Selling Your Dolls and Teddy Bears


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A complete guide, Selling Your Dolls and Teddy Bears leads you, step by step, through the business, public relations and legal aspects of doll and teddy bear sales. You'll learn how and where to advertise, how to determine the right prices for your dolls, how to photograph your work properly, and what taxes and laws apply to a self-employed artist. Plus, you'll find techniques to help you manage your image and increase sales - such as how to put together a stunning press kit. Most important, you'll learn how to attract customers - and keep them coming back. From teaching workshops to making sure your name and reputation are passed word-of-mouth, you'll find techniques to enlarge your client base to include every kind of customer, from individual collectors to large retail stores.




Make Your Own Teddy Bears


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Provides patterns and detailed instructions for constructing a teddy bear and offers tips on assembling and adding character to each bear




Born Just Right


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From tween advocate for limb difference and founder of Project Unicorn Jordan Reeves and her mom, Jen, comes an inspiring memoir about how every kid is perfect just the way they are. When Jordan Reeves was born without the bottom half of her left arm, the doctors reassured her parents that she was “born just right.” And she has been proving that doctor right ever since! With candor, humor, and heart, Jordan’s mother, Jen Lee Reeves, helps Jordan tell her story about growing up in an able-bodied world and family, where she was treated like all of her siblings and classmates—and where she never felt limited. Whether it was changing people’s minds about her capabilities, trying all kinds of sports, or mentoring other kids, Jordan has channeled any negativity into a positive, and is determined to create more innovations for people just like her. Her most famous invention, aptly called Project Unicorn, is a special prosthetic (that shoots glitter!) made with the help of a 3-D printer. A real-life superhero, Jordan is changing the world with her foundation, Born Just Right, which advocates and celebrates kids with differences, and helps them live their best possible life—just like Jordan is today!




Collectable Teddy Bears


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101 Bears to Make


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This title is an all-inclusive resource for crafting the 'perfect teddy bear'. The author reveals the helpful tips and creative techniques behind her original one-of-a-kind masterpieces, providing traditionally hard-to-find information such as how to craft open-mouthed bears and create fur.




Stuffed Animals


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This technique-filled workshop for creating soft toys, with 16 projects and 52 lessons, covers everything from the basics to advanced construction elements.




Soft Toys to Sew


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202 Things You Can Make and Sell For Big Profits


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Reap Your Share of Resale Riches! This is it—the bona fide insider’s guide to cashing in on the huge boom in reselling new and used products for big bucks. At last, a soup-to-nuts primer on how to tap into the exploding market for new and “previously owned” merchandise flying off of websites such as eBay and elsewhere. This book has it all—the latest information on what to buy, where to buy, what to pay, and how to sell it for big profits, online and off. Get the complete lowdown from a true expert on how to launch into this exciting area, plus discover 202 products almost guaranteed to start your business off with a bang. Learn which products are proven sellers, how and where to buy them cheaply, and how to resell them for top dollar: • Tap into page after page of buying sources, including distributors and wholesalers, manufacturers, online and offline auctions, government surplus sources, estate sales and more! • Find out how and where to sell the goods for the most profit, including: eBay, internet malls, websites, e-storefronts, consignment outlets, and mail order, not to mention your own showroom and in-home parties, or at trade shows and seminars. • Learn how to negotiate like a pro for overstock and out-of-season and slightly damaged goods—buying on terms for no money down. • Learn how to “work the room” at auctions, estate sales, liquidations, and flea markets—bidding and buying for less. • Learn how to tap the vast and profitable world of imported goods, with full details on over seas sources and how to deal with them.




Making Your Own Teddy Bear


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Creating Heirloom Teddy Bears


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This sequel to Creating Heirloom Teddy Bears contains 12 new teddy bear patterns of memorable bears from Linda Mullins' private collection with complete instructions on how to make them. It features getting the look of antique teddies with the use of modern materials and techniques.