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yay congratulations!! 🥰🥰

On paper thickness! I think we have the same printer - it can take up to 300gsm paper officially. But what I‘ve noticed with such thick paper: The printer can only take one sheet at a time *and* I have to slightly push it in with the right pressure at the right moment 😂 takes a bit of trial and error, but it works for me!

Everything is soooo cute!!!!! i just placed my oder. ❤

Hi searched your video cuz i think i should give up 😢 just finished my 1st day of 1st convention selling merch and 2nd day was cancelled cuz of typhoon 😢 honestly i created too much merch, i thought id be able sell them all but that was too wishful 😢i think this is a sign to give up on selling merch 😢 how can i get rid of the remaining ones 😢 (edit: sorry there are so many sad faces, i really thought art would be my career but this was a terrible reality check)

make the face on the black cat being a pink nose and white whiskers lol

do test prints on reg paper so you dont waste

I'm an artist too and I think your sales would benefit a lot from you making eye contact with the people going by and smiling to them instead of being on your ipad (I understand the need to feel like you are using the time productively, but selling is also part of the job when you are an artist). People may be overwhelmed by the amount of things to see at a convention and go on "robot mode", but if you make eye contact, a lot of them will feel that human connection, slow down, and many will approach your booth and look at your stuff: it doesn't guarantee you a sale, but it increases the chances A LOT. **Me from the future here: I just kept watching and I see you decided to do just this later in the video, good choice 🤣

Fantastic video, watched and enjoyed till the end ☺☺

Congrats on levelling up your merch : D

You can use your silhouette to make your cut lines then add an offset line to all you images at once which you can then adjust the size of and will save you alot of time rather than going back into photoshop

I also have occasional issues setting up my silhouette for cutting stickers. such a pain.

One thing i do to not waste sticker paper is to print on normal paper first and see if i like the colors, sizes and stuff like that. Once I'm happy with it i try printing on the sticker paper. Hope that helps and best of luck with your shop update 💖🥰

Love the long vlogs. I dabble in selling things i make as hobby, And I've literally been following you since I believe your first RUclips video! You're my main inspiration for starting my own small business that goes beyond hobbyist. Youre doing awesome!!

Use silhouette studio to do your cut lines (offsets) for your sticker sheets and die cuts as it will look much more even and professional. Also your cat sticker sheet with the text has a mixture of ones starting with and without capitals and it would be a lot more cohesive if they all started the same way

Use the offset function in silhouette studio to add your boarder. You can pick the size and colour it will be a lot more even x

♥ would you mind sharing who your manufacturer is? I've been using one that does wooden keychains and pins but they aren't very communicative so I'm looking for another place.

You are not alone! Making products at home can be a pain! I am working on stock for a Christmas market in 2 weeks. Haven't worked on my shop much lately 😅 Tried cutting with cricut yesterday, of course there was an update. Calibrating went fine, as soon as I did print and cut, scrapped a sheet of cardstock... Today it works fine, thanks Cricut 😂

I use Cricut, and there is an option to add 'bleed' to the stickers when you tell it to print. Does Silhouette have the same function? It would save you having to edit all your design files.

i have a piece of advice that will help you: to facilitate the marketing of your products, you must convince the buyer that he needs them and will use them. for example, stickers or washi taps can be stuck in a note or journal as a sample of your product.

The typical reason that sticker paper is more problematic is because it's usually glossy meaning more reflective so the laser in the cutting machine has a harder time reading accurately due to the reflection. That's why you'll see some people put matte clear tape over the registration marks. It's also more slippery for printers and cutting machines when feeding. Good luck with it all!

this was so interesting to watch!!! I originally started with evergreen sticker paper as well, but I ended up swapping to PPD inkjet vinyl paper and I think you might like it, it's a little bit thicker than the evergreen paper and it feels so nice!! their website seems to be missing glossy self adhesive paper at the moment, but I've been using the matte one and it's really nice. but anyway, thank you for the lovely video, it's so nice to work along side listening and watching what you're up to 💚

this was so fun to watch!! and so exciting for you to finally have your own studio to work in!! I can't wait for the day that that'll be me too <3

I've just hit two years too. I have been using my profit to buy more equipment and I have moved into my own studio room. I thought I would be ending this year with a reasonable profit and even was worried at one point that I might have to pay TAX. haha that sounds funny now. So thank you for reminding me about the ups and down and that its not just a linear rise. I think I've been measuring my success by etsy sales but I have a weekly local market as well that has almost matched the income from ETSY but I had not realised. I guess like you my goal would be to replace my three day a week JOB with my business but mine is more of a retirement plan being much older than you. Enjoy your new home and studio. my failure of the year was starting a shopify store in July that has not had one single sale...... £25 a month for nothing....

One thing, the sticker paper may be waterproof, but this does not mean your ink is waterproof or UV resistant (unless you're using a special printer). Unless you coat the sheet, the ink is likely to run off to some degree (although some papers hold the ink better than others). I've had no problems cutting vinyl with laminate on my Silhouette, but I have a Cameo 3 rather than a Portrait, so I'm not sure if that makes a difference! As far as I know, all vinyl will have the vinyl dust from being cut (I actually have to brush my sheets prior to printing or the dust specks from the manufacturer cutting it into sheets will block the ink from laying down and I'll end up with white patches when the dust is brushed off) It's super rewarding making your own stickers especially in house because you can have such a quick turnaround from designing to having the finished product in your hands. It's great you seem to be enjoying it (despite all the printer problems)!

Hi Abi, I thought I'd leave a few tips from back when I made stickers. I had the same problems with bluriness, colour space and working with silhouette studio so I might be able to help to troubleshoot some of your issues. You may or may not have the same issues as me. But try these steps. 1) If you're exporting .png anyway, remember that png does not support CMYK. The correct file format is technically tiff. But I don't really mess with that. 2) Procreate doesn't actually have a true CMYK colour space. Instead it kind of just "extrapolates" that colour space (this can be verified on their official website) 3) If you work in the CMYK configuration in Procreate, export it as a png and import it directly into Silhouette studio, your images may appear washed out in silhouette studio. I have examples of this - however I'm not sure how to show this on youtube :) This may or may not be your problem, but I recommend testing it. 4) However, of course when you're printing things out, CMYK is a better approximation of the colours you will see in real life. Hence, my recommendation is, if you experience this problem and if you *must* work in CMYK on Procreate, then make sure to convert the colour space into RGB again in a program like Affinity or Photoshop. I'm not actually sure but I have my suspicions that Silhouette Studio might mess with your colour space and automatically convert it to CMYK or whatever anyway. 5) Tbh the simplest I've found is to just work in RGB in procreate and just export normally. The colours turn out fine for me in the end 6) Blurriness - may or may not be your printer, but please experiment with the settings in SIlhouette studio: Edit > Preferences > Import > Autotrace. With my images, if I have autotrace off sometimes, it creates fussy edges on my PNG, but this goes away when I have autotrace on. Last year though, when I had autotrace ON, it caused my images to go blurry. So Yeah silhouette studio LOVES to introduce stupid little bugs like this and you WILL have to finagle with it. 7) Lastly, try your print settings. In order to figure out what the best settings to use are, you can print a test sheet by going to Printing Preferences > Main > Click on "Manual" under Color/Intensity then press "Set..". A dialogue box will appear called "Manual Color Adjustment". Tick on "Print a pattern for color adjustment". Click on "Pattern Print Preferences" - you can then adjust parameters on CMY or Intensity/Contrast. Your printer will print a grid of image with various color adjustment settings. And you can pick the best for yourself. This helps me a lot when switching between materials. I hope this helps.

Also another note - peel the cutting mat AWAY from your stickers; it will help stop your sticker sheets from curling.

I use the WASHI setting for cutting the individual stickers…works on regular sticker paper; might just need to increase pressure for vinyl; just a tad.

If you put the mat face down and lift it instead of removing the sticker sheet from the mat, the paper won't curve ❤❤

Hey Abi! 👋🏾 Enjoyed this video so much!! Im so nervous to start with stickers but this gave me the push i need to just START! Also ordered my kitty clip so excited!! I love your cat designs 🫶🏾😻

just a suggestion on printing the stickers or anything really lol, if you print from photoshop select the "photoshop manages colors" settings then choose right below perceptual or relative colorimetric 😊 this way you adjust the print settings instead of trying to adjust the color on your files ❤ also, the rgb color gamut is significantly larger than cmyk that's why colors shift quite a bit when the color mode changes and they can become muddy or muted. i hope that helps!😊 great video!!

this is so good, that teddy bear sheet is adorable ☺☺

RGB is better for digital media, but CMYK is better for printed media. I set my procreate settings to CMYK when I do my product designs.

Love the sticker sheet! If i may ask...what tutorial video was that you were watching?

Just a tip for the print settings, try using files in CMYK (print-ready) colour profiles! That is what the printer ink cartridges print with! Might help getting more accurate colours!!! Love the new stickers girl <3

For the saturation - check in your printer settings if it has automatic colour adjustment selected!! This setting was the bane of my existence at the start 😂😂 it was auto selected on mine!

I wish you read the comments because there is a small Typo in the violence cat sticker (inconveniece instead of inconvenience) and I hoped I could have saved you some hassle if you haven't noticied yet 🙏

HTVRONT makes great vinyl sticker paper too! 😊

Try online labels weatherproof matte it’s a good paper

Hi Abi, i have an over table rail that really helps, i hang t-shirts on, but you can have chains either side with stuff hanging on also. I struggle to get some kind of uniform going on with my table though and am constantly looking at ways to improve! Enjoying your honesty in your videos. Keep going as i am 👍😊

Hey Abi! I really enjoy your videos 😊 If you can afford it in any way, I would strongly suggest you invest in a small microphone for conventions and markets. Because of the crowds, the background noise is really high and I find it really exhausting to listen to what you‘re saying (and understanding it - my brain is really overwhelmed and tired now and it‘s just 10am 😅). I’m a small business owner and vlogger myself and I haven‘t got the funds yet to invest in a good (wireless) mic, so I get it - but I try not to talk in my market snippets as a consequence (I know, my market vlogs aren‘t up yet, but I swear they‘re coming 😂). So if a good wireless mic is too expensive, maybe a small wired one would do for now and elevate the audio quality in situations like cons and markets 😊 even if it‘s not the best, I think it might make a huge difference!

Hi abinova this is my first time watching your video❤

Have you thought of stationary fest?

Etsy is a difficult place to sell. It controls how you are seen online by potential customers, not you, so you are at its mercy to some extent. Time to build your own website?

Have you thought about making your stickers into planner kits? There is a huge demand for them. For example coffee monsterz co, paper Kay, perkeys paperie etc. just a thought 💭

Hey i wacht your video one RUclips maybe i haf a tip for you design that you are making put it out there to getter when you are done whit it and put it on the back on schirt let it see one off youre design that its ai opener for people your are doing good put it out dear done be afraid jus do it and haf fait in your self that gonne be good keep it up girl❤😊👍

It can take up to 10 years to be successful in a business and no quick fix, some people less. As you go along you will create many things to get to the point where you will find that one thing or product that will lift your business. I've learned so much during my time as a small business

Tiny table! You did well considering the size. Having something like that happening always throws me off course. I always find that if im in a smaller/side room as apposed to a big room I’ll make less sales. Like everything, these things take experience and practice to get better, improve your set up, perfect your pitch etc. My little tip for when im getting rid of stock - do buy one get one free or bundle offers so you keep the spend per person higher and get rid of more stock at once. 😊

I think you should speak with people who have been vending at conventions for years to get a better understanding of what you should be focusing on for “comic con” conventions. Also going too big too fast will be a mistake. Establish who you are as artist/business owner first and focus on gaining an audience.

TY for sharing your blessings big hugs from Coco

Love these market day vlogs by you! ❤ Please don't give up, know how disappointing it can be. I did a free student fair recently, had no idea how it'd be. Sold some things but you wonder if it's worth all the prep and effort 😅 x