I want to take a moment and try to explain who I am and what my vision is for HoopMama Designs, LLC. Before my son was born and I had a small boutique, I was always behind on everything. I had a corporate job and I taught yoga as well. Even before having a child […]
It’s time for another HoopMama Talk. We just finished a week where people spent a lot of money for Black Friday shopping and will continue to spend as Christmas gets closer. Here’s what is about to happen and you may be seeing some of it happen already. People are budgeting, they’re watching their money and […]
‘TIS THE SEASON FOR COMPETITION! FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA BLAH!!! Let’s talk about competition really quickly. A lot of you may be having “me too” girls pop up in your town. You know the ones that live by the “I can make anything! Shirts, hats, rocket ships and even submarines!! AND […]
I have a question. A serious question. It seems like I’m seeing more of my designs being copied and shared in file share groups and I come across them daily. Theft and morals aside. I’m trying to understand WHY someone would want to share a file they paid for? Or even why they would share […]
THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. BUT THESE ARE ALL PRODUCTS I RECOMMEND AND USE MYSELF. Debt seems to be something that stands in the way for most people in many areas of their lives. Many crafters are just moms wanting to contribute somehow to the family income. There are also many crafters making over […]
Here is a video tutorial of how to make mock-ups using the Embrilliance Essentials and Inkscape! At the beginning of this tutorial, I say it is with Embrilliance FREE Express, but I later found out that I have a designer code that unlocked Essentials.
Okay! Father’s Day is over and I believe everyone is wrapping up 4th of July as well. In these next few days before July… think about planning for the NEXT 6 MONTHS. Plan your sales, plan your promotions. Start shopping for holiday designs and accessories. Make July be the month that you grab your customers […]
Many of you have asked for a more friendly option than PicMonkey for the dark colored shirts for mock-ups. So here it is! You will need a inkscape, a design, and a mock-up background. You can use your own, or check out HoopMama’s Mock-Ups here! You CAN make mock ups with Silhouette software, or pic […]
If sales have slowed, or stopped, since Easter… now is the time to evaluate some of your processes. DO NOT GIVE UP or be discouraged. THIS IS NORMAL for this time of year. Now is the time to do some Spring cleaning, refine your marketing, retake pictures, create new products, learn or try something new […]
If you have been wondering how to change the text fill color to glitter or another pattern in Silhouette Studio, here is a quick tutorial! First you want to find a nice HIGH RESOLUTION glitter background. You can do this by simply going to google.com and searching “red plaid” or “pink glitter background” and flipping […]
