As Mother’s Day approaches, This Year Give The Perfect Gift – A Gift from the Heart

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A Gift from the Heart

Waukegan, Illinois – [February 21, 2009] –
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Mother’s Day is approaching, With the word “frugal” on everyone’s mind this year Barb Ireland owner of Make A Diaper Cake says, Make a gift from the heart.

Mother's Day is the one day you get to show your mom exactly how much you love her. Why not give her a gift of all of her favorite things, all put together to resemble a cake. She’ll know how much she means to you when she receives one that has her own special soft fluffy bath towel, kitchen hand towels uniquely matching the kitchen she works so hard in, or perhaps her favorite flavored coffee. You can fill the towel cakes with all the items your mom loves the most.

Some unique ideas also including making a tea cake, coffee lovers cake, gardeners cake, or spa cake. Add some ribbon or tulle and flowers and you have made the perfect design cake, that mom is sure to love and never forget.

Try these tips to make a towel cake for Mother's Day:

1) Making a template for the cake base is very simple. By folding the towels a certain way and using corsage pins, ribbon and some patience you to can make these wonderful gifts.

2) To make a Spa Cake - First ask yourself is Mom a bath person or a shower person?

For the Mom who loves to soak in the tub use-Bath teas, Bath salts, Scented Candle, Bath Bombs, and some nice silky body butter for after the bath.

For the Mom who loves taking long hot showers, use-Shower Gels, Body Scrubs, Scented soaps, a long handled Body Sponge, Sea Sponge, and some nice Body Lotion for after the shower.

3) To Make Tea Cakes-Take a kitchen towel with pictures of a teapot or teacups, gourmet teas, gourmet honey, and lemon cookies or Mom’s favorite chocolates. You could even fit a cute mug in the cake.

4) Coffee Lovers Cake-Same as above but coffee themed. Flavored coffee, mints, mug, chocolate spoons, flavored sticks for stirring and maybe Mom’s favorite magazine or book.

5) Put your creation on a pretty round plate as a keepsake for Mom. Take some tulle from the fabric store and wrap cake up, tie with ribbon add a nice card and you have made the gift Mom will never forget. Best of all everything can be used with these cakes.

For more information stop by our site at http://www.makeadiapercake.biz and chat with some of our more than 300 members who are sharing ideas and tips on the cakes they are making. This is also a perfect opportunity for those looking to start a home-based business. Unique, fun, and profitable. What more could you ask?

Five Ways to Use Craft Fairs to Increase Your Product Sales

By: Barb Ireland

It’s that time of year again! Spring is right around the corner. I don’t know about you, but spring is one of my favorite times of the year. For some of us the weather is getting warmer, the grass is getting green again and birds are singing. This time of year also marks the calendar with plenty of craft fairs, street fairs and summer fun. And for the crafty business owner spring can bring in dollars! Below are some great tips for both beginners in this industry and seasoned crafters as well. For the newcomer this type of selling can help you gain confidence and learn selling skills by interacting with customers. So read on and find your gems.

1)Hand out those business cards and flyers! Keep in mind this is totally free advertising for future sales, and remember word of mouth travels fast, and this is your main mission.

2)Gain custom orders. Have a sign somewhere stating you will do custom orders. This is a wonderful way to develop a relationship with any buyer, and could produce future sales.

3)Do be selective. Not all shows are going to have a lot of traffic. Make sure you discuss traffic with the person in charge of the craft fair.

4)Experiment with the set up or your station or booth. Try different eye-catching designs, lighting, and banners and so on.

5)Survey your market. Obtain consumer’s reactions to your products. Ask them for suggestions or comments on your items and really listen to what they say. This will help you discover what they are looking for and what the buying trends are for the season.

Most of all have fun and interact with buyers, greeting them with a smile. This will always leave a good impression and help build a lasting buying relationship.

This article is by the Founder of www.makeadiapercake.com - Barb Ireland has taught well over 10,000 women on how to make diaper and towels cakes for fun or profit. May be reprinted as long as the author’s bio remains intact.

Coming soon.............

The crafty diva chick radio show! Yup that's right! How to make a diaper cake's founder Barb Ireland who has taught well over 11,000 women and men is now taking it up a notch to talk about other crafts she loves and will have special guests on too!

If you would like to be a guest for the up coming show, please email her @ contactus@makeadiapercake.biz!

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Article by:Audrey Okaneko has been working at home since 1983. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at www.recipe-barn.com

Networking with MySpace
If you are not using MySpace as a means of networking, you are missing a huge opportunity.

I remember the first time I heard about MySpace, it was from my kids, both teens at the time. Both of them had pages and were meeting new people regularly.

I then began meeting adults who were using MySpace. They were using MySpace to keep in touch with their kids at college. They were using MySpace to promote their books and they were using MySpace to network.

I am a strong supporter of true networking. I have always offered referrals to those I believe offer a great product or service or to those I believe can offer assistance to another person.

I decided to create my own MySpace page. What I learned was that I could meet thousands of people who were open to meeting someone new.

MySpace offers many different ways to meet others:

Browse - You can browse through the MySpace membership directory and search for folks in a specific zip code, search for those that are either male or female or even search for those in a specific age range. Once you find the people you are searching for, you can then send them a personal email message or you can friend request them. I usually do both. I want to introduce myself and say hi to those I friend request.

Search - You can search for very specific terms. For example, I love scrapbooking, so I searched profiles for others who also love scrapbooking. I found several friends this way. I sent a personal note introducing myself and talking about our common interest in scrapbooking.

Profiles - I have seen so many beautiful, wonderful, unique, pretty, funny profiles on MySpace. About 75% of the time, I can find something in common with the person whose page I’ve landed on. I email them about that common ground and then friend request them.

Groups - MySpace offers hundreds of thousands of groups. Groups are communities of folks that share something in common. I belong to a few groups, some on parenting, some on scrapbooking and some on the laws of attraction. You can find just about everything imaginable through MySpace groups. I have met many people through these groups.

Blogs - MySpace allows every member to create blogs. You can create as many blogs as you want. You can then search blogs. Again, search for those terms that interest you. If you like vintage cars, then type “vintage cars” in the search box. Communicate with those who have a common interest with you.

These are 5 ways you can network with others on MySpace. For those who wish to network with me, you can friend request me at myspace.com/audreys_kitchen

Have fun on MySpace. Make some friends. Through networking, you’ll find that your sales will indeed increase.

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