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Being passionate about our jobs is something we all want, and taking a fun craft and making it a career is a great way to accomplish this.  As a scrapbooker, you may have already considered how to become a scrapbook consultant or how to open your own scrapbooking store, but here are a few more ideas on how to start a scrapbooking business.

Scrapbooking Teacher

Do you enjoy showing other scrapbookers the newest techniques and showing them how to use the latest tools?  You might be the one everyone asks for help at the Friday night crops you attend.The perfect career for you might be becoming a scrapbooking instructor.Scrapbook teachers need talent in scrapbooking, but they also need to have the skills to teach and demonstate how to do scrapbooking techniques.  To succeed as a scrapbooking teacher, you need excellent communication skills and the ability to talk in front of others confidently.   

Go to your local scrapbooking store to see if they have any teaching job open.  You can also become an independent scrapbook teacher as well.Continuing education programs at community colleges are often looking for someone with new ideas to teach classes.  Finally, you could open up your home to your friends and neighbors and offer a scrapbooking class.  You can charge a fee for the class, or order the supplies for the project wholesale and profit from the retail price.

Scrapbooking Writer

Do you love to browse the internet for scrapbooking articles?Those articles have to be written by someone.Becoming a freelance scrapbooking writer is a great option for making scrapbooking your career, if you have a way with words.There are a variety of ways to market your writing online.  Website owners are always looking for new content, and you can even market your own ebook.Remember the print industry.Market your scrapbook writing to book publishers and magazines.

To get started, look to see what kind of scrapbooking information people are looking to read.  What are they searching for online?Reading scrapbook forums will give you a good idea of what questions or problems scrapbookers have the most.  These are problems that scrapbookers want to solve.  Start writing articles or a book around these topics.Sell the information to scrapbooking ezines, websites or newsletter publishers, or even online scrapbook stores that might wish to offer information with their products.

Scrapbook Event Planner

Have you ever attended a scrapbooking expo or retreat?  Someone has to coordinate these events.  It takes not only knowing what scrapbookers want from these meetings, but also strong organizational skills to plan and schedule all the details. 

You can develop a business as a scrapbooking event planner, or you can work for a company that plans these events or for a scrapbooking retreat.You can even start a company that plans getaway weekends, retreats, vacations and expos for scrapbookers.  You can make money by charging for the events, as well as selling space to scrapbooking vendors to market supplies and products to the attendees.

Any of these ideas will turn your scrapbooking ideas into a profitable business.  As a scrapbooking writer, teacher or event planner, you become an expert in this field.  Sharing your talent and experiences with other scrapbookers can be an enjoyable and exciting business model.