By Cathy Spracklin

Do you have young children at home? Would you prefer to stay home with them rather than send them to a daycare? If you answered yes, then working from home may be for you. More so now than ever before, moms are staying home with their kids while working from home.

There are two options to choose from if you want to make money from home while staying home with your children. First, you can ask your current employer if you can start working from home. This is a great option if you have a job that can be done from home however, this may not always be feasible. Even if it is feasible, your employer may not be too excited about the idea.

For those who cannot do their current job from home, don’t fret because there is another option. The other option is to start your own home based business.This may seem a little overwhelming and you may not know how to get started. However, did you know that you can start a home based business without much difficulty or stress and with only a small initial investment?

If you want to start your own business and work from home, you need to start by doing some research. The best place to find information on a home based business is online. The reason for this is that the majority of home based businesses have something to do with the internet. You need to consider proven business opportunities that have been around for a number of years. Unfortunately, there are a lot of business opportunities out there that are scams which only make money for the people advertising them. You need to beware. It helps if you can find people who are already successful working from home and find out what they are doing.

In conclusion, working from home can give you the best of both worlds. There are stay at home moms who are taking advantage of this lifestyle and enjoying the flexibility that goes with it. Why not you? With your own home based business, you can choose when and how many hours you work while still spending time home with your children. What could be better? Just remember to do your research first to help find the best opportunity that will allow you to stay at home with your kids and make money at the same time.

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By Tammy Embrich

 I do have experience with a few work at home assembly companies, just as many others have. They were learning experiences and ones that will definitely not be forgotten. This article is for individuals that are currently thinking about purchasing home assembly kits. To those, I’m willing to share my inevitable fate.

For the first company I remember sewing Christmas oven mitts. The mitts were green with red poinsettias on the front. Since I had (or thought I had) lots of sewing experience, I thought I had a pretty good shot at making some satisfactory mitts and making some money. I think I mailed in three and each one came back with the bad news of “not passing the company’s inspection.”

For the second company I wrapped ribbon around wooden open hearts. I hot glued three tiny ribbon roses on one corner with a different colored ribbon hanging from the roses. There were one dozen in each kit. I thought they were exceptionally attractive.

I was absolutely blown away when after my second shipment, the company actually accepted the hearts I had made and was paid. I was thrilled, but there was a catch. I was limited to just one shipment of one dozen per month. That sure wasn’t my idea of making money from home.

I think I only sent in one more shipment and I kept the last set of hearts I made. They are green and white and they look elegant hanging from my Christmas tree.

For the third company, I beaded earrings. It took me forever to complete just one pair. The thread easily knotted and needless to say, I was just a tad frustrated. I ended up sending in just two pair and of course, they did not get accepted. Well from that moment on, that was the end of home assembly for me.

I advise anyone thinking of assembling crafts from home for various companies, save your frustration and don’t do it. Your time can be much better spent on searching for legitimate work at home jobs that pay you an honest wage. Or you can of course sell the products yourself for a nice profit.

I’m not saying every home assembly company is a scam. I have not done extensive research about them. But from the ones I’ve dealt with and also heard about from others, I say, “It’s not worth the time.”

The only website I have is for the beaded earrings artisancorpofamerica.com/product.html

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