If you are crafty, and have a talent for making hair bows, necklaces, or scarfs, start selling them to your friends, family or the general public. This can be a fun way to make money on items you love to make.  Set up an account on Etsy to showcase your merchandise, and expand your customer base. Let your parents know you would like to set up an Etsy account, and ask them to help you set up a PayPal account so you can successfully sell your goods. See if you can sell your merchandise at local craft fairs or garage sales. Depending on the quality and amount of clothes you have, you can sell clothes that no longer fit you or that you don't wear anymore. There are many thrift stores that will buy your clothes from you to resell in their shops. Simply go through your closet, and put the clothes you no longer want in a garbage bag. Take the bag to a thrift store in your area, and let them buy the clothes from you. Be sure to always check with your parents before trying to sell any of your clothes or belongings. If you get permission from your parents, then you can try selling your clothes. Ask friends or family to pitch in their stuff they would like to sell so that it's a bigger and better sale. Put up signs around your neighborhood and town telling how to get to your house and what time the sale is. Many people get up early for garage sales, so be sure to start yours by 9 a.m., and keep it going until at least noon. Remember to ask your parents if you are allowed to sell your things. See if your parents have things they want to sell, so you can sell your stuff together.

Summary: Sell homemade jewelry or accessories. Sell your old or unwanted clothes. Hold a garage sale to sell all of your unwanted stuff.


Hold the tip of the left end of the tie with your hand so it’s pulled over the right end. Hold the tip of the right end of the tie with your other hand. The left end should be hanging straight down, with the right end wrapped around it. When you look down, you should see the back of the left end of the tie. Continue to hold both ends with your hands. The left end of the tie should now be looped around the right end. Hold the left end of the tie so it’s pointing down at an angle. The right end of the tie should still be pointing straight down. Bring the tip of the right end through the loop, in front of the top button of your shirt and behind where the right and left end cross at your collar. The back of the left end of the tie should be facing out as you’re pulling it up through the loop. This is the loop you made when you wrapped the left end over, under, then over the right end. Keep pulling until all of the left end is through the loop. Pull down on the left end of the tie as you’re pulling the loop up. If you’re tie feels too tight, pull the loop down a little bit to loosen it. If your tie feels too loose, pull the loop up closer to your collar.

Summary: Pass the left end of the knit tie over the right end. Wrap the left end of the knit tie under the right end. Bring the left end of the knit tie over the right end again. Pass the left end up through the loop around your collar. Bring the left end down through the loop around the right end. Pull the loop up toward your collar to tighten your tie into place.


One of the typical shortcomings of new press-release-writers is stylistic—they tend to write a press release as if it was a memo. That is, they tend to write a dry, matter-of-fact document more suited to office consumption than public consumption. This is a mistake. A press release should be written like a hybrid of an advertisement and a news story; it should be pithy, catchy, and informative.  The best case scenario for your press release is this: the reporter who reads it thinks it’s a newsworthy topic, runs out of time to write a story about it, and puts their name on what you wrote, giving you complete control over the message. If what you’ve written is good enough, there’s a (very slim) chance that could happen. If you write something dry and filled with jargon, it never will. The eye is drawn to a picture to a greater degree than it is to text, and as a consequence, visual aids work in press releases just as well as they do in any other type of written media. Tastefully integrated photographs, images, and videos are all great ways to get more eyes that matter reading what you want them to read. The effect of adding images and video is considerable—18% and 55% greater views on average, respectively. Understand that even if you advertise, your press release might be the way a lot of viewers learn about your good or service, whether the reader is a member of the press or a member of the public. As a consequence, you need to explain to the reader what they stand to gain by diverting their attention from whatever else is vying for it, and reading your press release.  After every press release, your reader should be able to easily explain what is new, why it is unusual, and why they should care. Tweak it until you’ve satisfied those conditions.

Summary: Remember that your press release tells a story. Integrate multimedia. Explain to the audience what’s in it for them.


Measure out your wire, then use wire cutters to trim it to the right length. If you’re not sure how much you’ll need, cut an extra 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) to be safe.  You can use silver or copper wire, both of which can be bought at a craft store or from an online retailer. If you’re planning on doing a design that involves a lot of twists, consider cutting off a longer piece of wire. Set the tip or the smallest part of the crystal in the ring that you created, which will be the top of the pendant. Position the crystal how you want it to hang between the 2 ends of the wire. For example, if you want a specific side of the crystal to be facing down, like one of the pointed tips, lay the crystal so that end is facing away from the ring. After you’ve wrapped the crystal, take both ends of the remaining wire and twist them tightly around the bottom of the small ring. Pull them taut as you wind them around to hold the ends in place.  If you have a lot of wire leftover, use the wire cutters to snip off the extra. Use the pliers to tuck the wire around the ring if you’re struggling. Fill a cup with water and dunk the entire crystal in it. Be sure to completely submerge the crystal so that all of the tissue paper gets saturated.  Use any temperature of water to fill the cup. You can also run the crystal under the sink to get it wet.
Summary: Cut a piece of 24-gauge wire about 1 foot (0.30 m) long. Lay the crystal between the 2 ends of the wire so the point rests in the ring. Wind both ends around the base of the ring. Dip the wrapped crystal in water.