Business Ideas: Quilling

Description: Quilling art is a process which uses strips of paper rolled and sealed in order to realize 3D ornaments. The final products are great-looking and can be sold to people who enjoy this kind of an art, but also at many holiday themes.

    Tools and materials needed for the process are: needle quilling, paper strips or sheets of paper, cutter, glue and other items that are necessary for complex projects. The quilling needle can be ordered from online shops and it is usually in the form of "quilling kits" that contain other necessary materials and photo tutorials. You May not even need to purchase a needle for quilling (if it is not), many fans of quilling finding many solutions that can replace this object, from simple large needles to toothpicks.
        Here are some models and examples of the process:

Pros: - very small investment
      - Work could be done at home
     - Sales can be made ​​through a website / blog / online stores without payment
     - Some parts of high complexity can be sold for high prices
Cons: - it is an activity that requires patience and meticulous attention to detail
What you need: - acquisition of paper sheets or strips of paper
           - Acquisition of necessary tools: needle, glue, knife, ruler, etc..
           - A site / blog / online store to promote and sell the products

Conclusion: Quilling is starting to be more known and taking into account that the investment is almost zero, you can make some valuable products and this activity can become a source of additional income.

Business Ideas : Fused glass

Description: Fused-glass means the process of shaping glass of hot glass. The result from the layering of glass fused pieces of different sizes and their heating at temperatures between 600-1000 degrees, as the temperatures in the layers soften and blend together, resulting in a final product whole, unique look.
     This technique of fusing glass can be used to manufacture a wide range of products and ornaments such as rings, pendants, earrings, decorating shop windows of stores, the glazing of furniture, dishes, paintings, etc. merged. Here are some examples of objects made from fused glass:

               The process is accessible to anyone and tools are necessary to achieve: glass cutter (diamond), rulers, different models of glass of different thicknesses, colors and sizes and mini oven heating. Mini ovens of this type are found in ads, somewhere around the amount of 1000 Euros. In choosing this glass fusing kiln it will be able to take care of temperatures up to 1000 degrees.
               Here is one embodiment, with the specification that the process relies more on your imagination hat on anything else:

Pros: - easy to do business at home
   - Depending on the dexterity and selected models, an investment in a heating oven can pay off quickly
      - you can make a wide range of products
     - The process is simple, but many experiments are necessary before a product reaches higher commercial aspects.
      - Raw material is found at very low prices
     - the products can be sold both offline and online (easily dispatched by courier, for example with the jewelry you can even create networks of collaborators who have direct contact with the target)
Cons: - working with soft glass is quite dangerous, so you have to be very careful

What you need: - acquisition costs of the glass melting furnace
            - Raw material acquisition costs (pieces of different sizes and colors of glass)
             - Choose an area / workrooms
           - Promotion online (blog / site / online store) and offline through business cards and price offers for potential customers.
             - Achieving a portfolio of products
Conclusions: Although it requires some experimentation, you can gain quick dexterity, and the product can be made in your home without much trouble. Keeping in mind that fused parts are sold at very good prices and the investment in raw material is tiny, the business fused glass objects can be a very profitable business.

Business Ideas : Digital canvas pictures

Description: Canvas pictures have this name because of the material they are printed on. Canvas is a texture of white fabric that mimics the perfect canvas pictures that can be used with printing ink.
     A canvas printing can be made from any picture in your archive or from the client and the main feature of this type of picture is the fact that a frame is not required.

     It is directly printed on a canvas, which is stretched on a rectangular wooden support, and it sticks to its thickness, being stapled at the back. The edges of the picture that will become part of the thickness can be left white, black or by keeping the colors in the picture. Once the printed canvas is stretched and fixed onto the wood, so the final picture is varnished, a special solution for paintings that forms a protective film is put on the surface of the printing, thus gaining a greater resistance over time. Finally you can add a wall hanging.
                 You can see an example of how it is made here:

Both linen canvas and varnished one are found in stores online and offline. The prices are approximately for the canvas cloth between 10-15 euro / sqm, and the varnish 5 euro/100 ml. Also it is necessary to achieve a printing canvas print performance. The price for a performance plotter, which prints on canvas, is somewhere around 1000 euros, but you can find ads and more affordable prices.
            Canvas pictures are made for many types of clients and events, with abstract art offers or digital copies of famous paintings, to personal photos or pictures for a custom client.
Pros: - canvas pictures are of high quality and greater durability, than simple framed photos
    - Their appearance has a modern twist, making them increasingly popular for modern interior designs
     - The investment is small and quickly pays for itself, basically a small canvas printing exceeds several times the price of a square meter of canvas cloth.
      - Does not require knowledge of art, the process is simple and accessible to anyone (if there is difficulty in making those frames, they can be ordered on the basis of draft any carpentry workshop at a very low cost)
Cons: - if great emphasis is put on promoting both online and offline, this business does not have disadvantages.

What you need: - plotter's acquisition costs
          - Acquisition of a small amount of cloth canvas to start with
            - A site / online store presentation and promotion
          - Promote offline, by means of prices, participating to as many events and providing as many cards.

Conclusion: A business of this kind can be done easily in your home, and because of the Internet, orders and even pictures that customers want to transform into canvas paintings can be taken easily. Orders can be met everywhere by courier.