The Cricut Joy features mat-less cutting but, you can use new mats so that you can utilize your scrap collection of vinyl!
The Joy is compatible with the existing Design Space applications so you can use your PC, Mac, iPhone, and Android devices to create designs and wirelessly create.
Cricut has made some clever innovations specifically for making cards. There is a special cutting mat that allows you to insert folded cards and cut your design on the front of the card.
Of course, Cricut offers a ton of new materials for Joy so you can make pretty much anything:
Vinyl Iron-on Smart Labels Insert cards Adhesive-backed paper Infusible Ink Transfer sheets Infusible ink pens and markers Pens and markers
We will, of course, be offering all of the Cricut media and accessories in our online store as soon as they are available.
Here are some ideas for Quick profitable customized Christmas Gifts.
As the Holiday season approaches you should be full-on into making your custom gifts. These ideas offer you the chance to use minimal outlay for supplies and create year after year proven popular gifts and decorations that will sell quickly and for good profit margins.
Customized Pot Holders
Quickly package up a pot holder, spatula and cookie or muffin mix with a customized design, name or message. Super fast to make and there are a ton of design ideas available – see our previous post on pot holders here. These sell out FAST and I highly recommend that you buy these by the box – all three items!! Dollar Tree offers these in red, green and black. Stock gets scarce closer to Christmas so plan accordingly. Make this for around $3 and sell for at least $10.
Customized Christmas Santa Buckets
Dollar Tree has these Santa Belt buckets that you can quickly customize with individual names or family names. Add to this the option to create custom gift baskets with a selection of customized gifts. Add in other Dollar Tree bargain items and create a value bundle that will attract sales. For example, make up Pet gift buckets for the favorite animals in the house with treats and chew toys. How about movie bundles with popcorn, snacks and other goodies, cooking bundles with utensils and cookie/muffin mixes. The options are endless and you can appeal to many customers that you may have in specific groups you already sell to. Dollar Tree also has a collection of care package selections you can purchase or look at to get some ideas on what you might like to package up as a gift set!
The ideas are endless and the cost per item is limited allowing you to maximize profit!
Customized Christmas Elf Hats and Headbands
Always a hit, Eft hats, and headbands! Quick and easy to customize with names or a comical quote, takes moments to cut and press. Party time or Christmas/Holiday celebrations would be an ideal pitch for these types of headwear!
Customized Christmas Elves
The Dollar Tree Christmas Elves have been a staple hit every year. Popular in most areas these sell like hotcakes with simple name customization. Ideal for pressing with hair tongs – you don’t even need to have a heat press to be handy making these. $1 investment and sell them for around $10 a go! These sell out fast at Dollar Tree so I seriously recommend that you buy from the website – click here – and buy by the box as trying to find them in the stores becomes an impossible mission closer to Christmas. Bookmark the link for them as they constantly go in and out of stock so they may not immediately be available.
Christmas Ornaments / Santa Cams
Whether you insert pictures, snow, choose to make custom colors with Polycrilic to add to the sparkle/personalization you cannot go wrong with personalized ornaments. Buy by the box and get to work customizing! Remember to keep your designs and fonts small so you reduce the chances of wrinkled vinyl.
Customize further with the cellphone camera lens and make Santa Cams so parents and Santa can keep an eye on the kids leading up to Christmas! You may want to put a disclaimer that these are not real cameras and simply ornaments! Some people have expected working cameras!
Where to sell?
Many people sell these items on Facebook Marketplace as well as in local buy and sell groups to hit as many potential customers as possible. Places like Etsy may be completely swamped with items like this so aim to sell locally, reduce possible shipping costs, and target your know clients, groups and communities.
This is a quick and easy way to bring in some extra money this Holiday season as well as have a simple but personalized range of gifts for family and friends too! Keep your costs down in product outlay, stay and promote local and reduce the potential outlay on shipping.
Share your ideas for gifts or other popular customized solutions that others can work on to customize and build out their Christmas/Holiday portfolio!
If you are looking for an easy to make a very profitable quick selling item you can source these all through Dollar Tree (buy online with the links below!) and turn a $3 investment into a gift that is very popular every year!
Christmas pot holders make awesome gifts for teachers, crossing guards, family and friends, plenty of target audiences!
As a budget computer, the Chromebook is a popular choice. Unfortunately, until now it has not been possible to run Cricut Design Space on these machines as they are not compatible. Cricut Design Space is designed for both Windows and Mac computers and there are companion apps on both iOS and Android platforms. NOTE – these are the SUPPORTED and preferred platforms!
With the latest updates to ChromeOS, it is now possible to run Android applications on your Chromebook. While this is not native support for ChromeOS it does allow those with Chromebooks to install the Cricut Design Space application and work on their designs. The beauty of this solution is that depending on what Chromebook you have, you’ll be able to work on a larger screen and utilize a keyboard and mouse!
The downside of this solution is the reality that this is the Android version of Cricut Design Space and to date, this is not on feature parity with the Windows, Mac or iOS versions.
These are the steps to get Cricut Design Space working on your Chromebook, hope you find this useful!
Compatibility
Cricut Design Space via the Android app is made possible as Google has now enabled the ability to use Google Play Store and apps on your Chromebook.
You will need to ensure (if your machine is listed on the above site) that you have the latest ChromeOS updates installed – see here on how to check/upgrade
Installation
Once you have followed these steps you can go into the Google Play Store, search for the Cricut Design Space app and then install it.
Once installed swipe up, select the Cricut Design Space app and you’re ready to go.
Note:
This does not mean you should rush out and buy a Chromebook to use Design Space – this is not an ideal nor support solution. This is not a supported solution so don’t call Cricut if you have issues! Not all functionality has been tested! We bear no responsibility for any issues arising from using this solution. This is a workaround and solution for those who only have Chromebooks and want to use Cricut Design Space. Logos used without permission remain copyright of original owners.
Cricut sees different use cases for the different sizes
Choose the right EasyPress 2 for the types of projects you love to make most. Cricut EasyPress 2 comes in three sizes: 6?x7?, think Onesies, baby bibs, cosmetic bags. The 9?x9?, think T-shirts and tote bags. The 10?x12?, think BIG. Blankets, beach umbrellas, banners.
The new presses have been upgraded and can now reach 400 degrees, an answer to previous customer feedback.? The EasyPress 2 devices are faster to warm up too.? Ashish Arora stated during his presentation that while a regular heat press may take 7 minutes to reach the desired 315 degrees the EasyPress 2 would warm up in less that one minute (6″ x 7″), less than 2 minutes (9″ x 9″) and less than 3 minutes (12″ x 10″).? The warm-up?time is 25% faster than the original EasyPress.
Rather than the original coral color, the new EasyPress will feature raspberry colored handles.
Coming in 2019, Cricut will also release EasyPress 2 carry bags – custom made for the new sizes presses and ideal for transporting your press to craft events, shows, etc.
Halloween is right around the corner. Why not make your designs GLOW in anticipation? This week, you can do just that by saving 15% Glow in the Dark heat transfer vinyl. This sale will burn out soon though!
Siser?heat presses?? Everyone knows Siser for Easyweed and lately for EasyPSV (Pressure Sensitive Vinyl – new competitor/alternative to?Oracal?651/631) but not maybe so much for heat presses.? Siser?features these presses all the time on their Facebook videos and their Youtube channel (recommend you subscribe for hints, tips and product releases)
Siser has a video that covers their range of heat presses that come in 3 different sizes, 16×20, 15×15 and 11×15 as well as a hat press.? Prices start at $395.99 for the 11×15, $495.99 for the 15×15 and $595.99.? The Siser?hat press costs around $395.
Cricut EasyPress 2 was announced yesterday at Cricut’s Mountain-Maker-A-Thon 2018.? Cricut’s CEO, Ashish Arora,? announced the new presses, now in three sizes, to an eager crowd touting that the original EasyPress has been a success and had proven despite popular feedback online that pressure was not the key element to a great bond but consistent heat.
Building on the success of the original Cricut EasyPress, the new models now come?in 3 sizes to better suit different needs:
6″ x 7″ which will sell at $129.99
9″ x 9″ which will sell at $179.99
12″ x 10″ which will sell at $229.99
Cricut sees different use cases for the different sizes
Choose the right EasyPress 2 for the types of projects you love to make most. EasyPress 2 comes in three sizes: 6?x7?, think Onesies, baby bibs, cosmetic bags. Our original 9?x9?, think T-shirts and tote bags. And, 10?x12?, think BIG. Blankets, beach umbrellas, banners.
The new presses have been upgraded and can now reach 400 degrees, an answer to previous customer feedback.? The EasyPress 2 devices are faster to warm up too.? Ashish Arora stated during his presentation that while a regular heat press may take 7 minutes to reach the desired 315 degrees the EasyPress 2 would warm up in less that one minute (6″ x 7″), less than 2 minutes (9″ x 9″) and less than 3 minutes (12″ x 10″).? The warm-up?time is 25% faster than the original EasyPress.
Rather than the original coral color the new EasyPress will feature raspberry colored handles.
Coming in 2019, Cricut will also release EasyPress 2 carry bags – custom made for the new sizes presses and ideal for transporting your press to craft events, shows, etc.
Today Cricut announced the Cricut Joy.
Today Cricut announced the Cricut Joy.
Of course, Cricut offers a ton of new materials for Joy so you can make pretty much anything:
Cricut Design Space on your Chromebook
Cricut EasyPress 2
Siser?heat presses?? Everyone knows Siser for Easyweed and lately for EasyPSV (Pressure Sensitive Vinyl – new competitor/alternative to?Oracal?651/631) but not maybe so much for heat presses.? Siser?features these presses all the time on their 
