I wrote down this year and keep coming back to is… “The …

Merry (early) Christmas! I’m so excited to kick off 31 days of freebies as my holiday gift to all the Cutting for Business readers. This means from today until the end of the year, I’ll be sharing a different, free SVG each day. To start, I’m sharing a free Christmas gnome SVG for Silhouette or …

I’m continuing my mission to support you and your small business. I want you to be able to think of a product to offer for sale, run the numbers to figure out if it’ll be profitable, then get to work creating the original design. Unfortunately, a lot of Silhouette and Cricut users do not know …

Today, I’m taking the kids to start our holiday shopping at a local vendor’s market. Then, we will be having lunch at our favorite local coffee cafe. Finally, we are stopping by the mom and pop butcher for some steaks to cook at home for dinner. These are places we normally frequent, but I want …

Alright craft business owners, it’s almost time to ‘officially’ kick off the holiday shopping season. Read my list of Black Friday sale ideas that can also be used on Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday. In the years of working with craft businesses, I’ve noticed that online craft businesses don’t overall perform well on Black …