You can get the Intuit from Verizon too. I think each one has its pros and cons. PC World has a review and comparison of both products here: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/239250/square_vs_intuit_gopayment_mobile_credit_card_systems_compared.html

Resurfacing an old thread here, but there are some valid points. I sell handbags and most are priced between $30-$100. My mom begged me to make some little zipper pouches to sell for a few bucks in case people thought my price points were too high. I wasted valuable time (and zippers!) making tons of pouches and I can't even give them away. I started tossing them into the bags I was selling just to get rid of them. I made them simple to keep the price down, but they just look too cheap next to the higher quality bags and I don't want to put them in my online shop.

I usually knit while sitting at my table. It's not the craft I'm selling so some people are curious what I'm making, and it starts a few conversations. I make sure to choose something simple that I can put down right away if someone has a question. I greet everyone that walks up to my table, and I look to see what items they are interested in so that I can make suggestions, but overall it keeps me from hovering or being pushy, which can put people off from making purchases.

There was a photographer at the table next to me at my last craft fair. She sold a few items, but I don't know if it was worth the booth fee to her. This was a holiday show, and I think most people were looking for gift items. The items she did sell were photos that she turned into postcards or sold as sets.

I've also seen photographers do extremely well at fine art shows with a higher end market and customers willing to pay, but there is more competition. Like Chris in VT said, these are mostly landscape photos, or macro shots of beautiful flowers and other things in nature.

I agree that people do seem to like local subjects too. The girl's photos were mostly from Texas and the show was in Ohio. Why would I want a picture of a cactus, even if it was cool looking? The one thing that helped her with that was that she was really talkative (in a good way) and had a cool story behind each photo. That made them interesting.

Love this! I will definitely be pinning it. Is it paper pieced? Have yet to try that...maybe this will inspire me to give it a shot.

Oooh I love this idea. My right hand is always freezing. Thanks!

Mine too! The elastic is tight enough to keep the pouch on my fingertips as well as my palm, so I've started wearing both warmers on my right hand! It earned me some weird looks from my co-workers but my hand stays nice and toasty.

I usually wear some fairly thick fingerless gloves but these look much less restricting.

I think I have better dexterity with these on that I do when my hands are frozen, at least as far as typing goes. I haven't had a chance to use them sewing yet though.

This is a great shape and handle design for a knitting bag. Love the way it turned out!

Perfect! I've already got plenty of that, now I just need to find fabric. Thanks!

Does this count as a Purse, Bag or Wallet? I wasn't sure what else it would be. I designed the handwarmer pouch because my grandma asked for handwarmers for Christmas. She wanted them to stay on the back of her hand while driving. A search of the interwebs came up empty handed so I came up with my own idea. Basically it's your typical reheatable rice bag which goes into a cozy flannel pouch. The pouch is stays on the back of your hand with an elastic band, leaving your hands free for driving, typing, knitting, anything that makes your hands cold!

The pouch covers the hand nicely! It would still fit under a pair of big gloves or mittens though.


Here is the rice bag. There are channels so the rice doesn't move around.


And the back has elastic to keep it in place!


I was just thinking this pouch would probably fit chemical warmers too, Hot Hands is the brand I've seen at Wal-Mart. I like to use those when skiing so this would be the perfect way to keep it off the skin and in place!

If anyone is interested, I put together a tutorial while I was making this set for myself, which is posted on my blog here: http://londonpurple.blogspot.com/2012/02/hand-warmer-tutorial.html . I'd love to see if anyone makes their own! I chose a wintery blue flannel, and my grandma's had snowflakes on them, but I think they'd brighten any chilly day in a sunny shade of yellow! Thanks for checking it out!

So glad this thread got bumped, I love your travel wallet! Now the one I made for myself a few years ago simply won't do, yours has inspired me. Can I ask what interfacing you used to make it so stiff and thick?

Thanks everyone!

michelleandbean - I wouldn't dream of attempting leather on my regular Singer, which is mostly plastic and designed more for quilting. I have an old Kenmore that my grandma gave me that I use for more industrial type sewing, basically making all of my bags. It is solid metal, and it might weigh more than me. I can get through twelve layers of duck cloth and it hardly misses a stitch! So I knew this was pretty tough when it started skipping stitches.