Hello from a new member

[Allie Lou Crafts]

Hello :D
my name is Allie, I have been designing hand made cards for a number of years which I love doing, but unfortunately it will never give me much of an income, I spend more on supplies than I earn :lol:
I get involved in a wide range of crafts and I have decided to start up a business offering craft parties to children.
I am very much at the planning stage, and I am still trying to come up with a catchy name for the business that I can get my husband and two teenagers to agree with!! :idea:
I know exactly what I want to do and don't want to do, but I first need to wade through all the countless sides to the business which needs doing before I can move onto the fun stuff :D
If anyone can offer any advise to me I would appreciate it greatly, an area I am particularly struggling with at the moment is the public liability insurance side of things, ive found a lot of insurance companies don't want to get involved with anything involving children!
well that's about it about me for now, I was quite nervous about this first post :) just want to say thanks to everyone who posts on here, ive found this site to be a brilliant source of information.

Allie

[Jayne]

Hi Allie,

Welcome to the forum :D

Jayne

[Tin]

Hi Allie, welcome to the band. A more diverse bunch of 'misfits' you'll not find anywhere else :-) but helpful never the less.

[webit]

Tin - your weekly gentle reminder ...

[Coding Monkey]

Howdy,

Can't help on the insurance side, but anything web design or development related you can give me a call for some free advice.

[mumper]

Hi Allie and welcome.

[webit]

Hi Allie - Welcome to the forum hope you have fun. Likewise if you need promotion with listings on our sites give me a shout.

Have a look at:

http://www.theshoppersbible.com/index.php?a=5&b=361

Regards
DC

[Allie Lou Crafts]

thankyou all so much for making me feel welcome :D
really appreciate it.

Allie

[Jayne]

Do you have any websites yet?

[Allie Lou Crafts]

nope I have only dabbled in the past with 'freebie' type sites, which have looked awful and I have not gone any further as I have absolutely no knowledge in that area at all!!! :oops:

[creacom]

Hi Allie

Welcome to UKBF. Dont be nervous, we are a friendly bunch.

Ask as many questions as you like and dont hesitate to get in involved.

Look forward to seenig you around and best of luck with your venture. Sounds good.

Jacqui :D

[Coding Monkey]

nope I have only dabbled in the past with 'freebie' type sites, which have looked awful and I have not gone any further as I have absolutely no knowledge in that area at all!!! :oops:

The offer is there for the free, no obligation advice. I'm just that nice! Contact details on our site.

[Allie Lou Crafts]

:D thank you, im abit afraid to ask because i dont know when to stop lol when i say i have no experience in that area im probably being flattering to myself lol i really dont have a clue where web sites are concerned :)

[creacom]

The offer is there for the free, no obligation advice. I'm just that nice! Contact details on our site.

He is that nice Allie. Good offer, snap it up ! :lol:

Jacqui

[Ravenfire]

Hi Allie

Welcome to the site. Look forward to getting to know you

Toni

[Jayne]

Allie, I didn't even know what a host was when I joined here or anything about internet business. I now has 2 websites and am enjoying it totally, it's great fun on here and am learning loads.

Jayne :D

[SillyJokes]

Welcome.

Why not phone a few 'competitors' as if you were a parent looking for a party and ask them about their insurance.

I think there is certainly a successful business in laying on parties.

I just gave a 'make over' party for my 7 year old and paid £10 a head for hair, nails, tattoo (fake), light makeup, they made a door hanger and were given a great party bag full of pretty hair things.

a bargain and the kids loved it. Taz has also been to a craft party and that was a massive success too.

so good luck with your plans. Do the figures carefully, make sure you give out plenty of leafltes at the end of the party to ensure repeat business in that area and you are onto a winner

[Allie Lou Crafts]

that makes me feel better, thanks jayne.

I will definatly give you a call 'MacMyDay', it is a really kind offer of help, i just hope you dont regret it :D

thanks again to everyone who has replied to me
Allie