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You're very welcome!! I know a lot of people came here after learning about that. What company do you think you're gonna go with?

It's so odd being diagnosed as an adult vs. just knowing that about you your whole life!! Ps. LOVE your brand 😍

@@JordynAlisonDesigns thank you!! Yes it’s such a weird feeling but sooo thankful I can finally manage it ✌🏻

I'm glad to hear that!! ❤

FOR REAL! I feel like the day drags on but the weeks go by fast and then I'm disappointed in my lack of getting stuff done! Lol I am trying to put my design files into an "in progress" folder to make those easier to find... but then months later I find them again 🤣

I think the hard part with the research phase is that it's fun! It's hard to remind yourself to just.. start. CZcams is the ONLY habit I can think of in the last few years that I've stuck with. And all I can take from that is, that's what I'm supposed to be doing. I need to keep working on finding things like that, that make me excited and stop forcing the things that are dreadful!! (but then the flip side is that, some things you have to do because they make money so that part is reallyyy hard for me to just suck it up and do it!!) If there's anything I can help you with in starting your business let me know! Sometimes all it takes is an outsider to help you reset your thinking! ♡

@@JordynAlisonDesigns yea i get so caught up in learning all the things hahah I've found that too, I have done so many things that never see the light of day after the 'research, buy and try 1 time' stage, but I always come back to CZcams. I genuinely enjoy it! Thank you so much for the offer - I'm thinking something that's to do with writing is my best bet and have been looking at copywriting a lot, but I'm currently in a funded course on Digital Marketing that I'm enjoying so we'll see what comes out from exploring that and how I can create a writing business from that. Still kinda up in the air, or it could be that I just am unable to make a decision ahah

@@isobelledger Ooh honestly copywriting is everywhere! And with AI becoming more and more common, I think the pendulum will swing back to brands wanting to be more human soon enough. I think you could definitely have a business with copywriting!

@@JordynAlisonDesigns I think the same!!! I'm hoping to be able to be brave enough very soon

oh my gosh, this is the nicest thing you could say! I appreciate that so much ❤ let me know if there's any topics you want me to touch on!!

Idk what the correlation is, but a LOT of creative people have ADHD!! 😅

I'm glad you found it helpful!!

I hope you like Sticker Giant! If I were doing stickers still today, I would have def made the switch to someone else!!

There's a lot of grandma and grandpa trend names right now, and I think the vibes are there but the names are not quite it haha! Thank you 🙂 I'm excited to have something to work towards and hoping this series helps keep me motivated!

The Christmas cards could definitely be adapted for tea towels

@@sarahcoles2320 oooh that's a great idea! Thank you ❤

I don't have a Joy! I assume that since it can cut stickers, it can do suncatchers as well!

You're welcome!! Let me know if you have any questions 😊

Yes! Totally depends on the stage of your business. By the time I started selling stickers I just went straight into outsourcing because I didn't have a Cricut at that time. It took me years to outsource my greeting cards though, and that's how I did it! Starting with the popular ones first!

Oooh good tip, thank you! That could be why I was struggling 🤣

Ohh that's good to know! I have a cheaper brand that has done the yellowing on pages too. But they were a third of the price of the Ohuhu so I can't really be too bad. I haven't heard of Chotune, that's good to know!

@@JordynAlisonDesigns No, Ohuhus dont cause that yellowing, afaik. The thicker ones dont at least. I think ArtJourney made a video on that, where she tested several different brands and how much- or if at all - they yellow. According to her research the slim Ohuhu alcohol markers cause yellowing. The Honolulu dont.

@@Oozaru85 Yeah I meant the cheaper ones I have do the yellowing. But I'm glad the Honolulus don't! I've been worried about that and kinda waiting a bit to see what would happen.

Ohhhh yikes! Thank you for sharing your experience. I had good customer support when I had one issue, but I'm assuming that as they've grown it's made their rules get tighter around what they'll refund.

@@JordynAlisonDesigns I just felt like they treat small orders better because it’s easier to replace and they get more good reviews. For the large order that I placed for my trade show, I did end up getting my refunds in the end, but it was a lot of back and forth emails. I didn’t have the merchandise for my event. It was upsetting because I felt like they had enough time to reprint them or at least let the other person know so we can maybe send the correct stickers to each other. (I got stickers for a wedding event). I didn’t mind paying for expedited shipment and I’m sure the other customer wanted their stickers too. Thanks for doing this video. I was looking for alternatives, but I wanted it to be somewhat consistent with the stickers that I already have, so it was very helpful.

@@purinpat Yeah that's really crappy, because now two people are upset. They should have sent you shipping labels to ship to the other person and it'd be fixed sooner! I'm sorry you dealt with that. Hopefully one of these other brands will be a good replacement for you!

I should have added that 9 years ago, I wish I knew I had ADHD 🤣 that probably would have been helpful to know sooner in life lol

definitely a perk!

I'd say about a year of working at it full time!

Yeah they recently switched to a waitlist for a designer. The program is still relatively new!! I'd say keep working on creating art, and improving your skills, and fingers crossed they take on new designers soon!

oooh yay!! What quote or design are you going to do?

@@JordynAlisonDesignsI did the same one as you and one that also says Mom with a bow !! i used pink vinyl and put it on a clear keychain

It's my favorite "social media" at the moment!

You're not alone there at all ❤ My most recent video goes over a survey I polled with designers, and a lot of us are in the same boat. Cricut had to pause applications since the program is still so new, it needed to make sure it was paying current designers fairly. I'm hopeful that they will open the program back up at some point!

Thank you!! ❤

Thank you! 🙂 I'm glad you're liking Cricut too!

You can either add an offset in Cricut Design Space or in whatever design program you're using (then flatten it to a PNG!). That seems to work for me!

I think these were from Branding Ideas or something like that! I'm not sure if they ship worldwide, but it's worth a check! I would search "suncatcher manufacturer" if they don't

That's my goal!! ✨

Everything is always linked in the description but I've pinned a comment now too 🙂 The paper is from French Paper. I recommend getting one of their sampler bundles and testing out colors and weights of paper that way. I believe I used the 80lb or 100lb cover weight cardstock. They also have envelopes, so getting the paper samples will help you pick colors for envelopes!

@@JordynAlisonDesigns Thank you, yes. I read the description but I only saw about the printer and the chapter information. maybe my youtube is set up weird, thank you for answering me!

Thank you! I thiiiink it's be about 1-1.5 inches. I can't remember the exact dimensions of the keychain though!

it's not a ton, but I'm super grateful for it!!

hahaha I keep forgetting about it 🤣 then I was scrolling tiktok and saw some other kits and wanted them but had to stop myself because I have these ones unopened lol!

Products used are always linked in the description 🙂The exact one I'm using I didn't link because for whatever reason it's super expensive now. So I linked a comparable one: amzn.to/3WstJlG

It's linked in the description but here's a direct link www.frenchpaper.com/collections/card-stock-cover 🙂

thank you 😄

Thank you! 🙂

You're very welcome!! 🙂

cut most of it out and blurred it so no one else has to see it 🤣

The links to all the printers mentioned are in the description 🙂 I've used 3 for cards: Epson Artisan, and Canon Pixma Pros. I start talking about the printers at 00:41

Great question! I actually just took them off a month or so ago, and they did leave behind more of a residue than professionally printed stickers have. The actual sticker was still in tact without any issues!

It's frustrating! I've eliminated that issues now mostly, since getting a camera. But now the files take up more space since they're higher quality and I needed to get an external hard drive 🤣 there's always something haha!

@@JordynAlisonDesigns 🤣 You will come up with a process and hopefully get easier. Thanks for posting. Watching from central Michigan

@@PeachBerryProducts ohhh cool, I'm also from Michigan!!

@@JordynAlisonDesigns That is soo cool!

thank you! 🙂

Thank you so much for this comment ☺ I'm glad you liked the video! I also have ADHD so I think that helps me when editing, because I want it to be engaging all the way through. AI scares me too and almost a year later from this video I'm still only using ChatGPT and Shopify when making listings. Everything else freaks me out!

thank you for this ☺ I try to be as transparent as possible!