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.

Let’s keep this home party rolling! Missed yesterday’s freebie? Get it here. Today’s free cut file is ‘Let’s Stay Home’. Why? Because due to the Coronavirus, most people have been ordered to… stay home! Put it on a pillow, a sign, a shirt, or anything – just stay home! Recognize the font I used? You …

Small business owners, supporters, and friends: We are getting through this virus together! Let’s celebrate staying home all week long with five free home related cut files. Let’s kick this home bound party off with: ‘Home is the Only Place to Be’. Quite honestly, with many people on a Safer at Home or Shelter in …

Now that we are a few years out of the pandemic, when we look back we realize that not everything that came out of the pandemic was bad. When people stayed home, they relied more on online purchases and businesses. I truly believe this kickstarted our era of ‘work from home’ jobs and careers as …

In times of crisis like now, we must continue to be hopeful. For our family, this means we are looking towards what we can control: how we spend our days, how we treat each other, and what we are learning from each other. Today, I’m sharing a new cut file with you for your Silhouette …

Small business owners, we are living in historical times and uncharted territory. The world has never experienced a pandemic with the same restrictions people are facing at this time. Several Cutting for Business readers have asked me what they should do in these challenging times. I took a few days to continue to gather new …

With Easter right around the corner, I thought it was a good time to talk about Peeps. You know, those marshmallow candies that come in pastel colors and bunny or chick shapes? Specifically, are Peeps trademarked? If you’ve been around Cutting for Business for a while, you can probably guess how this post is going …

I have a confession to make: Anytime that I go to a garden center – plants always jump into my cart and come home with me! But, I don’t have the much of a green thumb, and end of killing most of them. So, when I came across the phrase ‘Bless My Blooms’ I knew …

Imagine this: You’ve had your Silhouette, Cricut, Glowforge, or xTool machine for a while now. You’ve made it all: t-shirts, cups, cards, wood signs, doormats, ornaments, decals, and so on. Perhaps you run a business and are getting burned out making the same set of products over and over again? If you’ve been feeling in …

Around Easter and Christmas, a lot of handmade products pop up with Bible verses on them. But, are they trademarked? Protected under copyright laws? Today, let’s take a look at the using Bible verses on products made with your Silhouette, Cricut, or other methods. Are Bible Verses Copyrighted or Trademarked? I feel like I have …