Did you recently see a pillow in the store that you liked? Do you want to make it at home but don’t know much about using a pillow form? Let’s figure it out together. Let’s say the pillow was black and had a white stripe in the middle, it was a striped pillow with the two black stripes on either end and a white one in the middle.

You decided you want your pillow to be 16×16 and have purchased the corresponding size of pillow form. You could use a pattern, but why not play a little until you get exactly what you want. What you will end up with is a uniquely designed one of a kind pillow created by you.

This project is basically all straight lines. Let’s choose some fabric and get a tape measure and have some fun. If you don’t want the black/white pattern on the back, just choose a corresponding color of fabric for the back. Then cut out a piece of the fabric you have chosen for the back in a 17.5″ x 17.5″ square.

Next, cut one white panel and two black panels, each panel will be 17.5″ x 6″. Sew them together, making sure to put the”right” sides together when you sew them together, along the long sides. Next you are going to take the piece for the back and the pieces you’ve sewn together for the front and sew them together. Make sure you leav a space of about 9″ open in the middle of one of the sides, this is how you will turn it right side out and get your pillow form inside the pillow. . Reach your hand in through the opening and turn the thing right side out. Squish the pillow form and gently shove it in though the opening; Make sure the pillow form is sitting evenly and reaches into all the corners. Carefully hand stitch the opening shut.

If you want the panels on the back, too, just cut another set of panels instead of the 17.5″ square back piece. I think it would be fun if the front was black-white-black and the back was white-black-white, but that’s just me.

If you want different sized panels on your pillow you can just experiment, cutting different size pieces to piece together for your front piece. Just make sure the numbers all add up to 18. For example, you could have 2 black panels 7″ wide and a 4″ white one, for example, or you could have a 9″ black, a 6″ white, and a 3″ black one, the point is all your panels have to add up to 18 inches. If you feel more comfortable you can always draw this out on paper and color it in so you can see what it’ll look like before you cut your fabric.

Work from home business decisions are made when you start facing the recession period with tough economic condition. But this has proven to be the safest and the most effective method which does not suffer from any kind of recession. And if this business is started and maintained with full commitment then it will prosper without any chance of failing. But, if this work from home business is not taken seriously then it might lead to failure of your dream.

But there have been more records of the home based that has been started and has failed. What can be the reason of this failure of work from home business? One of the main reasons is the feeling of fear. So, if you want to avoid the failure of your business then you must be positive and do not have any kind of negative thoughts. there are many men and women who work for the traditional job but they are ready to switch over to the work from home jobs and the reason being that work from home jobs are very easy and it offers good income to you.

So try to avoid any kind of failure or negative thoughts in you and get set with the positive attitude of success in your work from home business. Your mind is the powerful machine and if you can let your mind to be full of success thoughts then you are going to be a successful business person.

One of the other reasons that have been said about the work from home business is the lack of self discipline in you. Most of the people do not treat their work from home business as the real business. So, you have to be very serious whether it is your real business or your work from business because loss in any of them means loss of monetary as well as your patience.

Assume the partnership of Howell, Madrid and Waldrop has been in existence for a number of years. Howell decides to withdraw from the partnership when the partners’ capital balances are as follows:

Partner: …………….. Capital Balance: …………Profit/Loss Ratio

Howell ………………………. $60,000 ………………………………4

Madrid ……………………… 15,000 ……………………………….3

Waldrop ……………………. 25,000 ……………………………….2

An appraisal of the business and its net assets estimates the fair value to be $154,000. Land with a book value of $20,000 has a fair value of $35,000. Howell has agreed to receive $84,000 in exchange for her partnership interest.
What are the remaining partners’ capital balances after Howell’s interest is dissolved, assuming the goodwill method is applied?

Mother’s Day Poetry,

I’m Sorry Mom!

I’m sorry for the troubles

And the worries I brought you.

I’m sorry for my mistakes,

I didn’t mean to make you blue.

When I was young and growing up,

Living in your home for so long,

I made many people sad,

I did many things wrong.

So I thought that I could show you now,

By moving away and being on my own,

That I was finally straightened out,

I wanted to prove to you I am finally maturely grown.

But I havn’t done to well at that,

I guess it goes to show,

You never really solved it all,

You never really know.

I’d like to show you now,

I need to take the time to say,

Thanks for accepting both the good and bad,

I hope you have a Wonderful Mother’s Day!

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When it comes to making baby footprint invitations there are a lot of options to choose from. You are limited only by your creativity. Here are 4 great ideas for ways you can make a baby footprint invitation.

There are some really easy ways to make these invitations, and some are more complicated, let’s take the easiest first.

The first suggestion is the easiest. You can get a baby footprint invitation kit to make the invitations. Everything will be included in the kit, the baby footprint stamp, the envelopes, the paper, everything you need. You just have to do the stamping, and some have a spot for pictures, so you’ll add the picture and then fill them out. It’s a quick, easy and cute option for those who don’t have a lot of time for crafting or just don’t have the inclination.

The second option is to find printable invitations online. Once you find an invitation you like you simply print them out on whatever paper you have selected. ?You can find tons of different invitations with baby footprints on them online. Many of these sites are made so you can simply print them out on your own paper. You can jazz these up by using fun and interesting paper you get at the craft store. After you print them all you need to do is fill in the information.

The third option if for the craftier among you. You can get a baby footprint rubber stamp, and other baby related stamps, you can find these at your local scrapbooking store. While you’re at the scrapbooking store check out their wide array of papers and find some cute paper. When choosing paper for invitations I would choose either light colored paper or paper with a muted pattern. Once you’ve chosen your paper and your stamps you can just start adding your own personal design. This will almost ensure you give each person a unique invitation.

When you are making this type of invitation you may want to have one baby footprint or you could even have a few of them so it looks like the footprints are walking, it’s really up to you. You could even do a dance pattern in baby footprints. ?Just get creative and have fun.

The fourth option is to make the entire invitation in the shape of a baby footprint. You can find a template in a magazine ~ just cut out a baby foot from an advertisement. If you have a toddler you could even trace their foot. Once you have the foot you want to use, simply draw around it on a piece of heavy duty poster board. This will serve as your template. Then choose the paper you want to use for your invitations and cut around your template footprint. You can embellish these invitations with stickers, or even just sparkly pens. Just remember, a little goes a long way.

If you are creating invitations for a celebration where a baby is involved baby footprint invitations are a fun and creative way to go. I hope you have gotten some interesting ideas. Now get out there, and have some fun!

Sometimes it can be hard to make ends meat as a single mom, month to month barely getting by. Fortunately, there are services on the internet that can aid your financial situation. Paid survey sites have been helping single moms pay there bills and expenses for years, they’ve gotten so popular that they have been rated #1 by WAHM (work at home mom) magazine.

Here’s how it works. Companies such as Life Lock, Blockbuster, and Gamefly are so confident that you will like there services that they are willing to PAY YOU to try them. It sounds a bit fishy but it makes sense. They are so confident that people will use their products and services that they will pay you just to take the trial. So these companies work through a “GPT” (Get Paid To) service. This is really a middle man, it just keeps a list of all advertisers willing to pay people for these trials. They keep a small percentage of the profit, and the rest is returned to you!

So, for example, you sign up for the Blockbuster trial. You’re paid 10$ within about 20 minutes of signing up and you can either stay in the trial or cancel. Even when you cancel, you keep the 10$ you were given. It’s really that simple. You can easily make 30-40$ in about 30 minutes of signing up for trials.

This is a very simple way to make extra cash, and because it has no work schedule or demanding boss, it is an excellent job for stay at home moms. I would recommend it to any single mom or otherwise who needs extra spending cash or needs help paying the bills.

Part 2 of 5 On The Home Business Set-Up Guide

Dear Reader,

These articles will provide a step by step guide on how to start and run a home based business based on my experiences and other home business owners. This is part 2 in a series of 5 articles. They are written in a basic format and where possible main points are summarised in an attempt to be understood by all. I have tried to minimise the technical jargon as much as possible.

So lets jump right in and see what we need to know about starting and running a home based business.

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Legal Structures

The legal structure of your business is very important as it is a function of liabilities and tax deduction. The most common structures are:

? Sole trader
? Partnership
? Company
? Trust

Sole Trader

When you are a sole trader you are personally responsible and liable for the business and its activities. Commonly you may start out as a sole trader, and as you expand, you will need to seek out partners or investors. Your accountant is the best person to advise you if this is the best structure for your business.

Partnership

This arrangement is where you and your partner are liable for anything related to your business. It is a very good idea to get a solicitor to write up a partnership agreement to avoid disputes down the track.

Company

This is a legal entity liable for the debts it incurs and paying tax on income. Your accountant can help you set a company up, or you can buy one off the shelf, which may be more cost effective.

Trust

Depending on your personal circumstances, and the country you live in, trusts can be useful in business and estate planning. They can be quite complex, and again, your accountant is the best person to speak too.

Registering Your Business Name

You can operate a business under your own name or register a business name. Registration of a business name allows you to operate under that name.

Select a name for your business that describes to your customer what you do. A descriptive name promotes and advertises your business more effectively.

Licences And Permits

Depending on your municipality, you may need licences and permits. Do the right thing and check with your local council. Doing the right things now will save you a lot of unnecessary leg work later.

Insurance

Often overlooked, insurance is an important part of your risk management plan. There are two types of insurance: general insurance for loss/damage of assets and risk insurance which is your personal insurance cover.

Ensure your business insurance is separate to your personal insurance.
To establish the type and amount of insurance you need for your home based business, check with an insurance broker.

Managing Risk

You must have a risk management strategy for your business. Your SWOT (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats) analysis from article one, will show what could expose your business to loss and what actions to take to reduce that loss.

Marketing

As a home business entrepreneur, you must understand what your customers want and give it to them. You must strive to have a service or product that meets and excels your customers needs and expectations. This is what makes them come back to buy from you, and this is how you grow your profit. Try and think like your customers and you will find they want:

? Satisfaction
? Value for money
? Performance
? Reliability
? Presentation

Don’t confuse marketing with selling. In a home based business, marketing is much much more and involves all aspects of the business- pricing, advertising, customer service to sales.

Marketing Mix

Communication with your customers is essential and develops the framework for your marketing strategy. You must tell your customers these important bits of information

? Product- describe it in full detail, its special features and of course how it will benefit the customer

? Price – explain your pricing strategy, don’t forget to consider your costs, discounts you will offer, payment policies

? Promotion – choose the most effective for your type of business. If you don’t know, think about what you would prefer if you were the customer. Eg: telemarketing, flyers, e-mail campaigns

? Place – what place will your product be so customers can find it and contact you. How will you deliver the product to your customers? You may need to consider getting a website.

Your Business Image

Even though you are running a home based business, make sure your office is comfortable and professional in appearance. Your website also needs to project the same kind of professionalism

Location

Your home based business needs its own dedicated area. Very often the living and working areas muddle into one, not allowing you to distinguish which is for work and for play. Keeping these separate is essential for running a home business. You must ensure that all family members understand this too.
A telephone is essential in your home office as it will be the first point of contact with your clients. Installing a second phone line separate from the personal line is essential along with a cell phone, answering machine and a pager. Talk to your telecommunications company, very often they have some great packages suited to small businesses.

Furniture And Equipment

Choose furniture that is comfortable and professional. This helps distinguish this area from the rest of the household.

Your office needs equipment and here are a few to get you kick started:

? Computer
? Chair(S)
? Desk
? Fax machine
? Filing cabinet
? Mobile phone
? Telephone
? Heating/cooling
? Lighting

I hope this article has set you on the path to create your own home based business and empower you to reach your financial destiny.
In the next article, I will cover some of the ins and outs of operating a small business from home.

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A work at home assistant job, or virtual assistant, is one of the most recent career choices available due to the high quantity of internet services needed. Virtual assistants provide clients with secretarial, administrative, and technologically creative skills. If you have a computer, fax, scanner and printer, you may find that becoming a virtual assistant is the perfect job for you.

There are a wide array of websites where you can, not only find a virtual assistant position, but you can also gain skills that you would need in such a position. Some will even match you up with a company that you are well suited for. As with any company you intend to work with, you should thoroughly research the company before putting your trust into it. Unfortunately, a high percentage of these types of online programs are scams.

You may want to consider joining a work at home job search website that offers membership in order to help you find clients, but be wary. There should be no fees, other than membership, involved and don’t agree to transfer money or accept payment from or into your bank account. Two excellent, free job search sites are http://www.wahm.com (Work at Home Moms) and http://www.craigslist.org. Remember that just because you pay a membership fee, you aren’t assured of getting a job.

Another great idea is to develop your own virtual assistant website. This way, you can really market yourself and the services you provide. You could also provide tutorials, book reviews, and message boards geared toward your services to create more traffic to your website. By selling advertising space on your website, you can easily have a steady stream of income while working on initial projects. Also consider getting business liability insurance and registering your business name. This will lend credibility to your company.

Whatever type of services you are offering, you should make sure that you are fully qualified to provide those services. You may choose to only offer secretarial services, or skills in one specific field, or even a couple of related areas. In any case, work at home assistant jobs are the wave of the future, so start providing services today. Try not to get discouraged during your search. Finding a job is never a walk in the park. Employers will appreciate a positive attitude and a hard worker, and your new work at home assistant job will be your reward for all your hard work.
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Searching for a new and unique home business opportunity? There’s plenty of options out there, but it can be pretty easy to get lost in the sea of business after business without really finding the home based business that will set you apart and bring you the excitement and fulfillment of doing something truly different. To that end, we’re going to take a look at some of the most unique business opportunities that tend to operate off the beaten path and although one might think that mainstream business = mainstream profits, think again. Consider that in many small businesses, a good niche market business will often outperform some of the more common small businesses due to their lack of competition and the preponderance of new and repeat business. If you’re ready to find a new and truly unique franchise, take a look at just a few of the Hottest work from home Franchise Business Opportunities You Didn’t Know About.

Got Mold?
Well, hopefully the answer is no, but mold has quickly become a huge problem in the US with millions of homes being affected and the mold assessment and cleanup industry growing to a multi-billion dollar market. Many Americans affected by the problem don’t even realize that they have mold in their homes, but they are sick more often and symptoms mimic the reaction to severe allergies escalating to a condition similar to pneumonia. 1-800-GOT-MOLD? Is leading the charge to help diagnose America’s mold problem and along the way, making a pretty penny as they are one of the only mold assessment franchises in this multi-billion dollar but largely untapped market. Their combination of high-tech mold detecting tools and specially trained Labrador retrievers make this franchise appealing to pet lovers and technology lovers alike. Customers can trust 1-800-GOT-MOLD? because they are an unbiased authority on detection of mold. Since they don’t do the actual mold cleanup and remediation, the mold assessment report will be fair, unbiased and ultimately very helpful to the homeowner. If you want to clean up financially as well as help clean up people’s homes and give them healthier, longer lives, consider a franchise with 1-800-GOT-MOLD?

Drive Hammered, Get Nailed
Ever been out at a bar with a few friends, enjoying a drink or two and some conversation and then wonder, “Am I OK to drive?” Many times, you can be over the limit legally without necessarily feeling impaired and to make matters worse, the more you drink the more your judgment can be clouded allowing you to make the decision that you’re ok to drive, when you may not be. Breath Testers USA USA is the sole distributer of a great new product that can help a patron to diagnose their BAC (blood/alcohol content) as well as help the bar or restaurant owner by generating more business. Breath Testers’ machine uses the newest, most effective technology to detect BAC and like many other vending or kiosk franchise opportunities, with a Breath Testers franchise you’ll be able to work from home, set your own schedule and decide whether to work part time and generate some additional cash flow, or work full time, setting up dozens of machines and generate some serious revenue. As a Breath Testers USA franchisee, you’ll contact bars and restaurants to arrange for your machine locations and since there’s no restocking or servicing required, just place the machine in the establishment and collect the funds. This is a fairly untapped industry in America, but with the way this type of machine has caught on in European countries and Canada, BAC testing machines are sure to become a huge industry here in the next few years so take the opportunity to get in on the ground floor.

Real Estate At 900mhz
If you’ve ever bought a house, you no doubt know the frustration of driving buy a great looking house with a for sale sign, checking for more information and discovering that they’re out of flyers and you will have to come back another time or call the realtor if you want any real information about the house. PreQuence is out to change this dilemma and their innovative method is helping realtors sell more homes, helping buyers get the information they need and helping their franchisees make some serious income in this uniquely new market. PreQuence’s core service involves sending listing information and color photos of homes directly to the buyer’s cell phone. A small sign is placed in the home’s yard or attached to the for sale sign indicating a number that the buyer can send a SMS text message to in order to obtain instant info. The information and pictures are sent immediately to the buyer’s cell phone providing a green alternative to printed flyers and an instant way to receive photos and info about the home without even having to leave the car.

B-I-N-G-O
Several billion dollars are spent each year in this country on advertising. Ad dollars are what keep radios and televisions broadcasting and can serve to inform you of a new product or event, and while established forms of print and broadcast advertising have been around for years, there are still a few niche markets of advertising that can make a substantial amount of money while allowing you to work at home. One of the most unique and truly innovative advertising franchises: Bingo Lingo. Bingo Lingo publishes bingo programs primarily for charitable organizations and has developed a sterling track record and reputation in this 20-year old industry. They’ve developed a proven method to achieve financial success through bingo program advertising while contributing to the community all from the comfort of your own home. If you’re apprehensive about heading into this fairly unknown field, don’t worry because Bingo Lingo provides an excellent training course designed to teach you all the ins and outs of the field, build management skills and help you get your franchise up and running even if you have no previous experience in advertising (or bingo).

These niche market businesses can seem a little intimidating since they tend to blaze their own trails, but if one of these unique franchise opportunities catches your eye, consider that with a niche market business you’ll most likely be the only game in town, earning you repeat business and customer loyalty should a similar business pop up a few years down the road. You’ll also receive all the training you need from the franchisor to teach you the overarching ideas and the minute details associated with these unique businesses. Most importantly, you’ll be surrounded by a supportive team who’ll provide answers to any questions you man have and will continue to support you and your new small business as you continue to grow.
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