Where to Look For Scrapbooking Jobs
Looking to take your passion of scrapbooking to the next level? Believe it or not, there are plenty of ways to turn your hobby into a money-making enterprise. Scrapbooking is quite possibly the most popular craft out there, and memory-making is big business. If you think you have an especially creative eye, have excellent communication skills, and are organized and passionate about your craft, read on to find out your options for scrapbooking jobs!
Types of Scrapbooking Jobs
There are a variety of types of scrapbooking jobs. You could create and sell scrapbooking supplies, be a salesperson for already created products, design and sell already made memory books, teach scrapbooking classes, be a salesperson at a scrapbooking store, work in computers designing scrapbooking software, write scrapbooking tutorials or books, or form your very own scrapbooking home-business, where you can focus on whatever you want to focus on.
Scrapbooking can be a full-time career, or a part-time job to bring in some extra cash. Here are some examples of where to look for scrapbooking work:
1) Look for Teaching Jobs in Your Community
Most cities and towns have community recreation courses that they offer residents and most are eager for teachers with skills to come forward and share their knowledge and talents. Find out what towns around you offer community education classes. Contact the director and offer to create and teach a scrapbooking class for beginners, for advanced students, or even a short class on holiday or theme scrapbooking just to get your feet wet. This is a great way to build experience and make some money doing what you love.
Also consider offering your talents to your local JoAnn fabrics, AC Moore, or Michael’s store. Consider teaching a class to teens at a local YMCA or even through a local school district. Contact other scrapbooking stores in the area as well and offer your services as a scrapbooking teacher. Store managers and education administrators are always looking for competent, reliable, skilled, and passionate teachers to work in their stores.
2) Search through Job Listings
You might be surprised at how many different types of scrapbooking jobs are out there! Many are home-based jobs, looking for people to write online scrapbooking tutorials, or running a scrapbooking website or blog. There are companies who are looking for buyers to select the best scrapbooking merchandise in their stores. Scrapbooking companies are always on the lookout for specialists and designers and salespeople. If you have a degree in art, consider searching for job designing scrapbook supplies like paper, stickers, or embellishments.
Find jobs at various employment websites, including simplyhired.com, monster.com, scrapbookupdate.com, and scrapbook-jobs.com.
3) Start a Home Business
There are several different options to consider when starting a scrapbooking home business. Remember that creating a successful home business requires a keen business sense, stamina, front money, and above all, constant creativity and enthusiasm. Here are some home-based scrapbooking job options:
Consultant
You can either choose to work for a company as a consultant, or go your own way. Many people who love scrapbooking have had great success working for companies like Creative Memories, selling their products and providing scrapbooking advice to clients.
You can also advertise yourself as an independent scrapbooking consultant, offering your services to those looking for someone to offer advice, ideas, and knowledge about scrapbooking. There are a number of ways to profit from consulting: offering private classes, group activities, products, and special events helps build a client base and keeps business lively and interesting.
Search for other ways to make money crafting at home by visiting work-at-home websites like WAHM.com or Womensworkstation.com.
Design Custom Scrapbooks
Possibly the most flexible scrapbooking job. You can take in clients on a per-diem basis and create custom-made scrapbooks to their liking. You can also design your own scrapbooks, without pictures, of course, and sell them individually on a website. Consider opening a store on Etsy.com or Ebay.
Making profits from any home-business can be slow-going at first. You will need to be able to work fast, find and keep clients, and be prepared and capable or providing all overhead costs for your new business. You also need to be an aggressive salesperson, willing to approach people and businesses and offer them your services.
Some ways to make your home-business successful include: offering clients a monthly newsletter via mail or e-mail, having a business website creating and distributing business cards, participating in local craft fairs, finding where to buy and then buying scrapbooking supplies in bulk for less, advertising your product or services on professional looking fliers, in the newspaper, or online.
As you can see, there are so many ways to turn your passion into a thriving enterprise. Consider what you can bring to the business world of scrapbooking, brainstorm some career goals, and have fun finding the perfect scrapbooking job.
