u/SomeBrosThrowaway

Hey all, I've been making plushes for a while now and I think I'm at the point where I'm confident enough in my skills to start selling! My biggest hurdle right now- I don't know uh. How. I have a spreadsheet that helps me calculate what I should try to sell my creations at, but I'm not sure what storefront I should actually use, how I should go about marketing myself, etc.

I've been considering using Etsy to sell my plushes, but I've heard awful things about them, and I remember my mom had horrible experience using it during covid (she sold masks off of it and she would rant and rant about how awful it was to sell on lol). The upfront fee to open a shop on there also makes me wary. However, I've never really heard of any other alternatives for selling crafts of this kind before, aside from maybe personal websites, of which I do not have one.

As for marketing, I've started posting my plushes to instagram and some subreddits, but not much else. Not much traction in those regards, so any suggestions on putting my work out there?

Hey all, first post on this sub so hopefully this is the right place to ask. Over the summer I got super into making plushies as a hobby, and I want to continue doing so lol. I’ve been getting my minkies from… ugh Hobby Lobby. They’re sadly the only place around me that carries fabric, let alone fabric like minky. I’ve taken a glance online before, but most of what I’ve found has been like wholesale bulk-buy stuff where you need to be a business to buy it. Most fabric stores from experience also do not carry plush fabric, but fabric for things like clothes and upholstery.

So… my question is, where do y’all get minky fabrics? I’m going back to collge in the Fairfax/DC area if anyone knows any local stuff, but I’m also more than willing to buy online if I can

Hey all, I applied for an early move-in request for the Fall semester this past Thursday, and it still says "Under Review". I understand these things can take time, but I was curious if anyone knew the general timeframe so I can stop paranoid-ly checking StarRez on the daily LOL. I'd assume anything less than a week sounds about right? I dunno lol

For the past Week or so every time I have ate at Southside there has just been a shortage of forks. None to be seen, only spoons and knives. Sometimes they’ve put out plastic forks in the past too but no such luck recently. Anyone know why? Its super frustrating

As the title states, every time I open blender, the tab goes gray and gains the “(not responding)” tag at the top of the tab. Goes away after like 5-10 seconds or so, so its not that big of a problem for me, I guess. Its been happening for years now to my recollection, and has just been something I’m used to, but realizing I could potentially “fix” it. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this, and what a fix could be?