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.

Are plants starting to bloom at your house? They are at mine! To help celebrate the arrival of Spring, Olga from CleanCutCreative is back to share a free Bloom SVG. She was inspired by my Spring Sayings for Crafters list!

In the crafting small business world, I think that the Silhouette Curio is underutilized! To inspire you to try out a Silhouette Curio in your business – I’ve invited Jamie from Craft Chameleon over to show us how to etch with the Curio. I’m turning it over to Jamie now: Up your game and etch …

Happy April! Before we move on, let’s take a minute to look at the month of March. For me as a blogger, it was particularly exciting because I posted my 500th blog post near the end of the month! Here’s a quick recap of all the business goodness, freebies, and tutorials I shared: Why doesn’t …

Now that you’ve had time to set up your Facebook shop – there’s one more awesome feature I have to tell you about: the ability to tag products from your Facebook shop in Facebook posts! (I know, how cool is that?!) Tutorial: How to Tag Your Products in Facebook Posts Set up products in your …

Yesterday we looked at setting up a shop on Facebook. Today, I’m going to show you how to manage your shop and give you answers to a few questions you may have. How do You Access Your Shop? Customers will access your shop at facebook.com/yourpagename/shop. Here’s how you will access your shop: Log into your …

Ready to start selling crafts on Facebook? This page will show you how to set up a Facebook Shop. Tutorial: How to Set Up a Facebook Shop Visit the Create Your Shop page on Facebook. Read the information and click the ‘Next’ button near the bottom of the page. 2. Choose your Facebook Page. If …

When Adele from Homesteader Chic asked about sharing a tutorial using window cling material, I couldn’t say yes fast enough! Adele and her daughter Sarah sell commercial use digital cut files featuring country-themed and farmhouse sign designs. Homesteader Chic is a mom-daughters-granddaughters business–each household in the family has at least one cutting machine, and several family members design …

Easter is just around the corner, and I’m excited to share this free Easter bunny SVG I created the other day. And, the setting is pretty perfect… I mean, how can you not believe in the Easter bunny with bunnies all around you? Of course, this file includes commercial use, but you cannot sell the …

Update: Texture was purchased by Apple and no longer exists. I still find magazines a great source of inspiration and trends. ———————- I’ve mentioned before that I keep a healthy number of subscriptions to various crafting and home related magazines, as well as business publications. As a small business owner, flipping through magazines is an …