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CRAFTY MARKS

My Mini Company, Crafty Marks sells decorative
handmade and attractive bookmarks. I have a range
of different colours and designs e.g. sheep, owls and
flowers.
I am the only one in my mini company which meant I FRAME IT
didn’t have luxury of someone to fall back on or help me.
I make my bookmarks at the weekend because I am a ‘Frame It’ is a first year Royal School Cavan Mini Company.
boarder. We produce and sell personalised, decorative & seasonal
3-D picture frames.
First I made my templates then I selected my felt. I cut There are 4 members in our company: Daphne Keyes
out the shapes on my felt then I sowed the paper clip to (Sales & Finance Manager), Megan Griffith-Keane
the back piece of felt. Then I sow the design to the front (Managing Director), Paul Soden (Production Manager)
piece of felt e.g. beads, buttons and small pieces of felt. and myself, Millie Kinnear (Marketing Manager).
Sow the two pieces of felt together. After brainstorming a couple of ideas, we decided to
I sold my bookmarks in the craft fairs in the school make 3-D frames. We asked friends and family and
and in the craft fair in Cavan. I learned how to work researched the internet for design ideas. We got help
under pressure to make hard decisions about my Mini from our parents to access the frames and the interior
accessories. We worked both as a team and on our own.
Company and how to work with people politely at all We also got help from our Business teachers, Miss Argue
times. I came up with this idea when I saw people in my and Mr. Robertson.
class frantically looking for their page in their book. I sell We went to many craft fairs, such as the Backyard, Moyne
my bookmarks for €1.50 each which I thought was a fair Hall, The Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town event & the
price for the amount of work and time I put in to make craft fair at our school to sell our products. We also sold
these decorative and fun looking bookmarks. through the word of mouth and through social media.
I went to the final of the Student Enterprise Awards So far we have made a profit of over €1,000. Our
in Cavan in the Slieve Russel Hotel which I found very bestselling frames were the glow in the dark frame and
interesting and helpful for the future. the Reindeer frame.
We put together a business report and entered into the
By Laura Moorhead Cavan Student Enterprise Awards. We travelled to the
Slieve Russell Hotel to be interviewed by the judges. We
arrived at 8:30 to set up our display. We were delighted
with how the day went and after all our hard work we
were awarded first place in County Cavan! We will be
representing Cavan in the Junior Category in Croke Park
on the 2nd of May. Wish us luck!

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