Free info starting a hair bow business How to Make and Sell hair bows

Stocking Your Inventory

When you walk into a bakery to pick out a pre-made cake, though the cake is there in
its completed form, you know that many steps were taken to make the molded piece of
sugar topped with even more sugar into the creation it has become - much like a hair
bow business. Before you actually begin, you have to begin other things. You have to
get your supplies. You have two choices as to how you want to start your hair bow
business. For many stay-at-home moms, it may be appealing to know that you can
have a successful hair bow business with very little, meaning between 100 and 300$ in
start-up costs. However, this option may require a little more work on your part, but if
you are like me, you are in a better position to sacrifice the time rather than the money.
So read on….   For those of you who are financially prepared to invest a little more at
start up, then you may want to skip to the next section.

Start-Up Your Business with the Money In Your Pocketbook

Be prepared moms. This way is a little more complicated. Why? Well for obvious
reason number one- you won’t have boocoodles of ribbon to start off with, so you may
be limited to what you can do. Read to learn how I was making $1200/ month in profit in
my second month in the bow business and put in very little start-up cost.

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Beginning Hair Bow Business Start Up Supply List

I've included tips here for a good "start up" kit.
Hot glue gun
floral wire
thread
needles/pin cushion
hot glue sticks
french barrettes
alligator clips
several rolls of 7/8 quality grosgrain ribbon in
*white
*black
*other popular neutral colors
*one roll of each color of 7/8 grosgrain needed to make bows of choice
one roll of each of the above colors in 3/8 inch grosgrain (or 1/2 inch)

Buying Wholesale at Start-up

My best advice is to know what you want to sell before you buy your ribbon wholesale.
When buying wholesale you can save up to 20cents per yard on your ribbon. This is a
tremendous savings. The best thing to do with wholesale ribbon purchases is to make
the basic infant/toddler bow sets and allow customers to purchase colors of their
choice. Just be sure to have plenty of colors available.

A Final Note on Stocking your Inventory

Tip: The best, most convenient way to stock up your inventory is to shop around for
the best prices, and buy it all at one time, (my preference is online). For the very first
set of bows, you should probably leave the house to pick out your ribbon, but once you
have a good idea about what colors/types of ribbon you will want to use, buying online
is so much more convenient(and sometimes you can find some really good deals for
ribbon on eBay, and other online vendors.) Buying online gives you more time to
spend on making your bows, maintaining your business, etc... because everything
comes right to your door.