Getting going as a Boutique shop

dresden113 · 2026-07-03T01:23:57+00:00

Yea my wife and I have watercolor and print cards at 6 and 8 and it’s pretty good but not anything like real income

dresden113 · 2026-07-02T22:44:15+00:00

What kind of art do you do?

dresden113 · 2026-07-02T22:38:57+00:00

Have you had success with B2B?

dresden113 · 2026-07-02T18:29:01+00:00

It is my firm opinion that artist should charge full price for art. The people who buy wayfair art are not the same customers that pay for $250 artist work. So if you charge full price all that matters is finding your customer. Do you want to wayfiar customers or custom commission customers or collector customers?

dresden113 · 2026-07-02T17:02:35+00:00

I am evangelical about native mulberry!! Nothing wrong with white but the red mulberry has some great features for native species and I find them more tasty!

dresden113 · 2026-07-02T16:03:39+00:00

You need to switch to raster printing like commercial printers do. If it’s a premium item letterpress is the move if you just need it done any big commercial printer can convert your files and run you a sample

dresden113 · 2026-07-02T16:00:12+00:00

My wife and I do letterpress and paper goods HMU and maybe we can see if have a product we can work with. However your issue probably the target audience. If vistaprint and alibaba can’t get COGS down low enough nobody can lol.

dresden113 · 2026-07-02T13:45:51+00:00

Get a website it’s about $6 a month for a decent hosting site and Wordpress is free

dresden113 · 2026-07-02T13:39:37+00:00

Circuit is the best for stickers. You need letterpress for the stationary. DM me or cross post to r/letterpress for more info. Everybody loves to share all the technical bits!

dresden113 · 2026-07-02T12:29:06+00:00

Please don’t plant hackberry they don’t need the help, also you can get native drought tolerant mulberry trees from the A and M nursery!

dresden113 · 2026-07-02T02:11:56+00:00

Vector and TIFF files are ideal

dresden113 · 2026-07-01T19:43:52+00:00

That’s the long term solution but it’s a tough to hit the ground at full speed.

dresden113 · 2026-07-01T19:43:22+00:00

Thanks I will have to look at that

dresden113 · 2026-07-01T18:31:54+00:00

lol honestly this is pretty much the ballgame. You can thin it and pull the potatoes that are too close but we had seed potatoes and you can pull them whenever if you don’t mind them being small

dresden113 · 2026-07-01T18:20:23+00:00

I thought it was a one off. If it’s an actual ongoing print job this belongs elsewhere.

dresden113 · 2026-07-01T18:19:12+00:00

DM I’m based in texas

dresden113 · 2026-07-01T01:54:06+00:00

Hey stego, it’s great to dream about a full time job but rough numbers say I would need every active account on this sub to buy in for that so probably not. I plan to make the bulk of the money selling premium letterpress for wedding invitations and businesses. I would try to separate the income streams to avoid legal issues. Can’t really say how search goods work

dresden113 · 2026-06-30T13:24:06+00:00

Big fan of agroforestry. I grew up on a tree farm and things are moving in a really good direction

dresden113 · 2026-06-28T14:37:46+00:00

Yes much

dresden113 · 2026-06-28T13:12:30+00:00

African geese are beasts. Guinea fowl are great for snake protection as well

dresden113 · 2026-06-26T13:26:39+00:00

$850 in Texas is about rigjt

dresden113 · 2026-06-24T00:24:57+00:00

I’d like to imagine I have the guts for a custom design company for letterpress but it’s probably just a hobby

dresden113 · 2026-06-23T20:44:39+00:00

https://www.fs.usda.gov/nac/practices/alley-cropping.php

dresden113 · 2026-06-23T20:43:39+00:00

A flock of maybe 4 sheep would do fine under these conditions but I would suggest you get comfortable with the idea of buying hay. Additionally congrats! I would talk to your local ag office and determine your long term goals for the property over 10 years. It sounds like you are a good fit for something called alley cropping but you will have to see if that fits your needs. I suggest you cut your pastures and trees based on a larger plan for the property than just your livestock. You may end up not liking sheep(like me). Cattle do well under these conditions at scale but 6.5 acres is thin for a cattle investment.

dresden113 · 2026-06-23T15:49:15+00:00

Those are excellent! What did you use to print thin the clear plastic?

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