... here is a small sampling ...
1.) Produce Christmas Cards
For example ... "Happy Christmas from the Smith Family". Or instead of the name 'Smith', pick one of the dozens of other popular surnames. Sell packs of these cards by direct mail to people listed in telephone directories.
2.) Make Money Renting Out Expensive Childrens' Toys
The Toys you rent out will include remote controlled models and computerized games. Use a small Van/SUV to deliver the toys to customers. Paint it a 'Toy Town' Color Scheme. Call the Van/SUV a Toy Mobile or other suitable name.
3.) Introduce to your Region a Map Service for Businesses
Keep a stock of local, national and International maps. Mount these in a
professional manner to suit the wall space available at offices.
Send out pamphlets about your services to office managers.
4.) Create a Publication for Amateur Musicians
This publication could include ads from: Employers seeking Musicians - Retailers selling equipment, accessores and supplies - People selling used equipment - Musicians seeking to make contact with other Musicians - Also
publish interesting Editorials and letters about the Music Industry.
5.) Design and Make Kits
Making Models out of Popsicle Sticks, Cocktail Sticks ... such as Churches, Castles, Windmills, Houses, etc. Buy the sticks wholesale and sell your kits by Mail Order with Ads in Craft Magazines or Distribute to Model/Hobby Shops.
6.) Create a Directory of Products from the Past
The Directory might include sections on toys, novelties, household goosd. Design the directory for business people and inventors who want to know both what has been made before and what ideas could be revived and/or modified.
7.) Create a Correspondence Course
This could be about anything. It could be about How to Write Cookbooks.
It might include information about: How to devise recipes, how to present
them in written form, what will make one successful. Produce a
Prospectus and advertise in Womens' Magazines
8.) Paint Attractive Art
This can be done on any heavy items, like rocks, that can be used as Souvenir Paperweights and Doorstops. The art might take the form of an Abstract Patter, Traditional Pictures and/or Tourist Scenery.
Call your items/rocks ... Designer Rocks! Add a Rubber Base to
Paperweights and a Rubber Edge to Doorstops.
9.) Create a Mail Order Business
Sell products that help people sleep ! This is a huge business ! Products might include: Sleep inducing CDs, Special bedtime clothing, Herbal Pillows, Books and Guides to Sleep Better.
10.) Paint House Numbers
Paint on Wood, Artistic House Numbers and Names. These painted numbers and names will be an attractive alternative to the traditional names. Get your work stocked at shops which sell garden products/household goods.
11.) Start a Window Painting Service
On Colored acetate paper have outlines printed for painting pictures by numbers. These acetate sheets are stuck to one side of a window and anyone can paint a picture on the other side of the glass !
12.) Ashtray Design
Find shells which would be great for an Ashtray ! Another for a Paper Clip Tray !
Paint them, Stencil them, Glue glitter... rhinestones ... lots of things on them !
Put these shells into a single packet and sell as a set to Souvenir and
Novelty Gift Shops !
13.) Pressed Flowers
Decorate everyday items with Pressed Flowers. Tour your neighborhood for empty fields with lots of flowers to pick ! Add an inlaid design of Pressed Flowers to Trays, Coasters, Jewelry, Boxes, Paperweights, Picture Frames, Wall Hangings ! Sell your items at local Craft Fairs, Consignment Shops and Flea Markets.
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