Funding your business - more vent then anything!

i only started with a wolf palette you can get the appetizers to start they are really affordable!

Am I the only one that went overboard with the paints when starting? I had this odd notion that I had to get a small amount of each color in each brand to really determine which one I like best. Unfortunately, that leaves me with a fair amount that I don't really use.

Trade it or do what I sometimes do and ONLY take the stuff I never use along with white and black. I think this pushes us to use stuff we may never use and discover new uses for it. Or use it for practice. I use peach complexion in place of white a lot of times when I am training someone to do spiderman's eyes. I have no other use for it, but it works well for this.

I recently rediscovered snaz white. I used it when I started, but dumped it when I "thought" I had gotten better than it. Well I started using my DFX white for the bunnies in the newsletter and had to stop it was so bad. (I know it is bad for bases, but thought I could get away with it). Then I grabbed a small three pack and used the Snaz white in it and was amazed at how well it covered and it was so creamy and light. I guess I got it to work so well becuase I had gotten better too. HUH! It is now a permanent fixture in my working kit. Who'da thunk it?

I'm a sucker for beautiful new colours, so every time I made some money, I'll spend it on new stuff I want...there are still some things on my list, such as liquid bling...I only have silver and gold now...

and I love artycakes...it's cheaper just to buy them, then to buy all colours needed and make them myself...but sometimes I do buy little cases and make some myself...

I started with 12 colours of a Bruynzeel kit and started buying Grimas from that time on, case by caes......nowadays i rarely use grimas anymore, but partyXplsion, eulenspiegel, superstar and dFX....

Amazing what gets into the kit you didn't really plan on. Snaz white is a great base and wonderful for highlights that kinda blend and become part the design.

I got snaz sparkle white for its sheerness when I do rainbow tigers, butterflys, etc in the sheer sparkly colors because the regular white was quite opaque and usually the first thing you see in the design, not the design as a whole, when I use the sparkle white.

DFX white is great for really bright teardrops & swirls. So I have three whites now in my kit - wont paint without em! I have heard there also is a metalix white that can add the glow to any color.
Susan

CABBYJ wrote: If you don't mind answering how were you able to fund your completed kit? Did it take a while?

I feel your pain. It seems like my kit is never complete.... It took me 4 months of buying paints, glitters, glues, better quality brushes piece-mail whenever I could afford it until I was actually satisfied that I had everything I NEEDED to do the best job I could.

But, there's always something I see whether it's a great brush or special color paint that makes me sigh and say, "Okay, start saving and get it in a couple of weeks."

I fear my kit will never be complete. Here's the kit I use the most, the Snaz set-up. This pic doesn't show it, but I have a whole tray of split cakes I made that I use with this set up too.


Good luck and be patient!
Cheryl

Winger1200 wrote:Amazing what gets into the kit you didn't really plan on. Snaz white is a great base and wonderful for highlights that kinda blend and become part the design.

I got snaz sparkle white for its sheerness when I do rainbow tigers, butterflys, etc in the sheer sparkly colors because the regular white was quite opaque and usually the first thing you see in the design, not the design as a whole, when I use the sparkle white.

DFX white is great for really bright teardrops & swirls. So I have three whites now in my kit - wont paint without em! I have heard there also is a metalix white that can add the glow to any color.
Susan

I always mix dFX white with eulenspiegel metallic silver/white to soften the dFX white up when I make a tigernozzle..

michellesfantasyfaces wrote:I'm a sucker for beautiful new colours, so every time I made some money, I'll spend it on new stuff I want...there are still some things on my list, such as liquid bling...I only have silver and gold now...

and I love artycakes...it's cheaper just to buy them, then to buy all colours needed and make them myself...but sometimes I do buy little cases and make some myself...

I started with 12 colours of a Bruynzeel kit and started buying Grimas from that time on, case by caes......nowadays i rarely use grimas anymore, but partyXplsion, eulenspiegel, superstar and dFX....

Hey Michelle, what kind of cases do you buy for that? I have been looking around for that a little bit.

EerinArts wrote:

michellesfantasyfaces wrote:I'm a sucker for beautiful new colours, so every time I made some money, I'll spend it on new stuff I want...there are still some things on my list, such as liquid bling...I only have silver and gold now...

and I love artycakes...it's cheaper just to buy them, then to buy all colours needed and make them myself...but sometimes I do buy little cases and make some myself...

I started with 12 colours of a Bruynzeel kit and started buying Grimas from that time on, case by caes......nowadays i rarely use grimas anymore, but partyXplsion, eulenspiegel, superstar and dFX....

Hey Michelle, what kind of cases do you buy for that? I have been looking around for that a little bit.

for the artrycakes i make myself?

I use my old empty bruynzeel cases, which fit 6 little cases, which are the exact same size cases as the little ones from eulenspiegel...so they fit in perfectly...

I bought a little at a time (and a lot some other times) over the course of 7 months. Now I am on a budget with that (well trying anyway!)..but I let myself splurge in the beginning and probably will every so often. I have spent a small fortune on paint though!

I hear you, April! If I told my husband exactly how much my kit cost, he'd probably have a heart attack.

My first gig was my company's annual childrens holiday party. My friend in HR knew I did FP as a hobby and asked me to volunteer my services. So in lieu of paying me they offered to buy my paints.... So I was like a kid in a candy store. They did that for 2 years and that is how I got the bulk of my kit. So I was very fortunate and blessed in that regard. Everything else I added in over time especially after having attended FABAIC and seeing live demos of how things really work and look.

CABBYJ wrote:I've been making my purchasing using the excess money from my day job. My husband and I have become fans of Dave Ramsey and are on our way to becoming debt free! I'm usually fairly creative with coming up with ways to raise money but I'm finding myself at a dead end, or it could be my lack of patience and desire to get the business rolling. If you don't mind answering how were you able to fund your completed kit? Did it take a while?

We love Dave Ramseys! We have 1 credit card left to go & 3 yrs on our mortgage before we are debt free!!!!!!

I take a percentage of my earnings & put it my "envelope". It is my replacement & upgrade $. We also took a portion of our income tax return & designated it to the business as an investment(this got my tent & chair). When my girls balloon twist or do glitter tattoos & charge enough to have replacement cost(since these are high consumable items).

Make a wish list so you can remember the goodies you want. Decide your priority items.

Have fun getting debt free & use this awesome business to get you there!

Good luck and be patient!
Cheryl[/quote]



Do you mind if I ask what is in the six round containers next to your cakes??
Curious...

Tash wrote:Do you mind if I ask what is in the six round containers next to your cakes??
Curious...

Those are water cups.